From my inbox is a question related to my post on wireless presentation control:
Q: Without walking over to the keyboard, how do you go to the previous slide with just a wireless mouse (that doesn’t allow you to control the cursor)?
A: Go to to Tools->Options->View and disable “Popup/Show menu on right mouse click”.
With this option disabled, a right click will bring you to the previous slide. I really think this option should be disabled by default, but it isn’t.
Note that even if you have disabled this option, you can still “pop” the popup menu. Put down the wireless mouse on a table and move the cursor. You will notice the popup menu icon on the lower left corner. Click on it and you will get back the popup menu that you used to get with a right click. (In PowerPoint 2003, you will see four icons instead of one, but the situation is similar.)
Also note that most commands in that popup menu actually have keyboard shortcuts. Press ? (the question mark) in the slide show mode to discover them. I consider the ability to jump to any slide quickly the most important.
Have fun teaching!
