download PointerServer:PointerServer.zip

        (Version 1.1.1  posted 10/3/08)

Instructions (also available on the settings panel of the App):

    Pointer can be used in two modes: by dragging on the screen or through acceleration (orientation). Acceleration mode does not work using the same motions as a real laser pointer, but through some practice, the pointer can be controlled. If the iPhone is pointed at the screen, the key movements are tilting right or left (not pointing) and by pointing up or down.

    Boxes or ovals can be drawn on the screen using two fingers. There are two toggle switches: box/oval and pointer/cursor. Cursor mode allows limited control of the mouse pointer along with a click button.

    If the pointer does not appear when an external display is connected, the pointer can be switched to the other display using the Preferences Panel on PointerServer. Please test the actual configuration extensively before considering using Pointer for any important presentation!

    Slide notes can be extracted from presentation files and shown on the iPhone. On the PointerServer preferences panel, there is a check box for whether to show notes on the iPhone.

    A custom pointer image can be used by dragging the image to the user supplied icon button on the PointerServer Preferences panel.

Requirements: Mac OS 10.5, WiFi network (local or create computer-to-computer network)

                      PowerPoint 2004/2008 or Keynote ‘08

Support information:

    email address for any problems: zentropysoftware at gmail.com

    A new version of PointerServer is available, which fixes a problem with starting Keynote presentations (many thanks to reviewer ‘Presenter’). Previously, if the Keynote slide show was started using the computer, then the ‘Next Slide’/’Previous Slide’ controls did not work. (They did work if the slide show was started by pressing ‘Next Slide’). Now both methods should work fine.

    The Notes display feature for PowerPoint has also been much improved in PointerServer Version 1.1 (which works fine with the existing version of the Pointer App). If you downloaded the original version, please update using the above link. Bracketing notes is no longer necessary. If the notes do not appear, check that the “Extract notes” preference is checked on the PointerServer preferences panel.

    The initial default for the “point by dragging” setting is off. This choice (point by orientation) is more difficult than the dragging option, so please try changing this setting if the pointing is problematic.

    The ‘Cursor’ mode setting is experimental and should not be used during presentations - use ‘Pointer’ mode instead.

If the unlikely event that version 1.1 of PointerServer causes you new problems, here is the obsolete version (1.0):OldPointerServerV1.0.zip

and version (1.1):OldPointerServerV1.1.zip