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# [Workspace] Visualize Your Ideas in Real Time
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/newsletter-164/
- Published: 2024-06-04T10:30:46.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T12:50:31.000Z
- Description: #164
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Enterprise

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## Game-Changer for Visual Learners

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/06/CleanShot-2024-06-03-at-08.01.38.gif)

As a visual learner, I’ve wanted the ability to annotate when presenting Google Slides for the longest time and to my surprise, Google rolled this out for **Google Slides, Docs, and Sheets**!

## Instructions

Within a Google Meet, choose a Google Slides, Docs, or Sheets tab to present and the “Annotate” feature will be available automatically (although I have to say as much as I like it I would like an option to turn this off by default).

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/06/image.png)

You can <RIGHT CLICK> to select from a list of annotation options (I use “Disappearing ink” and “Text box” the most) and easily clear all annotations by clicking “Clear all.”

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/06/image-1.png)

## Pro Tip

If you’re presenting **Google Slides** locally (i.e. you’re NOT using Google Meet), you can still turn on the pen feature by using the keyboard shortcut SHIFT + L

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2024/06/CleanShot-2024-06-03-at-08.18.41-1.gif)

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