What is it?

SpotOnTheMouse is a mouse pointer and keyboard action visualization software.

How does it work?

It makes mouse clicks visible.
It improves the perceptibility of the mouse pointer.
It shows the special keys and combinations of keys pressed on the keyboard.

Who needs it?

Everyone who presents or teaches software to other people.
For example:

Teachers.
Software marketing and sales personnel.

You don't have to tell your audience things like "click there with the right mouse button" all the time any more.
They can see what you are doing with the mouse.

The scope of SpotOnTheMouse goes far beyond teaching. It can also be useful for:

Visually handicapped people.
The cross hair helps you to find the mouse pointer.
People who are having difficulties in learning to handle the mouse.
The visual feedback reinforces the learning process.
Presentation software (e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint or OpenOffice Impress).
Use SpotOnTheMouse as an additional tool for pointing on your slides with the mouse. The clicks will remain visible for a few seconds.
Graphics software (e.g. Gimp, Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro).
The cross hair helps you to accurately position the tools.
Reading long texts.
Sometimes your eyes miss the line when reading texts with long lines on the screen. Just underline your current reading position with the cross hair.

Version history

Version 2.3

Since January 31, 2009 the following feature is available:

Options to lock the screen positions of the mouse image and the keyboard display.
Version 2.3.1 (March 22, 2009): start the settings window minimized, if it has been minimized when the program was ended.

Version 2.2

Since September 29, 2008 the following features are available:

Language can be switched to German.
Full screen halo.
This is only suitable for fast computers (at least 3 GHz processor clock).
Larger keyboard display.
Version 2.2.1 (October 28, 2008): improved support for systems with multiple monitors.
Version 2.2.2 (January 27, 2009): improved compatibility with Windows Vista.
However, the program still does not correctly show mouse clicks on the Internet Explorer if the Internet Explorer runs in "protected mode". The only solution is to switch off the "protected mode" in the security options of the Internet Explorer.

Version 2.1

Since January 24, 2008 the following features are available:

Extended keyboard support.
Fading time for key list can be changed.

Version 2.0

Since September 29, 2007 the following feature is available:

Keyboard support.
Keys and certain combinations of keys can be displayed next to the mouse pointer.

Version 1.3

Since February 24, 2007 the following feature is available:

The cross hair can optionally contain arrows, which are indicating the direction and the distance to the mouse pointer.

Version 1.2

Since November 1, 2005 the following features are available:

Halo and cross hair blink for a few seconds when the Ctrl + Shift + Y keys are pressed.
Version 1.2.1 (November 21, 2005): toggle pause with the Ctrl + Shift + A keys.
Version 1.2.2 (March 11, 2006): cross hair supports systems with multiple monitors.

Version 1.1

Since May 12, 2005 the following features are available:

Color settings.
Option to reset all settings to default.
Some minor improvements.

Version 1.0

May 1, 2004: the first release.

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