Make mouse pointer visible

Is it possible to make the mouse pointer visible during a Keynote presentation? Sometimes I like to use to point to something or use tools like Scriboard to make annotations. I figured out that using Dashboard makes the mouse pointer visible but is there a better way?
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

In Keynote Preferences, in Slideshow, choose "Show pointer when mouse moves".

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Check out how I do this in my Draggable classs
you are welcome to use and modify this class, but please don't change the package or take credit for it as your own work
package tjacobs.ui;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Window;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
* tjacobs.ui.Draggable<p>
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* messing with things<p>
* <code>
* usage:
*                Component c = ...
*                new Draggable(c);
*                parent.add(c);
* </code>
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First: I'm afraid my English is not good enough (I speak Spanish).
So,
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Last edited by Wittfella (2009-10-22 14:36:09)

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The batteries in the trackpad are OK.
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Anyone else suffering from this? Any solutions? Thanks.
Thanks,
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Just because you disagree with its usage does not make
it an invalid question. Suppose you had an
application dedicated to real-time monitoring of a
high-pressure system. In our hypothetical example,
accessing other parts of the system without first
properly "dismissing" the application could be
potentially hazardous - people could get hurt. In
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