WPS Ink Brush on Windows: Introduction

WPS Ink Brush is a slideshow annotation tool for marking and drawing on slides during presentations; this guide covers 4 core tasks, with 4 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	4	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	4	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index

About This Feature

Overview

WPS Ink Brush is a presentation annotation feature in WPS Office for Windows. It lets you write, draw, and highlight directly on slides while a slideshow is playing.

Core capabilities include:

Open Ink Brush from the right-click menu and switch pen types.
Open Ink Brush from the bottom toolbar during a slideshow.
Switch between arrow, ballpoint pen, watercolor pen, highlighter, shape drawing, ink color, and eraser tools.
Choose whether to keep or discard ink when you exit the slideshow.

This feature is useful for classroom teaching, project presentations, training sessions, and live explanations. It helps presenters emphasize key content during playback and decide whether to clear or keep annotations afterward.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A Windows device that can run WPS Office
App version	It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office
Network	No mandatory network connection is required for local slideshow annotation
Other	Open a presentation file and enter slideshow mode before using Ink Brush

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS Presentation, start any slideshow, and confirm that the Ink Brush entry is available

Source: WPS Download Center

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	In slideshow mode, Ink Brush can be opened from the right-click menu or the bottom toolbar. It supports arrow, ballpoint pen, watercolor pen, highlighter, shape drawing, ink color, eraser, and clearing all ink on the current slide.	PowerPoint supports drawing during a presentation, changing ink color, erasing ink, and choosing whether to keep or discard ink when the slideshow ends.	Google Slides supports a pen tool during presentation, lets you change pen color, and erase annotations on the current slide, but annotations disappear after the slideshow ends.	Notion Presentation Mode turns a page into slides with fullscreen presentation and slide navigation, but the official help page does not describe a freehand annotation tool during presenting.	Adobe Acrobat supports fullscreen PDF presentation and page transitions for document display, but its official presentation page focuses on PDF viewing setup rather than live slide-style ink annotation.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: WPS provides both right-click and bottom-toolbar entry points during slideshow playback. Distinct: It combines multiple pen types, color switching, erasing, and clearing all ink on the current slide in one presentation workflow.	Compared with WPS: PowerPoint also supports live inking and saving annotations, but the referenced page focuses on pen, color, and erasing rather than the same shape-drawing entry described in WPS.	Compared with WPS: Google Slides annotations are temporary during presenting and do not remain after the slideshow ends, which is less suitable when you want to keep presentation marks.	Compared with WPS: Notion is centered on page-based presentation structure and navigation, not on live ink markup during a slideshow.	Compared with WPS: Adobe is more focused on fullscreen PDF display and transition settings than on real-time presentation markup with multiple pen tools.
Official Source	—	Draw on slides during a presentation	Present slides	Presentation mode	Prepare PDFs for presentation

Overall Conclusion
If you need to mark key points directly during a slideshow, switch between multiple pen tools, and decide whether to keep annotations afterward, WPS Ink Brush fits live presentation workflows well. Other products also support presentation or display scenarios, but their focus is different, such as temporary web annotations, page-based presenting, or fullscreen PDF viewing.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable for	Main challenge	How Ink Brush helps
1	Classroom teaching	Teachers and trainers	Important points need to be marked during explanation	Use Ink Brush in slideshow mode to annotate directly on slides
2	Project presentations	Sales teams, consultants, and project managers	Charts or processes need emphasis while speaking	Use different pen types and colors to explain key content
3	Meeting discussions	Team members and meeting hosts	Feedback needs to be marked quickly during discussion	Use pen tools and the eraser for temporary annotations
4	Presentation review	Presenters and training organizers	Presentation marks may need to be kept for later review	Keep ink when exiting the slideshow
5	Live explanation	Pre-sales, implementation, and support teams	Old marks on the current slide need to be cleared quickly	Use the eraser or clear all ink on the current slide

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free users	WPS Premium
Use Ink Brush during a slideshow	✅	✅
Basic office features	✅	✅
Cloud storage	1 GB	20 GB
Template downloads	Limited	More advanced templates and broader access
Some advanced PDF and AI features	Limited or partially available	More complete access

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Usage scenario	Recommended plan	Why
Everyday presentations, classroom teaching, and basic annotation	Free	Ink Brush is available directly for common slideshow annotation needs
More cloud storage, templates, and broader office capabilities	WPS Premium	Suitable for individuals or teams that also need more advanced features

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