A system and method for representing object animation, such as the
movement of mouse pointers, within presentations based on software
application programs or other information displayed by a computer system
is disclosed herein. In one aspect the method is directed to representing
animation of a mouse pointer object during creation of a presentation
based on such displayed information. The method includes storing a first
mouse pointer position relative to a first screen shot derived from the
displayed information. In addition, a second mouse pointer position is
also stored relative to a second screen shot derived from the displayed
information. The method further includes displaying, with respect to the
first screen shot, a previous path portion to a displayed mouse pointer
position and a next path portion from the displayed mouse pointer
position. The previous path portion and the next path portion are
representative of a mouse pointer path traversed during playback of the
presentation. In a particular implementation the first and/or second
mouse pointer positions may be modified during operation in an edit mode.