i've seen lots of tutorials and instructions where the author used neat little arrows to point to what they're talking about. does anyone know how they do this? i'm hoping there's a small freeware program that can run in the tray then when i want an arrow for a screenshot i can just select it. i'm also hoping that i don't have to open a graphics program to create an image with a simple arrow in it. (such as photoshop, paintshop, gimp) i have a nice little program now called screendoodle that can draw on the desktop but it's freehand and sloppy looking. thanks

I'm afraid I use photoshop to do it, with a set of arrows brushes.
I don't know if there's a program like the one you've said.