PolyVision Walk-and-Talk User manual

Part number 370-0155-05
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Walk-and-Talk
™
User Guide

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents i
Walk-and-Talk
™
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What are Walk-and-Talk-Enabled Products? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Remote Control Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Remote Control Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cursor Control Using the Stylus or Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Marking-Up Computer Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the On-Screen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Walk-and-Talk Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Windows System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Macintosh System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Configuring Walk-and-Talk Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
General Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Save Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Draw Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Projection Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hardware Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the On-Screen Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Viewing a Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Checking for Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using Webster Instead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Quitting Walk-and-Talk Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
To Uninstall the Walk-and-Talk Driver in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
To Uninstall the Walk-and-Talk Driver on a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using Multiple Walk-and-Talk Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using Walk-and-Talk Products with Multiple Monitors . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using Walk-and-Talk Software with Whiteboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Dry-Erase Markers with Your Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Projecting Your Computer onto the Whiteboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Getting Started with Your Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Presentation Series Whiteboards without Lightning™ Technology . 30
Presentation Series Whiteboards with Lightning™ Technology. . . . 31
Writing Notes Next to a Projected Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

ii
Walk-and-Talk
™

Welcome 1
Walk-and-Talk
™
W
ELCOME
Congratulations on your purchase of PolyVision® Walk-and-Talk™-
enabled product, which provides a sleek and simple solution to interactivity
using your computer for conferences and presentations.
This manual describes how to use the Walk-and-Talk driver with the:
• Presentation Series Whiteboard
•
Presentation Series Whiteboard with Lightning™ Technology
•
Interactive Panel
•
Cordless Lectern
•
Flat-Screen Module
For information about installing these Walk-and-Talk-enabled products,
refer to their respective Installation and Operation Guide.

2 Welcome
Walk-and-Talk
™
W
HAT ARE
W
ALK
-
AND
-T
ALK
-E
NABLED
P
RODUCTS
?
Walk-and-Talk-enabled products are remote control-operated interactive
systems that connect to your computer. You can capture a snapshot of
anything you write or project by pressing Print or Save on the remote
control. Your digital snapshot prints using the default printer connected to
your computer, or it is saved as a file on your computer, just as a digital
image from a camera would be.
With the Walk-and-Talk driver installed on your computer and your
computer connected to a projector, you have the ability to operate your
computer using the stylus, or you can roam freely about the room and
operate your computer using the remote control touch pad and buttons.

Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product 3
Walk-and-Talk
™
O
PERATING
Y
OUR
W
ALK
-
AND
-T
ALK
P
RODUCT
U
SING THE
R
EMOTE
C
ONTROL
The Walk-and-Talk remote control operates at a distance of up to 40 feet
from the infrared receiver, enabling you to roam freely away from your
computer while you give your presentation.
While using your computer with a projector, the remote control enables you
to move the computer cursor, click and double-click, and launch an on-
screen keyboard to enter text into dialog boxes. The remote control also
has buttons that enable you to print or save a snapshot of your
presentation.
Always point the remote control toward the infrared receiver in your Walk-
and-Talk-enabled product: at the top of the interactive whiteboard, in the
center of your Flat-Screen Module, or at the separate remote control
receiver that comes with your Interactive Panel.
Remote Control Options
The remote control functions equally well in various locations.
•
Place the remote control in the holster provided for it. The touch pad
and buttons are easily accessible from the holster. (The Flat-Screen
Module has no holster.)
•
Carry the remote control with you using the wrist or neck lanyard
provided.
•
Place the remote control near you on a desk or table top pointed
toward the infrared receiver.

4 Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product
Walk-and-Talk
™
Remote Control Functions
Erase All
Previous
Pen Style Keyboard
Ink Color
Print Save
Cursor Pen
L R
Next
Projection
Print
Print a snapshot of the board
using the default printer connected
to your computer.
To use a different printer,
refer to "Print Options."
Save
Save a snapshot of your board
as a file on your computer.
The file can be in Adobe Acrobat PDF file,
JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP and other formats. By default,
files are saved in your "My Documents" (Windows)
or "Documents" (Macintosh) folder.
To specify the file type and location
of snapshot files, refer to "Save Options."
Erase All
Erase everything and
start fresh. All writing,
in dry-erase marker
or projection mark-up,
is erased from memory.
Ink Color
To write on the board,
choose a dry-erase pen
and press the button that matches
the color. In projection mode,
press one of these buttons
to quickly change the color
of mark-ups.

Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product 5
Walk-and-Talk
™
Erase All
Previous
L R
Next
Projection
Projection
When a projector is connected
to your computer and focused on
the board, press this button to
enter projection mode so you can
control the computer from the board.
(Not used on interactive panel or
flat-screen module.)
Previous
Press this button to page up
or move to the previous
slide or web page.
Next
Press this button to page down
or move to the next
slide or web page.
Touch pad
In projection mode, use the
touch pad to control your
computer cursor just as you
would on a laptop computer
touch pad. Tap once to click
and twice to double-click.
Always use the tip of your
thumb or your forefinger.
Never use the flat of your thumb.
Click trigger
L and R
In projection mode, press L for
a left mouse click and R for a
right mouse click (Windows) or
control click (Macintosh). You
can also use the click trigger on
the bottom of the remote
control for a left mouse click or
double-click.
YES NO

6 Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product
Walk-and-Talk
™
Pen Style Keyboard
Ink Color
Print Save
Cursor Pen
L R
Cursor/Pen
In projection mode, press this button to toggle
between controlling the cursor
and marking-up the image.
Refer to "Marking-up Computer
Projections."
Pen Style
Press this button in
projection mode
to choose a new type
of mark-up pen
(color, width, and style).
The palette closes when
you tap a pen style.
Refer to "Marking-up
Computer Projections."
Keyboard
In projection mode, press this button
to toggle on and off the display of
the on-screen keyboard.
You can use the keyboard
to enter text at the current
text cursor position. Drag the
keyboard to move it. Refer
to "Using the On-Screen
Keyboard."

Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product 7
Walk-and-Talk
™
note:NOTE:
Interactive whiteboard users: refer to “Using Walk-and-Talk Software with
Whiteboards” on page 28 for information about using your board and
placing it in “projection mode” to control your projected computer image.
The following information assumes that your whiteboard is already in
“projection mode”.
C
URSOR
C
ONTROL
U
SING THE
S
TYLUS OR
R
EMOTE
Walk-and-Talk products enable you to control your projected computer
image using:
•
the stylus
•
the remote control
•
your finger (if you have the Walk-and-Talk Presentation Series
Whiteboard)
To use the remote control to operate your computer, point the remote
toward the infrared receiver:
•
to click or double-click, press L or the click trigger once or twice, or
tap once or twice on the remote control touch pad
•
for a right-click (Windows) or control-click (Macintosh), press R
•
to page up or down, press the Next or Previous button (for example, if
PowerPoint is the active window, press Next to move to the next slide)
When using the stylus with your Walk-and-Talk Presentation Series
Whiteboard:
note:NOTE:
Always touch the whiteboard with the stylus inside the projected image of
the computer screen
•
to click, tap the whiteboard once
•
to double-click, tap the whiteboard twice rapidly
• for a right-click (Windows) or control-click (Macintosh), hold the stylus
to the board for one second

8 Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product
Walk-and-Talk
™
When using the stylus with your Walk-and-Talk Interactive Panel:
note:NOTE:
The Interactive Panel stylus does not need to touch the panel. It operates
when the stylus is within an inch or so of the panel.
•
to click, tap the panel once
•
to double-click, tap the panel twice rapidly or press the stylus button
furthest from the tip
•
for a right-click (Windows) or control-click (Macintosh), hold the stylus
to the board for one second or press the stylus button near the tip
M ARKING -U P C OMPUTER PROJECTIONS
While your computer is being projected, a type of writing is available called
“mark-up.”This writing is part of the projected image, not physical ink. To
mark-up the computer image, use the stylus provided. The stylus serves
two purposes; use it to operate your computer and use it to mark-up the
projected image.
To mark-up the projected computer image:
1Press Cursor/Pen on the remote to toggle between using the stylus for
computer operations and using it for mark-up. The cursor appearance
toggles between an arrow for mouse operations and a pen for mark-
up.
2On the whiteboard, write over the projected computer image on the
board using the stylus (or your finger, as shown). On the Interactive
Panel, write over the panel using the stylus.
3Press Print or Save on the remote control to capture a snapshot that
includes the image projected from your computer, plus the mark-ups.
Mark-ups leave no ink, but they are part of the snapshot.
Pen Style Keyboard
Cursor Pen
L
R

Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product 9
Walk-and-Talk™
While marking-up the computer image, you can choose from 54 unique
pen styles (six colors, three line widths, and three dash styles) plus three
highlighter pen colors and two mark-up eraser widths.
To change your mark-up pen style:
1Press the Pen Style button on the remote control. A palette of options
appears on the screen.
2To change the tool for future mark-up, tap an option in the palette. The
palette closes when you tap a pen style option.
3To move the palette, drag it with the stylus.
4To close the palette without changing pen style, tap the close button
at the upper corner of the palette, tap the stylus anywhere on the
screen, press the Pen Style button on the remote control, or begin
writing with a dry-erase marker outside the projected computer
screen.
To erase mark-ups:
•Choose the wide or narrow eraser option in the Pen Style palette and
erase with the stylus.
•To erase everything and start fresh, press the Erase All button on the
remote control.
•Walk-and-Talk Presentation Series Whiteboard only: Erase with the
circular eraser or your finger.

10 Operating Your Walk-and-Talk Product
Walk-and-Talk™
USING THE ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD
Walk-and-Talk products provide an on-screen keyboard that enables you
to enter text in a dialog box or other window rather than typing from your
computer’s keyboard while your computer is being projected.
To use the on-screen keyboard:
1Press the Keyboard button on the remote control. The on-screen
keyboard appears.
2Use the stylus to tap where you want to enter text.
3To enter text, tap keys on the on-screen keyboard.
4To move the keyboard, drag it to another location.
5To close the keyboard, tap the close button at the upper corner of the
window or press Keyboard on the remote control.
note:NOTE:
In Windows 2000 and XP, Walk-and-Talk can be configured to use the
built-in on-screen keyboard instead. This keyboard is useful for typing
special characters from some languages. (Refer to “Configuring Walk-and-
Talk Options” on page 13.)

The Walk-and-Talk Driver 11
Walk-and-Talk™
THE WALK-AND-TALK DRIVER
WINDOWS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
To use Walk-and-Talk products, your Windows-based computer must
have:
•Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, or Tablet XP
•VGA HD-15 video port
•USB port
MACINTOSH SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
note:NOTE:
Most Walk-and-Talk products support Macintosh systems. Consult your
product’s specification.
To use Walk-and-Talk products, your Macintosh computer must have:
•PowerPC G3 or higher
•Mac OS 9.x, 10.2 or higher
•VGA HD-15 video port
•USB port
DRIVER INSTALLATION
Walk-and-Talk software is always close at hand. You need no installation
disk or CD-ROM (unless you are using Windows 98: a CD-ROM is included
for Windows 98 users). Installing the Walk-and-Talk driver takes place
when you connect the PolyKey (on the Walk-and-Talk USB cable) to your
computer’s USB port.
To install the Walk-and-Talk driver on your computer using Mac OS 9.x,
10.2 or higher, Windows ME, 2000, XP, or Tablet XP:
1Locate the Walk-and-Talk USB cable.

12 The Walk-and-Talk Driver
Walk-and-Talk™
2Connect the PolyKey on the USB cable to your computer’s USB port.
3Windows ME and 2000: installation begins automatically.
Windows XP and Tablet XP: double-click “My Computer”on your
desktop and double-click the removable disk drive named “PolyKey.”
Software installation begins.
Macintosh: double-click the PolyKey icon on your desktop, double-
click the Macintosh folder, and double-click “Walk-and-Talk
Installation.”Installation begins.
4Follow the prompts you see on the screen to complete the installation.
On a Macintosh, you must re-boot your system.
To install Walk-and-Talk software on a computer using Windows 98:
1Turn on your computer and wait for Windows to start. For best results,
make sure no applications are running.
2Place the Walk-and-Talk CD in your CD-ROM drive. The setup
program starts. If the setup program does not start, open Windows
Explorer and double-click “Setup.exe”on the CD.
3Follow the prompts to install the software.
4Restart, if prompted.
When installation is complete, a message appears on your computer
screen and the Walk-and-Talk icon appears in your system tray (Windows)
or system menu (Macintosh).
Instant
Plug and Play
Technology
PolyKey
TM

The Walk-and-Talk Driver 13
Walk-and-Talk™
To start using Walk-and-Talk products:
1Disconnect the PolyKey.
2Connect the USB cable to your computer’s USB port and the other
cable end to the Walk-and-Talk-enabled product.
The Walk-and-Talk driver runs unobtrusively in the background whenever
your computer is on and connected to the Walk-and-Talk-enabled product
via the USB cable.
CONFIGURING WALK-AND-TALK OPTIONS
The Walk-and-Talk driver is ready to use as soon as it is installed. However,
you can change the default options at any time.
To configure Walk-and-Talk options:
1Click the Walk-and-Talk icon in the system tray (Windows) or system
menu (Macintosh).
Instant
Plug and Play
Technology
PolyKey
TM
Walk-and-Talk icon
Windows system tray (bottom right)
Mac system menu (top right)

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Walk-and-Talk™
2The Walk-and-Talk menu appears.
3Choose “Configure Walk-and-Talk.”The Configure Options dialog box
appears.
4Options are organized in tabs. Each tab includes these buttons:
“Help”: Click “Help”(Windows only) or “?”(Macintosh) to view
information about the options on a tab.
“OK”: Click “OK”to save your changes and close the dialog box.
“Apply”: Click “Apply”(Windows only) to save your changes and leave
the dialog box open.
“Cancel”: Click “Cancel”to close the dialog box and make no changes
to options.
“Restore Defaults”: Click “Restore Defaults”to restore factory defaults.
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Walk-and-Talk
Macintosh Windows

The Walk-and-Talk Driver 15
Walk-and-Talk™
General Options
To configure general options:
•Click the “General”tab. You see the following options In Windows:
“Make Sounds”: Check this box to enable sounds as you press
buttons on the remote, or sounds that indicate system status. Sounds
are enabled by default.
“Use Windows on-screen keyboard instead”(Windows): Check
this box to enable the on-screen keyboard (if available) rather than the
Walk-and-Talk keyboard. Refer to “Using the On-Screen Keyboard”on
page 10.

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Walk-and-Talk™
Save Options
To configure Save options:
•Click the “Save”tab. You see these options:
“Save File As”: Specify the format of the snapshot file saved on your
computer when you press Save on the remote control. Options
include Adobe Acrobat PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, or BMP. In Windows,
you can also save as GIF. On a Macintosh, you can also save as PICT,
Photoshop, SGI, TGA, and Quicktime Image formats. By default,
snapshot files are saved in JPEG format (Windows) or PDF
(Macintosh).
“Save to Directory”: Specify the directory where snapshot files are
saved. Click “Browse”to locate a directory. By default, snapshot files
are saved to your “My Documents”(Windows) or “Documents”
(Macintosh) folder.
The snapshot file name is “PolyVision nnnnnn.pdf,”where “nnnnnn”is
a sequentially increasing number from the time the software is first
installed. The name of the first image you capture is PolyVision
000001. At the one-millionth snapshot, the number returns to 000000
and begins to sequence upwards again.