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SMARTBoard™InteractiveWhiteboardBasics
ThisQuick Referenceprovides an overviewofthe informationyou needtobegin usingaSMART
Boardinteractivewhiteboard. Beforeyoubegin,make suretheappropriateSMARTBoardsoftware
hasbeenloadedon your computer. Formoreinformation, refer toyour SMART BoardUser’sGuide.
Startingthe SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard
1 Ensuretheinteractivewhiteboardandprojectorhavebeenconnected tothe computer.
2 Turnontheprojector, thenthecomputer. Theinteractivewhiteboarddrawspowerfrom the
computerand will beactivatedautomatically.You’llknowthewhiteboardhaspower when the
Ready LightontherightsideoftheSMART PenTray turns red.
3 Logon,ifrequired, usingthecomputer keyboard. Whenthe Ready Lightonthepentrayturns
green, thecomputerand interactivewhiteboardhaveestablishedcommunication.The
whiteboardisnowtouchsensitiveandyoucanopenanyapplication available ontheattached
computer.
Orienting the SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard
Youshould orient yourinteractivewhiteboardwhen settingitup,orifeither theprojectoror
interactivewhiteboardhasbeenmoved sinceyoulastused it.
1 Press andholdbothpentraybuttons untilthe orientationinterface appears.
or
Press the SMART Boardiconin theMicrosoft®Windows®NotificationArea,locatedinthe
bottomrightofyour screen.
2 Select Orient fromSMART BoardTools.
3 Begin orientationattheupper left corner. Pressyour fingeror pensquarely in thecentre
ofeach redcross intheorderindicated bythewhite,diamond-shapedbackground.
Controlling Projected Applications
Use yourfingerthesamewayyou wouldusethe mouse tocontrol applications onthe SMART Board
interactivewhiteboard.
·Fortasksthat requireadouble-click,press the whiteboardtwiceinrapidsuccession.
·Fortasksthat requirearight-click, pressthe Right Mouse button onthepentray.Yournext
press willberecognisedas aright-click. You canalsopress andhold thearea ofthe screenyou
would liketheinteractivewhiteboardtorecognise asaright-click.
Writing and Erasing Annotations
Pick upapenfrom thepentray towriteontheinteractivewhiteboard.Youcanwriteover the
desktopor anyopenapplication.Whenwriting,press firmlyandconsistently onthewhiteboardand
avoidrestingyourhandonthe surface. Thecursorwillreappearwhenyoureturnthe pentothe
pentrayand you’llregaintouch control.If you returnthepentothepentray without capturingthe
annotation, yourannotationwilldisappear thenexttimeyoutouchthescreen.How tosave
annotationsiscoveredonthe next page.
Pick uptheeraserfrom thepentray.Movethe eraser inasmoothmotionover yourannotationsto
erase them.Theinteractivewhiteboardonly recognisesthe last tool removed fromthe pen tray.
For example,ifyoualreadyhaveapen in yourhandwhen youpick uptheeraser, thewhiteboard
willassumeyouwant toerase.
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Floating Tools Toolbar
Saving Your Annotations
Youcansavetheannotationsthatyouhavewritten ontheinteractivewhiteboardfor future
reference.
1 Pickupapenfromthe pentrayandtheFloatingToolstoolbar willappear. Youcan nowsave
annotations toaNotebook™file.
NOTE: IftheFloating Toolstoolbardoesnot appear whenpickingupapen,theapplicationyou
areworkinginmaybeInkAware. Iftheapplication isInkAware,thesebuttons
will beavailableinthetoolbar.
2 Tosaveaselectedareaof your notes,press thecameraicononthetoolbar. Then press and
dragyourfingertooutlinethearea youwant captured.The camerabuttonin InkAware
applicationswillcapturetheentirescreen.
3 Acopyof Notebooksoftwarewillopenautomatically. MoreinformationonNotebook software
isoutlined below.
4 Select Notebook softwarefromtheopenprogramstoviewyour
notes.
NOTE: Ifyouwant tosaveyournotesselect File>Save beforeclosingtheNotebook file.
Notebook Software
Notebook softwareactsas an electronic notebookthat canbeusedtoedit,saveand distribute
informationwrittenonaSMARTBoardinteractivewhiteboard.Freetraining materialonhowto
useNotebooksoftwareisavailable for download at http://www.smartboard.co.uk/Trainingcentre/
Controlling a PowerPoint®Presentation
WhenyourunPowerPointsoftwareinSlideShowviewonthe SMART Boardinteractivewhiteboard,
you cancontrol your presentationusingthe three-buttonSlideShowtoolbar. Youcanalsouse the
touchshortcut describedbelow.
1 OpenPowerPointsoftwareandyour presentation.
2 Select View>SlideShow.TheSlideShowtoolbarwill appear.
3 Tomovebackwardor forwardthrough thepresentation, use thearrowson
the SlideShowtoolbar.
You canalsoadvancetothenextslideby pressingthewhiteboardtwice, makingsurethe second
press istothe right ofthefirst. Togobackoneslide,press the whiteboardtwice,makingsurethe
secondpressistothe left ofthe first.
4 TomakeannotationsonaPowerPointslide, pick upapenfromtheSMARTPenTray andwrite
over theslide.
Saving Your PowerPointAnnotations
Youcansaveyour annotations intoNotebooksoftwareor directly ontoyour PowerPointslide.
1 Press the middlebutton ofthe SlideShowtoolbar. Adrop-downmenuwill
appear.
2 TosaveyourannotationsinNotebook software, select Captureto Notebook.
Notebooksoftwarewillautomaticallyopenwhen youselectthisoption.
3 TosaveyourannotationsasobjectsinthePowerPointslide, choose Save
Annotationsto PowerPoint.
4 Select File>Save beforeyou closeNotebook or PowerPoint software.
NOTE:Bydefault,PowerPoint willsaveallannotationsmadeduringaslideshow.
Slide ShowToolbar