Writing With The Pen Tool; Drawing Rectangles, Ellipses And Lines - Smart Technologies Smart Board User Manual

Writing with the Pen Tool

To write with the Pen tool:
1 Select Pen from the Draw menu.
or
Press the Pen toolbar button.
When moved over the workspace, the cursor becomes a pen icon.
2 Select an appropriate color by pressing the Color button in the toolbar, and then
pressing on a color from the color palette.
Alternatively, if you're using the Windows operating system, you can select from a 48-
color palette by selecting Current Color from the Format menu, or by pressing on the
Current Color button on the extreme left edge of the Status Bar.
3 You can also select a line width for your freehand annotation by choosing Line Width
from the Format menu or pressing the Line Width button in the toolbar, and then
selecting one of the six displayed widths.
4 Press and drag with the pen cursor, or, if you are working on a projected SMART
Board interactive whiteboard, touch the board and drag with your finger or any pointing
device to create a freehand annotation object.
Notebook software automatically groups together objects created in close proximity.
However, you can easily ungroup these objects by following the instructions on page
52, and then individually select and modify, move, delete or resize each object.
5 You can convert what you've written by hand into typed text by selecting the object and
pressing on the letter A that appears in the upper-right corner of the selection box.
To highlight an object:
1 Select Highlighter from the Draw menu.
or
Press the Highlighter button in the toolbar.
When moved over the workspace, the cursor becomes a highlighter icon.
2 Select the color and line width for the highlighter as described in steps 2 and 3 in the
previous procedure.
3 Press and drag with the highlighter cursor, or, if you're working on a projected SMART
Board interactive whiteboard, touch the board and drag with your finger or any pointing
device to create a freehand annotation object.
Notebook software automatically groups together objects created in close proximity.
However, you can easily ungroup these objects by following the instructions on page
52, and then individually select and modify, move, delete or resize each object.

Drawing Rectangles, Ellipses and Lines

To create a geometric object:
1 Select Rectangle, Ellipse or Line from the Draw menu.
or
Press the Rectangle, Ellipse or Line button in the toolbar.
2 Select the color and line width as described in steps 2 and 3 of the Writing with the
Pen Tool procedure (immediately above).
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Current Color button on left
edge of Status Bar
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