Using Notebook Tools For Object Creation; Opening Smart Notebook; Writing With The Notebook Pen Tool - Smart Technologies SMART BOARD User Manual

Using Notebook Tools for Object Creation

Tip
You can create multi-
page files with
Notebook. If you reach
the bottom of the
current page, start
writing on a new page.
For Windows, select
Blank Page from the
Insert menu. For
Macintosh, select New
Page from the Insert
menu.
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If you're running Notebook on a SMART Board, use the Pen Tray tools to create or erase
annotation objects. This is the simplest, easiest and most natural method of creating
annotations on the SMART Board. You can also use the Pen Tray buttons to move to the
next page or perform right-mouse clicks (Windows only).
However, you also have the option of using various object-creation tools available from
Notebook command menus and toolbars. These tools are especially useful if you're
creating a presentation in Notebook at your computer.
Either way, whatever you create becomes an individual annotation object that can be
subsequently selected and changed. In Windows, you can even convert what you've
written into typed text. Notebook has built-in handwriting recognition so that you can easily
convert your freehand writing into typed text. All you need to do is select the handwritten
object, then press on the letter A button that appears in the top-right corner of the selection
box. Your writing will immediately be transformed into typed-text format.
The first step in creating an object in Notebook is to either press on a toolbar button or
select the tool from the Draw menu. The second step is to select visual attributes for that
tool − such as color, line width, font and font characteristics − with toolbar buttons or
commands in the Format menu. For information on changing color, line width, size and
placement of these annotation objects, see Editing Notebook Objects on page 42.

Opening SMART Notebook

Notebook will automatically launch when you use any of the screen-capture tools available in
either the Windows or Macintosh version of SMART Board tools. However, you may also
want to open Notebook to prepare a presentation before a meeting or to write notes during
the course of a meeting.
To open SMART Notebook:
For Macintosh, press the SMART Board icon in the menu bar and select SMART
Notebook. For Windows, press on the SMART Board icon and select Notebook.
NOTE: In Macintosh, Notebook will automatically launch when you select Capture Screen
or Capture Selection from the SMART Board tools drop-down menu. In Windows,
Notebook will automatically launch when you press the Screen Capture button in the
Floating Tools or in the Save/Print toolbar.

Writing with the Notebook Pen Tool

To write with the Notebook Pen tool:
1 Press the Pen toolbar button.
or
Select Pen from the Draw menu.
When moved over the Notebook canvas, the cursor becomes a pen icon.
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