Cutting, Copying And Pasting; Dragging And Dropping Via The Task Bar; Import Methods For Macintosh Users - Smart Technologies SMART BOARD User Manual

Cutting, Copying and Pasting

An easy and familiar way to import information into Notebook is to cut or copy selected
material from other sources and then paste it into a Notebook file.
To cut or copy and paste into a Notebook file:
1 Select either the text or graphic (but not both) to be imported from another Windows
application or from another Notebook file.
2 Select Cut or Copy from the Edit or right-mouse menu.
or
Press the Cut or Copy buttons in the Standard Windows Toolbars.
3 Switch to the SMART Notebook window.
4 Select Paste from the Edit menu.
or
Press the Paste button in the Standard Windows Toolbars.
The selection will appear within a selection rectangle in the upper-left corner of the
current page. You can easily reposition the pasted selection by pressing on it and
dragging it elsewhere.

Dragging and Dropping via the Task Bar

You can drag and drop text or graphical objects from other applications into Notebook via the
Windows Task Bar. In the same fashion, you can drag and drop any Notebook object into
any active Windows application.
1 To copy the object, press the Ctrl key before proceeding to step 2. If you want to move
the object, proceed directly to step 2.
2 Select the object.
3 Press and hold on the selected object while you move it downwards to the Task Bar.
4 Drag it to the minimized Notebook application in the Task Bar.
The minimized Notebook application will open.
5 Continue to move the object upwards into the open Notebook file. When you reach an
appropriate insertion spot, lift your finger from the SMART Board or release the mouse
button.

Import Methods for Macintosh Users

Mac
Notebook provides Macintosh users with a variety of import methods. Your choice of import
method will largely depend on the kind of information you want to bring into Notebook. In this
section, you will learn to:
•
capture entire screens or screen regions using the Screen Capture feature
•
import graphics directly into a Notebook file
• cut or copy either text or graphics to the clipboard and then paste the contents into Notebook
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