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Using PowerPoint on a SMART Board

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SMART Board tools have been optimized for PowerPoint use in both Windows and
Macintosh.
In Windows, you can write into PowerPoint slides with any Pen Tray stylus. By default, the
stylus writes over top of your PowerPoint presentation. If you like, you can just move on to
the next slide, and the annotations you made over the first slide will disappear. You have the
option, though, of saving the slide with your annotations, either in PowerPoint itself or in
SMART Notebook. Macintosh users only have the option of saving their annotations into
SMART Notebook.
When you open PowerPoint in Slide Show view on a SMART Board, you'll notice a three-
button toolbar appears.
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The two arrow buttons allow you to navigate backward and forward through a PowerPoint
presentation; the middle button provides access to a menu of commands. Alternatively, you
can use the navigational touch shortcuts described below.

Touch Shortcuts for PowerPoint Users

When you're running a PowerPoint slide show on a SMART Board, you can either use the
arrow buttons on the PowerPoint toolbar to navigate through your presentation or use one of
several touch shortcuts:
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To advance your presentation by one slide, double-press anywhere on the Board. Note
that you don't need to press in the same spot twice, as long as your double-press is
right-oriented: Press once on the Board, and then press again anywhere to the right of
the first press.
NOTE: If you prefer to advance the slide with a single press:
In Windows, press the SMART Board icon and select Control Panel, press the Aware
tab, press on the Aware Preferences button and de-select this default behavior.
In Macintosh, press the SMART Board icon, select Control Panel, press the Aware
tab, and de-select the Double-press to advance to the next slide check box.
• To reverse your presentation by one slide, use a left-oriented double-press: press
once, move your finger slightly to the left, and then press again.
•
To make the PowerPoint Pop-up Menu appear, press the Board once to make the
Pop-up Menu button appear, and then double-press on the button. Double-press again
to make the menu disappear.
•
Touch the Board and slide your finger across its surface to use a floating "pointer"
mouse.
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