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  • Page 1 for Macintosh or Power Macintosh ® ® Technologies Inc.
  • Page 2 SMART Technologies Inc. Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents SMART Board™ Overview............... 1 Creating Notebook Files on the SMART Board ............1 Using SMART Board Tools ..................1 Running Applications on a Projected SMART Board ...........3 Board-Aware Applications ....................3 Hardware Compatibility ....................4 Online Help........................4 About this Guide......................4 Managing the SMART Board ..............6 Using a SMART Board with Projection ................6...
  • Page 4 Sorting Information on the SMART Board ........... 40 Page Sorter View .......................40 Presenting Information on the SMART Board ........42 Customizing the SMART Board Interface for Presentation Purposes .......42 Notebook Views ......................42 Full Screen View ......................42 Scale to Fit View......................43 Navigating Through a Notebook Presentation ............44...

  • Page 5: Smart Board™ Overview

    The SMART Board is an interactive, electronic whiteboard, available in a range of sizes and models that can be used with or without a projector. When the SMART Board is attached to a computer, it allows you to collaborate on electronic documents, create a wide variety of annotation objects, import information from almost any electronic source, and save, print or e-mail a complete record of any SMART Board meeting.
  • Page 6 Tray Tools dialog box will appear, enabling you to reconfigure any aspect of the various Pen Tray tools. Procedures for using and configuring the Pen Tray tools are fully described in the SMART Board driver online Help. Using Notebook Tools...

  • Page 7: Running Applications On A Projected Smart Board

    Running Applications on a Projected SMART Board If you project a Macintosh or Windows application on the SMART Board, the SMART Board driver software enables you to control that application with your finger (a finger press being equivalent to a mouse click) and...

  • Page 8: Hardware Compatibility

    Toolbar, then click again on an area of the screen to view a related Help topic. In the SMART Board driver window, press the SHIFT key and the F1 key, move your cursor to an area of the screen, click once, and a related Help topic will appear.
  • Page 9 (which includes Aware) and SMART Notebook. Conventions Used This manual is for both Windows and Macintosh users of SMART Board. Almost all of the procedures and descriptions in this manual apply to either system. However, any information that relates solely to Windows...

  • Page 10: Managing The Smart Board

    Managing the SMART Board When you initially install SMART Board Software, you are asked if you are running the SMART Board with or without a projector — that is, in projected or non-projected mode. This determines whether or not a check mark subsequently appears beside the SMART Board has a projector toggle in the Board menu of SMART Board driver.
  • Page 11 SMART Board has a Orienting a Projected SMART Board projector selection in If you are using a projector with your SMART Board, the projected the Board menu is computer image must be oriented properly on the Board. Without proper activated (has a check orientation, the cursor will not track your finger or a pointing device mark beside it).

  • Page 12: Using A Smart Board Without Projection

    Using a SMART Board without Projection In non-projected mode, write on the SMART Board with the pens in the If you are using the Pen Tray with their caps off as you would on an ordinary whiteboard. SMART Board without...

  • Page 13: Managing The Smart Board Driver Window

    Use the mouse attached to your computer to right mouse click on the SMART Board icon in the System Tray. Click the Right Mouse button in the SMART Board driver Floating Tool Palette, then touch the SMART Board icon in the System Tray.

  • Page 14: Creating Information On The Smart Board

    Creating Information on the SMART Board The SMART Notebook program allows you to create, edit, save, present and distribute information on the SMART Board in the form of Notebook files. Managing these files is very much like managing files in any other application.
  • Page 15 3. In the list of files for the selected directory, type or select the file name of the Notebook file you want to open. 4. Click the Open button. Double-click on the Notebook file you want to open. The selected Notebook file will appear. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 16 Save in box and select the directory and drive in which you want to store the new Notebook. To enable Notebook Autosave: 1. Select Options from the Tools menu. The SMART Notebook Options dialog box will appear. 2. Click the Saving tab. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 17: Creating Annotation Objects In Notebook Files

    Notebook or a combination of both methods. Creating Objects with the Pen Tray Tools If you are running Notebook on a SMART Board, use the Pen Tray tools to create or erase objects. This is the simplest, easiest and most natural method of creating annotations on the SMART Board.

  • Page 18: Writing With Notebook Tools

    Line Width button, and then on one of the 6 displayed widths. 3. Click and drag with the pen cursor, or, if you are working on a SMART Board, touch the Board and drag with your finger or any pointing device to create a freehand annotation object.

  • Page 19: Drawing Rectangles, Ellipses And Lines

    6. Click on the Apply button to activate the new selection. 7. Click on the OK button to activate the new selection and quit the dialog box, returning to the initial SMART Board screen. NOTE: To quickly return to the original default settings (for color, width and highlighter), simply press the Defaults button on the Pens tab of the Configure Pen Tray Tool dialog box.

  • Page 20: Creating A Notebook Text Box

    3. Click and drag with the cursor, or, if you are working on a SMART Board, press and drag with your finger or any pointing device to create the geometric object. Release the mouse button or lift your finger when you are satisfied with the size of the object.

  • Page 21: Assigning Or Changing Text Attributes

    Pen Tray eraser to erase it. To erase it, first select the Text Box, then activate the Delete command or press the Delete key. See the section entitled “Editing Objects on the SMART Board” for more information on these editing operations.

  • Page 22: Automatically Grouping Newly Created Objects

    Group command in the Edit menu (see “Grouping and Ungrouping Objects” in the section entitled “Editing Objects on the SMART Board”). SMART Grouping enables you to automatically group objects that are created within a specified period of time (.5 to 3 seconds) or within specified spatial limits (a narrow to wide and short to high Group Area).
  • Page 23 5. Click and drag the Group Area sliding bars to specify the SMART Board area within which the objects you create will be grouped. These specifications will be reflected in the size of the Guide Box that appears (if enabled) when you next write on the Board.

  • Page 24: Importing Information Into Notebook

    You cannot cut or copy and then paste a selection that combines both text and graphics. You can, however, use cut, copy and paste to import text and graphics as separate objects. Alternatively, you can use Screen Capture to import combined text and graphics. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 25: Capturing All Or Part Of A Screen

    A full range of right mouse commands are available from the Screen Capture title bar: Move, Minimize, Close, Small View (to reduce the size of the Screen Capture toolbar), Save Pictures to New Page, and About Screen Capture. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 26 Notebook page, depending on whether the Snapshot to New Page command in the Tools menu is selected or not. To capture a selected screen area: 1. In Windows Notebook, click the Area Selection button. The cursor changes to a camera icon. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 27 2. Move the selection rectangle (Macintosh) or the camera cursor (Windows) to the area of the screen you want to capture. 3. Click and drag with the mouse or, on the SMART Board, press and drag to circumscribe the precise area you want captured.

  • Page 28: Print Capture (Windows Only)

    3. Select a page size from the Paper drop-down list. 4. Select the screen resolution that corresponds to your display from the Display Size for Scaling list. 5. Select Landscape orientation (wider than tall) or Portrait orientation (taller than wide). SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 29: Activating Print Capture

    Notebook file in File Name. 6. Click the Open button. The file will automatically be printed by the source application to the current Notebook file. This may take a few moments, depending on the size of the file being printed. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 30: Importing Graphic Files

    Notebook or pasted into another Notebook file. Any of the following image formats can be imported into Notebook for Windows: • • • JPEG (JPG) • • • • SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 31: Importing Smart 2000 Notepad Files

    1. Select Pictures from SMART 2000 Notepad from the Insert menu. The Import SMART 2000 Notepad dialog box will appear. 2. Select one of the SMART 2000 Notepad files from the displayed list. 3. Click the OK button. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 32 Notebook file. If the number of pages in the SMART 2000 Notepad exceeds the number of pages in the current Notebook file, new pages will automatically be added to accommodate it. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 33: Editing Objects On The Smart Board

    Editing Objects on the SMART Board All Notebook annotations are individual, selectable objects that can be edited in a variety of ways. A selected annotation object can be: • moved anywhere on the workspace by clicking and dragging the object •...
  • Page 34 1. Select the first object by moving the cursor over the object until the cursor becomes a multi-directional, four-headed arrow. Then click once. The object will appear enclosed by a selection rectangle with 8 resizing handles. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 35: Moving Objects

    When you cut or copy a single grouped selection, the grouping is retained in the pasted result. In addition, the grouping is preserved across any number of file saves. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 36 To ungroup an object group: 1. Click the Select button in any Notebook Toolbar. Choose Select from the Draw menu. 2. Select the object group you want to ungroup. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 37: Protecting Objects From Further Editing

    The object will no longer be selectable. 4. Reverse the effect of this command by selecting Bring to Front from the Draw menu. All objects on the page will be restored to the foreground for subsequent selection. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 38: Resizing Objects

    Notebook cut, copy and paste commands work much like those in other applications. When you cut or copy a Notebook object, it is automatically placed in the system clipboard for subsequent pasting elsewhere in the Notebook or into other applications. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 39: Changing Object Attributes

    You can change the color, font style and size of any text object; you can also change the color and line width of any graphical object you create. The SMART Board provides you with a number of options. After selecting the object, you can use the Notebook toolbar buttons, right mouse commands or the Pen Tray tools to effect an attribute change.

  • Page 40: Deleting And Erasing Objects

    Delete key. The Pen Tray eraser will have no effect on such objects. • You can configure one of the Pen Tray buttons to function as a Clear Page button, deleting all annotations from the page at once. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 41 1. Pick up the eraser from the Pen Tray. The cursor immediately changes to an eraser icon. 2. Press on the SMART Board with the physical eraser, your finger or with any other object. The electronic ink will disappear wherever Board contact is made.

  • Page 42: Undoing Your Mistakes

    5. Click on the Apply button to activate the new selection. Click on the OK button to activate the new selection and quit the dialog box, returning to the initial SMART Board screen. 6. Press the Pen Tray button you have just configured as a Clear Screen button.
  • Page 43 To Redo the last command revoked with Undo: Press the Redo button in the Full Toolbars. Select Redo from the Edit menu. The effect of the Undo command will be reinstated. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 44: Sorting Information On The Smart Board

    Sorting Information on the SMART Board SMART Notebook’s Page Sorter feature provides a comprehensive, To view your .nbk file scrollable view of miniature versions of all the pages in your current .nbk in Page Sorter view, file. This panoramic perspective allows you to see more clearly how your select Page Sorter from the View menu.
  • Page 45 Click and drag or, on a SMART Board, press and drag the miniature page to the preferred position. The cursor will change its appearance to a page icon during this procedure. You can move a page between two existing pages and then lift your finger or the mouse button to complete the insertion procedure and install the page.

  • Page 46: Presenting Information On The Smart Board

    Notebook in Windowed rather than Full Screen mode, with all toolbars visible for easy tool access. To present that same material on a SMART Board, however, an enlarged viewing space, free of all toolbar clutter, is preferable. Full Screen mode with all toolbars (including the Status Bar) de-selected would enhance the visual impact of your presentation.

  • Page 47: Scale To Fit View

    Scale to Fit is especially valuable when you are using the SMART Board without a projector. Because Scale to Fit accommodates the entire Notebook canvas area without scrolling, everything you write on the Board will appear on the computer monitor.

  • Page 48: Navigating Through A Notebook Presentation

    .nbk file presentation in the SMART Notebook. You can: • Press the Next Page button on the SMART Board Pen Tray. To facilitate quick review of material, you can also configure the other Pen Tray button to function as a Previous Page button. For detailed instructions, read the topic “Configuring the Pen Tray...

  • Page 49: Printing And Distributing Information

    For example, keep a record of all major points made during the course of a meeting in a Notebook file on the SMART Board. At the end of meeting, make hard copy printouts of these notes and distribute them to all participants to serve as minutes.
  • Page 50 5. If you want multiple copies printed, enter the desired number of copies required in Copies. To specify the format of Notebook images with Page Setup: 1. Select Page Setup from the File menu. The Printer Page Setup dialog box will appear. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 51 3. If you want the Notebook page number to appear centered below each image, select Name Notebook Pages. 4. If you do not want the contents of the Notebook page to expand into the area normally reserved for margins, select Leave Margins. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 52: Sending Notebook Files

    Click the To box and select the recipient’s name from the resulting Address Book dialog box. 4. Select Send from the File menu. Click the Send button in the toolbar. The .nbk file(s) will be sent as an attachment along with the message itself. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 53: Using Third-Party Conferencing Applications On The Smart Board

    Applications on the SMART Board SMART Aware is an application that runs in the background whenever SMART Board driver is active (in Windows only). Aware allows you to use and control the whiteboarding component of a number of popular desktop conferencing applications as a Board-aware program on a SMART Board.

  • Page 54: Aware With Projected And Non-Projected Boards

    Therefore, online Help specific to the various third- party applications listed above is available as a major topic in the SMART Board driver Help. If you choose to make the Aware window visible (select Aware Settings from the Board menu, then check Show Aware), you can also access Aware Help from the Aware Help menu.
  • Page 55 ProShare are all run in the same way. To run Microsoft NetMeeting with Aware: 1. Activate the SMART Board driver, if it is not already running. 2. Open Microsoft NetMeeting. 3. Select Whiteboard from the NetMeeting Tools menu or press the Whiteboard button on the toolbar.

  • Page 56: Customer Support

    Web site: www.smarttech.com Please provide us with information about when you purchased the product, the dealer's name, the version of your operating system and SMART Board, and the name of the application software causing the problem, if applicable. Other SMART Contacts Sales and Marketing: 403.245.0333...
  • Page 57 Read the warranty shipped with your SMART Board for details. A User Registration Card has also been shipped with your SMART Board. To facilitate user support and to receive news and updates, fill in and mail the card to SMART Technologies.

  • Page 58: Appendix A: Smart Board Maintenance

    Appendix A: SMART Board Maintenance Cleaning the Writing Surface To clean the writing surface of the SMART Board, use a standard glass cleaner. Just spray with cleaning fluid and wipe with a paper towel. If a permanent marker has been used, try rubbing the spot with a cloth dampened with isopropyl alcohol.

  • Page 59: Appendix B: Tips And Trouble Shooting

    Appendix B: Tips and Trouble Shooting General Tips for Trouble-Free Performance These tips apply to a SMART Board that is completely set up, with the SMART Board Software installed and running. • Make sure all the pens and the eraser are placed securely in the Pen Tray.
  • Page 60 Pen Tray slots may be malfunctioning. Contact SMART Technical Support for further assistance. Q. When I write on my projected SMART Board, the electronic ink is displayed at some distance from the pen. Also, the cursor is displayed at a distance from my finger when I click on the screen.
  • Page 61 Q. What can I do when the cursor becomes stuck in one place on my SMART Board? A. The SMART Board is made up of two layers of material with an air gap between. Contact with the outer, surface layer of the Board causes that gap to disappear as the two surfaces come together, forming a brief point of contact.
  • Page 62 Contact with the Notebook workspace can now be sensed by the Board. Q. When I start the SMART Board driver, a box pops up saying “No SMART Board was found on your system.” I follow the directions on screen, but I keep getting the same message. What should I do? A.
  • Page 63 Projector Q. The image on my screen is too large for the SMART Board. What can I do to make the image fit the Board? A. If the image on your Board is too large and can’t be reduced enough to fit using the zoom lens or, if the image is too small and can’t be expanded, the image resolution (number of pixels...

  • Page 64: Index

    Graphic files, 2 Files, 27 Graphic Files, 26 Print Capture, 24 Print Capture, 2, 24 Screen Capture, 21 Screen Capture, 2, 21 Intel ProShare, 49 SMART 2000 Notepad files, 3, 27 DataBeam FarSite, 49 Deleting Objects, 36 SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 65 Scale to Fit view, 8 Scale to Fit View, 43 Opening Notebook Files, Windows, 10 Activating Scale to Fit View, 44 Orienting a Projected SMART Board, 7 Screen Capture, 21 Activating Screen Capture (for the Macintosh), 22 Activating Screen Capture (for...
  • Page 66 4, 6, 8 Bold and Italic Tools, 18 projected, 6 Font Size Tool, 17, 18 projected, 3 Font Tool, 17 SMART Board Commands, 8 Pen Tool, 14 SMART Board tools, 1 Text Tool, 16 SMART Grouping, 18 Trouble Shooting, 55...
  • Page 67 Suite 600, 1177 - 11th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB CANADA T2R 1K9 Tel. 403.245.0333 (Switchboard) Fax 403.245.0366 403.228.5940 (Support) Technologies Inc. E-mail: support@smarttech.com www.smarttech.com Printed in Canada SBX-USEG-R3 REV A1...

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