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for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000,
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  • Page 1 User’s Guide for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, ® ® ME, XP, Windows NT 4.0 ® and Mac OS 8.5 through Mac OS X...
  • Page 2 U.S. Patent No. 5,448,263 and 6,141,000. Canadian Patent No. 2,058,219. Other U.S. and foreign patents pending. Copyright Notice © 1995–2002 SMART Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form by any means without the prior written consent of SMART.

  • Page 3: Important Information

    WARNING If you use a projector with your SMART Board interactive whiteboard, do not view directly or stare into the beam of light created by the projector. Be especially careful to instruct children not to look in the direction of, or stare at, the beam of light created by the projector.

  • Page 4: General Tips For Trouble-Free Performance

    Cleaning the Writing Surface Before you clean the SMART Board interactive whiteboard, you should first log off. If you touch the screen when the computer is in any other state (e.g., with a program open or at the desktop), pressure applied to the screen will activate program components or scramble desktop icons.

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Getting your SMART Board interactive whiteboard set up and ready to use is easy. Follow the steps below and you’ll find that as soon as you install SMART Board software on your connected computer, your interactive whiteboard becomes touch sensitive: In other words, every touch on the interactive whiteboard will be interpreted by your computer as a mouse click.
  • Page 6 9-pin Serial Port (Underneath Board) Short DB9 Connector Connect the other end of the serial cable (long DB9 connector) to a COM (serial) port on your computer. Unplug your keyboard connector and reconnect it to the supplied SMART Keyboard Adapter. Insert the male end of the keyboard adapter into the keyboard port on your computer.

  • Page 7: Manually Configuring Your Serial Port

    The Select COM Port dialog box will appear. If you know the COM port to which the SMART Board unit is connected, you can type it or select it from the COM port drop-down list and click the Select button under Manual.
  • Page 8 USB Port If you already have the appropriate USB driver installed on your system, the Ready Light on the Pen Tray will turn red and you can proceed to install SMART Board software (step 4 on the next page). If you don’t have the appropriate driver installed, a Found New Hardware wizard will appear to assist you in locating the driver for the newly connected USB Human Interface Device (the interactive whiteboard).
  • Page 9 If the SMART Board tools do not automatically open, select Start > Programs > SMART Board Software > SMART Board Tools. The SMART Board icon will appear in the system tray. You can now pick up a stylus from the Pen Tray and write over any projected application.

  • Page 10: Macintosh Serial Cable Setup

    Macintosh Serial Cable Setup Connect the short DB9 end of the supplied serial cable to the 9-pin serial port underneath the interactive whiteboard. 9-pin Serial Port (Underneath Board) Short DB9 Connector Attach the supplied Macintosh serial adapter to the long DB9 end of the supplied serial cable and insert the barrel-shaped end of the adapter into the modem or printer port on your Macintosh computer.
  • Page 11 This indicates it’s receiving power from your keyboard port or external power supply. Ready Light Insert the SMART Board software CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD will automatically launch the installation program. Follow the on-screen instructions. Immediately following SMART Board software installation, you’ll notice the Ready Light on the Pen Tray turns from red to green.
  • Page 12 Press on the SMART Board icon in the menu bar and select Control Panel from the drop-down menu. In the Boards tab, press the Select button under Serial Ports. The Pick a Port dialog box will appear. If you know the port to which the interactive whiteboard is connected, select it from the Port List and press the OK button.

  • Page 13: About This Guide

    About This Guide As you read through this guide, you’ll be pleased to learn that the SMART Board interactive whiteboard lets you do a lot more than control your computer via the board’s touch-sensitive surface and write over top of projected applications in electronic ink.
  • Page 14 NOTE: This guide assumes that you’ve already completed interactive whiteboard setup: You’ve mounted the SMART Board unit to a wall or to a floor stand and installed SMART Board software as described in the SMART Board interactive whiteboard setup instructions.

  • Page 15: Table Of Contents

    SMART Board Tools ..................1 SMART Aware: Making Third-Party Programs Board-Aware ......6 Text Injection in Non-Aware Applications............7 Accessing and Exiting the SMART Board Tools ..........7 Using an Interactive Whiteboard with a Projector......9 The Importance of Being Oriented ..............9 Adjusting the Projected Image ..............
  • Page 16 Working with Board-Aware Third-Party Applications....77 Board-Aware Third-Party Applications ............77 Using Microsoft Word and Excel on an Interactive Whiteboard....78 Using Microsoft NetMeeting Software on an Interactive SMART Board ..79 Using Microsoft Paint Software on an Interactive Whiteboard .....80 Disabling SMART Aware ................80 Aware Online Help..................81...
  • Page 17 Appendix A: Using an Interactive Whiteboard without a Projector.. 86 Setting Up the SMART Pen Tray for Non-Projected Use......86 Configuring SMART Board software for Non-Projected Use ....... 86 Capturing Your Notes................... 87 Appendix B: Floating Tools Options For Windows Users....88 Appendix C: Using Multiple Interactive Whiteboards .......
  • Page 18 Contents...

  • Page 19: Smart Board Software

    SMART Board Icon NOTE: The SMART Board tools must be running to use the Pen Tray styluses and eraser. In other words, if you want to write on your board with a Pen Tray stylus, make sure the SMART Board icon appears in the system tray (Windows operating system), in the menu bar or in the Dock (Macintosh computers).
  • Page 20 In the Mac OS X operating system, the SMART Board tools icon resides in the Dock. Press OS X on this icon to make the SMART Board Tools menu appear at the top of the window. In Windows operating systems, you can access the SMART Board tools by pressing on the SMART Board icon in the system tray.
  • Page 21 Macintosh computer users can access this same annotation-capture capability from the SMART Board tools menu. When you perform a capture, the image is automatically placed on a new page of the current Notebook file. You can save the captured annotations as a Notebook file, a PDF file, a series of image files or an HTML file (Windows only).
  • Page 22 SMART Video Player does not support internal DVD drives or live video streamed over the Internet. SMART Keyboard The SMART Board interactive whiteboard (used with a projector) is a great tool for presenting information to others, allowing you to control your applications by touching and You can press and writing over top of a program to make or emphasize a point.
  • Page 23 SMART Board Control Panel The SMART Board Control Panel is a tabbed interface for configuring the SMART Board interactive whiteboard functions and accessing the advanced features. SMART Board Control Panel (Windows Operating System) In the Boards tab you can: •...

  • Page 24: Smart Aware: Making Third-Party Programs Board-Aware

    Macintosh computers. The unique touch shortcuts, annotation-capture and printing capabilities available when running PowerPoint software on a Macintosh-connected SMART Board interactive whiteboard are described in Using PowerPoint Software on an Interactive Whiteboard on page 82. Using Microsoft Paint on a SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Microsoft Paint is one of a number of graphics programs supported by SMART Aware.

  • Page 25: Text Injection In Non-Aware Applications

    Press the Start button in the Task Bar, select Programs > SMART Board Software > SMART Board Tools. The SMART Board icon will appear in the system tray (on the right side of the Task Bar). Press on the SMART Board icon and select an option from the pop-up menu that appears.
  • Page 26 Double-press on the SMART Board icon in the system tray and press on toolbar button. Pop-Up Menu Toolbar Buttons The toolbar is handy if you use the Recorder, Floating Tools or Keyboard (or any of the other tools) frequently. Drag the toolbar to any convenient screen location and all your favorite software tools are just a button-press away.

  • Page 27: Using An Interactive Whiteboard With A Projector

    Press firmly in the small yellow square in the center of each red cross that appears in the orientation screen. If you neglect to do this, the SMART Board driver will not track your finger or Pen Tray tool correctly.
  • Page 28 Press the SMART Board icon and select Orient (for Windows operating system) or Orient SMART Board (for Macintosh computers) and follow the on-screen instructions. You can also access this feature by pressing the Orient button in the Boards tab of the SMART Board Control Panel.

  • Page 29: Adjusting The Projected Image

    Keystoning problems can also be solved by raising or lowering the front or back of the projector until the sides of the image are parallel to the SMART Board A Keystoned Image bezel.

  • Page 30: Adjusting The Projected Laptop Image

    Your monitor shows the new resolution. If the Interactive Whiteboard Becomes Unresponsive If the interactive whiteboard is unresponsive to contact, check that the SMART Board driver is set to run in projected mode. While projected operation is the default mode for the driver, Non-Projected (Whiteboard Mode) may have been accidentally selected in the Control Panel.

  • Page 31: On-Screen Display Controller For Windows Operating Systems

    1.866.518.6791. On-Screen Display Controller for Windows Operating Systems When you use an interactive whiteboard with a projector or a SMART Board for Plasma Displays interactive overlay, you’ll also want to use the On-Screen Display Controller. With an On-Screen Display Controller installed, you’ll never need to hunt for an elusive remote control again.

  • Page 32: Configuring And Using On-Screen Display Controls

    If you haven’t already done so, connect the appropriate cable from the projector or PDP to an available COM port on your computer. Press the SMART Board icon in the system tray and select Control Panel. The SMART Board Control Panel will appear.

  • Page 33: Using The Smart Bulb Saver (Windows Operating Systems Only)

    The Display Controller Wizard will disappear and you’ll be returned to the Display Controllers tab of the SMART Board Control Panel. 14 Press OK in the SMART Board Control Panel. The On-Screen Display Controller for your projector or PDP will be activated automatically.

  • Page 34: Getting To Know Your Smart Pen Tray

    Steady red indicates the Pen Tray is receiving power. Steady green occurs when Keyboard SMART Board software is installed and active on the connected computer. It indicates your Pen Tray is fully operational: power is being received and the hardware and installed Right-Click or software are fully integrated.

  • Page 35: Writing, Capturing And Erasing

    To do this, open the Floating Tools and press the Restore Annotations button in the Floating Tools palette. The last cleared annotation will be restored to view. OS X Press to restore last cleared annotation Press to restore last cleared annotation SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 36: Reconfiguring The Pen Tray Tools

    Select Specify Size and scroll to set the number of pixels between 10 and 100 for the new eraser diameter. NOTE: 10 pixels is approximately fingertip-sized. Select Automatically size eraser to SMART Board size to have the eraser sized to match your interactive whiteboard. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 37 A preview of the selected color and width will appear in the Sample box. To change the Pen Tray button settings: If you’re running an interactive whiteboard with projection (or a SMART Board for Plasma Displays interactive overlay) select the top/right button in the Pen Tray to...

  • Page 38: Using The Floating Tools

    To open and close the Floating Tools: Press the SMART Board icon and select Floating Tools. Press the grab handles to move the Floating Tools to another screen location. Press the Close button to close them.

  • Page 39: Reconfiguring The Floating Tools

    Annotations button and your note will be restored. If you haven’t activated the Floating Tools, don’t panic. Press on the SMART Board icon, select Floating Tools, and then press the Restore Annotations button. The last cleared annotation – in this case, the one you accidentally lost –...
  • Page 40 Press the Width arrow buttons to select a width from 1 to 32 pixels. To customize the Windows Floating Tools: Press on the SMART Board icon in the system tray and select Control Panel. Press on the Floating Tools tab.

  • Page 41: Saving Pen Tray And Floating Tools Settings As User Profiles

    Each user profile is stored as a .stls file in the SMART Board software directory on your hard drive (wherever you installed the software initially). If you want to move a profile from one computer to another, you can either move the .stls file to a shared network directory or...

  • Page 42: Erasing What You've Written

    Pen Tray styluses. In Mac OS 8.5 through 9.x operating systems Press on the SMART Board icon in the menu bar. To capture a region, select Capture Selection, and press and drag across the screen area you want to capture into Notebook software.
  • Page 43 Pen Tray styluses. You can’t use the Pen Tray eraser to erase geometric objects you create with the Floating Tools or typed text. To resize the eraser to fingertip size: Press the SMART Board icon and select Control Panel. Press the Pen Tray tab. Press the Eraser button.

  • Page 44: Using The Smooth Ink Setting

    The Smooth Ink setting eliminates the jagged, “staircasing” effect that occurs when a diagonal line is drawn on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard. It results in much smoother curves and a display that more closely resembles the appearance of wet ink on a regular whiteboard.
  • Page 45 Press here for Smooth Ink Press OK. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 46: Using The Smart Keyboard

    Save As dialog box. The SMART Keyboard is a quick and easy way to type into a dialog box (or into any application) right at the SMART Board surface, without moving to a physical keyboard.

  • Page 47: Using The Smart Keyboard To Type Text

    The SMART Keyboard is a virtual keyboard that eliminates the need for a separately attached keyboard. Simply activate the on-screen keyboard and press the virtual keys right on the SMART Board surface to input text into dialog boxes or any active application. To use the SMART Keyboard: Press the Keyboard button in the Pen Tray.

  • Page 48: Handwriting Recognition (Windows Operating System Only)

    To use handwriting recognition: Press the SMART Keyboard button in the Pen Tray. Press the SMART Board icon in the system tray and select Keyboard. The SMART Keyboard will appear. Press the Write button in the upper row of buttons on the keyboard.

  • Page 49: Editing Converted Handwriting

    Typewriter icon on the left edge of the title bar and select Direct Mode. The Editing Area will roll up, and SMART Board software will insert the text into the active application as you complete your handwriting. To make the Editing Area re- appear, press the Edit button again.
  • Page 50 Press on the letter you want to change. The letter will appear highlighted with an up or down arrow (depending on its case) to one side of it. Press on the highlighted letter again to alter the case. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 51: Entering Freehand Numbers

    Enter numbers in the Writing Recognition Area. Avoid entering letters, as these are not recognized as readily as numbers. When you’ve finished entering numbers and want to switch to letters, press the NUM Press button again to return to letter recognition. here SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 52: Handwriting Recognition In Non-Aware Programs

    If you just tap the board or press it briefly, the annotation will disappear. We recommend you practice inserting text once or twice so you can easily introduce annotations into the text of non-board-aware programs. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 53: Using Smart Recorder

    Windows Media Player. This software is available free of charge from www.windowsmedia.com/download. As long as your computer meets the requirements for SMART Board software, you can use SMART Recorder. However, for best performance we recommend you use a computer that meets the following requirements: •...

  • Page 54: Defining Smart Recorder Options

    • target file paths To change SMART Recorder options Press the SMART Board icon in the system tray and select Recorder. Press the Options button in the SMART Recorder toolbar. The Options dialog box will appear. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 55: Creating And Playing Video Files

    The SMART Recorder Video format can be viewed in Windows Media Player Microsoft at www. by people who have SMART Board software, or it can be converted using the pack microsoft.com/windows/ windowsmedia/wm7/ and show feature to enable those who do not have SMART Board software to view encoder.asp.
  • Page 56 Web sites with lots of complex graphics and animations. To create a video file: If the SMART Recorder toolbar is not already open, press the SMART Board icon in the system tray and select Recorder. TIP: If you don’t want the SMART Recorder toolbar to appear in your recording, press the icon in the left corner of the title bar and select Hide.

  • Page 57: Enhancing System Performance And Video Quality

    NOTE: If you send a video file in SMART Recorder Video AVI format to people who do not have SMART Board software installed, they will not be able to view the file. You can remedy this by creating a pack and show video file as explained in the previous section.
  • Page 58 Press the Advanced button. Press the Performance or Troubleshoot tab in the dialog box that appears. Drag the slider under Hardware Acceleration to the None setting. Press the Apply button, and then press the OK button. Restart your computer. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 59: Using Smart Video Player

    Accessing and Exiting SMART Video Player To open SMART Video Player: Press the SMART Board icon in the system tray and select Video Player. The SMART Video Player window will open. To exit SMART Video Player: Select Exit from the File menu.

  • Page 60: Defining Smart Video Player Options

    Full Screen toolbar disappears in the After __Seconds drop-down list. To automatically select the same video hardware the next time you use SMART Video Player, select the Remember Last Hardware Source check box. Press OK. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 61: Using The Output From Video Hardware

    You’ll need to balance your expectations for video quality against the limitations of your computer system. The higher the Frame Rate, the greater the demands placed upon your system. A frame rate of 15 frames per second is adequate under most circumstances. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 62: Using Video Files

    You can also set an option that will cause the video file to pause whenever you pick up a stylus or eraser from the Pen Tray. For more information, see Defining SMART Video Player Options on page 42. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 63: Capturing, Clearing And Restoring Annotations

    Mac OS X operating system users can capture the annotations they make over video played on QuickTime 6.0 into SMART Notebook software (using the Screen Capture tool described on page 69). However, this is not a part of the SMART Video Player functionality. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 64: Using Notebook Software For Object Creation

    Notebook software, the watermark disappears. To open Notebook software: For Mac operating systems, press the SMART Board icon in the menu bar or the Dock and select Notebook. For the Windows operating systems, press on the SMART Board icon in the system tray and select Notebook.

  • Page 65: Writing With The Pen Tool

    Select Rectangle, Ellipse or Line from the Draw menu. Press the Rectangle, Ellipse or Line button in the toolbar. Select the color and line width as described in steps 2 and 3 of the Writing with the Pen Tool procedure (immediately above). SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 66: Typing In Notebook Software

    Press and drag with the cursor, or, if you’re working on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard, 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 67: Assigning Or Changing Text Attributes

    Check Spelling dictionary. NOTE: Click the Options button to customize the Check Spelling tool so you can ignore specified words, specify the types of words you want to appear in the Suggestions list, select a different language, etc. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 68: Editing Objects In Notebook Software

    The object will appear enclosed by a dotted-line selection rectangle with eight resize handles. To select several objects: Choose Select from the Draw menu. Press the Select toolbar button. Press and drag to draw a selection rectangle around several objects. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 69: Moving Objects

    A selection rectangle will emerge from the Selection Pointer. Release the mouse button or lift your finger from the SMART Board interactive whiteboard. All objects within the selection rectangle, except those that have been previously moved to the background, will appear individually selected.

  • Page 70: Automatic Object Grouping

    Draw menu. To create objects within a different group, just start writing or drawing on a different area of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard. NOTE: This feature is not available for the Mac OS X operating system.

  • Page 71: Rearranging Stacked Objects

    Press the Color button in the toolbar. Alternatively, if you’re using the Windows operating system, select Current Color from the Format menu or press the Current Color button on left Current Color button on the Status Bar. edge of Status Bar SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 72: Deleting And Erasing Objects

    Pen Tray eraser or with the Delete or Clear Page commands. The “circle and tap” erasing method (see page 54) allows you to erase entire areas of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard that you define by drawing a circle with an edge of the round eraser.

  • Page 73: Undoing Your Mistakes

    Undo to rescind any number of previously issued commands for the current page. To Redo the last object or command revoked with Undo: Select Redo from the Edit menu. Press the Redo toolbar button. The effect of the Undo command will be reversed. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 74: Managing Notebook Files

    SMART Notebook software allows you to create, edit, save, present and distribute information on the SMART Board interactive whiteboard in the form of Notebook files. Managing Notebook files is very much like managing files in any other application. You can create new files, save files in which you are currently working for later viewing and revision, or print all or part of these files.
  • Page 75 NOTE: Each page in a Notebook file is saved using this base name and a page number. This base name is also applied to the folder that contains the group of files that make up the pages. Press Next. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 76 To save a Notebook file as a template file (Windows operating systems only): Create your page as you want it to appear when inserted into another Notebook file. Consider making objects part of the background or grouping certain objects together. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 77: Publishing Notebook Files On The Internet

    Notebook file to a Web server. Printing and Distributing Notebook Files Anything you create or import into a Notebook file can be printed out or sent to others as an attachment to an e-mail message (Windows operating systems only). SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 78 SMART Board interactive whiteboard. At the end of the meeting, make hard copy printouts of these notes or the pages of a presentation made on the SMART Board interactive whiteboard and distribute these copies to participants for future reference.
  • Page 79 Click the To button and select the recipient’s name from the Address Book dialog box. Select Send from the File menu or click the Send button. The current Notebook file will be sent as an attachment along with the message itself. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 80: Deleting Pages

    The Open dialog box will appear. From the Insert menu, select Current Template. If you haven't previously selected a template page, the Open dialog box will appear. Navigate to the template file, and press the Open button. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 81 NOTE: Now that you've selected a template, you can use the Current Template option from either the Insert menu or the menu that appears after you press the Template button. Select Current Template, and Notebook software automatically inserts a new page containing the template after your current page. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 82: Importing Information Into Notebook Software

    Save/Print toolbar will be added to the bottom row of the Floating Tools palette. To capture or print your current annotation: Pick up a Pen Tray stylus. The Save/Print toolbar will appear on the screen. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 83: Capturing All Or Part Of A Screen

    NOTE: The Screen Capture toolbar will float over all open applications. To capture a selected screen area: Press the Area Selection button in the Screen Capture toolbar. The cursor changes to a camera icon. Press and drag to outline the exact area you want captured. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 84: Capturing Entire Files With Print Capture

    Notebook Print Capture from the list of supported printers. Activate the Print command. Switch to the Notebook file. The selected file will appear appended on to the current Notebook file − one printed page per Notebook software page. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 85: Importing Scanned Pictures

    To cut or copy and paste into a Notebook file: Select either the text or graphic (but not both) to be imported from another Windows application or from another Notebook file. Select Cut or Copy from the Edit or right-mouse menu. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 86: Dragging And Dropping Via The Task Bar

    Notebook software will open. 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 interactive whiteboard or release the mouse button. Import Methods for Macintosh Computer Users OS X Notebook software provides Macintosh computer users with a variety of import methods.
  • Page 87 To have the image appear on the current page, de-select the Snapshot to New Page command in the Tools menu. To capture the entire current screen (Mac OS X operating system): Press and hold on the SMART Board Tools icon in the Dock. OS X A SMART Board Tools shortcut menu will appear.

  • Page 88: Importing Graphic Files

    Select Paste from the Edit menu. Press the Paste button. 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. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 89: Sorting Information In Notebook Software

    Press once on the Page Title box (directly beneath the miniature page) to select it. Press again to convert it to a text-entry box, then enter new or edit existing text. NOTE: The default label for unlabelled pages is the date and time at which the page was created. SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 90 The Side Sorter is a vertical strip containing thumbnail versions of all pages in the current Notebook file. These thumbnail pages are automatically updated as the content of the pages change. Side Sorter Current Page Side Sorter (Windows Operating System) SMART Board User’s Guide...
  • Page 91 Roll-up the Side Sorter to a minimized title bar Side Sorter view of target page Move an object from the current page onto any other page by pressing and dragging it onto another thumbnail SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 92: Presenting On The Interactive Whiteboard

    Presenting on the Interactive Whiteboard The SMART Board interactive whiteboard was designed to maximize the power of presentations. A variety of features – both hardware- and software-based – make the job of presenting information in an interactive fashion easy for the presenter and stimulating for the audience.

  • Page 93: Smart Zoom (Windows) And Scale To Fit (Macintosh) View

    Select View > Zoom > SMART Zoom. The workspace will contract to provide a comprehensive view. To maintain the correct aspect ratio, canvas width will appear to diminish. To return to the original canvas perspective, select View > Zoom > 100%. SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 94: Navigating Through A Presentation

    Next Page or Previous Page buttons located on any of the available Notebook toolbars • press the Right or Left arrow keys on the keyboard • press on any thumbnail page in the Side Sorter and that page becomes the current Notebook file page SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 95: Working With Board-Aware Third-Party Applications

    In a data conference, the presenter can control the conferencing application and open meeting files by pressing on the SMART Board surface. In addition, notes written at any connected interactive whiteboard will also appear at all conferencing sites, providing a fully interactive, shared workspace for all participants.

  • Page 96: Using Microsoft Word And Excel On An Interactive Whiteboard

    With Word or Excel and SMART Board tools running, lift up a Pen Tray stylus. The following Capture/Save toolbar will appear: Press to inject...

  • Page 97: Using Microsoft Netmeeting Software On An Interactive Smart Board

    • Make sure all sites are running the same version of SMART Board software. If one site uses a previous version, your meeting will fail. To find out which version you’re running, open the SMART Board Control Panel, press the About button and press the Technical Support tab.

  • Page 98: Using Microsoft Paint Software On An Interactive Whiteboard

    You’ll find you’ve created a bitmap with much greater ease than normal: You have the extra- large canvas of the SMART Board surface to work on and the kind of artistic control that can only be achieved with a pen in your hand. You’ll also find that Aware offers the same advantages when you’re running CorelDRAW or AutoCAD software.

  • Page 99: Aware Online Help

    Press the Apply button, and then press the OK button. Aware Online Help Aware runs as a background application while the SMART Board tools are active. Therefore, online Help specific to the third-party applications is available as a major topic in the SMART Board tools online Help.

  • Page 100: Using Powerpoint Software On An Interactive Whiteboard

    Using PowerPoint Software on an Interactive Whiteboard SMART Board tools have been optimized for use with Microsoft PowerPoint software running on either Windows operating systems or Macintosh computers. In Windows operating systems, you can write into PowerPoint slides with any Pen Tray stylus.

  • Page 101: Saving Powerpoint Annotations

    PowerPoint slide) rather than saving it in electronic form. Note that when you select the Print Slide command, the annotation is not saved into PowerPoint or Notebook software. To print a PowerPoint slide: Open a .ppt file and press the Slide Show button SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 102: Clearing And Restoring Powerpoint Annotations

    Press on the board to make the PowerPoint Pop-up Menu disappear. Temporarily Blacking-Out Slide Show Display If you need to temporarily divert attention away from the SMART Board interactive whiteboard, black out the slide show display. When you’re ready to resume the slide show, you can remove the black-out and reveal the slide.

  • Page 103: Customer Support

    A User Registration Card has been shipped with your interactive whiteboard. To facilitate user support and to receive news and updates, fill in and mail the card to SMART Technologies Inc. You can also register online via the SMART Web site at www.smarttech.com/products/registration, either when you initially install SMART Board software or later.

  • Page 104: Appendix A: Using An Interactive Whiteboard Without A Projector

    Notebook software) with dry-erase ink, you may accidentally activate menu commands or other program elements with mouse clicks. It’s important to note that when you initially install SMART Board software, the default setting is projected mode. Therefore, you must change this setting, as described below.

  • Page 105: Capturing Your Notes

    The SMART Board driver is now ready to function without a projector, and will Erasing Tip effectively capture your dry-erase ink in electronic form. You can also erase with your finger in non- NOTE: You do not need to perform an orientation in non-projected mode; the computer projected mode.

  • Page 106: Appendix B: Floating Tools Options For Windows Users

    You can edit the default Floating Tools palette to contain as many of the tools listed below as you like. To edit the Floating Tools, open the SMART Board Control Panel, press on the Floating Tools tab, and drag individual tools from the List of Tools onto the Editable Floating Tool Bar.
  • Page 107 Produces the equivalent of a Ctrl key press on an attached Control Key keyboard Produces the equivalent of a keyboard shift press on an attached Keyboard shift keyboard Opens the SMART Keyboard for on-screen typing Launch Keyboard Opens SMART Notebook software Launch Notebook Software SMART Board User’s Guide...

  • Page 108: Appendix C: Using Multiple Interactive Whiteboards

    Suppose you’re reviewing a spreadsheet and want to keep notes. You could display Microsoft Excel software on one board and SMART Notebook software on another (both programs resident on the same computer), as shown on the two SMART Board for Plasma Display interactive whiteboards on the next page.
  • Page 109 In this case, you might want to split the window across a couple of boards, as shown on the two SMART Board for Plasma Display interactive whiteboards below. You could even have separate windows open on some of the boards and windows split over others.

  • Page 110: Index

    Clearing and Restoring PowerPoint Accessing Annotations, 84 Floating Tools, 21 Clip Art SMART Board Tools for Macintosh, 9 Importing into Notebook (Windows), 67 SMART Board Tools for Windows, 7–9 Configuring the SMART Board SMART Notebook Software, 46 For Use with a Projector, 13...
  • Page 111 Freehand Annotations with Pen Tray Eraser, 26 Resizing the Eraser to Fingertip Size, 26 Exiting Laptop image problems, 13 SMART Board Tools for Macintosh, 9 Laptop Serial Port Unavailable, 13 SMART Board Tools for Windows, 7 Macintosh Serial Cable Setup, viii–x Floating Tools, 4...
  • Page 112 Reversing Your Presentation, 82 Highlighter Tool, 47 Saving Annotations, 83 Managing Notebook Files, 56–63 Touch Shortcuts, 82 Moving Objects, 51 Use on a SMART Board, 82 Object Attributes, 53 Precautions, i Pen Tool, 47 Presenting Information on a SMART Printed Page Setup, 60 Board, 82–84...
  • Page 113 Pen Tool, 47 SMART Board Printed Page Setup, 60 Cleaning, ii Printing Notebook Files, 60–61 Erasing on a SMART Board, 26 Protecting Objects from Further Editing, Multiple SMART Boards, 90–91 Orientation, 10–11 Publishing Files on the Internet, 59 Presenting on a SMART Board, 82–84...
  • Page 114 Macintosh, vii Playing Video Files, 40 Windows, vi–vii Selecting Equipment, 36 User Profiles, 24 Sound and Video Quality, 38 Using the SMART Board with a Projector, Video Format, 38 SMART Video Player Accessing, 42 Annotating over Video, 45 Capturing Annotations, 45...
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