Erasing What You've Written - Smart Technologies SMART BOARD User Manual

NOTE: By default, the captured image will appear on a new page in the current Notebook
file. You can change this by de-selecting the Snapshot to New Page command in the
Tools menu. The newly captured image will then appear at the top of the current Notebook
page.
3 Open SMART Notebook to view your captured annotations.

Erasing What You've Written

What could be easier or more natural than picking up the round eraser in the Pen Tray,
brushing it against the SMART Board and erasing what you've written? But did you know you
can resize the eraser to the size of your fingertip (10 pixels), pick up the eraser with one hand
and erase a very small, precise area of the Board with your finger? And did you also realize
you can inscribe a circle on the Board with the eraser and then tap once inside that circle to
erase all annotations inside the circle?
If you'd prefer to remove all annotations at once, you can configure one of your Pen Tray
buttons so that it functions to clear all annotations. Alternatively, you can use the Clear
Annotations button in the Floating Tools to perform this function.
To resize the eraser to fingertip size:
1 Press the SMART Board icon and select Control Panel.
2 Press the Pen Tray tab.
3 Press the Eraser button.
4 Press the Specify Size radio button.
5 Press the scroll-down button until you reach 10 (pixels). This is approximately the size
of your fingertip.
6 Press the OK button.
7 Pick up the Pen Tray eraser in one hand and use a fingertip of your other hand to
erase a small area of the Board.
To erase freehand annotations with the Pen Tray eraser:
1 Pick up the eraser from the Pen Tray.
The cursor will change 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.
NOTE: This method of erasing only works with freehand annotations created with the
Pen Tray styluses. You can't use the Pen Tray eraser to erase geometric objects you
create with the Floating Tools or typed text.
"Circle and tap" erasing method:
Encircle any area of the Board you want erased with an edge of the round Pen Tray eraser.
Then, tap once inside that circle to erase all the annotations inside that area.
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