Editing Notebook Objects; Selecting Objects - Smart Technologies SMART BOARD User Manual

Editing Notebook Objects

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 pressing and dragging the object
•
made part of an annotation group with the Group command or removed from an
annotation group with the Ungroup command
•
protected from further editing
•
reordered within an object stack
•
resized by pressing and dragging on any one of the eight resize handles
•
altered by having its visual attributes changed
•
deleted or erased
•
undone and/or redone with the Undo and Redo commands

Selecting Objects

In order to move or edit an object, that object must first be selected. When an object is
selected, a dotted-line selection rectangle and eight resize handles (four handles if the object
is small) appear in a rectangular formation around the object.
The various methods for selecting one or more Notebook objects are described below.
To select a single object:
1 Choose Select from the Draw menu.
or
Press the Select toolbar button.
2 Move the cursor over the object you want to select. When the pointer cursor becomes
a four-arrow pointer cursor, press once.
The object will appear enclosed by a dotted-line selection rectangle with eight resize
handles.
To select several objects:
1 Choose Select from the Draw menu.
or
Press the Select toolbar button.
2 Press and drag the cursor across several objects.
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Resize Handle
A Selected Notebook Object
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