Changing Object Attributes; Deleting And Erasing Objects - Smart Technologies SMART BOARD User Manual

Current Color button on
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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. After selecting the object, you can use
the Notebook toolbar buttons, right-mouse commands (Windows only) or the Pen Tray tools
to effect an attribute change.
To change the visual attributes of an object from Notebook:
1 Select the object(s) you want to change.
2 To change the color or line width of the object:
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Press the Color button in the toolbar. Alternatively, if you're a Windows user, select
Current Color from the Format menu or press the Current Color button on the
Status Bar.
• Press the Line Width button in the toolbar or select Line Width from the Format
menu.
• Select a color from the displayed color palette or a line width from the line-width
palette. The selected object(s) will immediately appear in that color or line width.
3 To change the font, font size or font style of a text object:
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Press the Font button on the toolbar (or select Font from the Format menu) and
select a font from the Font dialog.
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Press the Font Size button in the toolbar (or select Font from the Format menu)
and select a new point size in the range of 8 to 72 points.
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Press the Italic or Bold button in the toolbar to change the font style.
The selected text will immediately appear accordingly reconfigured.

Deleting and Erasing Objects

You can delete or erase Notebook annotations in several ways.
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Any freehand object created with the Notebook Pen tool button or a Pen Tray stylus can
be erased with either the Pen Tray eraser or with the Delete or Clear Page commands.
The "circle and tap" erasing method (see page 47) allows you to erase entire areas of the
Board that you define by drawing a circle with an edge of the round eraser.
• A geometric (such as a rectangle, line or ellipse) or text object can only be deleted with
the Delete or Clear Page commands or by pressing the Delete button (Windows only).
The Pen Tray eraser will not erase these objects.
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You can clear all annotations with the Clear Annotations button on the Floating Tools
palette. These same annotations can be restored by pressing the Restore Annotations
button on the same palette.
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You can configure one of the Pen Tray buttons to function as a Clear Page button,
deleting all annotations from the page at once.
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You can also delete the last object created or undo the last action performed on the
current Notebook page with either the Undo command in the Edit menu or the Undo
toolbar button. See Undoing Your Mistakes on page 47.
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