Appendix B: Floating Tools Options For Windows Users - Smart Technologies SMART BOARD User Manual

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
Win
you like. To edit the Floating Tools, open the Control Panel, press on the Floating Tools tab
and drag individual tools from the List of Tools onto the Editable Floating Tool Bar.
The following table describes the effect of using each available Floating Tools button.
Tool Button
Vertical
Separator
Horizontal
Separator
Pen
Highlighter
Eraser
Draw Rectangle
Draw Line
Draw Circle
Clear /
Restore
Annotations
Capture a
Screen Region
Capture the
Screen
Print
Use Mouse
Cursor
Float Mouse
Click
Middle Mouse
Click
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Resulting SMART Board Behavior
Inserts a vertical separator in the Floating Tools palette
Inserts a horizontal separator in the Floating Tools palette
Enables you to write or draw freehand-style over any application in
the color and width you choose using the Configure tool settings
dialog
Highlights an area of the screen for emphasis without overwriting
the underlying image
Activates an eraser cursor you can press and drag to erase
annotations
Activates a drawing tool you can press and drag to create squares
and rectangles
Activates a drawing tool you can press and drag to create lines
Activates a drawing tool you can press and drag to create circles
and ellipses
This tool toggles between two states. When annotations are on the
Board, the button is in the Clear Annotations state. As soon as an
annotation is deleted, the button changes to Restore Annotations.
Captures any area of the screen you select by pressing and
dragging to a new page in SMART Notebook
Captures the current screen and any annotations made on the
SMART Board to a new page in SMART Notebook
Sends the annotations plus the application background to the
default printer
Enables you to return to a left-mouse click after using a pen or
drawing tool
Produces a floating mouse with the next Board contact. Use the
floating mouse to view tool tips for buttons in programs configured
to provide that feature.
Produces a middle-mouse click with the next Board contact
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