Your Finger Is Your Mouse; The Smart Pen Tray - Smart Technologies SMART Board Learner Workbook

SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Learner Workbook

Your Finger is Your Mouse

You can control applications on your computer from the interactive whiteboard. A
press with your finger on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard is the same as a click
with your mouse. You open an application the same way you do on your desktop
computer, but instead of using your mouse to select and open files, just press or
double-press the application icon with your finger.
Orienting the interactive whiteboard will ensure the cursor is aligned with your finger
press. Orienting is discussed in detail on page five.

The SMART Pen Tray

The SMART Pen Tray consists of four color-coded slots for pens and one slot for the eraser. Each slot has
an optical sensor to identify when the pens and eraser have been picked up. You can write with the pen or
with your finger, as long as a pen slot is empty. The technology in the pen tray is smart enough to know
which tool was removed from its slot most recently. If you remove the eraser from its slot while you are still
holding a pen, the pen tray will assume you want to erase. The lights above the tool slots indicate which tool
was removed last.
The Pen-Tray Buttons
The pen tray has at least two pen-tray buttons. One button is used to launch the On-Screen Keyboard. The
second button is used to make your next touch on the interactive whiteboard a right-click. Some interactive
whiteboards have a third button; this button is used to access the Help Center quickly.
Pen-tray buttons
Pen-tray buttons
The Pens
The SMART Board interactive whiteboard comes with four Whisper-tip™ pens (black, red, green and blue)
and one eraser. Although you do not need to use the pens to write on you interactive whiteboard, the pens
do make writing more intuitive. Pick up a pen from the SMART Pen Tray and begin writing. To erase your
digital ink, remove the eraser from the pen tray and move it in a smooth motion over your notes. The notes
will then disappear.
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