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- Page 1 M A C I N T O S H V E R S I O N SMART Board Software for Mac OS 8.5 through 9.x SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Rear Projection SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard for Plasma Displays SMART Board...
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Page 2: Technical Support
Technologies Inc. could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Trademark Notice SMART Board, Sympodium, Notebook, DViT, OptiPro and the SMART logo are trademarks of SMART Technologies Inc. Macintosh, Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other third-party product and company names are mentioned for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. -
Page 3: Important Information
For operating safety and to avoid damage to the unit, carefully read and observe the following instructions. • Use care if you decide to move a SMART Board interactive whiteboard that is mounted on a Floor Stand. Quick stops, excessive force and uneven surfaces may cause the interactive whiteboard to overturn. -
Page 4: General Tips For Trouble-Free Performance
Cleaning the Writing Surface Before you clean the SMART Board interactive whiteboard, you should first log off. If you touch the screen when the computer is in any other state (e.g., with a program open or at the desktop), you will activate program components or scramble desktop icons. -
Page 5: About This Guide
NOTES This guide is for SMART Board software users who are running Mac OS 8.5 − 9.x operating system and version 6.0.2 of SMART Board software. If you have Mac OS X operating system, you should use version 8.0.0 of SMART Board software. -
Page 7: Table Of Contents
Other Precautions ........................... i General Tips for Trouble-Free Performance .................. ii About This Guide ....................iii Setting Up Your SMART Board 500 Series Interactive Whiteboard ....1 Macintosh Computer USB Adapter Setup..................1 Macintosh Computer Serial Cable Setup ..................3 SMART Board Software ..................5 SMART Board Software Service ....................5... - Page 8 Customer Support.....................35 Contacting SMART Technical Support..................35 General Inquiries..........................35 Appendix A: Using an Interactive Whiteboard without a Projector ....37 Setting Up the SMART Pen Tray for Non-Projected Use .............37 Configuring SMART Board Software for Non-Projected Use ............37 Working with Your Notes in Non-Projected Mode ................38 Appendix B: Using Multiple Interactive Whiteboards ........39...
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Page 9: Setting Up Your Smart Board 500 Series Interactive Whiteboard
Your first task is to connect your computer to the interactive whiteboard. Use the SMART USB adapter, or if you have an older Mac (without a USB port), use the provided serial cable and serial cable adapter. - Page 10 Connect the USB end of the USB adapter to the USB port on your computer. The Ready Light on your pen tray turns red, indicating that the interactive whiteboard is receiving power from the USB port. Ready Light Insert the SMART Board software CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
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Page 11: Macintosh Computer Serial Cable Setup
Connect the short DB9 end of the supplied serial cable to the nine-pin serial port on the underside of the interactive whiteboard (see the figure on page 1). Attach your Macintosh computer serial adapter to the long DB9 end of the serial cable and then insert the barrel-shaped end of the adapter into the modem or printer port on your Macintosh computer. - Page 12 On the Boards tab, press the Select button. The Pick a Port dialog box appears. If you know which port the interactive whiteboard is connected to, select it from the Port List and press OK. If you’re unsure of the correct port, press the Auto Detect button. SMART Board software searches the ports for an attached interactive whiteboard.
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Page 13: Smart Board Software
NOTE: The SMART Board tools must be running to use the pen tray styluses and eraser. In other words, if you want to write on the interactive whiteboard with a pen tray stylus, make sure the SMART Board icon appears in the menu bar. - Page 14 Before a meeting or presentation, you can use the tools available in Notebook software to create a multi- page Notebook file, and you can then open that file on the SMART Board interactive whiteboard during the meeting. As the meeting participants provide comments and make suggestions, capture their input using the styluses, and navigate between each page in your Notebook file by touching the screen.
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Page 15: Using The Software In Projected Mode
When you use the software in projected mode, you can use your finger to control any application projected on the interactive screen as effectively as a mouse. You can touch on the interactive whiteboard to start a program, and then pick up a stylus from the pen tray to write over it in virtual, electronic ink. You can also configure screen contact to produce a left or right click, write or draw in any color, highlight anything on the interactive whiteboard, or erase annotations. -
Page 16: Adjusting The Front Projected Image
If you have a front projection SMART Board interactive whiteboard, you must make a few final adjustments to the projector to ensure a focused image that fits within the interactive whiteboard bezel (frame) at the top and bottom. You should have a margin of approximately 3/8" on both the right and left sides. - Page 17 Select the appropriate resolution from the shortcut menu that appears. Your monitor switches to the new resolution. Select Control Panels from the Apple menu. Select Monitors from the Control Panels menu. Select the appropriate resolution in the Resolutions area of the window. SMART Board User’s Guide...
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Page 18: Getting To Know Your Pen Tray
Press the top pen tray button to make the SMART indicates the current state of your interactive Keyboard appear. Press the bottom button to make your whiteboard. next contact with the interactive whiteboard a floating mouse. When the Ready Light flashes between red and green, Keyboard the pen tray is powering up. -
Page 19: Writing, Capturing And Erasing
(the slot with the corresponding color) when you finish using it. WARNING: If you touch the interactive whiteboard after you’ve replaced the stylus in the pen tray, the annotations you made will disappear. While this is an easy way to clear the screen, you must be careful not to delete annotations via accidental screen contact. -
Page 20: Reconfiguring The Pen Tray Tools
Press the Specify Size option and select the number of pixels for the new eraser diameter (between 10 and 100). NOTE: Ten pixels is the approximate size of your fingertip. Select Automatically size eraser to SMART Board size to have the eraser sized to match your interactive whiteboard. To change the stylus settings To change the width (the default is 2 pixels), in the Width box select the width you want. -
Page 21: Using The Floating Tools
– in virtual rather than physical form. Press the Pen button, for example, and your next contact with the interactive whiteboard produces electronic ink; press the Eraser button and your next contact removes electronic ink, just like the equivalent tools in the physical pen tray. -
Page 22: Configuring The Floating Tools
Notebook file. To do a screen capture Press the SMART Board icon in the menu bar. To capture a region, select Capture Selection, and then press and drag to select the area you want to capture. -
Page 23: 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 interactive whiteboard and erasing what you’ve written? You can customize the eraser by changing its size to the size of your fingertip (10 pixels), which allows you to pick up the eraser with one hand and erase a very small, precise area of the screen with your finger. -
Page 24: Using The Smart Keyboard
Press the Keyboard button in the pen tray. Keyboard Right-Click Press the SMART Board icon and select SMART Keyboard. The SMART Keyboard appears. Place the cursor at the point where you want to enter text in the active application or dialog box. -
Page 25: Using Notebook Software For Object Creation
Opening Notebook Software Open Notebook software before you perform a screen capture using the SMART Board tools. Also, you’ll want Notebook software open so you can prepare a presentation before a meeting or write notes during a meeting. -
Page 26: Toolbars In Notebook Software
The Compact toolbar is the default toolbar selection. It contains standard file management tools as well as basic editing, writing and navigation tools. The Full Toolbar provides a complete package of graphic creation, navigation, file management and editing tools. These toolbars can be individually selected and moved elsewhere on the screen. SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 27: Using With The Pen And Highlighter Tool In Notebook Software
Select Line Width from the Format menu, and select one of the six displayed widths to change the line width. Drag your finger or the mouse on the screen to create the geometric object. Lift your finger or release the mouse button when you’re satisfied with the size of the object. SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 28: Typing In Notebook Software
NOTE: The text you enter automatically wraps when it reaches the right edge of the box. When you finish entering text, press outside the text box. The text is now a separate object that you can select and modify, move, delete, or resize. SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 29: Editing Objects In Notebook Software
Start at one side of the objects you want selected and drag to draw a selection rectangle around them. Release the mouse button or lift your finger from the interactive whiteboard. All objects within the selection rectangle, except those that you have previously moved to the background, are selected. -
Page 30: Moving Objects
The SMART Notebook Options dialog box appears. Press the SMART Grouping tab. Ensure the Enable SMART Grouping option is selected. If you want, select the Enable Guide Boxes box, and then set the Time, and Group Area options to the appropriate settings. SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 31: Rearranging Stacked Objects
To change the font style (bold or italic): Press the Italic or Bold buttons (or select Italic or Bold from the Format menu). To change the text color: Press the Color button on the toolbar (or select Set Tool Color from the Format menu), and select a color from the color palette. SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 32: Changing Object Attributes
To erase annotations with the pen tray eraser Pick up the eraser from the pen tray. Press the interactive whiteboard screen with the physical eraser, your finger or any other object. The electronic ink disappears wherever you make contact with the screen. -
Page 33: Managing Notebook Files
To enable the autosave feature Select Tools > Options. The SMART Notebook Options dialog box opens. Press the Saving tab. Select the Enable Autosave option. Select an interval between saves in the Save Files area. Press OK. SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 34: Printing And Distributing Notebook Files
As you revise and edit your work, you may want to remove entire pages from your Notebook file. You can only delete pages in the Page Sorter view. To delete a page Select Page Sorter from the View menu. Click the page you want to delete. Select Delete Page from the Edit menu. SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 35: Importing Information Into Notebook Software
Doing this will cause the captured image to appear on the current page of your Notebook file. To capture a selected area Press the SMART Board icon in the menu bar. Select Capture Selection. Then press and drag to define the area you want captured. -
Page 36: Cutting, Copying And Pasting
Select the text you want to copy from any application. Select Cut or Copy from the Edit menu. In Notebook software, select Paste from the Edit menu. The object appears in the upper-left corner of the current page. SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 37: Sorting Information In Notebook Software
Select the box below a thumbnail and type in a new name. When you’re finished, press the ENTER key for the page title to change. To go to Page Sorter view, select Page Sorter from the View menu. SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 38: Normal View And The Side Sorter
NOTE: To move the object, select it and press the ALT key. Then drag the object onto a thumbnail page. Side Sorter Current Page View of Current Page Side Sorter View of Target Page Dragging a Selected Object from One Page to Another Via the Side Sorter SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 39: Presenting On The Interactive Whiteboard
Presenting on the Interactive Whiteboard The SMART Board interactive whiteboard can help to maximize the impact of your presentations. A variety of features – both hardware- and software-based – make the job of delivering an interactive presentation easy. Use Notebook software to create a presentation at your desktop computer. Store the presentation on a disk, insert it in the computer attached to the interactive screen, and display the file at your meeting in Full Screen view. -
Page 40: Navigating Through A Presentation In Notebook Software
Right or Left arrow keys on the keyboard • press any thumbnail in the Side Sorter to open the corresponding page • select Go to Page from the View menu to go to a specific page SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 41: Using Powerpoint Software With Smart Board Software
Press once on the screen, and then press again anywhere to the right of the first press. NOTE: If you prefer to advance the slide with a single press, open the SMART Board Control Panel, select the Aware tab, and finally select the Double-press to advance to the next slide check box to clear it. -
Page 42: Printing Powerpoint Annotations
Double-press the Pop-up Menu button. Press the Menu button in the middle of the PowerPoint toolbar. Select PowerPoint Menu from the list of commands that appears. The PowerPoint Pop-up menu appears. Double-press again to make the PowerPoint Pop-Up menu disappear. SMART Board User’s Guide... -
Page 43: Customer Support
SMART’s Technical Support team welcomes your call. However, you may want to contact your local reseller first if you experience problems with any SMART product. SMART’s resellers can readily provide you with quick advice, so you can start enjoying the benefits of your SMART Board product without delay. Contacting SMART Technical Support... -
Page 45: Appendix A: Using An Interactive Whiteboard Without A Projector
Configuring SMART Board Software for Non-Projected Use If you’re using an interactive whiteboard without a projector, verify that SMART Board software is set for non-projected (whiteboard) use in the SMART Board Control Panel. Otherwise, when you write anywhere outside a board-aware application workspace (such as Notebook software) with dry-erase ink, you may accidentally activate menu commands or other program elements. -
Page 46: Working With Your Notes In Non-Projected Mode
This erases the electronic ink on the computer as well. After you fill the interactive whiteboard screen with notes, you can save them as a page of a Notebook file. Press the top (New Page) button on the pen tray or the Insert Blank Page button in Notebook software. -
Page 47: Appendix B: Using Multiple Interactive Whiteboards
You could even have separate applications open on some of the screens and a desktop split over others. SMART Board software works the same way when you’re using it with multiple SMART Board interactive whiteboard. However, you can only write on one screen at a time. -
Page 48: Displaying Identical Desktops On Multiple Whiteboards
If a COM port was not automatically configured for any of the interactive whiteboards, configure the port yourself. To do this, press the Select button in the SMART Board Control Panel and follow the on-screen instructions. All of the SMART Board interactive whiteboards have the same desktop, so you can use any screen to do this. -
Page 49: Index
Pen Tool in Notebook Software, 19 Font Size, 23 Pen Tray Tools, 12 Formatting Text, 23 Text Attributes, 23 Full Screen View, 31 Circle and Tap Erasing, 15 Cleaning the SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard, ii Clearing Annotations, 15 Grouping, 22 Configuring Automatic, 22 Buttons, 12 Eraser, 12 Floating Tools, 13–14... - Page 50 Text Attributes, 23 SMART Board Control Panel, 6 Ungrouping Objects, 22 SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Cleaning, ii Presenting on a SMART Board, 31–32 Tips for Trouble-Free Performance, ii Objects Without a Projector, 37 Changing Attributes, 24 SMART Board Service, 5...
- Page 51 Typing in Notebook Software, 20 Writing over Applications, 11 Writing with Your Finger, 11 Toolbars Bold Tool, 23 Drawing Tools, 19 Highlighter, 19 Italic Tool, 23 Notebook Software, 18 Pen Tool, 19 Text Tool, 20 Transparent Ink, 12 Typing, 20 SMART Board User’s Guide...
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