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SMART Board User’s Guide
Using Notebook Software for Object Creation
If you’re running Notebook software on an interactive whiteboard, use the Pen Tray tools to
create or erase annotation objects. This is the simplest, easiest and most natural method
of creating annotations on the board. You can also use the Pen Tray buttons to move to
the next page or perform right-mouse clicks (Windows operating systems only).
However, you also have the option of using various object-creation tools available from the
command menus and toolbars. These tools are especially useful if you’re creating a
presentation in Notebook software at your desktop computer.
Either way, whatever you create becomes an individual annotation object that you can
select and change. In the Windows operating system, Notebook software has built-in
handwriting recognition so you can easily convert your freehand writing into typed text. Just
select the handwritten object, then press on the letter A button that appears in the top-right
corner of the selection box. Your writing will convert to typed-text format.
To create an object in Notebook software, begin by pressing on a toolbar button or
selecting the tool from the
Draw
menu. The second step is to select visual attributes for
that tool
−
such as the color, line width, font and font characteristics. See
Changing Object
Attributes
on page 53 for more information.
Opening Notebook Software
Notebook software will automatically launch when you use any of the screen-capture tools
available in either the Windows or Macintosh version of SMART Board tools. However, you
may also want to open Notebook software to prepare a presentation before a meeting or to
write notes during the course of a meeting.
If you are using Notebook software on a computer that's not connected to SMART equipment
(such as a SMART Board interactive whiteboard, a Sympodium interactive lectern or a
Camfire
whiteboard capture system), your pages in the Notebook file will have a watermark
in the background. This watermark won't be saved with your file, nor will it appear if you print
your pages. As soon as you connect your computer to SMART equipment and open
Notebook software, the watermark disappears.
To open Notebook software:
For Mac operating systems, press the SMART Board icon in the menu bar or the Dock and
select
Notebook
. For the Windows operating systems, press on the SMART Board icon in
the system tray and select
Notebook
.
NOTE
: In Mac operating systems, Notebook software will automatically launch when you
select
Capture Screen
or
Capture Selection
from the SMART Board tools drop-down
menu. In Windows operating systems, Notebook software will automatically launch when
you press the Screen Capture button in the Floating Tools or in the Save/Print toolbar.
Tip
You can create multi-page
files with Notebook
software. If you reach the
bottom of the current
page, start writing on a
new page. For Windows
operating systems, select
Blank Page
from the
Insert
menu. For
Macintosh computers,
select
New Page
from the
Insert
menu.
Win
