SMART Notebook 14. Windows operating systems. User s guide

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1 SMART Ntebk 14 Windws perating systems User s guide

2 Trade-mark ntice SMART Ntebk, SMART Dcument Camera, SMART Ink, SMART Bard, SMART Respnse, SMART Exchange, smarttech, the SMART lg and all SMART taglines are trade-marks r registered trade-marks f SMART Technlgies ULC in the US and/r ther cuntries. Windws, PwerPint and Internet Explrer are either registered trade-marks r trade-marks f Micrsft Crpratin in the US and/r ther cuntries. Mac, Mac OS, OS X and QuickTime are trade-marks f Apple Inc., registered in the US and ther cuntries. Adbe, Reader and Flash are either registered trade-marks r trade-marks f Adbe Systems Incrprated in the US and/r ther cuntries. All ther third-party prduct and cmpany names may be trade-marks f their respective wners. Cpyright ntice 2014 SMART Technlgies ULC. All rights reserved. N part f this publicatin may be reprduced, transmitted, transcribed, stred in a retrieval system r translated int any language in any frm by any means withut the prir written cnsent f SMART Technlgies ULC. Infrmatin in this manual is subject t change withut ntice and des nt represent a cmmitment n the part f SMART. This prduct and/r use theref cvered by ne r mre f the fllwing US patents. 06/2014

3 Cntents Chapter 1: Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware 1 Abut SMART Ntebk sftware 2 Abut the ther SMART sftware n yur cmputer 2 What s new 3 Starting SMART Ntebk sftware 3 Navigating the user interface 3 Viewing tl change ntificatins 9 Using gestures 9 Unding and reding actins 11 Chapter 2: Creating and wrking with files 13 Creating files 13 Opening files 13 Saving files 14 Exprting files 15 Printing files 17 Saving files autmatically 18 Attaching files t messages 21 Chapter 3: Creating and wrking with pages 23 Displaying pages in a file 23 Creating pages 24 Clning pages 25 Extending pages 25 Renaming pages 26 Rearranging pages 26 Gruping pages 27 Deleting pages 28 Chapter 4: Creating basic bjects 31 Writing, drawing and erasing digital ink 32 Creating shapes and lines 35 Creating text 38 Creating tables 44 Chapter 5: Wrking with bjects 53 Selecting bjects 53 Changing bjects prperties 55 Psitining bjects 58 Cutting, cpying and pasting bjects 62 Crpping images with a mask 63 Clning bjects 64 i

4 C O N T E N T S Resizing bjects 65 Rtating bjects 67 Flipping bjects 68 Gruping bjects 68 Deleting bjects 70 Chapter 7: Inserting, rganising and sharing cntent 71 Inserting cntent frm the Gallery 71 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra 75 Inserting cntent frm the SMART Exchange website 76 Inserting cntent frm ther surces 76 Inserting equatins with the Maths Editr 86 Inserting Internet brwsers 87 Attaching files and webpages 89 Organising and sharing cntent using the Gallery 90 Sharing cntent using the SMART Exchange website 95 Chapter 9: Creating lessn activities 97 Using advanced bject features 98 Using advanced page features 104 Creating example lessn activities 109 Accessing XC Cllabratin 115 Chapter 10: Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin 117 Preparing befre presenting 118 Using presentatin tls whilst presenting 125 Clearing r resetting pages after presenting 140 Enabling tw peple t use an interactive whitebard 143 Chapter 11: Enhancing SMART Ntebk sftware with add-ns 147 Installing add-ns 147 Using add-ns 148 Identifying missing add-ns 148 Disabling and remving add-ns 148 Chapter 12: Accessing RSS feeds with Ntebk Cnnect 151 Finding, adding and deleting an RSS feed 151 Viewing RSS feed cntent 152 Bkmarking articles 153 Inserting images and vide in the drawing area 153 Chapter 13: Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware 155 Custmising the tlbar 155 Cnfiguring SMART Ntebk sftware 157 Setting the language 163 Remving SMART sftware 164 Updating and activating SMART sftware 165 Sending feedback t SMART 169 ii

5 C O N T E N T S Chapter 14: Trubleshting SMART Ntebk sftware 171 Trubleshting files 171 Trubleshting the SMART Ntebk sftware windw and tlbar 171 Trubleshting digital ink 172 Trubleshting bjects 173 Trubleshting gestures 174 Index 175 iii

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7 Chapter 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware Abut SMART Ntebk sftware 2 Abut the ther SMART sftware n yur cmputer 2 What s new 3 SMART Ntebk 14.1 sftware 3 SMART Ntebk 14 sftware 3 Starting SMART Ntebk sftware 3 Navigating the user interface 3 Menu 4 Tlbar 4 Actins panel 4 Plug-ins panel 4 Tls panel 4 Cntextual panel 4 Custmising the tlbar 5 Page Srter 5 Opening the Page Srter 5 Custmising the Page Srter 5 Gallery tab 6 Opening the Gallery tab 6 Custmising the Gallery tab 6 Attachments tab 6 Opening the Attachments tab 6 Custmising the Attachments tab 6 Prperties tab 7 Opening the Prperties tab 7 Custmising the Prperties tab 7 Add-ns tab 7 Opening the Add-ns tab 8 Custmising the Add-ns tab 8 SMART Respnse tab 8 Page area 8 Viewing tl change ntificatins 9 Using gestures 9 Unding and reding actins 11 1

8 C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware This chapter intrduces yu t SMART Ntebk cllabrative learning sftware and explains hw t get started with the sftware. Abut SMART Ntebk sftware In SMART Ntebk sftware, yu can create.ntebk files that include graphics, text, tables, lines, shapes, animatins and mre. Present yur file and keep yur class s attentin as yu mve and interact with these bjects. When yur class prvides cmments and suggestins, write their input n the page using digital ink. Yu can pen.ntebk files in SMART Ntebk sftware n a Windws, Mac r Linux cmputer. Yu can als exprt yur file in a variety f frmats, including HTML and PDF. Yu can install SMART Ntebk Tls as well as third-party add-ns t add special features t SMART Ntebk sftware. SMART Ntebk Tls include the fllwing: 3D Tls fr SMART Ntebk sftware Mixed Reality Tls fr SMART Dcument Camera SMART Ntebk Maths Tls Abut the ther SMART sftware n yur cmputer Yur cmputer might include the fllwing ther SMART sftware. SMART Prduct Drivers Yur interactive prduct detects cntact with its screen and sends each cntact pint, alng with Pen tl infrmatin, t the cnnected cmputer. SMART Prduct Drivers translates the infrmatin int muse clicks and digital ink. SMART Prduct Drivers enables yu t perfrm nrmal cmputer peratins by using yur finger r a pen. SMART Ink Using SMART Ink, yu can write r draw n the screen in digital ink using a pen and then save r erase yur ntes. SMART Bard Tls Yu can draw attentin t specific parts f a page using SMART Bard Tls, such as the Screen Shade, Sptlight, Magnifier and Pinter. 2

9 C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware What s new Educatin Sftware 2014 intrduces the fllwing new features. SMART Ntebk 14.1 sftware Feature Tpic Maths Editr Inserting equatins with the Maths Editr n page 86 Tl change ntificatins Viewing tl change ntificatins n page 9 SMART Ntebk 14 sftware Feature Tpic Paint Brush pen type Writing r drawing digital ink n page 32 Crp images Crpping images with a mask n page 63 Ntebk Cnnect Accessing RSS feeds with Ntebk Cnnect n page 151 GeGebra add-n Inserting cntent frm GeGebra n page 75 Ink editing Using the Text Pen n page 130 XC Cllabratin add-n Accessing XC Cllabratin n page 115 Calligraphic pen type Writing r drawing digital ink n page 32 Starting SMART Ntebk sftware Start SMART Ntebk sftware by duble-clicking the SMART Ntebk 11 icn n the desktp. When yu start SMART Ntebk sftware the first time, a tutrial file pens autmatically. Yu can read the cntents f this file t learn mre abut the sftware and the new features in the latest release. When yu ve finished, select File > New t create a new, blank file. When yu start the sftware subsequent times, a new, blank file pens autmatically. T pen the tutrial file, select Help > Tutrial. Navigating the user interface The SMART Ntebk sftware user interface cnsists f the fllwing cmpnents: Menu Tlbar 3

10 C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware Tabs (Page Srter, Gallery, Attachments, Prperties, Add-ns and SMART Respnse ) Page area Menu The menu cntains all the cmmands yu can use t manipulate files and bjects in SMART Ntebk sftware. Tlbar The tlbar enables yu t select and use a variety f cmmands. The buttns n the tlbar are rganised in panels. Actins panel The Actins panel f the tlbar includes buttns that enable yu t brwse and make changes t.ntebk files: Plug-ins panel If yu install SMART Ntebk Tls such as SMART Ntebk Math Tls and SMART Respnse sftware, an additinal panel appears t the right f the Actins panel: Tls panel The Tls panel includes buttns that enable yu t create and wrk with basic bjects n pages: Cntextual panel When yu select ne f the buttns in the Tls panel, additinal buttns appear. Fr example, if yu select Pens, the fllwing additinal buttns appear: 4

11 C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware Press the Pen Types buttn t select a pen type and then press ne f the line type buttns t write r draw digital ink in that line type. Yu can custmise a selected line type using the ptins in the Prperties tab and then save yur changes fr future use (see Saving tl settings n page 58). The three prperty selectrs beside the line type buttns enable yu t set the clur, thickness, style and transparency f digital ink. If yu click any f the ther buttns in the Tls panel, similar sets f additinal buttns appear. Custmising the tlbar Yu can add, remve and change the psitin f buttns n the tlbar by pressing Custmise the tlbar (see Custmising the tlbar n page 155). By default, the tlbar appears at the tp f the SMART Ntebk sftware windw. Hwever, yu can mve it t the bttm f the windw by pressing Mve tlbar t tp/bttm f windw. This is useful in situatins where yu r yur students can t reach the tlbar when it s at the tp f the windw. Page Srter The Page Srter displays all f the pages in the pen file as thumbnails and autmatically updates these thumbnails as yu change the cntents f the pages. Using the Page Srter, yu can d the fllwing: Display pages Create pages Clne pages Clear pages Delete pages Rename pages Rearrange pages Mve bjects frm ne page t anther Grup pages Opening the Page Srter T pen the Page Srter, press Page Srter. Custmising the Page Srter Yu can mve the Page Srter frm ne side f the SMART Ntebk sftware windw t the ther by pressing Mve Sidebar. 5

12 C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware Yu can resize the Page Srter by dragging its brder left r right. Yu can als hide the Page Srter when yu aren t using it by selecting the Aut-hide tickbx. (T display the Page Srter when it s hidden, press Page Srter.) If yu reduce the Page Srter t its minimum size, the aut-hide feature turns n autmatically. Gallery tab The Gallery tab cntains clip art, backgrunds, multimedia cntent, files and pages that yu can use in yur lessns, and displays preview images f this cntent. The Gallery tab als prvides access t ther nline resurces. Fr mre infrmatin, see Inserting cntent frm the Gallery n page 71. Yu can als include yur wn cntent and cntent frm ther teachers in yur schl in the Gallery tab (see Organising and sharing cntent using the Gallery n page 90). Opening the Gallery tab T pen the Gallery tab, press Gallery. Custmising the Gallery tab Yu can mve the Gallery tab frm ne side f the SMART Ntebk sftware windw t the ther by pressing Mve Sidebar. Yu can resize the Gallery tab by dragging its brder left r right. Yu can als hide the Gallery tab when yu aren t using it by selecting the Aut-hide tickbx. (T display the Gallery tab when it s hidden, press Gallery.) If yu reduce the Gallery tab t its minimum size, the aut-hide feature turns n autmatically. Attachments tab The Attachments tab displays the files and webpages attached t the current file. Fr mre infrmatin, see Attaching files and webpages n page 89. Opening the Attachments tab T pen the Attachments tab, press Attachments. Custmising the Attachments tab Yu can mve the Attachments tab frm ne side f the SMART Ntebk sftware windw t the ther by pressing Mve Sidebar. 6

13 C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware Yu can resize the Attachments tab by dragging its brder left r right. Yu can als hide the Attachments tab when yu aren t using it by selecting the Aut-hide tickbx. (T display the Attachments tab when it s hidden, press Attachments.) If yu reduce the Attachments tab t its minimum size, the aut-hide feature turns n autmatically. Prperties tab The Prperties tab enables yu t frmat bjects n a page, including digital ink, shapes, lines, text and tables. Depending n the bject that yu select, yu can change the fllwing: The clur, thickness and style f lines The transparency and fill effects f bjects The fnt type, size and style f text The animatin f bjects The Prperties tab displays nly the ptins that are available fr the bject yu select. Fr mre infrmatin n displaying and setting bject prperties in the Prperties tab, see Changing bjects prperties n page 55. The Prperties tab als includes a Page Recrding buttn. Yu can use this feature t recrd yur actins n the current page (see Recrding pages n page 105). Opening the Prperties tab T pen the Prperties tab, press Prperties. Custmising the Prperties tab Yu can mve the Prperties tab frm ne side f the SMART Ntebk sftware windw t the ther by pressing Mve Sidebar. Yu can resize the Prperties tab by dragging its brder left r right. Yu can als hide the Prperties tab when yu aren t using it by selecting the Aut-hide tickbx. (T display the Prperties tab when it s hidden, press Prperties.) If yu reduce the Prperties tab t its minimum size, the aut-hide feature turns n autmatically. Add-ns tab The Add-ns tab enables yu t wrk with SMART Ntebk sftware add-ns (see Enhancing SMART Ntebk sftware with add-ns n page 147). 7

14 C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware Opening the Add-ns tab T pen the Add-ns tab, press Add-ns. Custmising the Add-ns tab Yu can mve the Add-ns tab frm ne side f the SMART Ntebk sftware windw t the ther by pressing Mve Sidebar. Yu can resize the Add-ns tab by dragging its brder left r right. Yu can als hide the Add-ns tab when yu aren t using it by selecting the Aut-hide tickbx. (T display the Add-ns tab when it s hidden, press Add-ns.) If yu reduce the Add-ns tab t its minimum size, the aut-hide feature turns n autmatically. SMART Respnse tab The SMART Respnse tab is part f SMART Respnse sftware and is available nly if yu have SMART Respnse sftware installed. Page area The page area displays the cntents f a selected page in a file. This is the area f the page where yu create and wrk with bjects (see Creating basic bjects n page 31). 8

15 C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware Viewing tl change ntificatins If yur SMART prduct has Tuch Recgnitin enabled, SMART Ntebk sftware displays tl change ntificatins when yu select a new hardware tl r change a tl s settings. Pens, the eraser and the muse are all hardware tls. Yu can als view tl change ntificatins when yu tuch the display with yur finger. Only sme SMART hardware prducts supprt Tuch Recgnitin. Fr mre infrmatin, refer t yur SMART hardware prduct s user guide. T view tl change ntificatins Using a hardware tl r yur finger, press the tlbar t select tl settings. A status bar appears under the tlbar and shws the active tl and settings. The status bar updates each time that yu select anther tl r setting. The status bar als appears when yu assign ink settings t the hardware pen using the Prperties tab (see Changing bjects prperties n page 55). Using gestures Yu can interact with bjects in SMART Ntebk sftware using the fllwing gestures (if supprted by yur interactive prduct): Swipe (left t right) Swipe (right t left) 9

16 C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware Pinch t zm in / scale (enlarge) Pinch t zm ut / scale (reduce) Pan Rtate Shake Flick 10

17 C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Ntebk sftware Unding and reding actins When yu make changes t a file, yu can reverse the effects f yur previus actins and cmmands. If tw peple are using yur interactive prduct, pressing Und and Red affects the actins f bth users. T reverse the effect f the last actin Press Und. Yu can und an unlimited number f actins. T reinstate the last actin reversed with the Und cmmand Press Red. 11

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19 Chapter 2 Creating and wrking with files Creating files 13 Opening files 13 Saving files 14 Exprting files 15 Printing files 17 Saving files autmatically 18 Attaching files t messages 21 In SMART Ntebk sftware, yu can create r pen SMART Ntebk sftware (.ntebk) files. After creating r pening a.ntebk file, yu can save it, print it and cmplete ther cmmn tasks. Creating files When yu start SMART Ntebk sftware fr the first time, a tutrial file pens autmatically. When yu start the sftware subsequent times, a new.ntebk file pens autmatically. Hwever, yu can create a new file at any time. T create a file Select File > New. If yu re wrking n a file with unsaved changes, a dialgue bx appears and prmpts yu t save the current file. Press Yes t save yur changes and then fllw the n-screen instructins. Opening files With SMART Ntebk 11 sftware, yu can pen the fllwing:.ntebk files (the default file frmat fr SMART Ntebk 9.5, 9.7, 10 and 11 sftware).xbk files (the default file frmat fr SMART Ntebk 8.x, 9.0 and 9.1 sftware) Once yu have pened a file, yu can save the file as a.ntebk file. The methd by which yu pen a file is the same fr all versins f SMART Ntebk sftware. 13

20 C H A P T E R 2 Creating and wrking with files T pen a file 1. Press Open File. The Open dialgue bx appears. 2. Brwse t and select the file. 3. Press Open. T I P Yu can pen a recently pened file by selecting the File menu and then selecting the file name. Saving files By default, SMART Ntebk sftware saves yur files in.ntebk frmat. Anyne with SMART Ntebk 9.5 r later sftware fr Windws perating systems, Mac OS X perating system sftware r Linux perating systems installed n his r her cmputer can pen a.ntebk file. T save a new file 1. Press Save. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 2. Brwse t where yu want t save the new file. 3. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 4. Press Save. T save an existing file Press Save. T save an existing file with a new name r lcatin 1. Select File > Save As. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 2. Brwse t where yu want t save the new file. 3. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 4. Press Save. 14

21 C H A P T E R 2 Creating and wrking with files Exprting files Yu can exprt yur.ntebk files t the fllwing frmats: Webpages Picture frmats BMP GIF JPEG PNG PwerPint PDF Interactive Whitebard Cmmn File Frmat (CFF) S SMART Ntebk sftware desn t include attachments when yu exprt files as picture files. T include attachments, yu must exprt yur file as either webpages r PDF (Adbe Reader 6.0 r later). SMART Ntebk sftware desn t exprt files that yu attach t yur.ntebk file as shrtcuts. If yu want t include an attachment, attach a cpy f the file (see Attaching files and webpages n page 89). SMART Ntebk sftware desn t exprt sme gradient, pattern and image effects. These effects might appear as a slid fill r appear incrrectly in the exprted file. Yu can als set SMART Ntebk sftware t save a.ntebk file in ne f the abve frmats autmatically when yu display a different page r after a specified perid f time (see Saving files autmatically n page 18). T exprt a file as webpages 1. Select File > Exprt As > Webpage. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 2. Brwse t where yu want t exprt the file. 3. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 4. Press Save. 15

22 C H A P T E R 2 Creating and wrking with files T exprt a file as picture files 1. Select File > Exprt As > Image Files. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 2. Select a flder where yu want t exprt the files. 3. Select a picture frmat in the Image Type drp-dwn list. 4. Select a picture size in the Size drp-dwn list. 5. Press OK. T exprt a file as a PwerPint file 1. Select File > Exprt As > PwerPint. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 2. Brwse t where yu want t exprt the file. 3. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 4. Select PwerPint 2007 Files (*.pptx) r PwerPint Files (*.ppt) in the Save at type drp-dwn list. 5. Press Save. Yu can als imprt PwerPint files (see Imprting PwerPint files n page 84). T exprt a file as a PDF file 1. Select File > Exprt As > PDF. The Exprt PDF dialgue bx appears. 2. Press Thumbnails, Handuts r Full Page. 3. Optinally, type header text in the Header bx, fter text in the Fter bx and the current date in the Date bx. 4. Optinally, select the Shw page numbers check bx t shw a page number n each page. 5. If yu pressed Thumbnails r Handuts in step 2, select a thumbnail size in the Thumbnail size drp-dwn list and, ptinally, select the Page brders tickbx t shw a brder arund each thumbnail and the Thumbnail titles tickbx t shw titles under each thumbnail. 16

23 C H A P T E R 2 Creating and wrking with files 6. Select All t include all pages. OR Select Pages t include select pages and then type the page numbers in the bx. Separate individual page numbers with cmmas and separate page ranges with a hyphen (fr example, 1,2,4-7). 7. Press Save. The Save as PDF File dialgue bx appears. 8. Brwse t where yu want t exprt the file. 9. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 10. Press Save. T exprt a file as a CFF file 1. Select File > Exprt As > CFF. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 2. Brwse t where yu want t exprt the file. 3. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 4. Press Save. Yu can als imprt CFF files (see Imprting files frm ther interactive whitebard prgrams n page 85). Printing files Yu can print all pages r select pages in a.ntebk file. Yu can print the pages as thumbnails, handuts r full pages. T print a file 1. Select File > Print. The Print dialgue bx appears. 2. Press Thumbnails, Handuts r Full Page. 3. Optinally, type header text in the Header bx, fter text in the Fter bx and the current date in the Date bx. 4. Optinally, select the Shw page numbers check bx t shw a page number n each page. 17

24 C H A P T E R 2 Creating and wrking with files 5. If yu pressed Thumbnails r Handuts in step 2, select a thumbnail size in the Thumbnail size drp-dwn list and, ptinally, select the Page brders tickbx t shw a brder arund each thumbnail and the Thumbnail titles tickbx t shw titles under each thumbnail. 6. Select All t include all pages. OR Select Pages t include select pages and then type the page numbers in the bx. Separate individual page numbers with cmmas and separate page ranges with a hyphen (fr example, 1,2,4-7). 7. Press the Printer Setup tab. 8. Specify ther print settings, including the printer name and the number f cpies. 9. Press Print. Saving files autmatically Yu can manually save yur.ntebk files at any time (see Saving files n page 14) and exprt them t a variety f frmats (see Exprting files n page 15). Yu can als set SMART Ntebk sftware t save yur file autmatically when yu display a different page r after a specified perid f time. S SMART Ntebk sftware desn t include attachments when yu exprt files as picture files. T include attachments, yu must exprt yur file as either webpages r PDF (Adbe Reader 6.0 r later). SMART Ntebk sftware desn t exprt files that yu attach t yur.ntebk file as shrtcuts. If yu want t include an attachment, attach a cpy f the file (see Attaching files and webpages n page 89). SMART Ntebk sftware desn t exprt sme gradient, pattern and image effects. These effects might appear as a slid fill r appear incrrectly in the exprted file. T save a file autmatically 1. Select File > Timed Saves. The Timed Save Wizard appears. 18

25 C H A P T E R 2 Creating and wrking with files 2. Select Every time I mve t a different page t save yur file autmatically every time yu select a different page. OR Select 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes r 30 minutes t save yur file autmatically after a specified perid f time. 3. Press Next. 4. Select Ntebk Dcument. 5. Press Next. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 6. Brwse t where yu want t save the new file. 7. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. SMART Ntebk sftware autmatically saves the file with the.ntebk file extensin. 8. Press Save. T save a file autmatically as webpages 1. Select File > Timed Saves. The Timed Save Wizard appears. 2. Select Every time I mve t a different page t exprt yur file autmatically when yu display a different page. OR Select 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes r 30 minutes t exprt yur file autmatically after a specified perid f time. 3. Press Next. 4. Select Webpage (HTML). 5. Press Next. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 6. Brwse t where yu want t exprt the file. 7. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 8. Press Save. T save a file autmatically as PDF files 1. Select File > Timed Saves. The Timed Save Wizard appears. 19

26 C H A P T E R 2 Creating and wrking with files 2. Select Every time I mve t a different page t exprt yur file autmatically when yu display a different page. OR Select 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes r 30 minutes t exprt yur file autmatically after a specified perid f time. 3. Press Next. 4. Select PDF. OR Select Time Stamped PDFs, if yu want the exprted files names t include the time f the exprt. 5. Press Next. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 6. Brwse t where yu want t exprt the file. 7. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 8. Press Save. T save a file autmatically as picture files 1. Select File > Timed Saves. The Timed Save Wizard appears. 2. Select Every time I mve t a different page t exprt yur file autmatically when yu display a different page. OR Select 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes r 30 minutes t exprt yur file autmatically after a specified perid f time. 3. Press Next. 4. Select Image Files. 5. Press Next. 6. Press Brwse, brwse t where yu want t exprt the files and then press Open. 7. Select the picture frmat in the Image Type drp-dwn list. 8. Select the picture size in the Size drp-dwn list. 9. Press OK. 20

27 C H A P T E R 2 Creating and wrking with files T save a file autmatically as a PwerPint file 1. Select File > Timed Saves. The Timed Save Wizard appears. 2. Select Every time I mve t a different page t exprt yur file autmatically when yu display a different page. OR Select 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes r 30 minutes t exprt yur file autmatically after a specified perid f time. 3. Press Next. 4. Select PwerPint. 5. Press Next. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 6. Brwse t where yu want t exprt the file. 7. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 8. Press Save. T cancel autmatic file saving 1. Select File > Timed Saves. The Timed Save Wizard appears. 2. Select D nt save the dcument autmatically. 3. Press Next. Attaching files t messages Yu can send yur file t thers by attaching the file, r a PDF versin f the file, t an message. T attach a file t an message Select File > Send T > Mail Recipient. Yur default prgram starts, creates a new message and attaches the current file t the message. If yu haven t saved the file, SMART Ntebk sftware saves it as a temprary file called untitled.ntebk and yur prgram attaches this temprary file t the message. 21

28 C H A P T E R 2 Creating and wrking with files T attach a file t an message as a PDF Select File > Send T > Mail Recipient (as PDF). Yur default prgram starts, creates a new message and attaches a PDF f the current file t the message. If yu haven t saved the file, SMART Ntebk sftware saves the PDF file as a temprary file called untitled.pdf and yur prgram attaches the temprary file t the message. 22

29 Chapter 3 Creating and wrking with pages Displaying pages in a file 23 Creating pages 24 Clning pages 25 Extending pages 25 Renaming pages 26 Rearranging pages 26 Gruping pages 27 Deleting pages 28 A.ntebk file is cmpsed f a series f pages, each with its wn bjects and prperties. A thumbnail f each page appears in the Page Srter. Using either the Page Srter r menu cmmands, yu can display an existing page, create a blank page, create a clne f an existing page r delete an existing page. Displaying pages in a file Yu can display any page in the file using the Page Srter. Yu can display the next r previus page in the file using buttns r gestures. T display a page 1. If the Page Srter isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. Press the thumbnail f the page yu want t display. T display the next page in a file Press Next Page. OR Swipe yur finger acrss the page frm right t left. 23

30 C H A P T E R 3 Creating and wrking with pages A message appears, displaying the current page s number. T display the previus page in a file Press Previus Page. OR Swipe yur finger acrss the page frm left t right. A message appears, displaying the current page s number. Creating pages Yu can add a blank page t the pen file using the Add Page buttn r the Page Srter. T insert a page using the Add Page buttn Press Add Page. The new page appears after the current page. T insert a page using the Page Srter 1. If the Page Srter isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. Select the thumbnail f the page that yu want the new page t appear after. 24

31 C H A P T E R 3 Creating and wrking with pages 3. Press the thumbnail s menu arrw and then select Insert Blank Page. The new page appears after the selected page. Clning pages As an alternative t creating a blank page, yu can create a duplicate (r clne ) f an existing page. Yu can clne a page nly if it cntains cntent. T clne a page 1. If the Page Srter isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. Select the thumbnail f the page that yu want t clne. 3. Press the thumbnail s menu arrw and then select Clne Page. The clned page appears immediately after the current page. Yu can repeat this prcess as many times as yu want. Extending pages If yu need mre rm at the bttm f a page, yu can extend the page vertically withut affecting the page s width. Yu can turn this feature ff t prevent yur pages frm becming lnger. T extend a page 1. If yu re displaying the page in Entire Page view, select a different zm level. 2. Press the Extend Page link at the bttm f the page. T turn Extend Page n r ff 1. Select View > Extend Page 2. Select Off t turn the Extend Page feature ff. OR Select On t turn the Extend Page feature n. 25

32 C H A P T E R 3 Creating and wrking with pages Renaming pages When yu create a page, SMART Ntebk sftware autmatically names the page with the date and time f its creatin. Yu can change this name. T rename a page 1. If the Page Srter isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. Duble-click the page s name. 3. Type a new name fr the page. 4. Press elsewhere. Rearranging pages If yu want, yu can rearrange the rder f the pages in a file. T rearrange pages 1. If the Page Srter isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. Press the thumbnail f the page that yu want t mve in the file. A blue brder appears arund the thumbnail. 3. Drag the thumbnail t its new psitin in the Page Srter. A blue line indicates the page s new psitin. 4. Release the thumbnail. 26

33 C H A P T E R 3 Creating and wrking with pages Gruping pages Yu can grup pages in a file. This enables yu t find a particular grup quickly in the Page Srter and then display its pages. This is useful when there are a lt f pages in a file. T create r edit a grup 1. If the Page Srter isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. Press the first grup s menu arrw and then select Edit Page Grups. All the grups and pages fr the current file are displayed. Grups appear as blue bars and pages appear as thumbnails: If yu created and edited the grups in this file, the pages appear under the blue bars yu created and renamed. If yu haven t edited the grups, a default grup titled Grup 1 appears and includes all f the pages and their thumbnails belw its blue bar. Thumbnails belw each blue bar include the same menu arrw ptins as thumbnails in the Page Srter. This enables yu t press a thumbnail in a grup, select its menu arrw and then delete the page, clear the page, insert a new page, clne the page, rename the page, add a Screen Shade t the page r add the page t the Gallery. 3. Press the Add New Grup buttn in the upper right-hand crner. A new grup, with a new, blank page, appears. 4. Type a new name fr the grup. 27

34 C H A P T E R 3 Creating and wrking with pages 5. D the fllwing: T mve a page int a grup, press the page s thumbnail and then drag it belw the grup s blue bar and t the right f the thumbnail that yu want it t fllw. T rearrange the rder f pages in a grup, press a page s thumbnail and then drag it t the right f the thumbnail that yu want it t fllw. T rearrange the rder f grups, press a grup s blue bar and then drag it belw the blue bar f the grup that yu want it t fllw. S Yu can als change the rder f the grups by pressing a blue bar s menu arrw and then selecting Mve Up r Mve Dwn. SMART Ntebk sftware numbers pages sequentially acrss a file. If yu change the rder f grups, SMART Ntebk sftware renumbers the pages in the grups accrdingly. T delete a grup and keep its pages, mve all f its pages t different grups. When a grup cntains n pages, SMART Ntebk sftware autmatically deletes it. T delete a grup and all pages in the grup, press the blue bar s menu arrw and then select Delete Grup. 6. Press. T access a grup in the Page Srter 1. If the Page Srter isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. Press the first grup s menu arrw and then select the name f the grup that yu want t access. The Page Srter displays the thumbnail fr the first page in the grup that yu want t access. Deleting pages Yu can delete a page frm the current file using the Delete Page buttn r the Page Srter. T I P As an alternative t deleting a page, yu can clear all f its bjects (see Clearing pages n page 141). 28

35 C H A P T E R 3 Creating and wrking with pages T delete a page using the Delete Page buttn 1. If yu haven t dne s already, display the page that yu want t delete. 2. Select Delete Page. T delete a page using the Page Srter 1. If the Page Srter isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. Select the thumbnail f the page that yu want t delete. 3. Press the thumbnail s menu arrw and then select Delete Page. 29

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37 Chapter 4 Creating basic bjects Writing, drawing and erasing digital ink 32 Writing r drawing digital ink 32 Erasing digital ink 34 Creating shapes and lines 35 Creating shapes with the Shapes tl 35 Creating shapes with the Regular Plygns tl 36 Creating shapes with the Shape Recgnitin Pen tl 37 Creating straight lines and arcs 37 Creating text 38 Typing text 38 Cnverting handwriting t typed text 39 Frmatting text 40 Resizing text bjects 42 Inserting mathematical symbls 42 Checking the spelling f text bjects 43 Cutting and pasting text 44 Creating tables 44 Creating tables 44 Pasting tables frm ther prgrams 46 Adding bjects t tables 46 Selecting tables, clumns, rws r cells 47 Mving tables 48 Changing a table s prperties 48 Resizing tables, clumns r rws 50 Adding r remving clumns, rws r cells 51 Splitting r merging table cells 52 Deleting tables and the cntents f tables 52 Objects are the building blcks f cntent in yur.ntebk files. An bject is simply an item n a page that yu create r imprt and then wrk with. Basic types f bjects include the fllwing: Digital ink (freehand writing and drawing) Shapes Straight lines Arcs 31

38 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects Text Tables Writing, drawing and erasing digital ink Digital ink is freehand text r bjects that yu create using yur interactive display s pen r pens, r the SMART Ntebk sftware Pens tl. Writing r drawing digital ink enables yu t quickly add cntent t yur SMART Ntebk sftware files, either when creating the files r when presenting the files t students. Once yu have created digital ink, yu can erase it. Writing r drawing digital ink The easiest way t write r draw digital ink is t use yur interactive display s pen r pens. Yu can als create freehand bjects using the Pens tl. The Pens tl enables yu t write r draw digital ink using the fllwing pen types: Pen type Purpse and example Ntes Standard Calligraphic Write r draw digital ink in a variety f clurs and line styles. Write r draw digital ink, like yu d with the Standard pen type, but with lines f varying thickness. Using the Standard pen type, yu can write r draw digital ink that fades after a few secnds (see Using the Standard pen type t create fading bjects n page 133). The Calligraphic pen type is useful fr teaching students handwriting. Crayn Write r draw crayn-like digital ink. The Crayn pen type is intended fr artistic wrk, such as painting and cluring pictures, rather than writing. Highlighter Highlight text and ther bjects. 32

39 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects Pen type Purpse and example Ntes Text Write ntes that autmatically cnvert t editable text. Yu can edit yur text as yu wrk withut tuching a keybard (see Using the Text Pen n page 130). Creative Add clurful elements t yur presentatins. Yu can create custm Creative pen styles (see Creating custm Creative pen styles n page 98). Paint Brush Write r draw paint-like digital ink. The Paint Brush pen type is intended fr artistic wrk, such as painting and cluring pictures, rather than writing. Magic Shape Recgnitin Write r draw digital ink that fades after a few secnds. Draw a variety f shapes with digital ink. Yu can als use the Magic Pen t pen a magnificatin windw r a sptlight windw (see Using the Magic Pen n page 127). Yu can draw circles, vals, squares, rectangles, triangles and arcs (see Creating shapes with the Shape Recgnitin Pen tl n page 37). T write r draw digital ink 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select a pen type. 3. Select a line type. 33

40 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects 4. Optinally, custmise the line type using the prperty selectrs. Yu can als custmise the line type using the Prperties tab (see Changing bjects prperties n page 55). 5. Write r draw digital ink n the page. T I P S Dn t rest yur elbw r the palm f yur hand n yur interactive prduct s surface whilst yu write r draw. If yu write r draw multiple lines, SMART Ntebk sftware autmatically cmbines the lines int a single bject. Fr example, if yu write the letters f a wrd, SMART Ntebk sftware cmbines the individual letters, enabling yu t interact with the whle wrd. If yu want t write wrds n the same line but dn t want them cmbined, leave a large gap between them, use different pens, r briefly put the pen in the pen tray befre writing anther wrd (interactive whitebards nly). If yu want t write diagnally, write in a straight line, and then rtate it (see Rtating bjects n page 67). If yu want t write in small letters, write large letters, and then reduce their size (see Resizing bjects n page 65). Yu can fill areas that yu ve enclsed with digital ink (see Filling digital ink drawings n page 57). Erasing digital ink Yu can erase digital ink frm yur interactive display using the eraser r the erasing gesture. If yu re erasing digital ink frm a.ntebk file page, yu can als erase bjects using the Eraser tl. Althugh yu can erase digital ink, yu re unable t erase ther types f bjects, including shapes, lines, text and pictures. T remve these types f bjects, yu must delete them (see Deleting bjects n page 70). T erase digital ink 1. Press Eraser and then select an eraser type. 2. Erase the digital ink. 34

41 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects Creating shapes and lines In additin t creating freehand shapes and lines by drawing digital ink, yu can create shapes and lines using the tls in SMART Ntebk sftware. T remve a shape r line frm a page, yu must delete it (see Deleting bjects n page 70). The Eraser tl desn t remve shapes. Creating shapes with the Shapes tl Yu can use the Shapes tl t create a variety f shapes, including perfect circles, perfect squares, perfect triangles, ther gemetric shapes, hearts, ticks and Xs. Yu can add a shape t yur page and then edit its prperties. Alternatively, yu can custmise a shape s utline clur, fill clur and line thickness and then add it t yur page. T create a shape 1. Press Shapes. The Shapes tl buttns appear. 2. Select a shape n the tlbar. OR Press and then select a shape. 3. Optinally, custmise the shape using the prperty selectrs. Yu can als custmise the shape using the Prperties tab (see Changing bjects prperties n page 55). 35

42 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects 4. Create a shape by pressing where yu want t place the shape and dragging until the shape is the size that yu want. T I P S Yu can create perfect circles, squares, triangles and ther shapes by hlding dwn SHIFT as yu draw the shape. Yu can select a shape while the Shapes tl is active withut having t switch t the Select tl. Press the shape nce and a selectin rectangle appears arund the shape. Creating shapes with the Regular Plygns tl In additin t creating shapes using the Shapes tl, yu can create regular plygns with 3 t 15 sides using the Regular Plygns tl. T create a shape with the Regular Plygns tl 1. Press Regular Plygns. The Regular Plygns tl buttns appear. 2. Select a shape n the tlbar. OR Press and then select a shape. The number in the shape indicates its number f sides. 3. Optinally, custmise the shape using the prperty selectrs. Yu can als custmise the shape using the Prperties tab (see Changing bjects prperties n page 55). 4. Create a shape by pressing where yu want t place the shape and dragging until the shape is the size that yu want. 36

43 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects Creating shapes with the Shape Recgnitin Pen tl Yu can use the Shape Recgnitin Pen tl t draw circles, vals, squares, rectangles, triangles and arcs. Yu can als create shapes using the Shapes tl (see Creating shapes with the Shapes tl n page 35) r the Regular Plygns tl (see Creating shapes with the Regular Plygns tl n the previus page). T draw a shape 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Shape Recgnitin Pen. 3. Draw a shape n the page. If SMART Ntebk sftware recgnises yur drawing as a circle, val, square, rectangle, triangle r arc, it adds this shape t the page. Creating straight lines and arcs Yu can use the Lines tl t draw straight lines and arcs. Yu can add a line t yur page and then edit its prperties. Alternatively, yu can custmise the line, and then add it t yur page. 37

44 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects T create a straight line r arc 1. Press Lines. The Lines tl buttns appear. 2. Select a line r arc type. 3. Optinally, custmise the line r arc type using the prperty selectrs. Yu can als custmise the line r arc type using the Prperties tab (see Changing bjects prperties n page 55). 4. Create a line by pressing where yu want the line t start and dragging t where yu want the line t end. Creating text Yu can create text in SMART Ntebk sftware by ding any f the fllwing: Typing the text using a keybard cnnected t yur cmputer Typing the text using SMART Keybard Writing the text (see Writing, drawing and erasing digital ink n page 32) and then cnverting it t typed text using the sftware s handwriting recgnitin feature After creating text, yu can edit it, check its spelling and change its prperties, including fnt style, size and clur. Typing text Yu can type new text r edit existing text. T type new text 1. If a keybard isn t accessible, press the SMART Bard icn in the ntificatin area and then select Keybard. 2. Press Text and then select an available fnt style. 3. Optinally, custmise the fnt style (see Frmatting text n page 40). 38

45 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects 4. Press where yu want the text t start. 5. Type yur text. 6. When yu ve finished, press utside the text bject. T edit existing text 1. Duble-click the text bject. 2. Edit the text. 3. When yu ve finished, press utside the text bject. Cnverting handwriting t typed text Yu can write n yur interactive prduct s screen using the Standard r Calligraphic pen types and cnvert yur writing t typed text. SMART Ntebk sftware can cnvert handwriting in multiple languages. T cnvert handwriting t typed text 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Pen r Calligraphic Pen. 3. Write yur text. T I P Write neat, printed characters n a hrizntal line. Althugh SMART Ntebk sftware can cnvert slanted r cursive writing, it desn t always d s cnsistently. 4. Select the text bject. The SMART Ntebk sftware handwriting recgnitin feature cmpares yur written wrd with its dictinary and identifies wrds that mst resemble what yu ve written. 39

46 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects 5. Press the text bject s menu arrw. A menu appears and displays the list f matching wrds, each preceded by Recgnise. S If yu want SMART Ntebk sftware t identify wrds in a different language, select Recgnise Languages and then select anther language in the list. SMART Ntebk sftware updates the list f matching wrds t include wrds in the selected language. If yu change the handwriting recgnitin language, yu dn t change the default language f the SMART Ntebk sftware user interface r yur perating system. 6. Select a wrd in the list f matching wrds. The selected wrd appears n the page. Frmatting text If yu want t frmat all text in a text bject, select the text bject. OR If yu want t frmat specific text in a text bject, duble-click the text bject and then select the text. Yu can frmat text using the buttns in the tlbar r the ptins in the Prperties tab r the Frmat menu. If the Prperties tab isn t visible, press Prperties and then press Text Style. The fllwing table presents the frmatting changes that yu can make using the abve tls: Change Tlbar Prperties tab Frmat menu Character, paragraph r bject level Change the fnt face Change the fnt size T I P T select a fnt size that desn t appear in the drp-dwn list (including fnt sizes with decimal values such as 20.5), type the fnt size in the Fnt Size bx n the tlbar. Change the clur 40

47 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects Change Tlbar Prperties tab Frmat menu Bld, italicise r underline text Strike ut text 1 Superscript r subscript text 2 Paragraph r bject level Change justificatin (left, right r centre) Change indentatin 3 Create a bulleted r numbered list 4 Insert a drp cap T I P T insert a drp cap at the beginning f a paragraph, press Drp Cap in the Prperties tab under Text Style. OR Select Frmat > Paragraph > Drp Cap. Change line spacing T I P T add spacing between paragraphs, select the Add space after paragraphs tickbx in the Prperties tab r select Frmat > Paragraph > Line Spacing > Add space after paragraphs. Change language directin (left-t-right r right-tleft) Select Frmat > Paragraph > Directin > Left t Right fr languages that read left t right (fr example, English and French). OR Select Frmat > Paragraph > Directin > Right t Left fr languages that read right t left (fr example, Arabic and Hebrew). 1 Under Mre Text Optins 2 Under Mre Text Optins 3 Under Mre Text Optins 4 Under Mre Text Optins 41

48 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects Change Tlbar Prperties tab Frmat menu Object level Change text directin (hrizntal r vertical) 5 Change transparency Resizing text bjects When yu resize a text bject fllwing the prcedure in Resizing bjects n page 65, the text in the bject changes size. If yu want t resize the text bject withut changing the size f the text in the bject, cmplete the fllwing prcedure. T resize a text bject 1. Duble-click the text bject. 2. Press ne f the tw white circles n either side f text bject, and then drag the circle t increase r reduce the text bject s size. Inserting mathematical symbls Yu can insert a variety f mathematical and scientific symbls int a page. The mathematical symbls are characters nly. They dn t perfrm mathematical peratins. T insert a mathematical symbl 1. Type text n a page. 2. Press Mre Text Optins and then select Insert Symbl. The Insert Symbls dialgue bx appears. 3. Press a categry. A list f symbls appears. 4. Press the symbl yu want t add t the text. 5. Press Insert. The symbl appears in the text bject. 5 Under Mre Text Optins 42

49 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects Checking the spelling f text bjects As yu type text, SMART Ntebk sftware checks the spelling. If yu spell a wrd incrrectly, SMART Ntebk sftware underlines the wrd in red. Yu can then right-click the wrd and select the crrect spelling frm a list f ptins. If yu prefer, yu can disable this feature and check the spelling using the Spelling Check dialgue bx. T disable autmatic spell checking 1. Press Text. 2. Press Mre Text Optins and then select Check Spelling. T manually check spelling f a text bject 1. Select the text bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Check Spelling. If SMART Ntebk sftware finds a misspelled wrd, the Spelling Check dialgue bx appears. This dialgue bx displays the misspelt wrd and suggests alternatives. 3. Fr each misspelled wrd, d ne f the fllwing: T keep the wrd s current spelling fr this instance, press Ignre Once. T keep the wrd s current spelling fr all instances in the file, press Ignre All. T keep the wrd s current spelling fr all instances in the file and add the spelling t the dictinary, press Add t Dictinary. T change the wrd s spelling fr this instance, select the crrect wrd in the Suggestins list and then press Change. T change the wrd s spelling fr all instances in the file, select the crrect wrd in the Suggestins list and then press Change All. If yu pressed a buttn by mistake, press Und t und the resulting change. Once yu have cmpleted this step fr each misspelled wrd, a dialgue bx appears asking whether yu want t check the spelling in the rest f the file. 4. Press Yes t check the remainder f the file. OR Press N t clse the Spelling Check dialgue bx withut checking the rest f the file. 43

50 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects Cutting and pasting text Yu can cut, cpy and paste text bjects like any ther bjects (see Cutting, cpying and pasting bjects n page 62). Yu can als cut and paste text in a text bject. T cut and paste text t anther lcatin n the same page 1. Duble-click the text bject. 2. Select the text that yu want t cut. 3. Drag the selected text t anther lcatin n the same page. T cut and paste text t anther page 1. If the Page Srter tab isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. Duble-click the text bject. 3. Select the text that yu want t cpy. 4. Drag the selected text t the ther page s icn in the Page Srter tab. Creating tables Yu can create tables in SMART Ntebk sftware r paste them frm ther prgrams. Once yu have created a table, yu can insert bjects int the table s cells. If yu want t custmise a table, yu can select a table, clumn, rw, cell r selectin f cells and then d any f the fllwing: Mve the table Change line type, fill and text prperties Resize the table, a clumn r a rw Insert r remve clumns, rws r cells Split r merge cells Delete the table Creating tables T insert a table using the Table buttn 1. Press Table. A grid appears. 44

51 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects 2. Mve the pinter ver the grid t select the number f clumns and rws that yu want in the table. The cells f the grid crrespnd t the cells f yur table. T I P The grid displays eight rws and eight clumns by default. Yu can add rws by mving the pinter past the bttm rw. Similarly, yu can add clumns by mving the pinter past the right rw. If yu re using a muse, click and hld the left muse buttn whilst mving the pinter. 3. Press the screen r click yur muse. The table appears n the page. T insert a table using the Insert Table dialgue bx 1. Select Insert > Table. The Insert Table dialgue bx appears. 2. Type the number f rws and clumns in the bxes. 3. Optinally, select Make cells square t make the table cells square. 4. Optinally, select Remember dimensins fr new tables t use the current table dimensins fr all future tables that yu create in SMART Ntebk sftware. 5. Press OK. The table appears n the page. T draw a table 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Pen r Calligraphic Pen. 3. Select a line type. 45

52 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects 4. Draw a table n the screen. T I P Make the lines f the table as straight as pssible and cnnect the crners. 5. Press Select. 6. Select yur drawing. 7. Press the menu arrw and then select Recgnise Table. If SMART Ntebk sftware recgnises yur drawing as a table, it remves yur drawing and adds a table t the page. Pasting tables frm ther prgrams Yu can cut r cpy a table frm Wrd r PwerPint and then paste it int a.ntebk file. The table s frmatting and layut can vary when the table appears in the.ntebk file. If yu want t cut r cpy mre than ne table, yu must cut r cpy each table individually. Yu can als cut r cpy a table frm a.ntebk file and then paste it int Wrd r PwerPint. Hwever, the table s frmatting and layut can vary when the table appears in Wrd r PwerPint. If yu re pasting a table int PwerPint which has cells that cntain nn-text bjects, the nntext bjects appear utside f the table in PwerPint. Adding bjects t tables Once yu have inserted a table n a page, yu can insert bjects int the table s cells. Yu can add nly ne bject t each cell. If yu want t add multiple bjects t a cell, d ne f the fllwing: Grup the bjects befre adding them t the table (see Gruping bjects n page 68). Select all f the bjects at nce and then add them t the table as described in the fllwing prcedure. SMART Ntebk sftware autmatically grups the bjects in the table cell. 46

53 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects T add an bject t a table 1. Select the bject. 2. Drag the bject t the table cell. Yu re unable t mve an bject if it s lcked in place (see Lcking bjects n page 103). The bject appears in the table cell. If yu add a text bject t a table, the cell resizes t fit t the text bject. If yu add ther bject types t the table, the bject resizes t fit the cell. T remve an bject frm a table 1. Select the bject. 2. Drag the bject ut f the table. Selecting tables, clumns, rws r cells Yu can select a table, clumn, rw, cell r selectin f cells. Once yu have selected a table r part f a table, yu can d the fllwing: Mve the table Change the table s r cells prperties Resize the table, clumns r rws Add r remve clumns, rws r cells Split r merge cells Delete the table T select a table 1. Press Select. 2. Press utside, but near t, a crner f the table and then drag t the ppsite crner. Dn t start dragging frm inside the table. If yu d, yu select a table cell instead f the table. 47

54 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects T select a clumn 1. Press Select. 2. Press inside the clumn s tp cell and then drag t the bttm cell. T select a rw 1. Press Select. 2. Press inside the rw s leftmst cell and then drag t the rightmst cell. T select a cell 1. Press Select. 2. Press inside the cell. T select multiple cells 1. Press Select. 2. Press inside the tp and leftmst cell, and then drag t the bttm and rightmst cell. If yu select multiple cells and drag them t a different psitin n the page, yu create a new table cnsisting f the selected cells and their cntents. Mving tables Once yu have created a table, yu can mve it n the page. T mve a table Select the table and then drag it t a different psitin n the page. OR Select all f the table s cells and then drag the cells t a different psitin n the page. Changing a table s prperties Yu can use the Prperties tab t change the table s prperties, including its transparency, cell clur and line clur. T change a table s fill 1. Select a table, clumn, rw, cell r selectin f cells. 2. Press the table s, clumn s, rw s r cell s menu arrw and then select Prperties. 3. Press Fill Effects. 48

55 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects 4. Select a fill style: Fill style Nne (transparent) Prcedure Select N fill. Slid clur a. Select Slid fill. b. D ne f the fllwing: Select ne f the 40 clurs in the palette. Press Mre and then select a clur in the dialgue bx. Press the eyedrpper and then select a clur n the screen. Gradient f tw clurs a. Select Gradient fill. b. Fr each clur, d ne f the fllwing: Select ne f the 40 clurs in the palette. Press Mre and then select a clur in the dialgue bx. Press the eyedrpper and then select a clur n the screen. c. Select an ptin in the Style drp-dwn list. Pattern a. Select Pattern fill. b. Select a pattern. Picture a. Select Image fill. b. Press Brwse. c. Brwse t and select the picture that yu want t use as a backgrund and then press Open. If yu insert a large picture, a dialgue bx may appear and prmpt yu t either reduce the picture s file size r retain the picture s file size. Fr mre infrmatin, see Setting image ptimisatin preferences n page 159. d. Select Keep image size t keep the picture s size, regardless f whether the picture is larger r smaller than the bject. OR Select Scale image t fit t resize the picture t fit the bject. 5. Optinally, drag the Object transparency slider t the right t make the table transparent. T change a table s line style 1. Select a table. Yu can nly change the line style f an entire table, nt individual cells, clumns r rws. 49

56 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects 2. Press the table s, clumn s, rw s r cell s menu arrw and then select Prperties. 3. Press Line Style. 4. Change the table s line style. T change a table s text style 1. Select a table, clumn, rw, cell r selectin f cells. 2. Press the table s, clumn s, rw s r cell s menu arrw and then select Prperties. 3. Press Text Style. 4. Change the table s text style (see Frmatting text n page 40). Resizing tables, clumns r rws If yu want t custmise a table, yu can resize the table, a clumn r a rw. T resize a table 1. Select the table. 2. Press the table s resize handle (the grey circle) and then drag it t increase r reduce the size f the table. T resize a clumn 1. Press Select. 2. Press the vertical brder t the right f the clumn. A resize pinter appears. 3. Drag the vertical brder t resize the clumn. T resize a rw 1. Press Select. 2. Press the hrizntal brder belw the rw. A resize pinter appears. 3. Drag the hrizntal brder t resize the rw. T resize all cells in a table 1. Select the table. 2. Press the table s menu arrw and then select Adjust size. 50

57 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects 3. Select ne f the fllwing ptins: Make same height t make all cells in the table the same height. Make same width t make all cells in the table the same width. Make same size t make all cells in the table the same height and width. Make cells square t make all cells in the table square. Adding r remving clumns, rws r cells If yu want t custmise a table, yu can add clumns r rws. T add a clumn 1. Select a clumn. 2. Press the clumn s menu arrw and then select Insert Clumn. A new clumn appears t the right f the current clumn. T remve a clumn 1. Select the clumn. 2. Press the clumn s menu arrw and then select Delete Clumn. T add a rw 1. Select a rw. 2. Press the rw s menu arrw and then select Insert Rw. A new rw appears belw the current rw. T remve a rw 1. Select the rw. 2. Press the rw s menu arrw and then select Delete Rw. T remve a cell 1. Select the cell. 2. Press the cell s menu arrw and then select Delete Cells. Remving a cell deletes the cntents f the cell. Yu re unable t remve a cell if it prvides the nly cnnectin between tw halves f a table. 51

58 C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic bjects Splitting r merging table cells Yu can add tables t yur page and insert bjects int the table s cells. If yu want t custmise a table, yu can split r merge cells. T split a cell 1. Select the cell. 2. Press the cell s menu arrw and then select Split. 3. Select an ptin t split the cell int multiple rws and/r clumns. If yu split a cell that cntains cntent, the cntent appears in the upper-left-hand cell after the split. T merge cells 1. Select the cells. 2. Press the cells menu arrw and then select Merge Cells. If yu merge cells that cntain cntent, the merged cell cntains the cntents f the tpleft cell. If the tp-left cell is empty, the merged cell cntains the cntents f the next available nn-empty cell, mving frm left t right, tp t bttm. Deleting tables and the cntents f tables Yu can delete the cntents f a table r the table itself. Yu can delete all bjects n a page, including tables, by clearing the page (see Clearing pages n page 141). T delete the cntents f a table 1. Select the cells cntaining the cntent that yu want t delete. 2. Press Delete. T delete a table 1. Select the table. 2. Press the table s menu arrw and then select Delete. 52

59 Chapter 5 Wrking with bjects Selecting bjects 53 Changing bjects prperties 55 Changing the fill 55 Filling digital ink drawings 57 Changing ther prperties 58 Saving tl settings 58 Psitining bjects 58 Mving bjects 58 Mving bjects t anther page 59 Aligning bjects 60 Rearranging stacked bjects 61 Cutting, cpying and pasting bjects 62 After creating an bject, yu can select it and wrk with it as described in this chapter. The tasks described in this chapter are fr all bjects, nt just basic bjects. Selecting bjects Befre yu can wrk with an bject, yu must select it. Yu can select an individual bject, multiple bjects r all bjects n a page. When yu select an bject, a selectin rectangle appears arund it. 53

60 C H A P T E R 5 Wrking with bjects The grey circle in the bject s lwer right-hand crner is a resize handle (see Resizing bjects n page 65). The green circle abve the bject is a rtatin handle (see Rtating bjects n page 67). The dwnward arrw in the bject s upper right-hand crner is a menu arrw. Press the menu arrw t display a menu f cmmands. Pressing an bject s menu arrw gives yu access t the same menu as right-clicking the bject. T select an bject 1. Press Select. 2. Press the bject that yu want t select. A selectin rectangle appears arund the bject. If yu press an bject and a lck symbl appears instead f the menu arrw, the bject is lcked. Depending n the type f lck, yu might have t unlck the bject befre yu can manipulate it (see Lcking bjects n page 103). T select multiple bjects 1. Press Select. 2. Press the interactive screen and drag until a rectangle surrunds the bjects yu want t select. OR Hld dwn CTRL and then press the bjects yu want t select. A selectin rectangle appears arund the selected bjects. If yu draw a rectangle arund multiple bjects and sme f the bjects are lcked (see Lcking bjects n page 103), yu select nly the unlcked bjects. T select all bjects n a page Select Edit > Select All. A selectin rectangle appears arund all bjects n the page. 54

61 C H A P T E R 5 Wrking with bjects If sme f the bjects are lcked (see Lcking bjects n page 103), yu select nly the unlcked bjects. T select all lcked bjects n the page Select Edit > Select All Lcked Ntes. A selectin rectangle appears arund all lcked bjects n the page. Changing bjects prperties Yu can change an bject s prperties. The prperties that yu can change depend n the bject that yu select. Yu can als select several bjects and change their prperties at the same time. Changing the fill Yu can change an bject s fill by selecting the bject and then setting the fill in the Prperties tab r by clicking Fill, setting the fill and then selecting the bject. T change an bject s fill by first selecting the bject 1. Select the bject. 2. If the Prperties tab isn t visible, press Prperties. 3. Press Fill Effects. 55

62 C H A P T E R 5 Wrking with bjects 4. Select a fill style: Fill style Nne (transparent) Prcedure Select N fill. Slid clur a. Select Slid fill. b. D ne f the fllwing: Select ne f the 40 clurs in the palette. Press Mre and then select a clur in the dialgue bx. Press the eyedrpper and then select a clur n the screen. Gradient f tw clurs a. Select Gradient fill. b. Fr each clur, d ne f the fllwing: Select ne f the 40 clurs in the palette. Press Mre and then select a clur in the dialgue bx. Press the eyedrpper and then select a clur n the screen. c. Select an ptin in the Style drp-dwn list. Pattern a. Select Pattern fill. b. Select a pattern. Picture a. Select Image fill. b. Press Brwse. c. Brwse t and select the picture that yu want t use as a backgrund and then press Open. If yu insert a large picture, a dialgue bx may appear and prmpt yu t either reduce the picture s file size r retain the picture s file size. Fr mre infrmatin, see Setting image ptimisatin preferences n page 159. d. Select Keep image size t keep the picture s size, regardless f whether the picture is larger r smaller than the bject. OR Select Scale image t fit t resize the picture t fit the bject. 5. Optinally, drag the Object transparency slider t the right t make the bject transparent. T I P Yu can als change an bject s prperties using the prperty selectrs n the tlbar. 56

63 C H A P T E R 5 Wrking with bjects T change an bject s fill by first pressing the Fill buttn 1. Press Fill and then select a clur. 2. Select the bject. 3. Repeat step 2 fr each bject that yu want t apply the fill t. Filling digital ink drawings In additin t filling shapes, regular plygns and irregular plygns, yu can fill areas enclsed by digital ink using the Fill buttn. S T fill an area, yu must enclse it with a single digital ink path. Yu re unable t fill an enclsed area if that area is part f a grup (see Gruping bjects n page 68). When yu fill an enclsed area, the fill becmes a separate bject, which yu can mve away frm the riginal enclsed area. Yu can fill the enclsed area and mve the resulting fill bject multiple times. 57

64 C H A P T E R 5 Wrking with bjects Changing ther prperties In additin t fill, yu can change bjects line style and text style. T change an bject s line style 1. Select the bject. 2. If the Prperties tab isn t visible, press Prperties. 3. Press Line Style. 4. Change the bject s line style. T change an bject s text style 1. Select the bject. 2. If the Prperties tab isn t visible, press Prperties. 3. Press Text Style. 4. Change the bject s text style (see Frmatting text n page 40). Saving tl settings When yu select a tl in the tlbar, yu can change its default settings using the Prperties tab and then save yur changes by clicking Save Tl Prperties. When yu save yur changes t a tl s default settings, the tl s buttn displays thse changes: T restre the default settings, see Custmising the tlbar n page 155. Psitining bjects Yu can change the psitin f an bject by mving it t anther area f the existing page r t anther page. Yu can als align bjects and change the rder f stacked bjects. Mving bjects Yu can mve bjects t anther psitin n the page. Yu can als flick bjects. Yu re unable t mve an bject if it s lcked in place (see Lcking bjects n page 103). 58

65 C H A P T E R 5 Wrking with bjects T I P Yu can manipulate multiple bjects by selecting them and then creating a grup (see Gruping bjects n page 68). T mve an bject r bjects 1. Select the bject r bjects. 2. Drag the bject r bjects t a new psitin n the page. T I P Yu can mve an bject in small increments by pressing the arrw keys n yur keybard. T mve an Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file 1. Press the clured bar at the tp f the Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file. 2. Drag the file t its new psitin. T flick an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Quickly flick yur finger in any directin. Mving bjects t anther page Yu can mve bjects t anther page in a file. T mve an bject r bjects t anther page 1. If the Page Srter isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. If yu dn t see the page that yu want t mve the bject t, scrll in the Page Srter until yu see the page s thumbnail. 3. Select the bject r bjects that yu want t mve. 4. Drag the bject r bjects int the Page Srter abve the thumbnail f the page that yu want t mve the bjects t. 59

66 C H A P T E R 5 Wrking with bjects T mve an Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file t anther page 1. If the Page Srter isn t visible, press Page Srter. 2. If yu dn t see the page that yu want t mve the bject t, scrll in the Page Srter until yu see the page s thumbnail. 3. Press the clured bar at the tp f the Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file. 4. Drag the file int the Page Srter abve the thumbnail f the page that yu want t mve the bject t. Aligning bjects Yu can use the Alignment Tls add-n t align and distribute bjects n a page. Yu can align selected bjects n the bttm, left, right, tp, vertically r hrizntally. Yu can als align stacked bjects vertically r hrizntally. If yu want, yu can display guidelines n a page t assist yu in manually aligning bjects with ther bjects, as well as the page s vertical and hrizntal centres. Yu can als set bjects t align autmatically with these guidelines when yu mve the bjects n a page (see page 58). T align bjects n a page 1. Select the bjects yu want t align (see Selecting bjects n page 53). 2. Press Add-ns n the tlbar t display the Alignment Tls buttns. 3. Press an alignment buttn: Buttn Name Align bttm Align left Align middle X Align middle Y Align right Align tp Stack hrizntally Stack vertically Select this buttn t: Align selected bjects alng their bttm edge. Align selected bjects alng their left edge. Align selected bjects vertically thrugh the middle f the bjects. Align selected bjects hrizntally thrugh the middle f the bjects. Align selected bjects alng their right edge. Align selected bjects alng their tp edge. Align selected stacked bjects hrizntally. Align selected stacked bjects vertically. 60

67 C H A P T E R 5 Wrking with bjects T display guidelines 1. Select View > Alignment. The Alignment dialgue bx appears. 2. Select tickbxes t specify which guidelines yu want t display: Tickbx Shw guides fr active bjects Shw vertical page centre guide Shw hrizntal page centre guide Snap bjects t guides Select this tickbx t: Display a guideline when yu mve an bject int alignment with anther bject. Display a guideline when yu mve an bject int alignment with the page s vertical centre. Display a guideline when yu mve an bject int alignment with the page s hrizntal centre. Autmatically align bjects t guidelines when yu mve the bjects n a page. 3. If yu want t change the clur f the guidelines, press the clured bar t the left f Guide clur and then select a clur. 4. Press OK. Rearranging stacked bjects If bjects verlap n a page, yu can rearrange the rder f the stack (that is, yu can cntrl which bjects appear in frnt f thers). Yu re unable t mve an bject in the stack if it s lcked in place (see Lcking bjects n page 103). T mve an bject t the frnt f the stack 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Order > Bring t Frnt. T mve an bject t the back f the stack 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Order > Send t Back. T mve an bject ne place frward in the stack 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Order > Bring Frward. 61

68 C H A P T E R 5 Wrking with bjects T mve an bject ne place backward in the stack 1. Select the bject. 2. Select the bject s menu arrw and then select Order > Send Backward. Cutting, cpying and pasting bjects Yu can cut, cpy and paste bjects including text, pictures, straight lines, arcs and shapes in a.ntebk file. T I P S Yu can paste text frm ther prgrams int SMART Ntebk sftware and cut text frm SMART Ntebk sftware and paste it int ther prgrams (see Cutting, cpying and pasting cntent frm ther prgrams n page 81 and Cutting and pasting text n page 44). Yu can create an exact cpy f an bject by clning it (see Clning bjects n page 64). T cut and paste an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Cut. T I P Alternatively, yu can press Cut if yu added this buttn t the tlbar (see Custmising the tlbar n page 155). 3. If yu want t paste the bject nt a different page, display that page. 4. Press Paste. T cpy and paste an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Cpy. T I P Alternatively, yu can press Cpy if yu added this buttn t the tlbar (see Custmising the tlbar n page 155). 3. If yu want t paste the item nt a different page, display that page. 4. Press Paste. 62

69 Chapter 6 Crpping images with a mask Yu can use a mask t crp images. The mask hides the sectin f the image yu crp ut instead f deleting it. This enables yu t edit the mask if yu want t crp a different sectin f the image. Yu can als unmask the image t restre the riginal image. Yu can crp raster images nly. Fr example, yu can crp raster pictures that yu insert frm the Gallery r frm yur cmputer. Yu re unable t crp ther types f bjects. T crp an image with a mask 1. Select the image. 2. Press the image s menu arrw and then select Mask. A crpping mask appears n the image. Crpped ut sectins f the image are shaded grey. 3. Drag the image until the sectin f the image that yu want t keep appears in the crpping mask. 4. Optinally, press ne f the crpping mask s eight resize handles (the white circles) and then drag it t increase r reduce the crpping mask s size. 5. Press anywhere utside f the image t crp it. T edit the mask 1. Select the image. 2. Press the image s menu arrw and then select Edit Mask. A crpping mask appears n the image. Crpped ut sectins f the image are shaded grey. 63

70 C H A P T E R 6 Crpping images with a mask 3. Drag the image until the sectin f the image that yu want t keep appears in the crpping mask. 4. Optinally, press ne f the crpping mask s eight resize handles (the white circles) and then drag it t increase r reduce the crpping mask s size. 5. Press anywhere utside f the image t crp it. T restre the image 1. Select the image. 2. Press the image s menu arrw and then select Unmask. The riginal image is restred. Clning bjects Yu can create a duplicate f an bject by using the Clne cmmand, r yu can create multiple cpies f an bject using the Infinite Clner cmmand. Yu can als cpy and paste bjects, including text, images, straight lines, arcs and shapes (see Cutting, cpying and pasting bjects n page 62). T clne an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Clne. A duplicate bject appears n the page. T clne an bject using the Infinite Clner 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Infinite Clner. 3. Select the bject again. An infinity symbl appears instead f the bject s menu arrw. 4. Drag the bject t anther psitin n the page. 5. Repeat step 4 as many times as yu want. 6. When yu have finished clning the bject, select the riginal bject. 7. Press the infinity symbl and then clear the selectin f Infinite Clner. 64

71 C H A P T E R 6 Crpping images with a mask Resizing bjects Yu can resize bjects n a page by using the resize handle r the scale gesture (if yur interactive prduct supprts multituch gestures). Yu re unable t resize an bject if it s lcked in place (see Lcking bjects n page 103). Using the resize handle T resize an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s resize handle (the grey circle) and then drag it t increase r reduce the bject s size. T keep the shape s riginal height-t-width rati, hld dwn SHIFT whilst yu drag the resize handle. T resize multiple bjects 1. Grup the bjects (see Gruping bjects n page 68) and then select the grup. A selectin rectangle appears arund the grup. 2. Press the resize handle in the lwer-right-hand crner f the selectin rectangle. 3. Drag the resize handle t increase r reduce the size f the bjects. Using the scale gesture T resize an bject frm its centre 1. Select the bject. 2. Using ne finger n each hand, press the screen at ppsite ends f the bject. 65

72 C H A P T E R 6 Crpping images with a mask 3. Drag yur fingers in ppsite directins t increase the bject s size. OR Drag yur fingers tward each ther t decrease the bject s size. T resize an bject frm its crner r side 1. Select the bject. 2. Using ne finger n each hand, press the screen at the crner r side that yu want t resize the bject frm. 3. Drag yur fingers in ppsite directins t increase the bject s size. OR Drag yur fingers tward each ther t decrease the bject s size. T resize multiple bjects 1. Select the bjects. 2. Using ne finger n each hand, press the screen at ppsite ends f ne f the bjects. 3. Drag yur fingers in ppsite directins t increase the bjects size. OR Drag yur fingers tward each ther t decrease the bjects size. The bjects resize frm their centres regardless f where yu press the screen. 66

73 C H A P T E R 6 Crpping images with a mask Rtating bjects Yu can rtate bjects n a page by using the rtatin handle r the rtate gesture (if yur interactive prduct supprts multituch gestures). S Yu re unable t rtate an bject if it s lcked in place (see Lcking bjects n page 103). Yu re unable t rtate tables. Using the rtatin handle T rtate an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s rtatin handle (the green circle), and then drag it in the directin yu want t rtate the bject. T rtate multiple bjects 1. Select the bjects. A selectin rectangle appears arund each bject. 2. Press the rtatin handle (the green circle) n any ne f the selected bjects, and then drag it in the directin yu want t rtate the bject. When yu rtate ne bject, all ther selected bjects rtate autmatically. Using the rtate gesture T rtate an bject arund its centre 1. Select the bject. 2. Using ne finger n each hand, press the screen at ppsite ends f the bject. 3. Mve yur fingers in a circle arund the centre f the bject t rtate it. 67

74 C H A P T E R 6 Crpping images with a mask T rtate an bject arund a crner 1. Select the bject. 2. Using ne finger n each hand, press the screen in the crner that yu want t rtate the bject arund. 3. Mve yur fingers in a circle arund the crner t rtate the bject. T rtate multiple bjects 1. Select the bjects. 2. Using ne finger n each hand, press the screen at ppsite ends f ne f the bjects. 3. Mve yur fingers in a circle. The bjects rtate arund their centres regardless f where yu press the screen. Flipping bjects Yu can flip an bject n a page. Yu re unable t flip an bject if it s lcked in place (see Lcking bjects n page 103). T flip an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Flip > Up/Dwn r Flip > Left/Right. T flip multiple bjects 1. Select the bjects. 2. Press the menu arrw n any ne f the selected bjects and then select Flip > Up/Dwn r Flip > Left/Right. Gruping bjects Yu can create a grup f bjects, which lets yu interact with all gruped items at the same time. Once yu have created a grup, yu can select, mve, rtate r resize the grup as if it were an individual bject. Hwever, if yu want t interact with an individual bject in a grup, yu must ungrup the bjects first. 68

75 C H A P T E R 6 Crpping images with a mask Gruping bjects manually Yu can grup and ungrup bjects manually using the menu r the shake gesture. Using the menu T grup bjects 1. Select the bjects. 2. Press the menu arrw f any ne f the selected bjects and then select Grup > Grup. T ungrup bjects 1. Select the grup. 2. Press the grup s menu arrw and then select Grup > Ungrup. Using the shake gesture S Yu re unable t use the shake gesture with a muse. The shake gesture wrks nly when yu initially cntact yur interactive prduct s surface. T grup bjects Quickly shake yur finger ver the bjects three times. T ungrup bjects Quickly shake yur finger ver the grup three times. 69

76 C H A P T E R 6 Crpping images with a mask Gruping bjects autmatically If yu write r draw multiple lines, SMART Ntebk sftware autmatically cmbines the lines int a single bject. Fr example, if yu write the letters f a wrd, SMART Ntebk sftware cmbines the individual letters, enabling yu t interact with the whle wrd. If yu want t write wrds n the same line but dn t want them cmbined, leave a large gap between them, use different pens, r briefly put the pen in the pen tray befre writing anther wrd (interactive whitebards nly). If SMART Ntebk sftware cmbined lines that yu want t manipulate individually, ungrup the lines as described abve. Deleting bjects Althugh yu can erase digital ink (see Erasing digital ink n page 34), yu re unable t erase sme types f bjects, including text, shapes, straight lines, arcs and pictures. T remve these types f bjects frm a page, yu must delete them. Yu re unable t delete an bject if it s lcked in place (see Lcking bjects n page 103). T delete a lcked bject frm a page, yu must unlck it. T delete an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Delete. 70

77 Chapter 7 Inserting, rganising and sharing cntent Inserting cntent frm the Gallery 71 Yu can insert pictures, multimedia files and ther cntent int yur.ntebk files frm a variety f surces. These surces include the Gallery, the SMART Exchange website and the Internet. After inserting yur cntent, yu can rganise it using the Gallery and share it with ther teachers using the Gallery r the SMART Exchange website. Inserting cntent frm the Gallery The Gallery is a tab in the SMART Ntebk sftware user interface where yu can brwse r search fr cntent and then add that cntent t yur.ntebk files. The Gallery cntains Lessn Activity Examples, which includes Activity Builder examples (see Creating a matching lessn activity n page 110), interactive techniques and 3D mdels t aid yu in creating lessn activities. When yur system administratr installs SMART Ntebk sftware, he r she can install the fllwing additinal items: Gallery Essentials is a cllectin f thusands f pictures, multimedia bjects and mre, rganised int subject-specific categries. Lessn Activity Tlkit is a cllectin f custmisable tls and templates that yu can use t create prfessinal-lking and interactive lessns. The tlkit helps yu create engaging cntent like wrd games, quizzes and srting activities. It als ffers Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files like hide-and-reveal and drag-and-drp. 71

78 C H A P T E R 7 Inserting, rganising and sharing cntent The Gallery is divided int tw sectins. The tp sectin f the Gallery is the categry list. When yu select a categry r subcategry in the list, its cntents appear in the bttm sectin f the Gallery. T I P Yu can change the size f the categry list and cntent list by pressing the bundary between them and then dragging it up r dwn. Yu can brwse the categry list t view the cntents f each categry. Thumbnails in the categries prvide preview images f the cntent. In Pictures, pictures appear as thumbnails. In Interactive and Multimedia, vide bjects appear as a single frame frm the vides, sund bjects appear with a speaker icn in the lwer left-hand crner, and Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files appear as an Adbe Flash icn r thumbnail f the cntent with a small Adbe Flash icn in the upper left-hand crner. In 3D Objects, 3D mdels appear as thumbnails. In Ntebk Files and Pages, files appear as binders and pages appear with a flded upper right-hand crner. In Backgrunds and Themes, backgrunds appear as pages with a flded lwer right-hand crner and themes appear as thumbnails. Yu can search fr a Gallery item using the keywrd search. After brwsing r searching fr a Gallery item, yu can add it t yur.ntebk file. T brwse the Gallery 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Press a categry s plus sign t view its subcategries. Yu can clse a categry by pressing the categry s minus sign. 3. Select a categry r subcategry t display its cntents. T search the Gallery 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Type a keywrd int the Type search terms here bx and then press Search. The Gallery displays all cntent cntaining the keywrd. 72

79 C H A P T E R 7 Inserting, rganising and sharing cntent T add a Gallery item t yur.ntebk file 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Brwse r search fr the Gallery item that yu want t add. 3. Duble-click the Gallery item s thumbnail. If yu add a picture, Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file, vide file r sund file, it appears n the current page. If yu add a backgrund, it replaces the page s existing backgrund (see Applying page backgrunds and themes n page 106). If yu add a page frm a.ntebk file, SMART Ntebk sftware inserts it befre the current page. If yu add a.ntebk file, SMART Ntebk sftware inserts the file s pages befre the current page. 73

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81 Chapter 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra GeGebra is a free interactive mathematics sftware fr all levels f educatin. When yu insert the GeGebra widget in SMART Ntebk sftware, yu can explre gemetry, algebra, tables, graphing, statistics and calculus with yur students. Yu can als search fr wrksheets frm GeGebraTube using the keywrd search. After searching fr a wrksheet, yu can add it t yur.ntebk file. GeGebraTube (gegebratube.rg) cntains thusands f wrksheets created and shared by ther teachers. Fr mre infrmatin n hw t use GeGebra sftware, g t the GeGebra Wiki (wiki.gegebra.rg). T access the GeGebra widget Press Add-ns and then press GeGebra. T insert the GeGebra widget 1. If the GeGebra widget isn t visible, press Add-ns and then press GeGebra. 2. Select Insert GeGebra Widget. T search GeGebraTube 1. If the GeGebra widget isn t visible, press Add-ns and then press GeGebra. 2. Type a keywrd int the Search in Free Materials bx and then press Search. The GeGebra widget displays thumbnail images f wrksheets cntaining the keywrd. T add a GeGebraTube wrksheet t yur.ntebk file 1. If the GeGebra widget isn t visible, press Add-ns and then press GeGebra. 2. Search fr the GeGebraTube wrksheet that yu want t add. 75

82 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra 3. Press the wrksheet s thumbnail and then select Insert GeGebra Widget. The wrksheet appears n the current page. T I P Fr mre infrmatin n a wrksheet, press the thumbnail s title t g t the wrksheet s dwnlad page in GeGebraTube. Inserting cntent frm the SMART Exchange website The SMART Exchange website (exchange.smarttech.cm) includes thusands f lessn plans, questin sets, widgets and ther cntent that yu can dwnlad and then pen in SMART Ntebk sftware. Yu can als share yur lessn plans with ther teachers thrugh the SMART Exchange website. Fr mre infrmatin, see Sharing cntent using the SMART Exchange website n page 95. T insert cntent frm the SMART Exchange website 1. Press SMART Exchange. The SMART Exchange website pens in yur web brwser. 2. If yu re new t the SMART Exchange website, press Jin fr free and then fllw the nscreen instructins t create an accunt. OR If yu have an accunt, press Sign In and then fllw the n-screen instructins t lg n t the SMART Exchange website with yur accunt. 3. Search r brwse fr cntent and then dwnlad it t yur cmputer. 4. Imprt cntent int the Gallery (see Sharing cntent with ther teachers n page 93). Inserting cntent frm ther surces If yu r ther teachers in yur schl have created cntent utside f SMART Ntebk sftware, yu can include this cntent in yur.ntebk files. Specifically, yu can d the fllwing: Insert pictures, Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files and vide files, and sund files Cut r cpy and then paste cntent frm ther prgrams 76

83 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra Imprt cntent frm ther prgrams Inserting pictures Yu can insert pictures int pages frm files, a scanner r a SMART Dcument Camera. Yu can als insert pictures frm the Gallery tab. Fr mre infrmatin, see Inserting cntent frm the Gallery n page 71. Once yu have inserted a picture, yu can define a transparent area in it. Inserting pictures frm files Yu can insert a picture int a page. SMART Ntebk sftware supprts BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF and WMF frmats. T insert a picture frm a file 1. Select Insert > Picture. The Insert Picture File dialgue bx appears. 2. Brwse t and select the picture that yu want t insert. T I P T select mre than ne picture, hld dwn CTRL and then select the pictures. 3. Press Open. The picture appears in the upper-left-hand crner f the page. Inserting pictures frm a scanner If a scanner is cnnected t yur cmputer, yu can insert pictures frm the scanner int a page. Yu must install yur scanner s driver and sftware n yur cmputer befre inserting pictures frm the scanner int SMART Ntebk sftware. T insert a picture frm a scanner 1. Select Insert > Picture Frm Scanner. The Insert Scanned Picture dialgue bx appears. 2. Select a scanner frm the list. 77

84 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra 3. Press Scan. 4. Fllw the instructins included with yur scanner t scan yur picture. Inserting pictures frm a SMART Dcument Camera Yu can insert pictures frm a SMART Dcument Camera int a page. T insert a picture frm a SMART Dcument Camera 1. Select Insert > Picture Frm SMART Dcument Camera. The SMART Dcument Camera windw appears n the page. 2. Insert a picture fllwing the instructins in the Help. Wrking with pictures When yu insert a picture in a.ntebk file, the picture becmes an bject in the file. Therefre, yu can mve, resize, rtate and make ther changes t the picture like any ther bject. Fr infrmatin n hw t wrk with bjects, including pictures, in.ntebk files, see Wrking with bjects n page 53. Creating transparent areas in a picture Yu can create transparent areas in a picture that yu insert int a page. This is useful fr remving the picture s backgrund. Yu can make any clur in the picture transparent. Yu can reduce the size f a large picture when yu insert it in a file (see Setting image ptimisatin preferences n page 159). If yu later create a transparent area in the picture, the picture is n lnger ptimised. T create a transparent area in a picture 1. Select the picture. 2. Press the picture s menu arrw and then select Set Picture Transparency. The Picture Transparency dialgue bx appears. 3. Press any areas in the picture that yu want t make transparent. Pressing an area makes nly that area transparent, even if the picture includes that same clur in ther areas. 4. Press OK. 78

85 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra Inserting multimedia files Yu can insert multimedia files, including Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files, vide files and sund files, int pages. Yu can als insert multimedia files frm the Gallery tab. Fr mre infrmatin, see Inserting cntent frm the Gallery n page 71. Inserting Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files Yu can insert Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files int a page. Once yu have inserted an Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file int a page, r display a page that already cntains an Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file, the file plays immediately. Yu can cntrl the playback f the file. If the file has buttns, yu can press them n yur interactive prduct. If the file desn t have buttns, yu can use the ptins in the file s menu arrw. S Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files n a page must be self-extracting. Yu re unable t use Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files that lad r rely n ther Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files. Yu re unable t drag an Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file frm an Internet brwser int a page. If Adbe Flash Player isn t installed n yur cmputer, SMART Ntebk sftware ntifies yu when yu insert an Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file int a page. Yu can install Adbe Flash Player by visiting adbe.cm, but yu must use Internet Explrer Internet brwser t install it. If yu use anther brwser, Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files dn t wrk in SMART Ntebk sftware. T write n tp f an Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file with a handwriting recgnitin cmpnent, start writing utside the file and cntinue t write ver the file. This enables SMART Ntebk sftware t recgnise the digital ink as a separate bject frm the Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file. T insert an Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file 1. Select Insert > Adbe Flash Player Cmpatible File. The Insert Flash File dialgue bx appears. 2. Brwse t and select the Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file that yu want t insert int the page. 3. Press Open. The Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file appears in the upper left-hand crner f the page. 79

86 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra T cntrl an Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file 1. Select the Adbe Flash Player cmpatible file. 2. Cntrl the file by ding any f the fllwing: T play the file, press the file s menu arrw and then select Flash > Play. T play the file frm the beginning, press the file s menu arrw and then select Flash > Rewind. T advance the file slightly and pause playback, press the file s menu arrw and then select Flash > Step Frward. T rewind the file slightly and pause playback, press the file s menu arrw and then select Flash > Step Back. T play the file cntinuusly, press the file s menu arrw and then select Flash > Lp. T stp playing the file cntinuusly, press the file s menu arrw and then clear the selectin f Flash > Lp. Inserting Adbe Flash Player cmpatible vide files Yu can insert Adbe Flash Player cmpatible vide files int a page. SMART Ntebk sftware supprts the Adbe Flash Player cmpatible vide file (FLV) frmat. If yu want SMART Ntebk sftware t supprt ther file types, yu can install additinal encders (see Installing encders fr additinal frmats n the next page). T insert an Adbe Flash Player cmpatible vide file 1. Select Insert > Vide. The Insert Vide File dialgue bx appears. 2. Brwse t and select the Adbe Flash Player cmpatible vide file that yu want t insert int the page. 3. Press Open. Inserting sund files Yu can attach a sund file t any bject (except Adbe Flash Player cmpatible bjects) in a.ntebk file. Fr mre infrmatin, see Adding sunds t bjects n page 102. Wrking with multimedia files When yu insert a multimedia file in a.ntebk file, the multimedia file becmes an bject in the file. Therefre, yu can mve, resize, rtate and make ther changes t the multimedia file like any ther bject. 80

87 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra Fr infrmatin n hw t wrk with bjects, including multimedia files, in.ntebk files, see Wrking with bjects n page 53. Installing encders fr additinal frmats SMART Ntebk sftware supprts the FLV and MP3 frmats. If yu want SMART Ntebk sftware t supprt ther vide and audi frmats, yu can install the fllwing encder. If yu install this encder, SMART Ntebk sftware autmatically detects it and supprts its vide and audi frmats. Encder Vide frmats Audi frmats Link MediaCder Full Pack ASF AVI AIF and AIFF WAV mediacderhq.cm/dlfull.htm MOV MPEG and MPG WMV SMART Technlgies ULC prvides links t these prgrams as a curtesy and makes n representatins r warranties regarding the prgrams r any infrmatin related theret. Any questins, cmplaints r claims regarding the prgrams must be directed t the apprpriate sftware vendr. Inserting cntent frm ther prgrams If yu have cntent in ther prgrams that yu want t use in yur.ntebk files, yu can mve this cntent t SMART Ntebk sftware by ding ne f the fllwing: Cutting r cpying and then pasting the cntent Imprting the cntent Cutting, cpying and pasting cntent frm ther prgrams Yu can cut r cpy, and then paste cntent frm ther prgrams int SMART Ntebk sftware. T cut cntent frm anther prgram 1. In the ther prgram, select the cntent yu want t cut and then select Edit > Cut. 2. In SMART Ntebk sftware, press Paste. T cpy cntent frm anther prgram 1. In the ther prgram, select the cntent yu want t cpy and then select Edit > Cpy. 2. In SMART Ntebk sftware, press Paste. 81

88 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra Imprting cntent using SMART Ntebk Print Capture When yu install SMART Ntebk sftware n a cmputer with Windws XP perating system, yu als install SMART Ntebk Print Capture. SMART Ntebk Print Capture wrks like any ther printer driver, except it captures utput in a.ntebk file, instead f printing it n paper. Each page f an imprted file appears as an bject n its wn page, with its riginal frmatting and page breaks preserved. If yu install SMART Ntebk sftware n a cmputer with Windws 7 r Windws 8 perating system, yu can imprt cntent using SMART Ntebk Dcument Writer (see Imprting cntent using SMART Ntebk Dcument Writer n the next page). T use SMART Ntebk Print Capture 1. In the surce file that yu want t exprt t a.ntebk file, select File > Print. The Print dialgue bx appears. 2. Select SMART Ntebk Print Capture in the list f printers. 3. Optinally, change the page rientatin and graphics reslutin (see T change the page rientatin and graphics reslutin belw). 4. Specify a page range and then press OK r Print. If an existing.ntebk file isn t pen, a new.ntebk file pens. Each page f the surce file appears n a separate page. OR If an existing.ntebk file is pen, each page f the surce file appears in the.ntebk file after the current page. This prcess can take several minutes. T change the page rientatin and graphics reslutin 1. Press the Prperties r Preferences buttn. The SMART Ntebk Print Capture Prperties dialgue bx appears. 2. Select Prtrait r Landscape. 82

89 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra 3. Select a default reslutin in the Reslutin drp-dwn list. OR Select CUSTOM Reslutin in the Reslutin drp-dwn list and then type numbers in the Hrizntal Reslutin and Vertical Reslutin bxes. T I P S Use the same value in bth bxes t prevent image distrtin. The higher the reslutin, the larger the image. Dn t use the Draft, Lw r Medium ptins because they might nt scale the image prprtinally. 4. Press OK. Imprting cntent using SMART Ntebk Dcument Writer When yu install SMART Ntebk sftware n a cmputer with Windws 7 r Windws 8 perating system, yu als install SMART Ntebk Dcument Writer. SMART Ntebk Dcument Writer wrks like any ther printer driver, except it captures utput in a.ntebk file, instead f printing it n paper. If yu install SMART Ntebk sftware n a cmputer with Windws XP perating system, yu can imprt cntent using SMART Ntebk Print Capture (see Imprting cntent using SMART Ntebk Print Capture n the previus page). T use SMART Ntebk Dcument Writer 1. In the surce file that yu want t exprt t a.ntebk file, select File > Print. The Print dialgue bx appears. 2. Select SMART Ntebk Dcument Writer in the list f printers. 3. Optinally, change the page rientatin (see T change the page rientatin n the next page). 4. Specify a page range and then press OK r Print. A dialgue bx appears. 83

90 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra 5. Select SMART Ntebk pages with images t imprt the cntent f the file as pictures. OR Select SMART Ntebk page with editable bjects t imprt the cntent f the file as editable bjects. If yu chse t imprt the cntent as editable bjects, sme bjects may nt display crrectly. Yu can imprt the cntent as pictures. 6. Press OK. A new.ntebk file pens. Each page f the surce file appears n a separate page. T change the page rientatin 1. Press Prperties r Preferences. The Printing Preferences dialgue bx appears. 2. Select Landscape r Prtrait in the Orientatin drp-dwn list. 3. Press OK. Imprting PwerPint files Yu can imprt cntent int a.ntebk file frm a variety f surces, including PwerPint files. SMART Ntebk sftware desn t imprt sme gradient, pattern and picture effects. These effects may appear incrrectly in.ntebk files as a result. T I P Yu can als exprt.ntebk files t PwerPint (see Exprting files n page 15). T imprt a PwerPint file 1. Select File > Imprt. The Open dialgue bx appears. 2. Select All PwerPint Files (*.ppt;*.pptx) in the Files f type drp-dwn list. 3. Brwse t and select the PwerPint file that yu want t imprt. 4. Press Open. SMART Ntebk sftware adds the cntents f the PwerPint file t a.ntebk file. 84

91 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra Imprting files frm ther interactive whitebard prgrams Yu can imprt cntent int.ntebk files frm a variety f surces, including ther interactive whitebard prgrams. If the ther interactive whitebard prgrams supprt the Interactive Whitebard Cmmn File Frmat (CFF), yu can exprt a CFF file frm thse prgrams and then imprt that CFF file int SMART Ntebk sftware. Otherwise, yu can attempt t imprt the ther interactive whitebard prgrams native file frmats. Yu can als exprt CFF files (see Exprting files n page 15). T imprt CFF files 1. Select File > Imprt. The Open dialgue bx appears. 2. Select All Cmmn File Frmat Files (*.iwb) in the Files f type drp-dwn list. 3. Brwse t and select the file that yu want t imprt. 4. Press Open. The file pens. T imprt ther files 1. Press Open File. The Open dialgue bx appears. 2. Select All Files (*.*) in the Files f type drp-dwn list. 3. Brwse t and select the file that yu want t imprt. 4. Press Open. If yu imprt a file that SMART Ntebk sftware supprts, the file pens. OR If yu imprt a file that SMART Ntebk sftware desn t supprt, SMART Ntebk sftware adds it t the Attachments tab. Yu can pen these attached files using third-party sftware, but yu re nt able t add them t a page. 85

92 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra Inserting equatins with the Maths Editr Yu can use the Maths Editr t insert a handwritten equatin nt a page in a mre readable frmat. The Maths Editr recgnises yur handwriting and autmatically cnverts it t a typeset frmat. Yu can als add the recgnised equatin t a GeGebra wrksheet if the equatin is in a supprted graph frmat. T insert an equatin nt the page 1. Press Add-ns and then select Insert Equatin. The Maths Editr appears. 2. Select a pen tl (see Writing r drawing digital ink n page 32). 3. Write a maths equatin n the graph paper sectin f the editr. The handwritten equatin cnverts t a typed equatin, which appears belw the graph paper sectin. Accept and reject icns appear beside the recgnised equatin. 4. Press t accept the recgnised equatin. The typed equatin appears n the page. OR Press t reject the recgnised equatin and clse the Maths Editr. T edit the recgnised equatin 1. Duble-click the recgnised equatin n the page. The handwritten equatin appears n the Maths Editr. 2. Select a pen tl (see Writing r drawing digital ink n page 32). 86

93 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra 3. Edit the handwritten equatin. The handwritten equatin cnverts t a typed equatin, which appears belw the graph paper sectin. Accept and reject icns appear beside the recgnised equatin. 4. Press t accept the recgnised equatin. The equatin updates with yur edits. OR Press t reject the typed equatin and clse the Maths Editr. The equatin desn t update. T add the recgnised equatin t a GeGebra wrksheet 1. Insert a GeGebra wrksheet n the page (see Inserting cntent frm GeGebra n page 75). 2. Drag the equatin frm the page t the GeGebra widget. The equatin is autmatically graphed in the wrksheet. Inserting Internet brwsers Yu can insert an Internet brwser int a.ntebk page. In the Internet brwser, yu can brwse t and display webpages. Yu can mdify the Internet brwser like any ther bject in SMART Ntebk sftware (see Wrking with bjects n page 53). When yu resize an Internet brwser, the Internet brwser s cntent is rescaled autmatically s that yu always see the entire webpage that yu are viewing. 87

94 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra Inserting an Internet brwser T insert an Internet brwser 1. Select Insert > Internet Brwser. An Internet brwser appears. 2. Duble-click the address bar, type the address f the webpage that yu want t brwse t and then press G. T I P If there s n keybard cnnected t yur cmputer, click SMART Keybard an n-screen keybard. t display 3. Interact with the website using the buttns in the Internet brwser tlbar: Buttn Cmmand Back Frward Return t Pinned Page Pin Page Relad Mve Tlbar Actin Display the previus webpage. Display the next webpage. Open the pinned webpage. Pin the current webpage. When yu first pen the.ntebk file, the pinned webpage appears in the Internet brwser. Yu can return t the pinned page at any time by pressing Return t Pinned Page. Relad the current webpage. Change the psitin f the Internet brwser tlbar. Cnfiguring prxy servers Internet brwsers in SMART Ntebk sftware wrk with any prxy server that adheres t the RFC 2068 HTTP standard. If yur system administratr installed SMART Ntebk sftware behind a prxy server, he r she must create access plicy rules fr inbund and utbund traffic n that prxy server. Yur system administratr can further enhance netwrk security by enabling authenticatin, such as basic r NT LAN Manager (NTLM) authenticatin. Althugh prxy servers prtect internal netwrks frm intruders, they unavidably intrduce netwrk latency. 88

95 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra Attaching files and webpages Yu can attach cpies f files, shrtcuts t files and links t webpages using the Attachments tab. Attaching files r webpages enables yu t find and pen these items easily while presenting a.ntebk file. S Yu can als link a file r webpage t an bject n a page (see Adding links t bjects n page 100). As an alternative t attaching a link t a webpage, yu can als insert an Internet brwser in yur.ntebk file (see Inserting Internet brwsers n page 87). T attach a cpy f a file 1. If the Attachments tab isn t visible, press Attachments. 2. Press Insert at the bttm f the Attachments tab and then select Insert Cpy f File. The Insert Cpy f File dialgue bx appears. 3. Brwse t and select the file that yu want t attach. 4. Press Open. The file s name and size appear in the Attachments tab. When yu attach a file, the size f the.ntebk file increases. Althugh SMART Ntebk sftware cmpresses files t cnserve space, SMART Ntebk sftware can cmpress sme file types mre than thers. T attach a shrtcut t a file 1. If the Attachments tab isn t visible, press Attachments. 2. Press Insert at the bttm f the Attachments tab and then select Insert Shrtcut t File. The Insert File Shrtcut dialgue bx appears. 3. Brwse t and select the file that yu want t attach. 89

96 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra 4. Press Open. The file name and Shrtcut appear in the Attachments tab. S SMART Ntebk sftware desn t exprt shrtcuts. If yu want t exprt file attachments, attach a cpy f yur file, nt a file shrtcut. Make sure that the file is accessible n the cmputer that yu will use during the lessn. T attach a link t a webpage 1. If the Attachments tab isn t visible, press Attachments. 2. Press Insert at the bttm f the Attachments tab and then select Insert Hyperlink. The Insert Hyperlink dialgue bx appears. 3. Type the webpage s address in the Hyperlink bx. 4. Type a name fr the link in the Display name bx. 5. Press OK. The display name and URL appear in the Attachments tab. T pen a file r webpage frm the Attachments tab 1. If the Attachments tab isn t visible, press Attachments. The Attachments tab lists all attachments in the pen file. If an attached item is a cpy f a file, the file s size appears in the Size clumn. If an attached item is a shrtcut t a file, Shrtcut appears in the Size clumn. If an attached item is a link t a webpage, URL appears in the Size clumn. 2. T pen a file, duble-click the file name r shrtcut. OR T pen a webpage, duble-click the link. Organising and sharing cntent using the Gallery The Gallery is a tab in the SMART Ntebk sftware user interface where yu can brwse r search fr cntent and then add that cntent t yur.ntebk files. The Gallery cnsists f a set f categries, ne f which is the My Cntent categry. 90

97 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra If yu find yu use the same cntent acrss multiple.ntebk files, yu can add this cntent t the My Cntent categry. Yu can share cntent frm the My Cntent categry with ther teachers in yur schl by imprting r exprting Gallery cllectin files. Yu can als cnnect t a Team Cntent categry cntaining cntent that yu and ther teachers in yur schl cntribute t. After adding yur cntent t the Gallery, yu can insert it int.ntebk files as described in Inserting cntent frm the Gallery n page 71. Adding cntent t the Gallery Yu can add SMART Ntebk sftware bjects and pages as well as supprted files t the My Cntent categry in the Gallery. T add an bject t the Gallery 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Select the bject that yu want t add t the Gallery. 3. Drag the bject frm the page t the Gallery s My Cntent categry r ne f its subcategries. S Yu re unable t drag an bject if it s lcked in place (see Lcking bjects n page 103). If yu want t change a Gallery item s name, select the item, press its menu arrw and then select Rename. T add a page t the Gallery 1. Create and mdify bjects n the page until the page appears exactly as yu want it t. 2. Select File > Exprt Page as Gallery Item. The Save Page as Gallery Item dialgue bx appears. 3. Brwse t the flder in which yu want t save the page. 4. Type a name fr the page in the File name bx. 5. Press Save. 6. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 91

98 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra 7. Select My Cntent (r ne f its subcategries) in the Gallery s categry list, press its menu arrw and then select Add t My Cntent. The Add t My Cntent dialgue bx appears. 8. Brwse t and select the item that yu saved in step Press Open. T add a supprted file t the Gallery 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Select My Cntent (r ne f its subcategries) in the Gallery s categry list, press its menu arrw and then select Add t My Cntent. The Add t My Cntent dialgue bx appears. 3. Brwse t and select the item that yu want t add t the Gallery. 4. Press Open. By default, SMART Ntebk sftware names the new Gallery item based n the riginal file name. If yu want t change the item s name, select the Gallery item s thumbnail, press its menu arrw and then select Rename. Organising cntent in the Gallery As yu add bjects, pages and supprted files t the My Cntent categry in the Gallery, yu may want t rerganise the categry s structure. Yu can create subcategries and mve Gallery items between subcategries. T create a subcategry 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Select My Cntent (r ne f its subcategries) in the Gallery s categry list, press its menu arrw and then select New Flder. A new subcategry appears. 3. Type a name fr the new subcategry and then press ENTER. 92

99 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra T rename a subcategry 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Select My Cntent in the Gallery s categry list and then brwse t the subcategry that yu want t rename. 3. Select the subcategry, press its menu arrw and then select Rename. 4. Type a new name fr the subcategry and then press ENTER. T mve a Gallery item t a different subcategry 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Brwse t the categry that cntains the Gallery item that yu want t mve. The Gallery displays the cntents f the categry. 3. Drag the item t anther subcategry. Sharing cntent with ther teachers Imprting and exprting cllectin files is an ideal way t share custm categries with ther teachers and t use categries that ther teachers have created. Yu can use cllectin files t add items t the My Cntent categry in the Gallery. Once yu have imprted a cllectin file, all f its items appear in The Gallery as a new subcategry. T imprt a cllectin file frm anther teacher 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Select My Cntent (r ne f its subcategries) in the Gallery s categry list, press its menu arrw and then select Add t My Cntent. The Add t My Cntent dialgue bx appears. 3. Brwse t the flder that cntains the cllectin file that yu want t imprt. A cllectin file has a.gallery extensin. 4. Select the cllectin file and then press Open. The cllectin appears as a new subcategry. 93

100 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra T exprt a cllectin file t share with ther teachers 1. Select the categry that cntains the items yu want t save in a cllectin. SMART Ntebk sftware exprts the selected categry but desn t exprt any f its subcategries. 2. Press the categry s menu arrw and then select Exprt as Cllectin File. The Save As dialgue bx appears. 3. Brwse t the flder where yu want t save the cllectin file. 4. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 5. Press Save. Cnnecting t Team Cntent categries The Team Cntent categries feature enables yu t cnnect t Gallery cntent in a shared lcatin n yur schl s netwrk. Multiple teachers can cnnect t the same flder. SMART Ntebk sftware autmatically updates yur changes fr all ther teachers. Yur access permissins fr the Team Cntent categry are the same as yur flder access permissins n yur schl s netwrk. If yu have full access t a flder n the netwrk, yu can add r remve items in that flder s Team Cntent categry. Hwever, if yu have readnly access t the flder, yu can cpy items frm the Team Cntent categry, but yu re unable t add, edit r remve items. T cnnect t a Team Cntent categry 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Press Shw additinal Gallery actins and then select Cnnect t Team Cntent. The Brwse Fr Flder dialgue bx appears. 3. Brwse t and select the flder cntaining the Team Cntent categry yu want t cnnect t and then press OK. The Team Cntent categry appears in the Gallery. T cntribute t a Team Cntent categry Add cntent t a Team Cntent categry as yu d t the My Cntent categry (see Adding cntent t the Gallery n page 91). 94

101 C H A P T E R 8 Inserting cntent frm GeGebra Sharing cntent using the SMART Exchange website In additin t sharing yur cntent with ther teachers in yur schl (see Sharing cntent with ther teachers n page 93), yu can share.ntebk files with teachers frm arund the wrld using the SMART Exchange website (exchange.smarttech.cm). T share a.ntebk file n the SMART Exchange website 1. Open the.ntebk file that yu want t share. 2. Select File > Share n SMART Exchange. A dialgue bx appears. 3. If yu re new t the SMART Exchange website, press Nt a member yet and then fllw the n-screen instructins t create an accunt. OR If yu have an accunt, type yur address in the Address bx and yur passwrd in the Passwrd bx and then press Sign In. T I P S If yu have frgttenyur passwrd, click Frgt yur passwrd and then fllw the n-screen instructins t reset it. If yu dn t want t lg n t the SMART Exchange website each time yu share cntent, select the Keep me signed in tickbx. 4. Enter the apprpriate infrmatin: Cntrl Enter resurce details Descriptin Subject(s) Grade(s) Search terms Instructins Type a title fr the.ntebk file. Type a descriptin f the.ntebk file. Select the subjects that the.ntebk file is applicable t. Select the grades that the.ntebk file is applicable t. Type wrds r phrases that ther SMART Exchange users are likely enter t search fr the.ntebk file. Separate the wrds r phrases with cmmas. 5. Read the sharing agreement. 6. If yu accept the sharing agreement, press Agree and Submit. 95

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103 Chapter 9 Creating lessn activities Using advanced bject features 98 Creating custm Creative pen styles 98 Adding links t bjects 100 Adding sunds t bjects 102 Animating bjects 103 Lcking bjects 103 Using advanced page features 104 Displaying student page brders 105 Recrding pages 105 Applying page backgrunds and themes 106 Applying backgrunds using the Prperties tab 106 Applying backgrunds and themes using the Gallery 108 Creating themes 109 Creating example lessn activities 109 Creating a matching lessn activity 110 Creating a hide-and-shw lessn activity 111 Creating a reveal lessn activity 113 Creating ther types f lessn activities 115 Accessing XC Cllabratin 115 Using SMART Ntebk sftware, yu can nt nly present infrmatin t students but als engage them in interactive lessn activities. Yu can create lessn activities by inserting bjects such as shapes, pictures and tables, and using features such as the Activity Builder and scaling gesture. This sectin dcuments the advanced features that yu can use t create lessn activities and shws yu hw t create a set f example lessn activities. Yu can use these example lessn activities r develp yur wn. Yu can als use resurces available t yu in the Gallery and SMART Exchange website. 97

104 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities Using advanced bject features Yu can use the fllwing advanced bject features when creating lessn activities: Custm creative pen styles Object links Object sunds Object animatin Yu can als lck any bjects that yu dn t want mved r therwise mdified during the presentatin f a lessn activity. Creating custm Creative pen styles SMART Ntebk sftware includes eight Creative pen styles (see Writing r drawing digital ink n page 32). In additin t these styles, yu can create yur wn styles using pictures r bjects n the currently selected page. T create a custm Creative pen using a picture 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Creative Pen. 3. Select a line type. 4. If the Prperties tab isn t visible, press Prperties. 5. Press Line Style. 6. Select Use a custm stamp image. 98

105 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities 7. Click Brwse. The Insert Image File dialgue bx appears. 8. Brwse t and select the picture yu want t use fr the Creative pen style. 9. Press Open. 10. Write r draw digital ink n the page. T I P T resume using the default line type, select Use the default pattern. If yu want t save yur custm Creative pen style fr future use, press Save Tl Prperties. Yu can later reset the Creative pen style (see Custmising the tlbar n page 155). T create a custm Creative pen using an bject 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Creative Pen. 3. If the Prperties tab isn t visible, press Prperties. 4. Press Line Style. 5. Select Use a custm stamp image. 6. Press Select bject and then select an bject n the page. 7. Write r draw digital ink n the page. T I P T resume using the default line type, select Use the default pattern. If yu want t save yur custm Creative pen style fr future use, press Save Tl Prperties. Yu can later reset the Creative pen style (see Custmising the tlbar n page 155). 99

106 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities Adding links t bjects Yu can link any bject n a page t a webpage, anther page in the file, a file n yur cmputer r an attachment. An attachment is a cpy f a file, a shrtcut t a file r a link t a webpage that yu add t the Attachments tab. Yu can display animated link indicatrs arund all links n a page (see Displaying links n page 124). T add a link t a webpage 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Link. The Insert Link dialgue bx appears. 3. Press Webpage and then type the web address in the Address bx. 4. If yu want t pen the link by pressing an icn, select Crner icn. OR If yu want t pen the link by pressing anywhere in the bject, select Object. 5. Press OK. If yu selected Crner icn, the icn appears in the lwer left crner f the bject. T add a link t anther page in the file 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Link. The Insert Link dialgue bx appears. 3. Press Page in this File and then select an ptin in the Select a page area. 4. If yu want t pen the link by pressing an icn, select Crner icn. OR If yu want t pen the link by pressing anywhere in the bject, select Object. 5. Press OK. If yu selected Crner icn, the icn appears in the lwer left crner f the bject. 100

107 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities T add a link t a file n yur cmputer 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Link. The Insert Link dialgue bx appears. 3. Press File n this Cmputer and then type the file s lcatin and name in the File bx. 4. If yu want t attach a cpy f the file, select Cpy f file. OR If yu want t insert a shrtcut t the file, select Shrtcut t file. 5. If yu want t pen the link by pressing an icn, select Crner icn. OR If yu want t pen the link by pressing anywhere in the bject, select Object. 6. Press OK. If yu selected Crner icn, the icn appears in the lwer left crner f the bject. T add a link t an attachment 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Link. The Insert Link dialgue bx appears. 3. Press Current Attachments and then select the attachment in the list. 4. If yu want t pen the link by pressing an icn, select Crner icn. OR If yu want t pen the link by pressing anywhere in the bject, select Object. 5. Press OK. If yu selected Crner icn, the icn appears in the lwer left crner f the bject. T remve a link 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Link. The Insert Link dialgue bx appears. 3. Press Remve Link. 101

108 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities Adding sunds t bjects Yu can add a sund t any bject (except Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files and widgets) by attaching a sund file r recrding a sund using a cmputer micrphne. Yu can play the sund during the lessn by pressing an icn in the crner f the bject r the bject itself. SMART Ntebk sftware supprts the MP3 audi frmat. If yu want SMART Ntebk sftware t supprt ther file types, yu can install additinal encders (see Installing encders fr additinal frmats n page 81). T add a sund file t an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Sund. The Insert Sund dialgue bx appears. 3. Press Brwse. The Insert File dialgue bx appears. 4. Brwse t and select the sund file and then press Open. 5. Select Crner Icn if yu want t play the sund file when yu press an icn in the bject s lwer left-hand crner. OR Select Object if yu want t play the sund file when yu press anywhere n the bject. 6. Press Attach Sund. T add a recrded sund t an bject 1. Cnnect a micrphne t yur cmputer and turn it n. 2. Select the bject. 3. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Sund. The Insert Sund dialgue bx appears. 4. Click Start Recrding. 5. Recrd the sund using the micrphne. I M P O R T A N T SMART Ntebk sftware stps recrding after ne minute. Therefre, ensure that the sund is n mre than ne minute lng. 6. Click Stp Recrding. 102

109 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities 7. Type a name fr the sund in the Recrding name bx. 8. Optinally, click Preview Recrding t hear the sund befre adding it t the bject. 9. Select Crner Icn if yu want t play the sund file when yu press an icn in the bject s lwer left-hand crner. OR Select Object if yu want t play the sund file when yu press anywhere n the bject. 10. Press Attach Recrding. T remve a sund frm an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Sund. The Insert Sund dialgue bx appears. 3. Press Remve Sund. Animating bjects Yu can animate an bject t fly nt a page frm the side, spin, fade in, shrink and mre. Yu can set the animatin t start when yu pen a page r when yu press the bject. T animate an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. If the Prperties tab isn t visible, press Prperties. 3. Press Object Animatin. 4. Select ptins in the Type, Directin, Speed, Occurs and Repeats drp-dwn lists. Lcking bjects Yu can lck an bject t prevent its mdificatin, mvement r rtatin. Alternatively, yu can lck an bject but allw its mvement r its mvement and rtatin. Yu can remve this lck at any time. 103

110 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities T lck an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Lck > Lck in Place. Yu re unable t mve, rtate r mdify the bject until yu unlck it. If yu press a lcked bject, a lck icn appears instead f a menu arrw. T lck an bject but allw its mvement 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Lck > Allw Mve. Yu can mve the bject but yu re unable t rtate r mdify it until yu unlck it. If yu press a lcked bject, a lck icn appears instead f a menu arrw. T lck an bject but allw its mvement and rtatin 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s menu arrw and then select Lck > Allw Mve and Rtate. Yu can mve and rtate the bject but yu re unable t mdify it until yu unlck it. If yu press a lcked bject, a lck icn appears instead f a menu arrw. T unlck an bject 1. Select the bject. 2. Press the bject s lck icn and then select Unlck. Using advanced page features Yu can use the fllwing advanced page features when creating lessn activities: Student page brders Page recrding Page backgrunds and themes 104

111 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities Displaying student page brders If yur students use SMART Ntebk SE (Student Editin) sftware t answer questins and take assessments, yu might find it helpful when yu create questin pages t display a student page brder shwing the page area that will be visible n yur students cmputer screens. This prcedure applies nly if yu re using SMART Respnse sftware in CE mde. T display a student page brder 1. Select View > Alignment. The Alignment dialg bx appears. 2. Press Student Page Brder. 3. Select the Shw a brder arund the area that will be visible in SMART Ntebk SE during an assessment check bx. 4. Select Preset value, and then select a screen reslutin frm the drp-dwn list. OR Select Custm value, and then type the width and height f yur students screens in the bxes. 5. Press OK. A clred brder appears n the page arund the area yur students will be able t view n their cmputer screens. Recrding pages The Page Recrding ptins enable yu t recrd yur actins n the current page. SMART Recrder is a different but similar tl. Using SMART Recrder, yu can recrd yur actins in prgrams ther than SMART Ntebk sftware. With SMART Recrder, yu can recrd a full screen, specified windw r rectangular prtin f the screen. If yu cnnect a micrphne t yur cmputer, yu can als recrd audi. T recrd a page 1. If the Prperties tab isn t visible, press Prperties. 2. Press Page Recrding. 105

112 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities 3. Press Start Recrding. The Start Recrding buttn is replaced with the Stp Recrding buttn, the Play buttn is disabled, and a red circle appears in the upper left crner f the page. 4. Perfrm the actins that yu want t recrd n the current page. 5. When yu finish perfrming these actins, press Stp Recrding. The Stp Recrding buttn is replaced with the Start Recrding buttn, the Play buttn is enabled, and a playback tlbar appears n the page. T play a page recrding 1. Display the page. If the page includes a page recrding, a playback tlbar appears n the page. 2. Press Play. T pause the playback Press Pause. T stp the playback Press Stp. T rewind the playback Press Rewind. T remve a page recrding 1. Display the page. If the page includes a page recrding, a playback tlbar appears n the page. 2. T remve the recrding, press Clse n the tlbar. Applying page backgrunds and themes Yu can define the appearance f pages backgrunds using the Prperties tab r the Gallery. Applying backgrunds using the Prperties tab Yu can set a page s backgrund t a slid clur, a gradient f tw clurs, a pattern r a picture using the Prperties tab. 106

113 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities T apply a backgrund 1. Select Frmat > Page > Set Backgrund Fill. The Prperties tab displays Fill Effects ptins. 2. Select a fill style: Fill style Nne (transparent) Prcedure Select N fill. Slid clur a. Select Slid fill. b. D ne f the fllwing: Select ne f the 40 clurs in the palette. Press Mre and then select a clur in the dialgue bx. Press the eyedrpper and then select a clur n the screen. Gradient f tw clurs a. Select Gradient fill. b. Fr each clur, d ne f the fllwing: Select ne f the 40 clurs in the palette. Press Mre and then select a clur in the dialgue bx. Press the eyedrpper and then select a clur n the screen. c. Select an ptin in the Style drp-dwn list. Pattern a. Select Pattern fill. b. Select a pattern. Picture a. Select Image fill. c. Press Fregrund clur, select a clur in the dialgue bx and then press OK. d. Press Backgrund clur, select a clur in the dialgue bx and then press OK. b. Press Brwse. The Insert Image File dialgue bx appears. c. Brwse t and select the picture that yu want t use as a backgrund and then press Open. If yu insert a large picture, a dialgue bx may appear and prmpt yu t either reduce the picture s file size r retain the picture s file size. Fr mre infrmatin, see Setting image ptimisatin preferences n page

114 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities T remve a backgrund 1. Select Frmat > Page > Set Backgrund Fill. The Prperties tab displays Fill Effects ptins. 2. Select N fill. Applying backgrunds and themes using the Gallery Yu can set a page, all the pages in a grup r all the pages in a file using a backgrund r theme frm the Gallery. T apply a backgrund r theme 1. If the Gallery isn t visible, press Gallery. 2. Select My Cntent in the Gallery s categry list t view yur wn backgrunds and themes (see Creating themes n the next page). OR Select Gallery Essentials t view backgrunds and themes yu installed with the sftware. 3. Select Backgrunds and Themes. The Gallery displays thumbnails f the available backgrunds and themes. 4. Press the thumbnail f the theme that yu want t apply. 5. Press the thumbnail s menu arrw and then select Insert in Ntebk. The Insert Theme dialgue bx appears. 6. Select Insert theme n all pages t apply the backgrund r theme t all pages in a file. OR Select Insert theme n all pages f current grup t apply the backgrund r theme t all pages in the current grup. OR Select Insert theme n current page nly t apply the backgrund r theme t the current page. 7. Press OK. T remve a backgrund r theme 1. Right-click the page. 2. Select Remve Theme. 108

115 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities 3. Select Frm All Pages t remve the backgrund r theme frm all the pages t which yu applied it. OR Select Frm Page t remve the backgrund r theme frm the selected page nly. Creating themes Yu can use themes t custmise pages. Yu can create a theme and add it t the Gallery s that it s available in a cnvenient lcatin. Yu can then apply this theme t a page, all pages in a grup r all pages in a file. The Gallery als includes sme themes. T create a theme 1. Select Frmat > Theme > Create New Theme. 2. Type a name fr the theme in the Theme name bx. 3. Set the backgrund in the same way that yu wuld fr a page (see Applying page backgrunds and themes n page 106). 4. Add and mdify bjects n the theme in the same way that yu wuld n a page (see Creating basic bjects n page 31). 5. Press Save. The theme appears in the My Cntent categry f the Gallery. T create a theme based n the current page 1. Select Frmat > Theme > Create New Theme Frm Page. 2. Type a name fr the theme in the Theme name bx. 3. Press Save. The theme appears in the My Cntent categry f the Gallery. Creating example lessn activities This sectin includes example lessn activities that yu can create and als explains hw t create ther types f lessn activities. 109

116 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities Creating a matching lessn activity Yu ll cmplete the fllwing tasks when creating matching lessn activities: Using the Activity Builder Adding sunds t bjects (see Adding sunds t bjects n page 102) The Activity Builder enables yu t create matching activities, srting activities, labelling activities, games and mre using yur wn cntent. Using the Activity Builder, yu define ne bject n the page as an activity bject. Yu then define which bjects n the page will be accepted and which will be rejected when yu drag the bjects ver the activity bject. T create a matching lessn activity 1. Create the bject yu want t use as the activity bject and the bjects that yu want t accept r reject when dragged t the activity bject. 2. Press Add-ns and then press Activity Builder. 3. Select the bject yu want t use as the activity bject and then press Edit. 4. Drag the bjects yu want t accept t the Accept these bjects list. A green tick appears beside bjects that yu select t accept. 5. Drag the bjects that yu want t reject t the Reject these bjects list. A red X appears beside bjects that yu select t reject. S T quickly select any remaining bjects n the page t accept r reject, press Add All Remaining in the apprpriate list. T remve an bject frm a list, drag it t the rubbish bin icn. 6. Press Dne. T change a matching lessn activity s settings 1. Press Add-ns and then press Activity Builder. 2. Select the activity bject and then press Edit. T I P If yu dn t knw which bject n the page is the activity bject, click Identify. Blue diagnal lines appear fr three secnds ver any activity bjects n the page. 110

117 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities 3. Press Settings. 4. Select the desired animatin fr accepted bjects in the first Animatin drp-dwn list. 5. Optinally, select the Als play the bject s sund tickbx t play sunds attached t accepted bjects when they re dragged ver the activity bject (see Adding sunds t bjects n page 102). 6. Select the desired animatin fr rejected bjects in the first Animatin drp-dwn list. 7. Optinally, select the Als play the bject s sund tickbx t play sunds attached t rejected bjects when they re dragged ver the activity bject (see Adding sunds t bjects n page 102). 8. Press Dne. T present a matching lessn activity 1. Drag the bjects (r get students t drag the bjects) t the activity bject. If the bject is accepted, the accepted bject animatin plays (fade ut by default). If the bject is rejected, the rejected bject animatin plays (bunce back by default). 2. Press Add-ns, press Activity Builder and then press Reset All when yu ve finished. T remve a matching lessn activity 1. Press Add-ns and then press Activity Builder. 2. Select the activity bject and then press Clear Prperties. Creating a hide-and-shw lessn activity Yu ll cmplete the fllwing tasks when creating hide-and-shw lessn activities: Mving bjects (see Mving bjects n page 58) Lcking bjects (see Lcking bjects n page 103) Resizing bjects using the scaling gesture (see Using the scale gesture n page 65) Yu can hide an bject and then reveal it using several techniques: Add a Screen Shade t a page. During the presentatin, gradually remve the shade t reveal the underlying text and graphics when yu re ready t discuss them (see Using the Screen Shade n page 126). Cver the bject with digital ink and then erase the digital ink (see Writing, drawing and erasing digital ink n page 32). 111

118 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities Cver the bject with anther bject and then change the rder f the bjects in the stack (see Rearranging stacked bjects n page 61). Use the bject animatin feature (see Animating bjects n page 103). Alternatively, yu can hide an bject behind a lcked bject and then use the scaling gesture t enlarge and shw the hidden bject if yu re using a SMART interactive prduct that supprts multituch gestures. T create a hide-and-shw lessn activity 1. Create r insert the bject that yu want t hide. 2. Create r insert the bject that yu want t lck. 112

119 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities 3. Mve the bject that yu want t lck s that it cvers the bject that yu want t hide. 4. Select the bject yu want t lck, press its menu arrw, and then select Lcking > Lck in Place. 5. Use the scaling gesture t enlarge and shw the hidden bject whilst keeping the lcked bject in place (see Using the scale gesture n page 65). Creating a reveal lessn activity Yu ll cmplete the fllwing tasks when creating reveal lessn activities: Creating tables (see Creating tables n page 44) Resizing cells (see Resizing tables, clumns r rws n page 50) Filling a table s backgrund with a picture (see Changing a table s prperties n page 48) Adding bjects t cells (see Adding bjects t tables n page 46) Adding and remving cell shades (see Using cell shades n page 126) 113

120 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities Yu can use tables and cell shades t create a variety f reveal lessn activities. The fllwing are tw examples: A puzzle-style reveal lessn activity where yu reveal parts f a picture until students can guess what the picture is. A memry-style reveal lessn activity where yu reveal the cntents f the cell and then ask students t chse ther cells until they find the cell with matching cntents. T create a puzzle-style reveal lessn activity 1. Create a table with the number f cells that yu want t include in the reveal lessn activity (see Creating tables n page 44). 2. Resize the cells as apprpriate (see Resizing tables, clumns r rws n page 50). 3. Select the table, press the table s menu arrw and then select Prperties. The Prperties tab appears. 4. Press Fill Effects. 5. Select Image fill, press Brwse, brwse t and select the picture yu want t use in the reveal lessn activity and then press Open. 6. Select Scale image t fit. 7. Press the table s menu arrw and then select Add Table Shade. T create a memry-style reveal lessn activity 1. Insert the bjects that yu want t include in the lessn activity. 2. Create a table with the number f cells that yu want t include in the reveal lessn activity (see Creating tables n page 44). 114

121 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities 3. Resize the cells as apprpriate (see Resizing tables, clumns r rws n page 50). 4. Drag the bjects int the cells f the table. 5. Press the table s menu arrw and then select Add Table Shade. T present a reveal lessn activity Press a individual cell s cell shade t reveal the cntents f the cell. T hide the cell behind the cell shade, press in the crner f the cell. Creating ther types f lessn activities The Lessn Activity Tlkit and Lessn Activity Examples in the Gallery include interactive bjects yu can use t create lessn activities. Fr mre infrmatin n the Lessn Activity Tlkit, the Lessn Activity Examples and the Gallery in general, see Inserting cntent frm the Gallery n page 71. The SMART Exchange website includes thusands f lessn plans, questin sets and ther cntent that yu can dwnlad and then pen in SMART Ntebk sftware. Fr mre infrmatin n the SMART Exchange website, see Inserting cntent frm the SMART Exchange website n page 76. Accessing XC Cllabratin SMART Ntebk sftware includes the basic versin f XC Cllabratin. The basic versin f XC Cllabratin is a free add-n by Frieland that enables students t text ideas frm their mbile devices t a SMART Ntebk page fr the entire class t see. Yu can als access the nline tur t learn hw t use XC Cllabratin. I M P O R T A N T G t xc-cllabratin.cm t purchase a licence fr the full versin f XC Cllabratin. T access XC Cllabratin 1. Press Add-ns and then press XC Cllabratin. 2. Press Cnnect. 115

122 C H A P T E R 9 Creating lessn activities T access the XC Cllabratin nline tur 1. Press Add-ns, and then press XC Cllabratin. 2. Press Start tur. Yu can als access help in the fllwing ways: Press next t the feature that yu need assistance with. G t xc-cllabratin.cm/supprt. 116

123 Chapter 10 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Preparing befre presenting 118 Setting the page display 118 Zming in and ut 119 Panning pages 120 Displaying pages in Full Screen view 120 Displaying pages in Transparent Backgrund view 122 Displaying pages in Dual Page view 123 Displaying links 124 Mving windws between screens 125 Adjusting the vlume 125 Using presentatin tls whilst presenting 125 Using the Screen Shade 126 Using cell shades 126 Using the Magic Pen 127 Selecting the Magic Pen 127 Using the Magic Pen t create fading bjects 128 Using the Magic Pen t pen a magnificatin windw 128 Using the Magic Pen t pen a sptlight windw 130 Using the Text Pen 130 Writing with the Text Pen 131 Editing with the Text Pen 132 Using the Standard pen type t create fading bjects 133 Using measurement tls 133 Using the ruler 133 Using the prtractr 135 Using the Gedreieck prtractr 137 Using the cmpass 139 Clearing r resetting pages after presenting 140 Clearing pages 141 Resetting pages 142 Enabling tw peple t use an interactive whitebard 143 Enabling tw peple t use a SMART Bard D600 series interactive whitebard 144 Enabling tw peple t use a SMART Bard 800 series interactive whitebard 144 Selecting tls

124 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin After creating lessn activities in SMART Ntebk sftware, yu can present the lessn activities t students using yur interactive prduct and the presentatin features f the sftware. In additin t presenting lessn activities t students, yu can facilitate cllabratin in yur classrm using SMART Ntebk sftware and yur interactive prduct. Specifically, yu can enable tw peple t use yur SMART Bard D600 series r 800 series interactive whitebard at the same time. Preparing befre presenting When yu have cmpleted yur.ntebk files and are ready t present them t students, save the files n a CD, DVD r USB drive. This enables yu t access and display the files by inserting the CD, DVD r USB drive int the cmputer cnnected t the interactive prduct. Alternatively, make the files accessible n yur lcal area netwrk, and then brwse t them n the interactive prduct. Next, prepare fr presenting by ding the fllwing: Set the page display Display any links in the file If yu have multiple interactive prducts in yur classrm, mve windws t the apprpriate screens If yu re presenting vide r sund files, adjust the vlume Setting the page display Yu can zm in and ut using the View Screens buttn r multituch gestures (if yur interactive prduct supprts multituch gestures). In additin, SMART Ntebk sftware includes the fllwing views: Full Screen view expands the page area t fill the interactive screen by hiding the title bar, tlbar, taskbar and sidebar. Transparent Backgrund view enables yu t see the desktp and windws behind the SMART Ntebk sftware windw and cntinue t interact with the pen, transparent page. Dual Page view displays tw pages side-by-side. 118

125 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Zming in and ut Yu can zm in and ut using the View Screens buttn r multituch gestures (if yur interactive prduct supprts multituch gestures). T zm in r ut using the View Screens buttn 1. Press View Screens. 2. Select a magnificatin level between 50% and 300%. OR Select Entire Page t make the entire page fit yur display. OR Select Page Width t set the page s width t the same width as yur display. T zm in r ut using multituch gestures Drag yur fingers in ppsite directins t zm in. OR Drag yur fingers twards each ther t zm ut. A message appears, displaying the current zm level. 119

126 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Panning pages If yur interactive prduct supprts the pan gesture, yu can pan a page when zmed in (see Zming in and ut n the previus page). T pan 1. Using tw fingers n the same hand, press and hld the screen. 2. Keeping yur fingers n the screen, mve up, dwn, left r right. 3. When yu reach the area that yu want t view, release yur fingers. Displaying pages in Full Screen view In Full Screen view, SMART Ntebk sftware expands the page t fill the screen by hiding the ther user interface elements. Yu can still access cmmnly used cmmands using the Full Screen tlbar. T I P Befre displaying a page in Full Screen view, select View > Full Screen Page Brder, and then select the apprpriate aspect rati fr yur interactive prduct. A blue line appears, indicating the prtin f the page that will appear in Full Screen view withut scrlling. This feature is useful when yu re creating cntent that yu want t present in Full Screen view. 120

127 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T display a page in Full Screen view Press View Screens, and then select Full Screen. The page expands t fill the screen, hiding the ther user interface elements, and the Full Screen tlbar appears. Buttn Cmmand Previus Page Next Page Mre Optins Page Width Actin Display the previus page in the file. Display the next page in the file. Open a menu f ptins. Change the zm level t the page s width. T I P This is useful if yu re using a widescreen interactive prduct and gray bars appear n the sides f the page. Entire Page Exit Full Screen Tlbar Optins Change the zm level t Full Page view. Return t the standard view. Display additinal tlbar buttns. S The tlbar displays the current page number and the ttal number f pages in the file. If SMART Respnse sftware is installed, additinal buttns appear that enable yu t insert questins and administer assessments. T display mre tlbar buttns Press Tlbar Optins. The tlbar expands t include the fllwing buttns: Buttn Cmmand Blank Page Und Actin Insert a new, blank page in the current file. Reverse the effect f the last actin. 121

128 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Buttn Cmmand Select Magic Pen Actin Select bjects n the current page. Create bjects that slwly fade, pen a magnificatin windw r pen a sptlight windw (see Using the Magic Pen n page 127). Displaying pages in Transparent Backgrund view Using Transparent Backgrund view, yu can see the desktp and windws behind the SMART Ntebk sftware windw and cntinue t interact with the pen, transparent page. Yu can draw in digital ink n a transparent page and save yur ntes in the file. Yu can als display measurement tls, take screen captures and mre. If an area f the screen desn t include any SMART Ntebk sftware bjects, yu can select and interact with the desktp and applicatins behind the SMART Ntebk sftware windw. T display a page in Transparent Backgrund view Press View Screens, and then select Transparent Backgrund. The backgrund f the SMART Ntebk sftware windw becmes transparent, enabling yu t see the desktp and prgram behind SMART Ntebk sftware, but any bjects n the.ntebk file page remain visible. The Transparent Backgrund tlbar appears. Buttn Cmmand Select Pens and Highlighters Previus Page Next Page Mre Optins Exit Transparent Backgrund Tlbar Optins Actin Select bjects n the current page r interact with desktp and applicatin bjects that aren t cvered by a SMART Ntebk sftware bject. Write r draw digital ink n the current page. Display the previus page in the current file. Display the next page in the current file. Open a menu f ptins that enable yu t add a screen shade, select different digital ink, select a Creative pen style, add straight lines, add shapes and mre. Return t the standard view. Display additinal tlbar buttns. 122

129 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin S The tlbar displays the current page number and the ttal number f pages in the file. If SMART Respnse sftware is installed, additinal buttns appear that enable yu t insert questins and administer assessments. T display mre tlbar buttns Press Tlbar Optins. The tlbar expands t include the fllwing buttns: Buttn Cmmand Blank Page Und Delete Clear Page Screen Capture Tlbar Actin Insert a new, blank page in the current file. Reverse the effect f the last actin. Delete all selected bjects. Erase all digital ink and delete all bjects frm the page. Open the Screen Capture tlbar. Insert Ruler Insert a ruler n the page (see Using the ruler n page 133). Insert Prtractr Insert Gedreieck Prtractr Insert Cmpass Insert a prtractr n the page (see Using the prtractr n page 135). Insert a Gedreieck prtractr n the page (see Using the Gedreieck prtractr n page 137). Insert a cmpass n the page (see Using the cmpass n page 139). Displaying pages in Dual Page view Yu can display tw pages side-by-side. Yu can draw, make ntes, imprt files and add links n either page in the same way as yu wuld n a single page. When yu re displaying dual pages, yu can pin a page t cntinue displaying it in the page area while yu view ther pages in the Page Srter. T display a page in Dual Page view Press View Screens, and then select Dual Page Display. A secnd page appears. A red brder indicates the active page. 123

130 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T pin a page 1. If yu haven t dne s already, display dual pages. 2. Select the page yu want t cntinue displaying. 3. Select View > Dual Page Display > Pin Page. Pin icns appear in the tp crners f the pinned page. T unpin a page Clear the selectin f View > Dual Page Display > Pin Page. T return t standard view Press View Screens, and then select Single Page Display. Displaying links Yu can attach a cpy f a file, a shrtcut t a file, a link t a webpage r a sund file t any bject n a page (see Adding links t bjects n page 100). Yu can display an animated indicatr arund each bject that has a link. T display links when a page pens Select View > Shw All Links When Page Opens. Each time that yu pen a page, an animated indicatr appears arund each bject that has a link. Depending n hw yu define the links, each indicatr surrunds either the entire bject r an icn in the bject s lwer-left-hand crner. The indicatrs disappear autmatically after several secnds. Clear the selectin f View > Shw All Links When Page Opens t stp displaying links when yu pen a page. T display links n the current page Select View > Shw All Links. An animated indicatr appears arund each bject that has a link. Depending n hw yu define the links, each indicatr surrunds either the entire bject r an icn in the bject s lwer-left-hand crner. The indicatrs disappear autmatically after several secnds. 124

131 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Mving windws between screens Yu can perate multiple interactive prducts frm the same cmputer. Yu can split the cmputer display ver tw r mre screens, r yu can display sme prgrams n ne screen and ther prgrams n anther. Fr mre infrmatin, see Cnnecting multiple interactive whitebards t ne cmputer (smarttech.cm/kb/000315). If yu cnnect multiple interactive prducts t ne cmputer, yu can mve windws frm ne screen t anther. T mve a windw frm ne screen t anther 1. If yu haven t already dne s, display the windw. Yu can mve a windw nly if it s neither maximised nr minimised. 2. Press and hld the windw n the first screen with yur finger. 3. Press the secnd screen with a finger n yur ther hand. 4. Lift yur finger frm the first screen. The windw disappears frm the first screen and appears n the secnd screen. Adjusting the vlume If yu re presenting a vide r sund file and want t adjust vlume, yu can d s pressing the Vlume Cntrl buttn and then adjusting yur perating system s vlume cntrls. Ensure yur speakers are turned n. T add this buttn t the tlbar, see Custmising the tlbar n page 155. Using presentatin tls whilst presenting Whilst presenting lessn activities t students, yu can use the fllwing tls: Screen Shade Cell shades Magic Pen Text Pen (t write editable ink) Standard pen type (t create fading bjects) 125

132 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Measurement tls Ruler Prtractr Gedreieck prtractr Cmpass Using the Screen Shade If yu want t cver infrmatin and reveal it slwly during a presentatin, yu can add a Screen Shade t a page. If yu add a Screen Shade t a page and save the file, the Screen Shade appears ver the page the next time yu pen the file. T add a Screen Shade t a page Press Shw/Hide Screen Shade. A Screen Shade appears ver the entire page. T reveal part f the page Drag ne f the Screen Shade s resize handles (the small circles at the edges f the Screen Shade). T remve the Screen Shade frm a page Press Shw/Hide Screen Shade. OR Press Clse in the upper right-hand crner f the Screen Shade. Using cell shades Yu can add a cell shade t a table cell. This enables yu t reveal the infrmatin in the cells during a presentatin. S Yu must remve the cell shade if yu want t change the cell s prperties; insert clumns r rws; remve clumns, rws r cells; r split r merge cells. Yu can als add a screen shade t cver an entire page (see Using the Screen Shade abve). 126

133 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T add a cell shade 1. Select the cell. 2. Press the cell s menu arrw and then select Add Cell Shade. T shw and hide the cntents f a cell 1. Press the cell shade. The cell shade disappears, shwing the cntents f the cell. 2. Press in the tp left-hand crner f the cell. The cell shade appears, hiding the cntents f the cell. T remve a cell shade 1. Select the cell. 2. Press the cell s menu arrw and then select Remve Cell Shade. Using the Magic Pen The Magic Pen enables yu t d the fllwing: Create an bject that slwly fades Open a magnificatin windw Open a sptlight windw Selecting the Magic Pen Befre yu can use the Magic Pen, yu must select it. T select the Magic Pen 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Magic Pen. 127

134 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Using the Magic Pen t create fading bjects Yu can create an bject that slwly fades using the Magic Pen. Fading bjects are nt saved in.ntebk files. T create a fading bject 1. Select the Magic Pen (see Selecting the Magic Pen n the previus page). 2. Using yur finger r a pen, write r draw bjects n the interactive screen. The bjects slwly fade. T set the number f secnds befre the bject fades 1. Select the Magic Pen (see Selecting the Magic Pen n the previus page). 2. If the Prperties tab isn t visible, press Prperties. 3. Press Fill Effects. 4. Enter r select the number f secnds befre the bject fades in the Fade time drp-dwn list. T I P Yu can save yur changes t the Magic Pen tl s default settings by clicking Save Tl Prperties (see Saving tl settings n page 58). Using the Magic Pen t pen a magnificatin windw Yu can pen a magnificatin windw using the Magic Pen. 128

135 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T pen a magnificatin windw 1. Select the Magic Pen (see Selecting the Magic Pen n page 127). 2. Using yur finger r a pen, draw a square r rectangle n the interactive screen. A magnificatin windw appears. T I P Yu can draw a square but have it fade rather than pen a magnificatin windw by using the Standard pen type (see Using the Standard pen type t create fading bjects n page 133). 3. D the fllwing: T reduce the magnificatin windw s size, press in the middle f the windw and then drag t the left. T increase the magnificatin windw s size, press in the middle f the windw and then drag t the right. T mve the magnificatin windw, press near the edge f the windw and then drag it. 4. Press Clse when yu ve finished. 129

136 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Using the Magic Pen t pen a sptlight windw Yu can pen a sptlight windw using the Magic Pen. T pen a sptlight windw 1. Select the Magic Pen (see Selecting the Magic Pen n page 127). 2. Using yur finger r a pen, draw a circle r ellipse n the interactive screen. A sptlight windw appears. T I P Yu can draw a circle but have it fade rather than pen a magnificatin windw by using the Standard pen tl (see Using the Standard pen type t create fading bjects n page 133). 3. D the fllwing: T reduce the sptlight windw s size, press in the middle f the windw and then drag t the left. T increase the sptlight windw s size, press in the middle f the windw and then drag t the right. T mve the sptlight windw, press near the edge f the windw and then drag it. 4. Press Clse when yu ve finished. Using the Text Pen The Text Pen enables yu t d the fllwing: 130

137 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Write ntes that autmatically cnvert int editable text Edit the text as yu wrk withut tuching a keybard Writing with the Text Pen Yu can write ntes that autmatically cnvert t editable text using the Text Pen. T write editable text 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Text Pen. 3. Select a line type. T I P Write neat, printed characters n a hrizntal line. Althugh SMART Ntebk sftware can cnvert slanted r cursive writing, it desn t always d s cnsistently. 4. Write digital ink ntes n the page. Yur handwriting cnverts t typed text. Accept and reject icns appear beside the typed text. 5. Press t accept the typed text. OR Press t restre yur handwritten ntes. T I P S Yu can perfrm this actin whilst the Text Pen is active withut having t switch t the Select tl. The typed text is accepted by default if yu dn t press ne f the icns. 131

138 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Editing with the Text Pen Yu can apply mark-ups and make revisins t editable text using the Text Pen. Yu can delete unwanted text by drawing a strike-thrugh line thrugh the text. Yu can als apply ther markups t insert spaces, t insert text and t replace text with new text. T I P Write yur mark-ups in a different clur frm yur editable text. This makes it easier fr students t see yur edits when yu re presenting writing lessns. Examples f available mark-ups are defined in the fllwing table: Edit Instructin Example Delete text Insert space Draw a strike-thrugh line thrugh the text. Draw a vertical line in the text. Insert text 1. Draw a caret ^ symbl where yu want t insert text. 2. Write the new text in the text bx that appears. Wrds that mst resemble what yu ve written display underneath yur handwriting. 3. Select a wrd t insert it as typed text. Yu can als press t autmatically select the wrd that appears as bld text. OR Press t cancel insert text. Replace text 1. Draw a circle arund the text that yu want t replace. 2. Write the replacement text in the bx that appears. Wrds that mst resemble what yu ve written display underneath yur handwriting. 3. Select a wrd t replace the typed text. Yu can als press t autmatically select the wrd that appears as bld text. OR Press text. t cancel replace 132

139 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Using the Standard pen type t create fading bjects Yu can create freehand bjects that fade after a specified perid f time using the Pens tl. Yu can als create freehand bjects that fade after a specified perid f time using the Magic Pen tl (see Using the Magic Pen t create fading bjects n page 128). T write r draw fading digital ink 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Pen. 3. Select a line type. 4. If the Prperties tab isn t visible, press Prperties. 5. Press Fill Effects. 6. Select the Enable ink t fade after yu write it tickbx and then enter r select the number f secnds between the time yu write r draw the digital ink and the time it fades in the Fade time drp-dwn list. 7. Write r draw digital ink n the page. Using measurement tls Using the SMART Ntebk sftware measurement tls, yu can insert a ruler, prtractr, Gedreieck prtractr r cmpass int a page. Using the ruler Yu can insert a ruler int a page and then manipulate its size, length, rtatin and lcatin and draw alng its edges. T insert a ruler Press Measurement Tls and then select Insert Ruler. A ruler appears. 133

140 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T mve the ruler Press the middle f the ruler (displayed as a darker shade f blue) and then drag the ruler t a different psitin n the page. T resize the ruler 1. Select the ruler. 2. Drag the ruler s resize handle (the circle in the lwer-right-hand crner) t increase r reduce the ruler s size. T lengthen the ruler (withut changing its scale) Press the ruler s far edge, between the menu arrw and the resize handle and then drag away frm the ruler. T shrten the ruler (withut changing its scale) Press the ruler s far edge, between the menu arrw and the resize handle and then drag twards the middle f the ruler. T rtate the ruler Press the tp r bttm edge f the ruler (displayed as a lighter shade f blue) and then drag the ruler in the directin that yu want t rtate it. The ruler displays the current rtatin in degrees. T reverse the measurements Press the ruler s flip symbl. If the metric measurements appeared n the tp edge f the ruler, they nw appear n the bttm edge and vice versa. 134

141 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T draw using a pen and the ruler 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Pen r Calligraphic Pen. 3. Select a line type. 4. Draw alng the edge f the ruler. Digital ink appears in a straight line alng the edge f the ruler. T remve the ruler 1. Select the ruler. 2. Press the ruler s menu arrw and then select Delete. Using the prtractr Yu can insert a prtractr int a page, manipulate its size, rtatin and lcatin and then draw alng its edges. T insert a prtractr Press Measurement Tls and then select Insert Prtractr. A prtractr appears. 135

142 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T mve the prtractr Press the inner part f the prtractr (displayed as a darker shade f blue) and then drag the prtractr t a different psitin n the page. T resize the prtractr Press the inner circle f numbers and then drag away frm the prtractr t enlarge it r tward the centre f the prtractr t shrink it. T rtate the prtractr Press the uter circle f numbers and then drag the prtractr in the directin yu want t rtate it. The prtractr displays the current rtatin in degrees. T display the prtractr as a cmplete circle 1. Press the blue circle next t the 180 label n the inner circle f numbers. 2. Press the blue circle again t return t the semi-circle. 136

143 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T draw using a pen and the prtractr 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Pen r Calligraphic Pen. 3. Select a line type. 4. Draw alng the edge f the prtractr. Digital ink appears in an arc alng the edge f the prtractr. T display angles using the prtractr 1. Select the prtractr. 2. Drag the green circle until it shws the crrect angle fr the first f tw intersecting lines. 3. Drag the white circle until it shws the crrect angle fr the secnd f tw intersecting lines. 4. Press the green arrw in the bttm crner. The lines and the angle between them appear as a separate bject. T remve the prtractr 1. Select the prtractr. 2. Press the prtractr s menu arrw and then select Delete. Using the Gedreieck prtractr Yu can insert a Gedreieck prtractr (als knwn as a set square r T-square) n a page and then manipulate its size, rtatin and lcatin. T insert a Gedreieck prtractr Press Measurement Tls and then select Insert Gedreieck. A Gedreieck prtractr appears. 137

144 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T mve the prtractr Press the inner part f the prtractr (within the semi-circle) and then drag the prtractr t a different psitin n the page. T resize the prtractr Press the semi-circle and then drag away frm the centre f the prtractr t make it bigger r twards the centre f the prtractr t make it smaller. T rtate the prtractr Press the uter part f the prtractr (utside f the semi-circle) and then drag the prtractr in the directin yu want t rtate it. The prtractr displays the current rtatin in degrees. T draw using a pen and the Gedreieck prtractr 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Pen r Calligraphic Pen. 3. Select a line type. 4. Draw alng the edge f the prtractr. Digital ink appears in a straight line alng the edge f the prtractr. 138

145 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T remve the prtractr 1. Select the prtractr. 2. Press the prtractr s menu arrw and then select Delete. Using the cmpass Yu can insert a cmpass int a page, manipulate its width, rtatin and lcatin and then use it t draw circles and arcs. T insert a cmpass Press Measurement Tls and then select Insert Cmpass. A cmpass appears. T mve the cmpass Press the arm f the cmpass that hlds the spike and then drag the cmpass t a different psitin n the page. T widen the cmpass 1. Press the arm f the cmpass that hlds the pen. Tw blue arrws appear. 2. Drag t change the angle between the spike and the pen. The number n the cmpass s handle displays the current angle between the spike and the pen. T flip the cmpass Press the cmpass s flip symbl. The cmpass s pen appears n the ppsite side f the spike. T rtate the cmpass (withut drawing) Press the cmpass s rtatin handle (the green circle) and then drag the cmpass in the directin that yu want t rtate it. 139

146 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T draw using the cmpass 1. Press the cmpass s pen tip. The cursr changes t a pen symbl. 2. Drag the cmpass in the directin that yu want t rtate it. T change the clur f the cmpass s pen 1. Press Pens. The Pens tl buttns appear. 2. Press Pen Types and then select Pen. 3. Select a line type. The clur f the cmpass s pen changes t display its new clur. T remve the cmpass 1. Select the cmpass. 2. Press the cmpass s menu arrw and then select Delete. Clearing r resetting pages after presenting After presenting a lessn activity t students, yu can clear r reset the pages in yur.ntebk files t use the files again fr future lessn activities. 140

147 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Clearing pages Yu can erase digital ink and delete individual bjects frm a page. Yu can als clear all bjects r all digital ink bjects frm a page simultaneusly. Yu re unable t clear bjects lcked in place (see Lcking bjects n page 103) r infinitely clned bjects (see Clning bjects n page 64). T clear all bjects frm a page, yu must unlck all lcked bjects and clear the selectin f Infinite Clner n any infinitely clned bjects. T clear all bjects frm the page 1. If yu haven t dne s already, display the page that yu want t clear. 2. Select Edit > Clear Page. S This ptin is disabled if there are n bjects n the page r if the bjects are lcked r infinitely clned. Yu can als select this ptin by ding ne f the fllwing: Right-clicking the page Pressing the page s menu arrw in the Page Srter Pressing the page s menu arrw whilst editing page grups (see Gruping pages n page 27) Pressing Clear Page if it s included n the tlbar (see Custmising the tlbar n page 155) Yu can clear all bjects frm multiple pages at the same time. Select the pages thumbnails in the Page Srter, press the menu arrw and then select Clear Page. 141

148 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T clear all digital ink bjects frm the page 1. If yu haven t dne s already, display the page that yu want t clear. 2. Select Edit > Clear Ink frm Page. S This ptin is disabled if there is n digital ink n the page r if the digital ink is lcked r infinitely clned. Yu can als select this ptin by ding ne f the fllwing: Right-clicking the page Pressing the page s menu arrw in the Page Srter Pressing the page s menu arrw whilst editing page grups (see Gruping pages n page 27) Pressing Clear Ink if it s included n the tlbar (see Custmising the tlbar n page 155) Yu can clear all digital ink bjects frm multiple pages at the same time. Select the pages thumbnails in the Page Srter, press the menu arrw and then select Clear Ink frm Page. Resetting pages If yu make changes t a page (withut saving thse changes), yu can reset the page t the state that it was in befre yu made the changes. Resetting a page desn t reset any Adbe Flash Player cmpatible files running n the page. 142

149 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin T reset a page 1. If yu haven t dne s already, display the page yu want t reset. 2. Select Edit > Reset Page. A dialgue bx appears, prmpting yu t cnfirm the reset. S This ptin is disabled if yu haven t made changes t the page since last saving the file. Yu can als select this ptin by ding ne f the fllwing: Right-clicking the page Pressing the page s menu arrw in the Page Srter Pressing the page s menu arrw whilst editing page grups (see Gruping pages n page 27) Pressing Reset Page if it s included n the tlbar (see Custmising the tlbar n page 155) Yu can reset multiple pages at the same time. Select the pages thumbnails in the Page Srter, press the menu arrw and then select Reset Page. 3. Press Reset Page. Enabling tw peple t use an interactive whitebard If yu have a SMART Bard D600 r 800 series interactive whitebard, tw peple can create and manipulate bjects in SMART Ntebk sftware at the same time. Hw the tw peple d this depends n whether yu have a SMART Bard D600 series interactive whitebard r a SMART Bard 800 series interactive whitebard. Allwing tw peple t use an interactive whitebard is useful in scenaris such as the fllwing: Tw students wrk n an assignment n the interactive whitebard at the same time. A teacher and student wrk n an assignment n the interactive whitebard at the same time A teacher r student pses questins r prblems n the interactive whitebard and anther student respnds t these questins r prblems 143

150 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Enabling tw peple t use a SMART Bard D600 series interactive whitebard If yu re using a SMART Bard D600 series interactive whitebard, tw users can use the interactive whitebard simultaneusly when SMART Ntebk sftware is in Dual-User mde. In Dual-User mde, the screen is divided in half. Each user can press his r her half f the screen with a finger t left-click r drag bjects, write using a pen tray pen and erase digital ink using the eraser. Each user can als access frequently used tls using his r her wn Flating Tls tlbar. Yu can press a tlbar buttn t switch between Single-User mde and Dual-User mde. T display a file in Dual-User mde Press View Screens and then select Dual Write Mde. T return t Single-User mde Press Exit. Enabling tw peple t use a SMART Bard 800 series interactive whitebard If yu re using a SMART Bard 800 series interactive whitebard, tw peple can create and manipulate bjects in SMART Ntebk sftware at the same time. Bth peple can create and manipulate bjects in any area f the SMART Ntebk sftware page. Neither user is restricted t a particular sectin f the page. Dual-user cllabratin mde is enabled when yu pick up a pen frm the pen tray. One user creates r manipulates bjects with his r her finger ( the tuch user ). The ther user creates r manipulates bjects with the pen ( the pen user ). In additin t enabling ne tuch user and ne pen user t use the interactive whitebard at the same time, yu can enable tw pen users r tw tuch users t use the interactive whitebard at the same time. Hwever, the tw users must use the same tl. 144

151 C H A P T E R 1 0 Presenting lessn activities and facilitating cllabratin Selecting tls T change tls r t set prperties fr tuch, the tuch user must press the apprpriate buttn n the tlbar r cntrl in the Prperties tab with his r finger. The fllwing is an example: T change tls r t set prperties fr the pen, the pen user must press the apprpriate buttn n the tlbar r cntrl in the Prperties tab with the pen. The fllwing is an example: S If the pen user presses a buttn n the tlbar r sets a prperty with his r finger instead f the pen, SMART Ntebk sftware changes the selected tl r prperty fr the tuch user rather than the pen user. When bth the tuch user and the pen user select multiple bjects n the screen, the dashed brder f the bjects selected by the tuch user will be a different clur than the dashed brder f the bject selected by the pen user. 145

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154 C H A P T E R 1 1 Enhancing SMART Ntebk sftware with add-ns 5. Duble-click the add-n file. 6. Fllw the n-screen instructins t install the add-n. Using add-ns After installing an add-n, yu can use the features f that add-n like any ther features in SMART Ntebk sftware. T view an add-n 1. Press Add-ns. 2. Press the add-n s icn. T view an add-n s versin and ther infrmatin 1. Select Add-ns > Manage Add-ns. The Add-n Manager appears. 2. Press the add-n s name. 3. Press Abut. Identifying missing add-ns If yu pen a page in a.ntebk file that requires an add-n that isn t installed r is disabled n yur cmputer, a message appears at the tp f the page. Press the message t pen the Add-n Manager. The Add-n Manager identifies which add-n is required. Yu can then install that addn (see Installing add-ns n the previus page) r enable it (see Disabling and remving addns belw). Disabling and remving add-ns In sme situatins, yu might want t disable r remve a previusly installed add-n. If yu chse t disable an add-n, the add-n n lnger appears in SMART Ntebk sftware but is still installed n yur cmputer. Yu can subsequently enable the add-n. If yu chse t remve an add-n, the add-n n lnger appears in SMART Ntebk sftware and is remved frm yur cmputer. T disable an add-n 1. Select Add-ns > Manage Add-ns. The Add-n Manager appears. 148

155 C H A P T E R 1 1 Enhancing SMART Ntebk sftware with add-ns 2. Press the add-n s name. 3. Press Disable. T I P T enable the add-n again, press Enable. T remve an add-n 1. Select Add-ns > Manage Add-ns. The Add-n Manager appears. 2. Press the add-n s name. 3. Press Remve. Yu re unable t remve the Activity Builder add-n and the Alignment Tls add-n. 149

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157 Chapter 12 Accessing RSS feeds with Ntebk Cnnect Finding, adding and deleting an RSS feed 151 Viewing RSS feed cntent 152 Bkmarking articles 153 Inserting images and vide in the drawing area 153 Using the Ntebk Cnnect add-n, yu can access the latest articles and receive cntinuusly updated headlines frm yur favurite publicatins. Yu can add, delete and manage feeds, view and bkmark articles and insert images and vides frm the articles int SMART Ntebk sftware t share with yur class. Yu can als access the SMART Central RSS feed, which is included by default. T access Ntebk Cnnect Press Add-ns and then press Ntebk Cnnect. Finding, adding and deleting an RSS feed Many publicatins and media utlets ffer RSS feeds fr their cntent. Yu can search external websites fr the RSS feed URL and then add that URL t Ntebk Cnnect. Yu can als delete RSS feeds. T add an RSS feed 1. Lcate the URL f the RSS feed that yu want t add. 2. Press Add-ns and then press Ntebk Cnnect. 3. Press Settings and then press Add Feed. A Feed URL bx appears. 4. Type the full URL f the RSS feed in the bx. T delete an RSS feed Press Settings and then press Delete Feed beside the feed s URL. 151

158 C H A P T E R 1 2 Accessing RSS feeds with Ntebk Cnnect Viewing RSS feed cntent After yu add an RSS feed, yu can access the feed s cntent and headlines frm the main feed. Yu can mark articles as either read r unread, and yu can refresh the main feed t ensure that yu have access t the latest cntent. T view cntent frm the main feed 1. Press Main Feed and then select a feed frm the drp-dwn menu. A list f article thumbnails appears. 2. Select the headline n a thumbnail t view mre details abut the article. 3. Select View Article t pen the full article. OR Select Back t return t the list f article thumbnails. Yu can change the default sftware articles pen in (see T select the default sftware fr pening articles n the next page). T mark an article as read Press Main Feed and then press n the article thumbnail. The icn changes t and the article appears grey. T mark all articles as read Press Main Feed The icns change t and then press Mark all as read. n all articles and the articles appear grey. T mark an article as unread Press Main Feed and then press n the article thumbnail. The icn changes t and the article s appearance is restred. T refresh the main feed Press Main Feed and then select. 152

159 C H A P T E R 1 2 Accessing RSS feeds with Ntebk Cnnect T select the default sftware fr pening articles 1. Press Settings. 2. Select Ntebk if yu want articles t pen in SMART Ntebk sftware. OR Select Yur default Web brwser if yu want articles t pen in yur web brwser. Bkmarking articles Yu can bkmark articles t view later by adding them t yur favurites list. Yu can als delete articles frm yur favurites list. T access yur favurites list 1. Press Favurites. A list f bkmarked articles appears. T add an article t yur favurites list Press Main Feed and then press in the bttm right-hand crner f the article thumbnail. T delete an article frm yur favurites list Press Favurites and then press in the bttm right-hand crner f the article thumbnail. Inserting images and vide in the drawing area If an article cntains an image r a vide, yu can insert it in the drawing area f SMART Ntebk sftware. T insert an image r a vide in the drawing area 1. Press Add-ns and then press Ntebk Cnnect. 2. Press Main Feed and then select a feed frm the drp-dwn menu. A list f article thumbnails appears. 3. Press n an article thumbnail t insert the article s image in the drawing area. OR Press n an article thumbnail t insert the article s vide in the drawing area. 153

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161 Chapter 13 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware Custmising the tlbar 155 Cnfiguring SMART Ntebk sftware 157 Changing the default prgram fr.ntebk files 157 Setting gesture preferences 158 Setting hardware acceleratin preferences 159 Setting image ptimisatin preferences 159 Manually reducing the size f large pictures 159 Exprting ptimised files 160 Setting default backgrund clur preferences 160 Setting measurement tl preferences 161 Setting table cell padding preferences 162 Setting the language 163 Remving SMART sftware 164 Updating and activating SMART sftware 165 Updating SMART sftware 165 Activating SMART sftware 167 Purchasing a prduct key 168 Activating SMART sftware with a prduct key 168 Sending feedback t SMART 169 This chapter explains hw t maintain SMART Ntebk sftware. Custmising the tlbar The SMART Ntebk sftware tlbar enables yu t select and use a variety f cmmands and tls. Yu can custmise the tlbar s that it includes the tls that yu use mst frequently. After adding r remving tlbar buttns, yu can restre the default set f tlbar buttns. Yu can als restre the tls default settings if yu custmised and saved the settings using the Prperties tab (see Saving tl settings n page 58). 155

162 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware T add r remve tlbar buttns 1. Click Custmise the tlbar. OR Right-click the tlbar. The Custmise Tlbar dialgue bx appears. 2. Press Actins r Tls. 3. D the fllwing: T add a buttn t the tlbar, press its icn in the dialgue bx and then drag it t the tlbar. T remve a buttn frm the tlbar, press its icn in the tlbar and then drag it away frm the tlbar. T rearrange the buttns, press an icn in the tlbar and then drag it t a new psitin in the tlbar. S Yu can nly add, remve and rearrange buttns in the panel f the tlbar that yu selected in step 2. Fr example, if yu pressed Actins in step 2, yu can nly add, remve and rearrange buttns in the Actins panel. T span a buttn acrss rws, drag and hld it between tw clumns f buttns. If yu re using a smaller screen reslutin, nly span ne r tw buttns acrss rws t prevent issues when the tlbar is wider than the SMART Ntebk sftware windw. 4. Press Dne. T restre the default set f tlbar buttns 1. Click Custmise the tlbar. OR Right-click the tlbar. The Custmise Tlbar dialgue bx appears. 2. Press Restre Default Tlbar. 156

163 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware T restre the tls default settings 1. Click Custmise the tlbar. OR Right-click the tlbar. The Custmise Tlbar dialgue bx appears. 2. Press Restre Default Tl Prperties. Cnfiguring SMART Ntebk sftware This sectin explains hw t cnfigure SMART Ntebk sftware. Changing the default prgram fr.ntebk files If yu install a SMART prgram ther than SMART Ntebk sftware that can pen.ntebk files, yu can set that prgram t be the default fr.ntebk files. If yu want, yu can change the default prgram back t SMART Ntebk sftware later. T change the default prgram when yu pen a file 1. Open a.ntebk file using SMART Ntebk sftware (see Opening files n page 13). A message appears asking whether yu want t change the default prgram fr.ntebk files t SMART Ntebk sftware. 2. Press Yes. T change the default prgram using the Preferences dialgue bx 1. Select Edit > Preferences. The SMART Ntebk Preferences dialgue bx appears. 2. Press General. 3. Press Make Default. 4. If yu want a message t appear when yu pen a.ntebk file and yur default prgram isn t SMART Ntebk sftware, select Tell me if SMART Ntebk sftware isn t the default prgram fr.ntebk files. 5. Press OK. 157

164 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware Setting gesture preferences Yu can interact with bjects in SMART Ntebk sftware using gestures, including the shake gesture and the press-and-hld gesture. Gesture Name Purpse Shake gesture Grup tw r mre bjects. Press-and-hld gesture Perfrm a right-click. The shake and press-and-hld gestures are enabled by default. Hwever, yu can chse t disable them if yu find that yu r yur students frequently invke the gestures by accident. T disable the shake gesture 1. Select Edit > Preferences. The SMART Ntebk Preferences dialgue bx appears. 2. Press General. 3. Clear the Use the shake gesture t grup and ungrup bjects tickbx. 4. Press OK. T disable the press-and-hld gesture 1. Select Edit > Preferences. The SMART Ntebk Preferences dialgue bx appears. 2. Press General. 3. Clear the Press and hld t perfrm a right-click tickbx. 4. Press OK. 158

165 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware Setting hardware acceleratin preferences Setting image ptimisatin preferences If yur.ntebk files cntain large pictures (pictures ver 1 MB in file size), yur files culd pen and run slwly. Yu can reduce the pictures file size withut nticeably reducing their quality. As a result, yur.ntebk files verall file sizes will be smaller and the files will pen and run mre quickly. T set image ptimisatin preferences 1. Select Edit > Preferences. The SMART Ntebk Preferences dialgue bx appears. 2. Press Defaults. 3. Select ne f the fllwing ptins in the Image ptimisatin drp-dwn list: Ask every time I insert a large image t have the ptin f reducing r nt reducing large pictures file sizes when yu insert them. Never change the reslutin f inserted images t never reduce large pictures file sizes when yu insert them. Always change image reslutin t ptimise file size t always reduce large pictures file sizes when yu insert them. 4. Press OK. Manually reducing the size f large pictures If yu selected Ask every time I insert a large image in the Image Optimisatin drp-dwn list, yu can manually reduce the size f large pictures when yu insert thse pictures in yur file r afterwards. T reduce the size f a large picture when inserting it in a file 1. Insert the picture as described in Inserting pictures n page 77. After yu press Open, the Image Optimisatin dialgue bx appears. 159

166 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware 2. Press Optimise t reduce the picture s file size. OR Press Keep Reslutin t nt reduce the picture s file size. S When yu insert a BMP file, SMART Ntebk sftware internally cnverts the file t PNG frmat. This cnversin reduces the size f the file. As a result, yu might nt need t exprt an ptimised versin f the.ntebk file (see Exprting ptimised files belw) even if the BMP file is ver 1 MB in size. SMART Ntebk sftware autmatically reduces the file size f pictures ver 5 MB r 5 megapixels regardless f which ptin yu chse. T reduce the size f a large picture after inserting it in a file 1. Select the picture. 2. Press the picture s menu arrw and then select Image Optimisatin. The Image Optimisatin dialgue bx appears. 3. Click Optimise. Exprting ptimised files If yu have existing files that cntain large pictures r if yu chse Never change the reslutin f inserted images in the Image Optimisatin drp-dwn list, yu can exprt ptimised versins f yur files that cntain reduced pictures. This is particularly useful when yu need t present a.ntebk file n an lder r less pwerful cmputer. T exprt an ptimised file 1. Select File > Exprt As > Optimised SMART Ntebk File. The Exprt Optimised File dialgue bx appears. 2. Brwse t where yu want t save the new file. 3. Type a name fr the file in the File name bx. 4. Press Save. Setting default backgrund clur preferences By default, new pages added t yur file have a default white backgrund clur. Yu can change the default backgrund clur. This setting nly affects new pages, and will be verridden by any applied Themes. 160

167 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware T change the default backgrund clur 1. Select Edit > Preferences. The SMART Ntebk Preferences dialgue bx appears. 2. Press Defaults. 3. Select Change Clur and then select a clur. 4. Press OK. Setting measurement tl preferences By default, the ruler, prtractr and Gedreieck prtractr in SMART Ntebk sftware are blue and display best with light-clured backgrunds. Yu can change these measurement tls clur t yellw if yu want t use them with darkclured backgrunds. Cmpleting the fllwing prcedure affects the appearance f measurement tls in.ntebk files when viewed n yur cpy f SMART Ntebk sftware nly. If yu pen the same.ntebk files n anther cpy f SMART Ntebk sftware, the measurement tls culd display in a different clur. 161

168 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware T change the measurement tls clur 1. Select Edit > Preferences. The SMART Ntebk Preferences dialgue bx appears. 2. Press Defaults. 3. Select Blue tint (recmmended fr light backgrunds) in the Measurement tl clur drp-dwn list t set the measurement tls clur t blue. OR Select Yellw tint (recmmended fr dark backgrunds) in the Measurement tl clur drp-dwn list t set the measurement tls clur t yellw. 4. Press OK. Setting table cell padding preferences SMART Ntebk 11 sftware adds cell padding t tables. Cmplete the fllwing prcedure t remve cell padding frm tables. This is particularly useful if yu created tables prir t upgrading t SMART Ntebk 11 sftware and intended the tables cntents t display withut cell padding. Cmpleting the fllwing prcedure affects the appearance f tables in.ntebk files when viewed n yur cpy f SMART Ntebk sftware nly. If yu pen the same.ntebk files n anther cpy f SMART Ntebk sftware, the tables display with cell padding (assuming the prcedure hasn t been cmpleted n that cpy f SMART Ntebk sftware). T remve cell padding frm tables 1. Select Edit > Preferences. The SMART Ntebk Preferences dialgue bx appears. 2. Press Defaults. 3. Clear the Add cell padding t table cells ticbx. 4. Press OK. 162

169 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware 5. Clse and restart SMART Ntebk sftware. New and existing tables in yur.ntebk files display withut cell padding. Setting the language The SMART Language Setup utility enables yu t set the language fr a specific SMART applicatin r all SMART applicatins installed n yur cmputer. T set the language 1. Select Optins > Language Setup. The Language Setup dialgue bx appears. 2. Select All Listed Applicatins in the first drp-dwn list t set the language fr all applicatins. OR Select an applicatin in the first drp-dwn list t set the language fr nly that applicatin. 3. Select the apprpriate language in the secnd drp-dwn list. S If appears beside yur selected language, the language is installed n yur cmputer. If appears beside yur selected language, the SMART Language Setup utility dwnlads the language frm the website after yu press OK. By default, the SMART Language Setup utility uses Internet Explrer Internet brwser s settings t cnnect t the Internet. Hwever, yu can use different settings by cmpleting the steps under the next prcedure. T I P T display the languages in their native names (fr example, Deutsch fr German), select the Shw native names tickbx. 4. If yu want t use different languages fr handwriting recgnitin and spell checking, select languages in the Handwriting recgnitin and Spell check drp-dwn lists. If AUTO appears in the drp-dwn list, the SMART Language Setup selects yur chsen language if available r a similar language if therwise. If neither ptin is available, SMART Language Setup selects the current language. 163

170 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware 5. If yu want t use a different keybard layut, select a layut in the Keybard input language drp-dwn list. I M P O R T A N T The Keybard input language drp-dwn list is available nly if there s mre than ne keybard layut installed n yur cmputer. The keybard layut yu select in the Keybard input language drp-dwn list applies t bth the n-screen keybard and the keybard cnnected t yur cmputer when yu use SMART sftware. In sme situatins, yu might want t select a layut that is different frm the layut f the keybard cnnected t yur cmputer (fr example, t teach a secnd language). In these situatins, the n-screen keybard wrks crrectly, but the keybard cnnected t yur cmputer might nt. Fr best results, ensure that the layut yu select is identical t the layut f the keybard cnnected t yur cmputer. Fr example, if an English (US) keybard is cnnected t yur cmputer, select English (United States) in this drp-dwn list. Fr infrmatin n keybard layuts, see 6. Press OK. T set the cnnectin ptins 1. Select Optins > Language Setup. The Language Setup dialgue bx appears. 2. Press Cnnectin Optins. The Cnnectin Optins dialgue bx appears. 3. Select Use Internet Explrer settings. OR Select Use ther prxy and then type the hst, user name and passwrd in the apprpriate bxes. 4. Press OK. Remving SMART sftware SMART Supprt might ask yu t remve existing versins f SMART sftware befre yu install new versins. Yu can d this using the SMART Uninstaller. 164

171 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware T remve SMART sftware 1. In Windws XP and Windws 7 perating systems, select Start > All Prgrams > SMART Technlgies > SMART Tls > SMART Uninstaller. OR In Windws 8 perating system, g t the Apps screen and then scrll t and press SMART Uninstaller. 2. Press Next. 3. Select the check bxes f the SMART sftware and supprting packages that yu want t remve and then press Next. S Sme SMART sftware is dependent n ther SMART sftware. Fr example, if yu select the SMART Ntebk tickbx, SMART Uninstaller selects the SMART Respnse tickbx autmatically because SMART Respnse sftware is dependent n SMART Ntebk sftware. SMART Uninstaller autmatically remves any supprting packages that are n lnger being used. If yu chse t remve all SMART sftware, SMART Uninstaller autmatically remves all supprting packages, including itself. T I P S T select all sftware and supprting packages, press Select All. T clear the selectin f all sftware and supprting packages, press Clear All. 4. Press Uninstall. SMART Uninstaller remves the selected sftware and supprting packages. 5. Press Finish. Updating and activating SMART sftware Once yu have installed SMART sftware, yu need t activate it. Once yu have activated the sftware, yu need t install updates frm SMART. I M P O R T A N T T update and activate SMART sftware, yu need t be cnnected t the Internet. Updating SMART sftware SMART peridically releases updates t its sftware and firmware prducts. (Firmware is sftware installed in hardware prducts like the SMART Bard interactive whitebard.) Yu can use SMART Prduct Update (SPU) t check fr and install these updates. 165

172 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware Yur system administratr can install SPU in Full mde r Dashbard mde. In Full mde, yu can view installed versins and dwnlad and install updates as dcumented in this sectin. In Dashbard mde, yu can nly view installed versins. T check fr updates autmatically 1. In Windws XP and Windws 7 perating systems, select Start > All Prgrams > SMART Technlgies > SMART Tls > SMART Prduct Update. OR In Windws 8 perating system, g t the Apps screen and then scrll t and press SMART Prduct Update. The SMART Prduct Update windw appears. 2. Select the Check fr updates autmatically tickbx and then type the number f days (up t 60) between SPU checks. 3. Clse the SMART Prduct Update windw. If an update is available the next time SPU checks, the SMART Prduct Update windw appears autmatically and the Update buttn f the affected prduct is enabled. T check fr updates manually 1. In Windws XP and Windws 7 perating systems, select Start > All Prgrams > SMART Technlgies > SMART Tls > SMART Prduct Update. OR In Windws 8 perating system, g t the Apps screen and then scrll t and press SMART Prduct Update. The SMART Prduct Update windw appears. 2. Press Check Nw. If an update is available fr a prduct, its Update buttn is enabled. 3. If an update is available, install it by fllwing the next prcedure. 166

173 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware T install an update 1. Open the SMART Prduct Update windw as described in the previus prcedures. 2. Press the prduct s rw. Prduct details appear. These prduct details include the installed versin s number and the update s number, date and dwnlad size (if an update is available). T I P Press View release ntes t view a summary f the changes in the update and the cmputer requirements fr the update. 3. Press Update. 4. Fllw the n-screen instructins t dwnlad and install the update. I M P O R T A N T T install updates, yu must have full administratr access. T disable autmatic checking fr updates 1. In Windws XP and Windws 7 perating systems, select Start > All Prgrams > SMART Technlgies > SMART Tls > SMART Prduct Update. OR In Windws 8 perating system, g t the Apps screen and then scrll t and press SMART Prduct Update. The SMART Prduct Update windw appears. 2. Clear the Check fr updates autmatically tickbx. I M P O R T A N T SMART recmmends that yu d nt clear this tickbx. Activating SMART sftware Typically, yu activate SMART sftware after installing it. Hwever, in sme situatins, yu activate the sftware later. Fr example, yu culd be evaluating the sftware befre deciding t purchase it. S As f versin 11.1, yu dn t need t activate SMART Ntebk sftware r SMART Prduct Drivers. SMART prvides yu with the right t use this sftware when yu purchase a SMART interactive prduct. 167

174 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware If yu want t use SMART Ntebk sftware with a device that isn t a SMART interactive prduct, yu must purchase a prduct key. Purchasing a prduct key Fr sme SMART prducts, yu must purchase a prduct key frm yur authrised SMART reseller (smarttech.cm/wheretbuy). T I P If yu lse yur prduct key, g t smarttech.cm/findprductkey. Activating SMART sftware with a prduct key Once yu have btained a prduct key, yu can activate SMART sftware. T activate SMART sftware 1. In Windws XP and Windws 7 perating systems, select Start > All Prgrams > SMART Technlgies > SMART Tls > SMART Prduct Update. OR In Windws 8 perating system, g t the Apps screen and then scrll t and press SMART Prduct Update. The SMART Prduct Update windw appears. 2. Press Activate r Manage fr the sftware yu want t activate. The SMART Sftware Activatin windw appears. The value in the Status clumn indicates the status fr each prduct: Value Installed Activated Descriptin The sftware is installed. The sftware is installed and activated with a perpetual r maintenance licence. Subscriptin The sftware is installed and activated with a subscriptin licence. The number in parentheses indicates the days remaining in the subscriptin perid. Expiring Expired Unknwn The sftware is installed but nt yet activated. The number in parentheses indicates the days remaining in the evaluatin perid. The sftware is installed but nt yet activated. The evaluatin perid is ver. Yu re unable t use the sftware until yu activate it. The sftware s status is unknwn. 168

175 C H A P T E R 1 3 Maintaining SMART Ntebk sftware 3. Press Add. 4. Fllw the n-screen instructins t activate the sftware using the prduct key. T view prduct keys 1. In Windws XP and Windws 7 perating systems, select Start > All Prgrams > SMART Technlgies > SMART Tls > SMART Prduct Update. OR In Windws 8 perating system, g t the Apps screen and then scrll t and press SMART Prduct Update. The SMART Prduct Update windw appears. 2. Select Tls > View Prduct Keys. The Prduct Keys dialgue bx appears. 3. Press OK when yu ve finished viewing the prduct keys. Alternatively, yu can view the prduct keys fr a single prduct by pressing the prduct s name in the SMART Prduct Update windw and then pressing View prduct key. Sending feedback t SMART When yu start SMART sftware fr the first time, a dialgue bx may appear asking whether yu want t jin the SMART Custmer Experience Prgramme. If yu chse t jin the prgramme, the sftware sends infrmatin t SMART that helps us t imprve the sftware fr future releases. After starting the sftware fr the first time, yu can enable r disable this feature thrugh the Help menu. Yu can als send feature request s t SMART. T enable the Custmer Experience Prgramme tracking feature Select Help > Custmer Experience Prgramme > Feedback tracking ON. T disable the Custmer Experience Prgramme tracking feature Select Help > Custmer Experience Prgramme > Feedback tracking OFF. T send a feature request 1. Select Help > Submit Feature Request. A new message appears in yur default prgram. 2. Type yur request in the new message and then press Send. 169

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177 Chapter 14 Trubleshting SMART Ntebk sftware Trubleshting files 171 Trubleshting the SMART Ntebk sftware windw and tlbar 171 Trubleshting digital ink 172 Trubleshting bjects 173 Trubleshting gestures 174 This chapter explains hw t trublesht issues with SMART Ntebk sftware. Trubleshting files Issue Yur file cntains large pictures and runs slwly when yu pen it in SMART Ntebk sftware. Recmmendatin Exprt an ptimised versin f the file (see Setting image ptimisatin preferences n page 159). Trubleshting the SMART Ntebk sftware windw and tlbar Issue Recmmendatin When using SMART Ntebk sftware n an interactive prduct, yu r yur students can t reach the tlbar. Press Mve tlbar t tp/bttm f windw t mve the tlbar frm the tp f the windw t the bttm. T I P If yu have a height-adjustable wall munt, yu can als adjust the height f yur interactive whitebard r display s that students can reach it. 171

178 C H A P T E R 1 4 Trubleshting SMART Ntebk sftware Issue Tlbar buttns described in this dcumentatin dn t appear n the tlbar. There isn t enugh rm n yur interactive prduct t display the cntents f a page. The Page Srter, Gallery, Attachments, Prperties and ther tabs disappear whenever yu press utside f the tabs. Tw users are creating r manipulating bjects in SMART Ntebk sftware n a SMART Bard 800 series interactive whitebard. One user is using his r her finger. The ther user is using a pen frm the pen tray. When the user using the pen presses a buttn in the tlbar, the selected tl r ptin changes fr the user using his r her finger instead. Recmmendatin If a dwn arrw appears n the right side f the tlbar, press it t display additinal tlbar buttns. If yur desired buttn desn t appear when yu click the dwn arrw, yu r anther user might have remved the buttn (see Custmising the tlbar n page 155). Dn t span mre than a few buttns acrss rws t prevent the tlbar frm being wider than the SMART Ntebk sftware windw. Press View Screens and then select Full Screen t display the page in Full Screen mde. OR Select the Aut-hide tickbx t hide the tabs when nt in use. Press ne f the tab s icns t display it and then clear the Aut-hide tickbx. The user using the pen must press buttns in the tlbar with the pen, nt with his r her finger. Fr mre infrmatin, see Enabling tw peple t use a SMART Bard 800 series interactive whitebard n page 144. Trubleshting digital ink Issue Recmmendatin SMART Ntebk sftware desn t recgnise handwriting in yur language. Yu want yur handwriting t appear mre smth and natural in SMART Ntebk sftware. Yu re having truble writing smthly in SMART Ntebk sftware n Windws 7 perating system. When yu write with a pen, SMART Ntebk sftware n Windws 7 perating system interprets yur actins as muse clicks. Install the apprpriate language pack (see Setting the language n page 163). Use the Calligraphic pen type rather than the Standard pen type (see Writing r drawing digital ink n page 32). The Single Finger Panning feature is turned n. Turn it ff (see smarttech.cm/kb/147470). The Flicks feature is turned n. Turn it ff (see smarttech.cm/kb/144274). 172

179 C H A P T E R 1 4 Trubleshting SMART Ntebk sftware Trubleshting bjects Issue Recmmendatin When yu create a.ntebk file n ne cmputer and then pen it n anther cmputer, the bjects in the file appear differently. Yu want t mve, resize r therwise change an bject, but when yu d s, yu als mve, resize r therwise change ther bjects. Yu want t mve, resize r therwise change an bject but can t. A lck icn appears instead f a menu arrw when yu select the bject. One bject n a page cvers anther: There are several pssible causes. The fllwing are the mst cmmn: Yu used a fnt that s installed n ne cmputer but nt n the ther. The tw cmputers have different perating systems. The tw cmputers have different versins f SMART Ntebk sftware. The bjects are gruped. Any changes yu make t ne bject affect the ther bjects. Select the bjects and then select Frmat > Grup > Ungrup t ungrup them. Yu can then mve, resize r therwise change the individual bjects. Fr mre infrmatin, see Gruping bjects n page 68. The bject is lcked, which prevents yu frm making changes t it. T unlck the bject, select it, press its lck icn select Unlck. and then Fr mre infrmatin, see Lcking bjects n page 103. As yu create bjects, newer bjects cver lder bjects autmatically if the bjects are in the same psitin n the page. Yu can change the rder f bjects. Fr mre infrmatin, see Rearranging stacked bjects n page 61. Yu want t change this s that the secnd bject cvers the first: 173

180 C H A P T E R 1 4 Trubleshting SMART Ntebk sftware Issue When yu fill an bject with a picture that is larger than the bject, the picture is cut ff: Recmmendatin When filling an bject with a picture, select Scale image t fit t resize the picture t fit the bject: Cnversely, when yu fill an bject with a picture that is smaller than the bject, the picture is tiled: Fr mre infrmatin, see Changing bjects prperties n page 55. Trubleshting gestures Issue Recmmendatin The multituch gestures described in this guide aren t wrking in SMART Ntebk sftware. Ensure that yur interactive prduct supprts multituch gestures and that multituch gestures are enabled. 174