SMART Notebook 10 for Windows Operating Systems

Writing and Drawing on the Interactive Screen

You can write notes and draw in digital ink on your interactive screen.

To write or draw using a SMART Board interactive whiteboard

1. Pick up a pen tray pen.

2. Write or draw on the interactive whiteboard.

TIP: Do not rest your elbow or the palm of your hand on the screen whilst you are writing.

To write or draw using an SBD600 series interactive whiteboard in dual-user mode

1. For the left side of the screen, pick up the black or red pen tray pen.

OR

For the right side of the screen, pick up the blue or green pen tray pen.

2. Write or draw on your half of the interactive screen.

3. When you have finished writing and drawing, return the pen to the pen tray.

To write or draw using a SMART Podium or Sympodium interactive pen display

1. Press a Digital Ink pen tool button.

2. Write or draw on the screen using the tethered pen.

To write or draw using a SMART Board interactive display frame

1. Pick up the pencil supplied.

2. Write or draw on the screen.

To write or draw using a SMART Slate or AirLiner wireless slate

1. Press and hold the pen’s lower rocker switch.

2. Write or draw on the slate using the pen.

Writing and Drawing in Ink Aware Programs

If a program is Ink Aware (that is, it’s integrated with SMART Notebook), whatever you write or draw on the interactive product becomes a component of the program file. Ink Aware software products include Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint software.

NOTE: You can view a list of Ink Aware programs in the SMART Notebook control panel.

You can insert your notes into the program as text and insert your drawings as images using the program’s toolbar options.

Once you have finished writing and drawing, you can save your notes.

Writing and Drawing in Non-Aware Programs

If a program is non-Aware, whatever you write or draw on the interactive product appears on a transparent layer (sometimes referred to as an ink layer) over the current program.

To insert your notes into the program as text, right-click and select one of the Inject … Here options in the menu that appears.

Once you have finished writing and drawing, you can save or clear your notes from the interactive screen. If you mistakenly clear your notes, you can restore them.

NOTE: You can customise the behaviour of the transparent layer.

You can close the transparent layer at any time.