Apple 10.8 - Manuals

About SMART Product Drivers Your interactive product detects contact with its screen and sends each contact point, along with Pen tool information, to the connected computer. SMART Product Drivers translates the information into mouse clicks and digital ink. SMART Product Drivers enables you to perf...

Toolbar The toolbar enables you to select and use a variety of commands and tools within SMART Notebook software. Previous Page* Next Page* Add Page* Open File* Save* Print Paste* Undo* Redo* Delete* Delete Page Show/Hide Screen Shade* Full Screen* Transparent Background Zoom Dual/Single Page Displa...

N   N O T E S l Buttons marked with an asterisk (*) appear in the toolbar by default. You can customize the toolbar to include the buttons you use most often (see Customizing the toolbar on page 121). l Additional buttons are available if SMART Notebook Tools are installed on your computer. For more...

N   N O T E If you reduce the Page Sorter to its minimum size, the auto-hide feature turns on automatically. Gallery tab The Gallery tab contains clip art, backgrounds, multimedia content, files and pages that you can use in your lessons, and displays preview images of this content. The Gallery tab ...

N   N O T E If you reduce the Attachments tab to its minimum size, the auto-hide feature turns on automatically. Properties tab The Properties tab enables you to format objects on a page, including digital ink, shapes, lines, text and tables. Depending on the object you select, you can change the fo...

Chapter 2: Creating and working with files Creating files 9 Opening files 9 Saving files 10 Exporting files 12 Printing files 14 Reducing file sizes 15 Undoing and redoing actions 16 In SMART Notebook software, you can create or open SMART Notebook software (.notebook) files. After creating or openi...

After you open a file, you can save the file as a .notebook or .xbk file. The method by which you open a file is the same for all versions of SMART Notebook software. g To open a file 1. Press Open File . The Open dialog box appears. 2. Browse to and select the file you want to open. 3. Press Open ....

Exporting files You can export your .notebook files to the following formats: l HTML l Picture formats o PNG o JPEG o TIFF o BMP l PDF l Interactive Whiteboard Common File Format (CFF) N   N O T E S l SMART Notebook software doesn’t include attachments when you export files as pictures. To include a...

4. Press Save . N   N O T E You can also import CFF files (see Importing files from other interactive whiteboard programs on page 87). Printing files You can print all pages or select pages in a .notebook file. You can print the pages as thumbnails, handouts or full pages. g To print a file 1. Selec...

Reducing file sizes If your .notebook files contain large pictures (pictures over 1 MB in file size), your files could open and run slowly. You can reduce the pictures’ file size without noticeably reducing their quality. As a result, your .notebook files’ overall file sizes will be smaller and the ...

2. Select Ask every time I insert a large image to have the option of reducing or not reducing large pictures’ file sizes when you insert them. OR Select Never change the resolution of inserted images to never reduce large pictures’ file sizes when you insert them. OR Select Always change image reso...

Chapter 3: Creating and working with pages Displaying pages 20 Zooming in and out 21 Creating pages 22 Cloning pages 23 Rearranging pages 23 Grouping pages 24 Renaming pages 26 Extending pages 26 Recording pages 26 Deleting pages 28 Clearing pages 28 Displaying student page borders 29 Working with p...

Displaying pages You can display any page in the file using the Page Sorter. You can display the next or previous page in the file using buttons or gestures. You can zoom in or out when viewing a page. You can also set the page to fit your display or set the page’s width to the same width as the dis...

g To display the previous page in a file Press Previous Page . OR Swipe your finger across the page from left to right. A message appears, displaying the current page’s number. Zooming in and out You can zoom in and out using the menu or multitouch gestures (if your interactive product supports mult...

g To zoom in or out using multitouch gestures Drag your fingers in opposite directions to zoom in. OR Drag your fingers toward each other to zoom out. A message appears, displaying the current zoom level. Creating pages You can add a blank page to the open file using the Add Page button or the Page ...

3. Drag the thumbnail to its new position in the Page Sorter. A blue line indicates the page’s new position. 4. Release the thumbnail. Grouping pages You can group pages in a file. This enables you to find a particular group quickly in the Page Sorter, and then display its pages. This is useful when...

Renaming pages When you create a page, SMART Notebook software automatically names this page with the date and time of its creation. You can change this name. g To rename a page 1. If the Page Sorter isn’t visible, press Page Sorter . 2. Double-click the page’s name. 3. Type a new name for the page....

Deleting pages You can delete a page from the current file using the Delete Page button or the Page Sorter. T   T I P As an alternative to deleting a page, you can clear all of its objects (see Clearing pages below). g To delete a page using the Delete Page button 1. If you haven’t done so already, ...

g To clear all objects from the page 1. If you haven’t done so already, display the page you want to clear. 2. Select Edit > Clear Page . N   N O T E S o This option is disabled if there are no objects on the page. o You can also select this option by Control-clicking the page, by clicking the pa...

3. Select the Show a border around the area that will be visible in SMART Notebook SE during an assessment check box. 4. Select Preset value , and then select a screen resolution from the drop-down list. OR Select Custom value , and then type the width and height of your students’ screens in the box...

Creating themes You can use themes to customize pages. You can create a theme and add it to the Gallery so that it’s available in a convenient location. You can then apply this theme to a page, all pages in a group or all pages in a file. The Gallery also includes some themes. g To create a theme 1....

Chapter 4: Creating basic objects Writing or drawing digital ink 36 Writing or drawing digital ink with the Pens tool 36 Writing or drawing digital ink with the Calligraphic Pens tool 38 Writing or drawing digital ink with the Creative Pens tool 39 Erasing digital ink 40 Creating shapes and lines 40...

Objects are the building blocks of content in your .notebook files. An object is simply an item on a page that you create or import and then work with. Basic types of objects include the following: l Digital ink (freehand writing and drawing) l Shapes l Straight lines l Arcs l Text l Tables N   N O ...

Writing or drawing digital ink with the Calligraphic Pens tool The Calligraphic Pens tool is like the Pens tool (see Writing or drawing digital ink with the Pens tool on page 36), but it smoothes your writing or drawing and produces lines of varying thickness. It is useful for teaching students hand...

5. Press Fill Effects . 6. Select the transparency of the lines using the Object transparency slider. T   T I P To save the line style and fill effects for future use, press Save Tool Properties . 7. Write or draw digital ink on the page. Writing or drawing digital ink with the Creative Pens tool If...

Erasing digital ink You can erase digital ink from your interactive product’s screen using the eraser on interactive whiteboards and interactive displays, the Eraser pen tool button on interactive pen displays or the erasing gesture. If you’re erasing digital ink from a .notebook file page, you can ...

g To create a shape 1. Press Shapes , and then select a shape. 2. Create a shape by pressing where you want to place the shape and dragging until the shape is the size you want. T   T I P You can create perfect circles, squares, triangles and other shapes by holding down SHIFT as you draw the shape....

N   N O T E If Regular Polygons isn’t in the toolbar, you can add it (see Customizing the toolbar on page 121). 2. Create a shape by pressing where you want to place the shape and dragging until the shape is the size you want. g To set the shape’s appearance before creating it 1. Press Regular Polyg...

g To draw a shape 1. Press Shape Recognition Pen . 2. Draw a shape on the interactive screen. If SMART Notebook software recognizes your drawing as a circle, oval, square, rectangle, triangle or arc, it adds this shape to the page. Creating straight lines and arcs You can use the Lines tool to draw ...

6. Select the transparency of the lines using the Object transparency slider. T   T I P To save the line style and fill effects for future use, press Save Tool Properties . 7. Create a line by pressing where you want the line to start and dragging to where you want the line to end. Creating text You...

5. Type your text. 6. When done, press outside of the text object. Converting handwriting to typed text You can write on your interactive product’s screen using the Pens tool or the Calligraphic Pens tool and convert your writing to typed text. SMART Notebook software can convert handwriting in mult...

Inserting mathematical symbols When you type text on a page, the Fonts toolbar appears. Using this toolbar, you can insert a variety of mathematical and scientific symbols into a page. N   N O T E The mathematical symbols are characters only. They don’t perform mathematical operations. g To insert a...

Editing text You can change the contents or formatting of text objects. g To edit text 1. Double-click the text object that you want to edit. The Fonts toolbar appears. 2. Do the following: o Change the text. o Use the options in the Fonts toolbar to change the formatting, including font, size and s...

3. For each misspelled word, do one of the following: o To keep the word’s current spelling for this instance, press Ignore Once . o To keep the word’s current spelling for all instances in the file, press Ignore All . o To keep the word’s current spelling for all instances in the file and add the s...

Creating tables You can add tables to your page. After you create a table, you can insert objects into the table’s cells. If you want to customize a table, you can select a table, column, row, cell or selection of cells, and then do any of the following: l Move the table l Change line type, fill and...

g To draw a table 1. Press Pens , and then select an available line type. N   N O T E Don’t select a highlighter line style. 2. Draw a table on the screen. T   T I P Make the lines of the table as straight as possible and connect the corners. 3. Press Select . 4. Select your drawing. 5. Press the me...

g To select a cell 1. Press Select . 2. Press inside the cell. g To select multiple cells 1. Press Select . 2. Press inside the top and leftmost cell, and then drag to the bottom and rightmost cell. N   N O T E If you select multiple cells and drag them to a different position on the page, you creat...

g To change a table’s line style 1. Select a table, column, row, cell or selection of cells. 2. If the Properties tab isn’t visible, press Properties . 3. Press Line Style . 4. Select a color, thickness and style. g To change a table’s text style 1. Select a table, column, row, cell or selection of ...

Adding or removing columns, rows or cells If you want to customize a table, you can add columns or rows. g To add a column 1. Select a column. 2. Control-click in the column, and then select Insert Column . A new column appears to the right of the current column. g To remove a column 1. Select the c...

Deleting tables You can delete tables from a page. N   N O T E You can delete all objects on a page, including tables, by clearing the page (see Clearing pages on page 28). g To delete a table from a page 1. Select the table. 2. Press the table’s menu arrow, and then select Delete . C H A P T E R 4 ...

Chapter 5: Working with objects Selecting objects 60 Changing objects’ properties 62 Changing the fill 62 Changing other properties 65 Positioning objects 65 Moving objects 65 Moving objects to another page 66 Aligning objects 67 Rearranging stacked objects 68 Locking objects 68 Cutting, copying and...

Selecting objects Before you can work with an object, you must select it. You can select an individual object, multiple objects or all objects on a page. When you select an object, a selection rectangle appears around it. The gray circle in the object’s lower-right corner is a resize handle (see Res...

Changing objects’ properties You can change an object’s properties. The properties you can change depend on the object you select. You can also select several objects and change their properties at the same time. Changing the fill You can change an object’s fill by selecting the object and then sett...

3. Optionally, drag the Object transparency slider to the right to make the object transparent. 4. Select the object. 5. Repeat step 4 for each object you want to apply the fill to. Changing other properties In addition to fill, you can change objects’ line style and text style. g To change an objec...

g To move an object or objects 1. Select the object or objects. 2. Drag the object or objects to a new position on the page. T   T I P You can move an object in small increments by pressing the arrow keys on your keyboard. g To move an Adobe Flash Player compatible file 1. Press the colored bar at t...

g To move an Adobe Flash Player compatible file to another page 1. If the Page Sorter isn’t visible, press Page Sorter . 2. If you don’t see the page that you want to move the object to, scroll in the Page Sorter until you see the page’s thumbnail. 3. Press the colored bar at the top of the Adobe Fl...

Rearranging stacked objects If objects overlap on a page, you can rearrange the order of the stack (that is, you can control which objects appear in front of others). g To move an object to the front of the stack 1. Select the object. 2. Press the object’s menu arrow, and then select Order > Brin...

Cutting, copying and pasting objects You can cut, copy and paste objects, including text, pictures, straight lines, arcs and shapes in a .notebook file. T   T I P S l You can paste text from other programs into SMART Notebook software and cut text from SMART Notebook software and paste it into other...

g To clone an object 1. Select the object. 2. Press the object’s menu arrow, and then select Clone . A duplicate object appears on the page. g To clone an object using the Infinite Cloner 1. Select the object. 2. Press the object’s menu arrow, and then select Infinite Cloner . 3. Select the object a...

g To resize multiple objects 1. Group the objects (see Grouping objects on page 75), and then select the group. A selection rectangle appears around the group. 2. Press the resize handle in the lower-right corner of the selection rectangle. 3. Drag the resize handle to increase or reduce the size of...

g To resize an object from its corner or side 1. Select the object. 2. Using one finger on each hand, press the screen at the corner or side you want to resize the object from. 3. Drag your fingers in opposite directions to increase the object’s size. OR Drag your fingers toward each other to decrea...

Using the rotation handle g To rotate an object 1. Select the object. 2. Press the object’s rotation handle (the green circle), and then drag it in the direction you want to rotate the object. g To rotate multiple objects 1. Select the objects. A selection rectangle appears around each object. 2. Pr...

g To rotate multiple objects 1. Select the objects. 2. Using one finger on each hand, press the screen at opposite ends of one of the objects. 3. Move your fingers in a circle. N   N O T E The objects rotate around their centers regardless of where you press the screen. Flipping objects You can flip...

Grouping objects manually You can group and ungroup objects manually. g To group objects using the menu 1. Select the objects. 2. Press the menu arrow of any one of the selected objects, and then select Grouping > Group . g To ungroup objects using the menu 1. Select the group. 2. Press the group...

Adding sounds to objects You can attach a sound file to any object (except Adobe Flash Player compatible objects). You can play the sound file during the lesson by pressing an icon in the corner of the object or the object itself. N   N O T E SMART Notebook software supports the MP3 audio format. If...

Chapter 6: Using your own content Inserting pictures 82 Inserting pictures from files 82 Inserting pictures from a SMART Document Camera 82 Creating transparent areas in a picture 82 Working with pictures 83 Inserting multimedia files 83 Inserting Adobe Flash Player compatible files 83 Inserting Ado...

Inserting pictures You can insert pictures into pages from files, a scanner or a SMART Document Camera. N   N O T E You can also insert pictures from the Gallery tab. For more information, see Finding and using content from the Gallery on page 95. After inserting a picture, you can define a transpar...

N   N O T E You can reduce the size of a large picture when you insert it in a file (see Reducing file sizes on page 15). If you later create a transparent area in the picture, the picture is no longer optimized. g To create a transparent area in a picture 1. Select the picture. 2. Press the picture...

g To control an Adobe Flash Player compatible file 1. Select the Adobe Flash Player compatible file. 2. Control the file by doing any of the following: o To play the file, press the file’s menu arrow, and then select Flash > Play . o To play the file from the beginning, press the file’s menu arro...

Working with multimedia files When you insert a multimedia file in a .notebook file, the picture becomes an object in the file. Therefore, you can move, resize, rotate and make other changes to the multimedia file like any other object. For information on how to work with objects, including multimed...

Cutting, copying and pasting content from other programs You can cut or copy, and then paste content from other programs into SMART Notebook software. g To cut content from another program 1. In the other program, select the content you want to cut, and then select Edit > Cut . 2. In SMART Notebo...

g To attach a link to a web page 1. If the Attachments tab isn’t visible, press Attachments . 2. Press Insert Hyperlink at the bottom of the Attachments tab. A dialog box appears. 3. Type the web page’s address in the Hyperlink box. 4. Type a name for the link in the Display Name box. 5. Press Inser...

4. Press Open . N   N O T E By default, SMART Notebook software names the new Gallery item based on the original file name. If you want to change the item’s name, select the Gallery item’s thumbnail, press its menu arrow, and then select Rename . Organizing your content in the Gallery As you add obj...

Sharing content with other teachers Importing and exporting collection files is an ideal way to share custom categories with other teachers and to use categories that other teachers have created. You can use collection files to add items to the My Content category in the Gallery. After you import a ...

Chapter 7: Using content from SMARTresources Finding and using content from the Gallery 95 Finding and using content from the SMART Exchange website 97 When your system administrator installs SMART Notebook software, he or she can also install the following items: l Gallery Essentials is a collectio...

Tips for presenting files to students The following are tips to keep in mind when presenting files to students: l Save your completed file on a CD, DVD or USB drive. This enables you to access and display your presentation by inserting the CD, DVD or USB drive into the computer connected to the inte...

3. Move the object you want to lock so that it covers the object you want to hide. 4. Select the object you want to lock, press its menu arrow, and then select Locking > Lock in Place . 5. Use the resize gesture to enlarge and show the hidden object while keeping the locked object in place (see R...

Displaying files in Full Screen view In Full Screen view, SMART Notebook software expands the page to fill the screen by hiding the other user interface elements. You can access commonly used commands using the Full Screen toolbar. g To display a file in Full Screen view Press Full Screen . The page...

Button Command Action Magic Pen Create objects that slowly fade, open a magnification window or opena spotlight window (see Using the Magic Pen to create fading objects on page 107, Using the Magic Pen to open a magnification window on page 108 and Using the Magic Pen to open a spotlight window on p...

Button Command Action Exit TransparentBackground Return to the standard view. Toolbar Options Display additional toolbar buttons. g To display more toolbar buttons Press Toolbar Options . The toolbar expands to include the following buttons. Button Command Action Blank Page Insert a new, blank page ...

3. Do the following: o To reduce the magnification window’s size, press in the middle of the window, and then drag to the left. o To increase the magnification window’s size, press in the middle of the window, and then drag to the right. o To move the magnification window, press near the edge of the...

g To open a spotlight window 1. Press Magic Pen . 2. Using your finger or pen tray pen (on interactive whiteboards) or tethered pen (on interactive pen displays), draw a circle or ellipse on the interactive screen. A spotlight window appears. 3. Do the following: o To reduce the spotlight window’s s...

Chapter 9: Customizing the toolbar Customizing the toolbar buttons 121 Controlling how the toolbar displays available options 122 The SMART Notebook software toolbar enables you to select and use a variety of commands and tools. You can customize the toolbar so that it includes the tools you use mos...

A Adobe Flash Player compatible files 83 Adobe Flash video files 85 AIFF files 86 aliases 88 animation 79 arcs 42-43 arrows 40 ASF files 86 attachments 87 audio encoders 86 audio files See sound files automatic tasks grouping objects 76 AVI files 86 B backgrounds page 30 BMP files 12, 15, 82 bold 44...