Smart 11.2 - Manual

C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Notebook software 3 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Starting SMART Notebook software Start SMART Notebook software by pressing Notebook in the Dock. N O T E If your computer’s display refresh rate is less than 60 Hz, a warning message appears when you first start S...

C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Notebook software 5 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Customizing the toolbar You can add, remove and change the position of buttons on the toolbar by pressing Customize the toolbar (see Customizing the toolbar on page 141). By default, the toolbar appears at the top...

C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Notebook software 6 smarttech.com/kb/170496 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 also provides access t...

C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Notebook software 7 smarttech.com/kb/170496 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 following: l The color, thic...

C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Notebook software 8 smarttech.com/kb/170496 You can resize the Add-ons tab by dragging its border left or right. You can also hide the Add-ons tab when you aren’t using it by selecting the Auto-hide check box. (To display the Add-ons tab when it’s hidden, p...

C H A P T E R 1 Getting started with SMART Notebook software 9 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Pan Rotate Shake Flick Undoing and redoing actions When you make changes to a file, you can reverse the effects of your previous actions and commands. N O T E If two people are using your interactive product, pres...

Chapter 2 11 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Chapter 2: Creating and working with files Creating files 11 Opening files 11 Saving files 12 Exporting files 13 Printing files 15 In SMART Notebook software, you can create or open SMART Notebook software (.notebook) files. After creating or opening a .notebook ...

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and working with files 12 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To open a file 1. Press Open File . The Open dialog box appears. 2. Browse to and select the file. 3. Press Open . T I P You can open a recently opened file by selecting File > Open Recent , and then selecting the file nam...

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and working with files 13 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To save all open files Select File > Save All . Exporting files You can export your .notebook files to the following formats: l Web pages l Picture formats o BMP o JPEG o PNG o TIFF l PDF l Interactive Whiteboard Common Fi...

C H A P T E R 2 Creating and working with files 15 smarttech.com/kb/170496 3. Type a name for the file in the Save As box. 4. Press Save . N O T E You can also import CFF files (see Importing files from other interactive whiteboard programs on page 78). Printing files You can print all pages or sele...

Chapter 3 17 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Chapter 3: Creating and working with pages Displaying pages in a file 17 Creating pages 18 Cloning pages 19 Extending pages 19 Renaming pages 20 Rearranging pages 20 Grouping pages 21 Deleting pages 22 A .notebook file is composed of a series of pages, each with ...

C H A P T E R 3 Creating and working with pages 18 smarttech.com/kb/170496 A message appears, displaying the current page’s number. 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 n...

C H A P T E R 3 Creating and working with pages 19 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To insert a page using the Page Sorter 1. If the Page Sorter isn’t visible, press Page Sorter . 2. Select the thumbnail of the page you want the new page to appear after. 3. Press the thumbnail’s menu arrow, and then select I...

C H A P T E R 3 Creating and working with pages 20 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To turn Extend Page on or off 1. Select View > Extend Page 2. Select Off to turn the Extend Page feature off. OR Select On to turn the Extend Page feature on. Renaming pages When you create a page, SMART Notebook software ...

C H A P T E R 3 Creating and working with pages 21 smarttech.com/kb/170496 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 there are a lot of pages in a file. To create or edit a gro...

C H A P T E R 3 Creating and working with pages 22 smarttech.com/kb/170496 5. Do the following: o To move a page into a group, press the page’s thumbnail, and then drag it below the group’s blue bar and to the right of the thumbnail you want it to follow. o To rearrange the order of pages in a group...

Chapter 4 25 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Chapter 4: Creating basic objects Writing, drawing and erasing digital ink 26 Writing or drawing digital ink 26 Erasing digital ink 28 Creating shapes and lines 29 Creating shapes with the Shapes tool 29 Creating shapes with the Regular Polygons tool 30 Creating ...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 26 smarttech.com/kb/170496 l Straight lines l Arcs l Text l Tables Writing, drawing and erasing digital ink Digital ink is freehand text or objects that you create using your interactive display’s pen or pens, or the SMART Notebook software Pens tool. Writing o...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 28 smarttech.com/kb/170496 4. Optionally, customize the line type using the property selectors. N O T E You can also customize the line type using the Properties tab (see Changing objects’ properties on page 52). 5. Write or draw digital ink on the page. T I P ...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 29 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Creating shapes and lines In addition to creating freehand shapes and lines by drawing digital ink, you can create shapes and lines using the tools in SMART Notebook software. N O T E To remove a shape or line from a page, you must de...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 30 smarttech.com/kb/170496 4. Create a shape by pressing where you want to place the shape and dragging until the shape is the size you want. T I P You can create perfect circles, squares, triangles and other shapes by holding down SHIFT as you draw the shape. ...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 31 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Creating shapes with the Shape Recognition Pen tool You can use the Shape Recognition Pen tool to draw circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, triangles and arcs. N O T E You can also create shapes using the Shapes tool (see Creating sha...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 32 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To create a straight line or arc 1. Press Lines . The Lines tool buttons appear. 2. Select a line or arc type. 3. Optionally, customize the line or arc type using the property selectors. N O T E You can also customize the line or arc ...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 33 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Typing text You can type new text or edit existing text. To type new text 1. If a keyboard isn’t accessible, press and hold SMART Board Tools in the Dock, and then select Keyboard . 2. Press Text , and then select an available font st...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 36 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Change Toolbar Properties tab Format menu Change language direction (left-to-right or right-to-left) N O T E Select Format > Paragraph > Direction > Left to Right for languages that read left to right (for example, English an...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 37 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To insert a mathematical symbol 1. Type text on a page. 2. Press More Text Options and then select Insert Symbol . The Characters dialog box appears. 3. Press a category. A list of symbols appears. 4. Press the symbol you want to add ...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 38 smarttech.com/kb/170496 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 w...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 39 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Creating tables You can create tables in SMART Notebook software or paste them from other programs. 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, col...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 41 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Pasting tables from other programs You can cut or copy a table from Word or PowerPoint®, and then paste it into a .notebook file. The table’s formatting and layout can vary when the table appears in the .notebook file. If you want to ...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 43 smarttech.com/kb/170496 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 O T E If you select multiple cells and drag them to a different position on the page, you create a...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 45 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To change a table’s line style 1. Select a table. N O T E You can only change the line style of an entire table, not individual cells, columns or rows. 2. Press the table’s, column’s, row’s or cell’s menu arrow, and then select Proper...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 46 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To resize a row 1. Press Select . 2. Press the horizontal border below the row. A resize pointer appears. 3. Drag the horizontal border to resize the row. To resize all cells in a table 1. Select the table. 2. Press the table’s menu a...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 47 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To remove a row 1. Select the row. 2. Press the row’s menu arrow, and then select Delete Row . To remove a cell 1. Select the cell. 2. Press the cell’s menu arrow, and then select Delete Cells . N O T E o Removing a cell deletes the c...

C H A P T E R 4 Creating basic objects 48 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Deleting tables and the contents of tables You can delete the contents of a table or the table itself. N O T E You can delete all objects on a page, including tables, by clearing the page (see Clearing pages on page 132). To delete th...

Chapter 5 49 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Chapter 5: Working with objects Selecting objects 50 Changing objects’ properties 52 Changing the fill 52 Filling digital ink drawings 54 Changing other properties 55 Saving tool settings 55 Positioning objects 55 Moving objects 56 Moving objects to another page ...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 50 smarttech.com/kb/170496 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 circl...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 52 smarttech.com/kb/170496 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 c...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 55 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Changing other properties In addition to fill, you can change objects’ line style and text style. To change an object’s line style 1. Select the object. 2. If the Properties tab isn’t visible, press Properties . 3. Press Line Style . 4....

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 56 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Moving objects You can move objects to another position on the page. You can also flick objects. N O T E You’re unable to move an object if it’s locked in place (see Locking objects on page 96). T I P You can manipulate multiple objects...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 57 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Moving objects to another page You can move objects to another page in a file. To move an object or objects 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 ...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 58 smarttech.com/kb/170496 2. Select check boxes to specify which guidelines you want to display: Check box Select this check box to: Show guides foractive objects Display a guideline when you move an object into alignment withanother object. Show vertical pagece...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 59 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To move an object one place backward in the stack 1. Select the object. 2. Select the object’s menu arrow, and then select Order > Send Backward . Cutting, copying and pasting objects You can cut, copy and paste objects—including tex...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 60 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Cloning objects You can create a duplicate of an object by using the Clone command, or you can create multiple copies of an object using the Infinite Cloner command. N O T E You can also copy and paste objects, including text, images, s...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 61 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Using the resize handle To resize an object 1. Select the object. 2. Press the object’s resize handle (the gray circle), and then drag it to increase or reduce the object’s size. To resize multiple objects 1. Group the objects (see Grou...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 63 smarttech.com/kb/170496 3. Drag your fingers in opposite directions to increase the objects’ size. OR Drag your fingers toward each other to decrease the objects’ size. N O T E The objects resize from their centers regardless of where you press the screen. Rot...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 64 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Using the rotate gesture To rotate an object around its center 1. Select the object. 2. Using one finger on each hand, press the screen at opposite ends of the object. 3. Move your fingers in a circle around the center of the object to ...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 65 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Flipping objects You can flip an object on a page. N O T E You’re unable to flip an object if it’s locked in place (see Locking objects on page 96). To flip an object 1. Select the object. 2. Press the object’s menu arrow, and then sele...

C H A P T E R 5 Working with objects 66 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Using the shake gesture N O T E S l You’re unable to use the shake gesture with a mouse. l The shake gesture works only when you initially contact your interactive product’s surface. To group objects Quickly shake your finger over the o...

Chapter 6 69 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Chapter 6: Inserting, organizing and sharingcontent Inserting content from the Gallery 70 Inserting content from the SMART Exchange website 72 Inserting content from other sources 72 Inserting pictures 73 Inserting pictures from files 73 Inserting pictures from a...

C H A P T E R 6 Inserting, organizing and sharing content 72 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Inserting content from the SMART Exchangewebsite The SMART Exchange website ( exchange.smarttech.com ) includes thousands of lesson plans, question sets, widgets and other content that you can download and then open...

C H A P T E R 6 Inserting, organizing and sharing content 73 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Inserting pictures You can insert pictures into pages from files, a scanner or a SMART Document Camera. N O T E You can also insert pictures from the Gallery tab. For more information, see Inserting content from the...

C H A P T E R 6 Inserting, organizing and sharing content 74 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Creating transparent areas in a picture You can create transparent areas in a picture that you insert into a page. This is useful for removing the picture’s background. You can make any color in the picture transpar...

C H A P T E R 6 Inserting, organizing and sharing content 77 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Installing encoders for additional formats SMART Notebook software supports the FLV and MP3 formats. If you want SMART Notebook software to support other video and audio formats, you can install the following encode...

C H A P T E R 6 Inserting, organizing and sharing content 78 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To copy content from another program 1. In the other program, select the content you want to copy, and then select Edit > Copy . 2. In SMART Notebook software, press Paste . Importing files from other interactive...

C H A P T E R 6 Inserting, organizing and sharing content 79 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Inserting an Internet browser To insert an Internet browser 1. Select Insert > Internet Browser . An Internet browser appears. 2. Double-click the address bar, type the address of the web page you want to browse ...

C H A P T E R 6 Inserting, organizing and sharing content 81 smarttech.com/kb/170496 5. Press Open . The file name and alias appear in the Attachments tab. N O T E S o SMART Notebook software doesn’t export aliases. If you want to export file attachments, attach a copy of your file, not an alias for...

C H A P T E R 6 Inserting, organizing and sharing content 82 smarttech.com/kb/170496 If you find you use the same content across multiple .notebook files, you can add this content to the My Content category. You can share content from the My Content category with other teachers in your school by imp...

C H A P T E R 6 Inserting, organizing and sharing content 83 smarttech.com/kb/170496 7. Select My Content (or one of its subcategories) in the Gallery’s category list, press its menu arrow, and then select Add to My Content . The Open dialog box appears. 8. Browse to and select the item that you sav...

C H A P T E R 6 Inserting, organizing and sharing content 85 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To export a collection file to share with other teachers 1. Select the category that contains the items you want to save in a collection. N O T E SMART Notebook software exports the selected category but doesn’t exp...

Chapter 7 89 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Chapter 7: Creating lesson activities Using advanced object features 90 Creating custom Creative pen styles 90 Adding links to objects 92 Adding sounds to objects 94 Animating objects 96 Locking objects 96 Using advanced page features 97 Recording pages 97 Applyi...

C H A P T E R 7 Creating lesson activities 90 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Using advanced object features You can use the following advanced object features when creating lesson activities: l Custom creative pen styles l Object links l Object sounds l Object animation You can also lock any objects that y...

C H A P T E R 7 Creating lesson activities 92 smarttech.com/kb/170496 7. Write or draw digital ink on the page. T I P o To resume using the default line type, select Use the default pattern . o If you want to save your custom Creative pen style for future use, press Save Tool Properties . You can la...

C H A P T E R 7 Creating lesson activities 94 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To remove a link 1. Select the object. 2. Press the object’s menu arrow, and then select Link . The Insert Link dialog box appears. 3. Press Remove Link . Adding sounds to objects You can add a sound to any object (except Adobe Fl...

C H A P T E R 7 Creating lesson activities 96 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Animating objects You can animate an object to fly onto a page from the side, spin, fade in, shrink and more. You can set the animation to start when you open a page or when you press the object. To animate an object 1. Select the...

C H A P T E R 7 Creating lesson activities 97 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To lock an object but allow its movement and rotation 1. Select the object. 2. Press the object’s menu arrow, and then select Lock > Allow Move and Rotate . You can move and rotate the object but you’re unable to modify it unti...

C H A P T E R 7 Creating lesson activities 98 smarttech.com/kb/170496 5. When you finish performing these actions, press . A playback toolbar appears on the page. To play a page recording 1. Display the page. If the page includes a page recording, a playback toolbar appears on the page. 2. Press Pla...

C H A P T E R 7 Creating lesson activities 101 smarttech.com/kb/170496 3. Select From All Pages to remove the background or theme from all the pages to which you applied it. OR Select From Page to remove the background or theme from the selected page only. Creating themes You can use themes to custo...

C H A P T E R 7 Creating lesson activities 106 smarttech.com/kb/170496 5. Use the scaling gesture to enlarge and show the hidden object while keeping the locked object in place (see Using the scale gesture on page 61). Creating a reveal lesson activity N O T E You’ll complete the following tasks whe...

C H A P T E R 7 Creating lesson activities 108 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Creating other types of lesson activities The Lesson Activity Toolkit and Lesson Activity Examples in the Gallery include interactive objects you can use to create lesson activities. For more information on the Lesson Activity To...

Chapter 8 109 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Chapter 8: Presenting lesson activities andfacilitating collaboration Preparing before presenting 110 Setting the page display 110 Zooming in and out 111 Panning pages 112 Displaying pages in Full Screen view 112 Displaying pages in Transparent Background view 1...

C H A P T E R 8 Presenting lesson activities and facilitating collaboration 110 smarttech.com/kb/170496 After creating lesson activities in SMART Notebook software, you can present the lesson activities to students using your interactive product and the presentation features of the software. In addi...

C H A P T E R 8 Presenting lesson activities and facilitating collaboration 116 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To display a page in Dual Page view Press View Screens , and then select Dual Page Display . A second page appears. A red border indicates the active page. To pin a page 1. If you haven’t done so ...

C H A P T E R 8 Presenting lesson activities and facilitating collaboration 117 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To display links on the current page Select View > Show All Links . An animated indicator appears around each object that has a link. Depending on how you define the links, each indicator surro...

C H A P T E R 8 Presenting lesson activities and facilitating collaboration 118 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Using presentation tools while presenting While presenting lesson activities to students, you can use the following tools: l Screen Shade l Cell shades l Magic Pen l Standard pen type (to create f...

C H A P T E R 8 Presenting lesson activities and facilitating collaboration 119 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Using cell shades You can add a cell shade to a table cell. This enables you to reveal the information in the cells during a presentation. N O T E S l You must remove the cell shade if you want to...

C H A P T E R 8 Presenting lesson activities and facilitating collaboration 123 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Using the Standard pen type to create fading objects You can create freehand objects that fade after a specified period of time using the Pens tool. N O T E You can also create freehand objects th...

C H A P T E R 8 Presenting lesson activities and facilitating collaboration 131 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To draw using the compass 1. Press the compass’s pen tip. The cursor changes to a pen symbol. 2. Drag the compass in the direction you want to rotate it. To change the color of the compass’s pen 1...

C H A P T E R 8 Presenting lesson activities and facilitating collaboration 133 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To clear all digital ink objects from the page 1. If you haven’t done so already, display the page you want to clear. 2. Select Edit > Clear Ink from Page . N O T E S o This option is disabled ...

Chapter 9 137 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Chapter 9: Enhancing SMART Notebooksoftware with add-ons Installing add-ons 137 Using add-ons 138 Identifying missing add-ons 138 Disabling and removing add-ons 139 Add-ons are extensions to SMART Notebook software created by SMART Technologies and by third-part...

C H A P T E R 1 0 Maintaining SMART Notebook software 143 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To restore the tools’ default settings 1. Click Customize the toolbar . OR Right-click the toolbar. A dialog box appears. 2. Press Restore Default Tool Properties . Configuring SMART Notebook software This section expl...

C H A P T E R 1 0 Maintaining SMART Notebook software 144 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To disable the shake gesture 1. Select Notebook > Preferences . A dialog box appears. 2. Press General . 3. Clear the Use the shake gesture to group and ungroup objects check box. 4. Press OK . To disable the press-...

C H A P T E R 1 0 Maintaining SMART Notebook software 145 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Setting image optimization preferences 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 r...

C H A P T E R 1 0 Maintaining SMART Notebook software 147 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Setting default background color preferences By default, new pages added to your file have a default white background color. You can change the default background color. N O T E This setting only affects new pages, and...

C H A P T E R 1 0 Maintaining SMART Notebook software 149 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Setting table cell padding preferences SMART Notebook 11 software adds cell padding to tables. Complete the following procedure to remove cell padding from tables. This is particularly useful if you created tables prio...

C H A P T E R 1 0 Maintaining SMART Notebook software 150 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Setting the language You can set the language for the SMART applications installed on your computer using the international system preferences. N O T E This procedure may vary depending on your version of Mac OS X oper...

C H A P T E R 1 0 Maintaining SMART Notebook software 151 smarttech.com/kb/170496 2. Select the software you want to remove. N O T E S o Some SMART software is dependent on other SMART software. For example, if you select SMART Notebook , SMART Uninstaller removes SMART Response software automatical...

C H A P T E R 1 0 Maintaining SMART Notebook software 153 smarttech.com/kb/170496 To disable automatic checking for updates 1. In Finder, browse to and double-click Applications/SMART Technologies/SMART Tools/SMART Product Update . The SMART Product Update window appears. 2. Clear the Check for upda...

C H A P T E R 1 0 Maintaining SMART Notebook software 155 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Sending feedback to SMART When you start SMART software for the first time, a dialog box could appear asking whether you want to join the SMART Customer Experience Program. If you choose to join the program, the softwa...

Chapter 11 157 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Chapter 11: TroubleshootingSMART Notebook software Troubleshooting files 157 Troubleshooting the SMART Notebook software window and toolbar 157 Troubleshooting digital ink 158 Troubleshooting objects 159 Troubleshooting gestures 160 This chapter explains how to...

C H A P T E R 1 1 Troubleshooting SMART Notebook software 158 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Issue Recommendation Toolbar buttons described in this documentationdon’t appear on the toolbar. If a down arrow appears on the right side of the toolbar, press it to display additional toolbarbuttons. If your desi...

C H A P T E R 1 1 Troubleshooting SMART Notebook software 159 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Troubleshooting objects Issue Recommendation When you create a .notebook file on onecomputer and then open it on another computer,the objects in the file appear differently. There are several possible causes. Thefo...

C H A P T E R 1 1 Troubleshooting SMART Notebook software 160 smarttech.com/kb/170496 Issue Recommendation When you fill an object with a picture that islarger than the object, the picture is cut off: Conversely, when you fill an object with apicture that is smaller than the object, the pictureis ti...