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Changing Microsoft Office settings

You can change how SMART Ink interacts with Microsoft Office applications.

To change Microsoft Office settings

In Windows 7 operating system, select Start > All Programs > SMART Technologies > SMART Tools > SMART Ink Settings.

OR

In Windows 8 operating system, go to the Apps screen and then scroll to and press SMART Ink Settings.

The SMART Ink Settings window appears.
Press Microsoft Office Settings.

Change settings:

Control	Procedure	Notes (if any)
Use Presenter View when presenting on multiple displays in PowerPoint 2010 or 2013	Select the check box if you want to use PowerPoint Presenter View when showing presentations. OR Clear the check box if you don’t want to use PowerPoint Presenter View when showing presentations.	If your computer is connected to multiple displays and you use PowerPoint Presenter View during a PowerPoint presentation, the PowerPoint slides appear on one display (usually a large display visible to all participants) and PowerPoint Presenter View appears on another display (usually a personal display visible to only you as the presenter). You can then control the presentation using PowerPoint Presenter View. Because you’re unable to write or draw digital ink in PowerPoint Presenter View, SMART Ink disables it by default.
Disable slide navigation gestures in Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation mode	Select the check box to disable navigation gestures in PowerPoint presentations.	Disable navigation gestures to prevent accidentally invoking the gestures when you brush an article of clothing or jewelry across the interactive surface. If you disable navigation gestures, you can navigate presentations using on-screen tools instead.
In Microsoft Office Edit mode, use the following by default	Select SMART Ink so that my ink doesn’t permanently affect my content to use SMART Ink in Microsoft Office applications. OR Select Microsoft Ink so that my ink is written and saved directly in my content to use Microsoft’s ink tools in Microsoft Office applications.	Choose SMART Ink if you want to write or draw ink over Microsoft Office documents for presentation purposes but don’t want to add the ink to the documents. Choose Microsoft’s ink tools if you want to add ink you write or draw directly into Microsoft Office documents.

Control

Procedure

Notes (if any)

Use Presenter View when presenting on multiple displays in PowerPoint 2010 or 2013

Select the check box if you want to use PowerPoint Presenter View when showing presentations.

Clear the check box if you don’t want to use PowerPoint Presenter View when showing presentations.

If your computer is connected to multiple displays and you use PowerPoint Presenter View during a PowerPoint presentation, the PowerPoint slides appear on one display (usually a large display visible to all participants) and PowerPoint Presenter View appears on another display (usually a personal display visible to only you as the presenter). You can then control the presentation using PowerPoint Presenter View.

Because you’re unable to write or draw digital ink in PowerPoint Presenter View, SMART Ink disables it by default.

Disable slide navigation gestures in Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation mode

Select the check box to disable navigation gestures in PowerPoint presentations.

Disable navigation gestures to prevent accidentally invoking the gestures when you brush an article of clothing or jewelry across the interactive surface.

If you disable navigation gestures, you can navigate presentations using on-screen tools instead.

In Microsoft Office Edit mode, use the following by default

Select SMART Ink so that my ink doesn’t permanently affect my content to use SMART Ink in Microsoft Office applications.

Select Microsoft Ink so that my ink is written and saved directly in my content to use Microsoft’s ink tools in Microsoft Office applications.

Choose SMART Ink if you want to write or draw ink over Microsoft Office documents for presentation purposes but don’t want to add the ink to the documents.

Choose Microsoft’s ink tools if you want to add ink you write or draw directly into Microsoft Office documents.