Floating Tools

The Floating Tools toolbar is a customizable collection of buttons that floats on top of other programs. The Floating Tools toolbar enables you to quickly access frequently used tools and features.

The default Floating Tools toolbar enables you to write or draw, highlight, erase, right-click, start the SMART Keyboard, create .notebook files and undo a previous action.

To open the Floating Tools toolbar

Press the SMART Board icon in the notification area, and then select Show Floating Tools.

NOTE: If your computer isn't currently connected to a SMART interactive product, the SMART Board icon includes an X in its bottom right corner .

Available Tools

The following table describes the functions of each toolbar button in the default Floating Tools toolbar.

Tool

Name

Action

Select

Left-click

Pen

Write or draw in digital ink

Highlighter

Highlight in digital ink

Eraser

Erase digital ink

Right-Click

Right-click

Keyboard

Start SMART Keyboard

Notebook

Create or open a .notebook file

Undo

Reverse the effect of your previous action or command

Customize

Customize the Floating Tools toolbar

The following table describes the functions of each toolbar button that you can add to a customized Floating Tools toolbar.

Tool

Name

Action

Creative Pen

Write or draw in digital ink using creative pens

Straight Line

Create a straight line

Shape

Add a shape

Shape Recognition

Draw common shapes

Magic Pen

Open Magnifier or Spotlight

Bridgit Conferencing Software

Create or join a SMART Bridgit software conference

Magnifier

Open a Magnification window

Recorder

Start SMART Recorder

Screen Shade

Add a Screen Shade to the screen

Spotlight

Open a Spotlight window

Pointer

Display a large pointer

Welcome Center

Open the Welcome Center

Screen Capture Toolbar

Open the Screen Capture toolbar

Area Capture

Take a screen capture of an area

Full Screen Capture

Take a screen capture of a screen

Freehand Capture

Take a screen capture of a freehand area

Print

Print the current screen to your computer's default printer

Available Tools for Dual-User Mode

If you're using an SBD600 series interactive whiteboard in dual-user mode, two Floating Tools toolbars appear, one for each half of the interactive whiteboard. The following table describes the functions of each toolbar button in the default Floating Tools toolbar.

Tool

Name

Action

Select

Left-click

Pen

Write or draw in digital ink

Highlighter

Highlight in digital ink

Eraser

Erase digital ink

Shape

Add a shape

Straight Line

Create a straight line

Customize

Customize the Floating Tools toolbar

NOTE: If you're using an SBD600 series interactive whiteboard in dual-user mode and you customize a Floating Tools toolbar, tools that are inappropriate for dual-user mode are unavailable. Also, any changes you make to a dual-user mode Floating Tools toolbar don't affect the single-user mode Floating Tools toolbar.