Taking Screen Captures Using the Screen Capture Toolbar

The Screen Capture toolbar appears on top of active programs and Web browsers. It enables you to take a screen capture of an image in any window and automatically insert it on a page in a .notebook file.

To take a screen capture of an area

  1. Press the SMART Board icon in the notification area, and then select Other SMART Tools > Screen Capture Toolbar.

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 .

  1. By default, each screen capture you take appears on a new page in your file. If you want to save the screen capture to the current page, clear the Capture to new page check box.

  2. Press Area Capture in the Screen Capture toolbar.

The pointer changes to cross hairs.

  1. Press and drag the cross hairs on the screen to define the area you want to capture.

An image of this area appears on a page.

To take a screen capture of a window

  1. Press the SMART Board icon in the notification area, and then select Other SMART Tools > Screen Capture Toolbar.

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 .

  1. By default, each screen capture you take appears on a new page in your file. If you want to save the screen capture to the current page, clear the Capture to new page check box.

  2. Press Window Capture in the Screen Capture toolbar.

  3. Select the window that you want to appear in the screen capture.

An image of this window appears on a page.

To take a screen capture of the entire screen

  1. Press the SMART Board icon in the notification area, and then select Other SMART Tools > Screen Capture Toolbar.

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 .

  1. By default, each screen capture you take appears on a new page in your file. If you want to save the screen capture to the current page, clear the Capture to new page check box.

  2. Press Full Screen Capture in the Screen Capture toolbar.

An image of this screen appears on a page.

To take a screen capture of a freehand area

  1. Press the SMART Board icon in the notification area, and then select Other SMART Tools > Screen Capture Toolbar.

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 .

  1. By default, each screen capture you take appears on a new page in your file. If you want to save the screen capture to the current page, clear the Capture to new page check box.

  2. Press Freehand Capture in the Screen Capture toolbar.

The pointer changes to cross hairs.

  1. Press and drag the cross hairs on the screen to define the area you want to capture.

An image of this area appears on a page.

To close the Screen Capture toolbar

Press Close in the Screen Capture toolbar.