Floating Tools

The Floating Tools toolbar is a customisable 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-hand 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
	Customise	Customise the Floating Tools toolbar

The following table describes the functions of each toolbar button that you can add to a customised 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 Centre	Open the Welcome Centre
	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 are 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
	Customise	Customise the Floating Tools toolbar

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