Product icon
Education software 2014
Mac OS X

Using the protractor

You can insert a protractor into a page, manipulate its size, rotation and location, and then draw along its edges.

ClosedTo insert a protractor

To move the protractor

  1. Press the inner part of the protractor (displayed as a darker shade of blue), and then drag the protractor to a different position on the page.

To resize the protractor

  1. Press the inner circle of numbers, and then drag away from the protractor to enlarge it or toward the center of the protractor to shrink it.

To rotate the protractor

  1. Press the outer circle of numbers, and then drag the protractor in the direction you want to rotate it.

    The protractor displays the current rotation in degrees.

ClosedTo display the protractor as a complete circle

  1. Press the blue circleBlue circle icon next to the 180 label on the inner circle of numbers.

    Protractor as a complete circle

  2. Press the blue circle again to return to the semi-circle.

ClosedTo draw using a pen and the protractor

  1. Press PensPens icon.

    The Pens tool buttons appear.

    Pens tool buttons

  2. Press Pen Types, and then select Pen or Calligraphic Pen.

  3. Select a line type.

  4. Draw along the edge of the protractor.

    Digital ink appears in an arc along the edge of the protractor.

ClosedTo display angles using the protractor

  1. Select the protractor.

  2. Drag the green circle until it shows the correct angle for the first of two intersecting lines.

  3. Drag the white circle until it shows the correct angle for the second of two intersecting lines.

  4. Press the green arrow in the bottom corner.

    The lines and the angle between them appear as a separate object.

ClosedTo remove the protractor

  1. Select the protractor.

  2. Press the protractor’s menu arrow, and then select Delete.

© 2015 SMART Technologies ULC. All rights reserved.

Last updated February 2, 2015.

Navigating this documentation

Legal information