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Setting gesture preferences

You can interact with objects in SMART Notebook software using gestures, including the shake gesture and the press-and-hold gesture.

Gesture

Name

Purpose

Shake gesture

Shake gesture

Group two or more objects.

Press-and-hold gesture

Press-and-hold gesture

Perform a Control-click.

The shake and press-and-hold gestures are enabled by default. However, you can choose to disable them if you find that you or your students frequently invoke the gestures by accident.

ClosedTo disable the shake gesture

  1. Select Notebook > Preferences.

    A dialog box appears.

  2. Press General.

  3. Clear the Use the shake gesture to group and ungroup objects check box.

  4. Press OK.

ClosedTo disable the press-and-hold gesture

  1. Select Notebook > Preferences.

    A dialog box appears.

  2. Press General.

  3. Clear the Press and hold to perform a right-click check box.

  4. Press OK.