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Changing mouse and gesture settings

Your interactive product is an input device like a mouse or touch pad. You can change your interactive product’s mouse and gesture settings to better suit how you and other users use your interactive product.

To change mouse and gesture settings

Press the SMART Board icon in the notification area, and then select Control Panel.

Note

If your computer isn’t currently connected to an interactive product, the SMART Board icon includes an X in its lower-right corner .
Press SMART Hardware Settings.

If your computer is connected to more than one interactive product, the upper area of the control panel displays an image for each product. Press the image of the product you want to change settings for.
Select Mouse and Gesture Settings in the drop-down list.
Move the Double-click Zone slider to specify how far apart you can press the screen to perform a double click.

Select check boxes to enable features:

Check box	Select this check box to	Notes
Enable Mouse Assist	Enable Mouse Assist, which determines the location of a window’s Close button, scroll bars, resize handles and Help buttons, and makes it easier for you to press them.
Enable Hover	Perform some functions without touching the screen. For example, you can hover over an icon to display a description of the icon.	Refer to your interactive product’s specifications (available from smarttech.com/support) to determine if it supports Hover mode.
Multitouch Mode	Allow more than one person to touch the interactive product at the same time.	Refer to your interactive product’s specifications (available from smarttech.com/support) to determine if it supports Multitouch mode.
Enable Multitouch Gestures	Enable multitouch gestures.	Refer to your interactive product’s specifications (available from smarttech.com/support) to determine if it supports multitouch gestures.
Enable Single-Touch Gestures	Enable single-touch gestures.
Enable Pop-Up Messages	Display pop-up messages, such as the right-click and Restore Writing messages.
Enable Touch Recognition	Enable Object Awareness (also known as Touch Recognition), which allows you to pick up a pen tray pen, and then write, select or erase without replacing the pen.	Object Awareness is available for select interactive products only. Determine if your interactive product supports Object Awareness. Your interactive product interprets your intent when you press the screen, based on the size of the contact area. You can customize Object Awareness’s sensitivity to suit your style of pressing the screen. If you’re using a SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard and you want any touch on the interactive whiteboard’s surface to register as a specific tool, such as a pen, eraser, or Select tool, regardless of the size of the contact area, you can enable the lockable pen option.

Press OK to close the SMART control panel.