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Using Microsoft Office

Notes 

  • Windows 7 operating system supports application ink tools for Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010.

  • Windows XP operating system doesn’t support application ink tools for Microsoft Office.

  • Microsoft Office 2004 and earlier don’t include application ink tools.

When you open a Word document, an Excel spreadsheet or a PowerPoint presentation, the Microsoft Ink toolbar appears in the title bar. You can use the Microsoft Office pens, or you can turn on SMART Ink and then use your interactive product’s pens to write over your application.

When you select Show Office Pen Tab, the Microsoft Office application tools appear in the Office pen tab.

Using SMART Ink during PowerPoint presentations

PowerPoint has its own ink tools. When you start a PowerPoint presentation, SMART Ink is turned off by default and a SMART Ink toolbar for PowerPoint appears. The toolbar enables you to select the previous or next slide in your presentation, or a specific slide, and to display a pointer.

It also enables you to access the PowerPoint menu and ink tools, and to end your presentation.

You can move the toolbar anywhere on the screen and you can make it transparent.

To move the toolbar

  1. Press anywhere on the title bar.

  2. Drag the toolbar to a new location.

To make the toolbar transparent

  1. Press anywhere on the title bar.

    The SMART Ink tools appear.

  2. Select Transparent Toolbar.

To display the previous slide

To display the next slide

To display a specific slide

  1. Press the slide list icon on the toolbar.

    A drop-down menu appears.

  2. Select the slide from the drop-down menu.

Using the pointer

You can display a pointer during your presentation to draw attention to an area. This is especially useful for remote viewers who are using SMART Bridgit software.

 

 

To display the pointer

  1. Press Pointer .

    A message appears, telling you to touch anywhere to set the location of the pointer.

  2. Press the part of the presentation you want people to look at.

    The pointer appears.

    Tips 

    • Press anywhere on the presentation to change the location of the pointer.

    • If you want the pointer to change directions as you move your finger around the screen, press the tip of the pointer, and then drag it where you want it to go.

    • If you want the pointer to follow your finger without changing its orientation, press the tail of the pointer, and then drag it where you want it to go.

To remove the pointer

Accessing the PowerPoint menu and ink tools

Use the SMART Ink toolbar for PowerPoint to access the PowerPoint menu and ink tools during your presentation.

To access the menu

  1. Press SMART Ink .

    The SMART Ink tools appear.

  2. Press PowerPoint Menu.

To access the PowerPoint ink tools

  1. Press SMART Ink .

    The SMART Ink tools appear.

  2. Press PowerPoint Ink Tools.

Ending your presentation

Use the SMART Ink toolbar for PowerPoint to end your presentation.

To end your presentation

  1. Press SMART Ink .

    The SMART Ink tools appear.

  2. Press End Show.

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Using SMART Ink after you disconnect your interactive product

Using application ink tools

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Working with the SMART Ink Document Viewer