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About SMART Notebook software, SMART Product Drivers and SMART Tools

SMART Notebook software, SMART Product Drivers and SMART Tools are programs that you can use with your interactive product.

About SMART Notebook software

Use SMART Notebook software to create lessons or presentations. Each .notebook file contains a series of pages, and each page has its own objects, properties and settings. You can add freehand objects, geometric shapes, straight lines, text, pictures, Adobe Flash Player compatible content and tables to a page. You can manipulate and edit these objects at any time.

You can save your files in the .notebook format, which you can open in any Windows, Mac or Linux computer running SMART Notebook software. You can also export your files to a variety of formats.

The Page Sorter displays thumbnails of all of the pages in the current file. The software automatically updates these thumbnails when you change the contents of the pages.

Copy clip art, backgrounds, multimedia content and .notebook files and pages to your page from the Gallery. The Gallery also provides access to the following resources:

You can attach a copy of a file, a shortcut to a file or a link to a web page. This enables you to quickly find and open files and web pages when you present your file.

You can install SMART Notebook Tools, which add special features to the software. These tools include the following:

About SMART Product Drivers

Your interactive product detects contact with its screen and sends each contact point, along with Pen tool information, to the connected computer. SMART Product Drivers translates the information into mouse clicks and digital ink. SMART Product Drivers enables you to perform normal computer operations by pressing the screen with your finger (on interactive whiteboards) or a tethered pen (on interactive pen displays).

You can also write or draw on the screen in digital ink using a pen tray pen (on interactive whiteboards) or tethered pen (on interactive pen displays), and then save or erase your notes.

About SMART Tools

Draw attention to specific parts of a page using SMART Tools, such as the Screen Shade, Spotlight, Magnifier and Pointer.