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Getting started with your SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard

Using your SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard, you can write, draw and erase digital ink, manipulate objects and browse content on the screen.

Note 

You can change the mouse and gesture settings to accommodate the way you and other users touch the screen. In addition, you need to enable single-touch gestures, multitouch gestures and Touch Recognition to use several of the gestures described below. For more information, see Changing mouse and gesture settings.

Writing, drawing and erasing digital ink

Using the pens and eraser in your interactive whiteboard pen tray, you can write or draw digital ink over SMART Notebook software and other programs.

Note 

How the digital ink you write or draw over a program is included in that program depends on whether the program is Ink Aware or not. For more information, see Working with Ink Aware programs and Working with non-Aware programs.

To write or draw digital ink

  1. Pick up a pen from the pen tray.

  2. Press one of the color buttons on the pen tray.

  3. Write or draw on the screen.

    Tip 

    Don’t rest your elbow or the palm of your hand on the screen while you’re writing.

To erase digital ink

Manipulating objects

Objects include icons, buttons, links and other components of programs that appear on your screen. You can manipulate these objects using your interactive whiteboard as described below.

To select or clear the selection of an object

To double-click an object

To right-click an object

To move an object

  1. Press and hold the object.

  2. Keeping your finger on the screen, slowly move the object.

  3. When you reach the position you want to move the object to, release your finger.

    Note 

    If you press and hold an object, and then quickly flick your finger in any direction, the object continues to move after you release it.

To resize an object

  1. Using one finger on each hand, press the screen at opposite ends of the object.

  2. Drag your fingers in opposite directions to enlarge the object.

    OR

    Drag your fingers toward each other to reduce the object.

To rotate an object

  1. Using one finger on each hand, press the screen at opposite ends of the object.

  2. Rotate your fingers in the direction you want to rotate the object.

  3. When you reach the angle you want to rotate the object to, release your fingers.

Browsing

In addition to manipulating objects, you can browse content on your screen.

To display the next page

To display the previous page

To zoom in or out 

  1. Using one finger on each hand, press the screen at opposite ends.

  2. Drag your fingers in opposite directions to zoom in.

    OR

    Drag your fingers toward each other to zoom out.

To pan

  1. Using two fingers on the same hand, press and hold the screen.

  2. Keeping your fingers on the screen, move up, down, left or right.

  3. When you reach the area you want to view, release your fingers.

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Related Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting your interactive product

Troubleshooting gestures

Troubleshooting connections

Calibrating the cameras

Stopping and starting the SMART Board Service