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Customizing the Ink Layer

If a program is non-Aware, whatever you write or draw on your interactive product’s screen appears over the current program on an Ink Layer (sometimes referred to as a transparent layer). Depending on your settings, this Ink Layer can be surrounded by a border and can include Clear, Screen Capture and Close buttons in its upper-right corner.

To customize the Ink Layer

  1. If you’re using an interactive whiteboard, pick up a pen tray pen.

    OR

    If you’re using an interactive pen display, pick up the tethered pen and press a Digital Ink pen tool button.

    An Ink Layer appears over the current program.

  2. Right-click, and then select Ink Layer Settings in the menu that appears.

    The Ink Layer Settings dialog box appears.

  3. Select settings for the Ink Layer:

    • To display the Ink Layer without a border, clear the Show border around ink layer check box.

    • When you clear all notes from the Ink Layer, a message appears in the lower-right corner of your screen. You can press this message to restore your notes. To prevent this message from appearing, clear the Allow pop-up balloon messages check box.

    • To display the Ink Layer without the Screen Capture, Clear or Close buttons in the upper-right corner, clear the Show the Screen Capture, Clear and Close buttons check box.

    • If you write or draw, and then press the screen, a menu appears. You can select options from this menu to save your notes, clear your notes and close the Ink Layer, and more. If you want to disable this menu, select Close ink layer with pointer. If you select this option, you can press to clear your notes and close the Ink Layer, and the menu doesn’t appear.

    • If you want to automatically save your notes, select Always Save Ink. If you select this option, a screen capture of your notes and the program appear on a new page in a .notebook file when you close the Ink Layer.

  4. Press OK.

Related User Help

Saving your notes

Clearing all notes

Restoring cleared notes

Closing the Ink Layer