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 Object Awareness 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.
To write or draw digital ink
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Pick up a pen from the pen tray.
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Press one of the color buttons on the pen tray.
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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
Pick up the eraser from the pen tray, and then press the eraser on the screen and move it over the digital ink you want to erase.
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Using your flattened hand, palm or fist, press the screen and move your hand over the digital ink you want to erase.
Tip
To erase a large area of digital ink, draw a circle around the area and then tap in the middle of the circle using the eraser or your flattened palm or fist.
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
Quickly press and release the object.
To double-click an object
Quickly press and release the object twice in the same spot.
Note
This gesture starts programs if your operating system is set to start applications on a double-click.
To right-click an object
Press and hold the object.
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Using two fingers on the same hand, press and hold the object with your left finger, and then press the screen once with your right finger.
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Press the Right-Click button on the pen tray, and then press the object.
To move an object
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Press and hold the object.
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Keeping your finger on the screen, slowly move the object.
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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
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Using one finger on each hand, press the screen at opposite ends of the object.
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Drag your fingers in opposite directions to enlarge the object.
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Drag your fingers toward each other to reduce the object.
To rotate an object
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Using one finger on each hand, press the screen at opposite ends of the object.
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Rotate your fingers in the direction you want to rotate the object.
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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
Press the screen, and then quickly press again directly to the right of that point.
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Quickly flick your finger right to left across the screen.
To display the previous page
Press the screen, and then quickly press again directly to the left of that point.
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Quickly flick your finger left to right across the screen.
To zoom in or out
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Using one finger on each hand, press the screen at opposite ends.
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Drag your fingers in opposite directions to zoom in.
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Drag your fingers toward each other to zoom out.
To pan
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Using two fingers on the same hand, press and hold the screen.
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Keeping your fingers on the screen, move up, down, left or right.
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When you reach the area you want to view, release your fingers.
SMART education software for Windows operating systems
