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Using SMART Ink with Microsoft Office

Later versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint have their own application ink tools. When you open a Word document, an Excel spreadsheet or a PowerPoint presentation, the SMART Ink toolbar appears in the title bar. If your version of Office supports application ink tools, SMART Ink is turned off by default and a message confirms that you’re using the Microsoft Office pen tools to write into your application.

Notes

Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista operating systems support 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.
SMART Ink doesn’t support Microsoft Office 2003 or earlier.

You can use the SMART Ink toolbar to turn on ink at any time, and then you can write or draw over your application.

Note

When you use SMART Ink to write over a Microsoft Office document that has been marked as a read-only final document, a message appears and you’re unable to write or draw over it.

Using SMART Ink during PowerPoint presentations

When you start a PowerPoint presentation, SMART Ink is turned off by default and the 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 display your SMART Ink Toolbar for PowerPoint in horizontal or vertical view.

You can also move the toolbar anywhere on the screen and set its transparency.

To move the toolbar

To make the toolbar transparent

To display the previous slide

To display the next slide

To display a specific slide

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 Bridgit conferencing software.