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Accessing SMART Ink tools

The SMART Ink toolbar appears in the title bar of each open window on your computer. Use the toolbar to select ink properties for that window and to perform common tasks such as capturing your notes.

The SMART Ink toolbar includes the following tools:

Select

Select tool

Pen Color

Pen Color tools

Line Thickness

Line Thickness tools

Calligraphic Ink

 

Highlighter

Highlighter tool (yellow) Highlighter tool (green)

Eraser

Eraser tools

Capture

Capture tools

Clear Ink

Clear Ink tool

When you pick up your interactive displays’s pen or select a SMART Ink pen tool with your finger or your mouse, a fly-out shows the ink color and the tool.

SMART Ink toolbar with fly-out showing ink color and tool

When you use another tool, the fly-out shows the ink color of all the active tools.

SMART Ink toolbar with fly-out showing multiple ink colors and tools

You can move the toolbar anywhere along the edge of the window.

To access SMART Ink tools

To move the toolbar

  1. Press the Move iconMove icon.

  2. Drag the toolbar to a new location on the edge of the open window.