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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 

  • The following table presents which combinations of Windows operating system and Microsoft Office support application ink tools:

    Operating system

    Office 2010

    Office 2007

    Office 2003 or earlier

    Windows 8

    Checkmark

    Checkmark

     

    Windows 7

    Checkmark

    Checkmark

     

    Windows XP

     

     

     

  • 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.

SMART Ink Toolbar for PowerPoint in horizontal view SMART Ink Toolbar for PowerPoint in vertical view

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

To move the toolbar

  1. Press the MoveMove icon icon.

  2. Drag the toolbar to a new location.

To make the toolbar transparent

  1. Press SMART InkUp arrow or SMART InkRight arrow.

    The SMART Ink Toolbar for PowerPoint appears.

  2. Select Transparent Toolbar.

To display the previous slide

To display the next slide

To display a specific slide

  1. Press the slide list iconDown arrow on the toolbar.

    A menu appears.

  2. Select the slide from the drop-down menu.

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.

Pointer

To display the pointer

  1. Press SMART InkUp arrow or SMART InkRight arrow.

    The SMART Ink Toolbar for PowerPoint appears.

  2. Press PointerPointer icon.

    The pointer appears.

    Tips 

    • If you want the pointer to change directions as you move your finger around the screen, press the tip of the pointer, and then drag it where you want it to go.

    • If you want the pointer to follow your finger without changing its orientation, press the tail of the pointer, and then drag it where you want it to go.

To remove the pointer

Accessing the PowerPoint menu and ink tools

Use the SMART Ink Toolbar for PowerPoint to access the PowerPoint menu and ink tools during your presentation.

To access the PowerPoint menu

  1. Press SMART InkUp arrow or SMART InkRight arrow.

    The SMART Ink Toolbar for PowerPoint appears.

  2. Press PowerPoint Menu.

To access the PowerPoint ink tools

  1. Press SMART InkUp arrow or SMART InkRight arrow.

    The SMART Ink Toolbar for PowerPoint appears.

  2. Press PowerPoint Ink Tools.

Ending your presentation

Use the SMART Ink Toolbar for PowerPoint to end your presentation.

To end your presentation

  1. Press SMART InkUp arrow or SMART InkRight arrow.

    The SMART Ink Toolbar for PowerPoint appears.

  2. Press End Show.