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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
Windows 7
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

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.

Pointer

To display the pointer

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

To access the PowerPoint ink tools

Ending your presentation

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

To end your presentation

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