• The Smart Board tools should automatically startup with your computer once the software is loaded.  Check the lower right-hand corner of the screen for the Smart Board Tools Icon.

• If the icon is not present in the system tray, double click the Smart Board Tools Desktop Icon.

• Using your finger as a mouse, press the Smart Board Icon twice in rapid succession.
• Press the  Notebook option twice in rapid succession to open up Notebook.

• A blank Smart Notebook page will open

Notes:

• Notebook software lets you save, organize and distribute notes written on a Smart board.
• Like a conventional paper notebook, Smart Notebook software stores information on a series of pages.
• Notebook software can also easily move, copy and insert information on the active page or onto a new and previously existing pages.

• When all the tools are in the Pen tray, any touch on the board is the same as a left-mouse click

• Pick up a pen from the Smart pen Tray and  with your try pen write your first name in the large white area. Removing a pen from the tray tells the computer that you want to write.
• Return the pen to the pen tray -- the cursor will reappear when you return the pen to the tray you'll regain touch control.

Notes:

• When writing, press firmly and consistently on the Smart Board and avoid resting your hand on the surface.

• Pick up the eraser from the pen tray.
• Move the eraser in a smooth motion over your annotations to erase them.

Notes:

• The Smart board recognizes the last tool removed from the pen tray as the tool you want to use.  For example, if you already have a pen in your hand when you pick up the eraser, the Smart board will assume you want to erase.

• Pick up a pen from the Smart pen Tray and  with your finger tip write your first name in the large white area. Removing a pen from the tray tells the computer that you want to write.
• Return the pen to the pen tray -- the cursor will reappear when you return the pen to the tray you'll regain touch control,

Notes:

• Remember that a pen must be removed from the pen tray -- even though you are using your finger tip to write.
• If you return the pen to the pen tray without capturing the annotation, your annotation will disappear the next time you touch the screen.

Notes:

• When a tool is removed from the pen tray, the Smart board software remembers that last tool removed and either produces ink or erases ink (depending on whether your removed a pen or an eraser)

• Pick up the eraser from the pen tray.
• Move your finger tips over the board to erase the written annotation.

Notes:

• The Smart board recognizes the last tool removed from the pen tray as the tool you want to use.  For example, if you already have a pen in your hand when you pick up the eraser, the Smart board will assume you want to erase.

• Start typing at your computer's keyboard to enter text.
• Click outside the box to save the text.
• You can format the font, style, size and color of the typed text by clicking the Format menu item and selecting Font, Bold, italic or Current Color

• One way to activate the Smart Keyboard is is to press the Smart Board Icon twice in rapid succession and press the  Keyboard option twice in rapid succession to open up keyboard
• The other way to activate the Smart Keyboard is to press the keyboard button on the Smart Board Pen Tray

• Click in the location on the board where you want to enter type and type on smart keyboard as you would on a regular keyboard

Notes:

• If necessary, drag the keyboard to a more convenient location on the board.
• The Smart keyboard is a quick and easy way to fill in a dialog box right at the board surface, without having to move to an attached keyboard.

• Close the On-Screen keyboard or Press the Write button on the Smart Keyboard to switch to handwriting recognition mode.

• Add a page in the Notebook by pressing the blank button on the toolbar.
• Delete a page by selecting it and pressing the Delete button.
• Click the Save button to save your written annotations in a file.