SMART Board User's Guide - Psychology

• If the Floating Tools are open, the buttons included in the four-button Capture/Save
toolbar will be added to the bottom row of the Floating Tools palette when you open an
Aware application.
Using Microsoft NetMeeting Software on an Interactive
Whiteboard
Before you begin a data conference using NetMeeting conferencing software on an
interactive whiteboard:
• Make sure all sites are running the same version of SMART Board software. If one site
uses a previous version, your meeting will fail. To find out which version you’re
running, open the SMART Board Control Panel, press the About button and press the
Technical Support tab.
• Make sure all sites are running the same version of NetMeeting software. Although you
can use an interactive whiteboard with NetMeeting 2.01 software or greater, we
recommend that you upgrade to NetMeeting 3.01 (or later) software. However, if one
site is running 2.01 while another is running 3.01, the conference will fail.
• If possible, all sites should use the same projector resolution to minimize the need for
scrolling shared program windows. This isn't always possible because different
projectors require different resolutions. Keep in mind that the computer resolution
should be set to match the native projector resolution.
• If you use AutoCAD, CorelDRAW, or Microsoft Paint software during a NetMeeting
conference, we recommend you change the Aware settings so that they work as nonboard-aware
programs before you share the application. For instructions on disabling
SMART Aware, see page 79.
SMART Board Tools
If you have SMART Board software running when you connect to a NetMeeting data
conference, the following active applications will be shared automatically:
• SMART Floating Tools (including the screen pointer)
• the Slide Show toolbar provided by SMART (if PowerPoint software is also shared)
Using the Whiteboard Component of NetMeeting Software
Each site in a data conference can save the Whiteboard file on their computer. At the end of
the meeting, each site must close its own Whiteboard window. The Whiteboard component
of NetMeeting software is the only application that can be saved at each site.
When you use the Pen Tray eraser in the Whiteboard component of NetMeeting software,
you can’t erase pixel-by-pixel in the Whiteboard component. If you make a spelling mistake
in your annotation, you must erase the entire annotation.
Sharing Non-Board-Aware Applications
If you share a non-board-aware application and then write over top of it, the acetate layer that
was created to store the annotations will be automatically shared with all sites. The acetate
layer is an invisible surface created over a non-aware application to accept annotations. All
annotations are stored on the same acetate layer.
Any participant can use a Pen Tray tool to write in the acetate layer. However, only the site
that first shared the application can break this acetate layer to clear the annotations. To
break (and clear) the acetate layer, return all the Pen Tray tools to the Pen Tray (or press the
left-mouse pointer tool in the Floating Tools palette) and press anywhere in the application.
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