SimplySmart Smart Board Software For Mac OS X 99-00557-01 - Manual (Page 29)

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Presenting on the Interactive Whiteboard
The SMART Board interactive whiteboard was designed to maximize the power of
presentations. A variety of hardware and software features make the job of presenting
information easy for the presenter and stimulating for the audience.
Using the SMART Board Tools
On the interactive screen, you can annotate over your presentation to highlight or emphasize
important information and you can jot down notes and suggestions that are made by the
audience. Then you can capture these important points and screen annotations into Notebook
software with the screen capture tools. If you used the QuickTime Player (v6.0.2 or later) to
deliver your presentation, you can still use these tools to capture any annotations that you
make. Read page 11 for details on using the screen capture tools.
Use SMART Recorder to capture everything you do on the screen as a video file, and you
won’t miss a single detail. This application synchronizes data and audio in a QuickTime movie
file. Read page 12 for more information.
To further emphasize important screen elements, use the desktop spotlight. This tool reveals
only a specific area while it dims or hides the rest of the screen, focusing your audience’s
attention.
To open the spotlight, press and hold the SMART Board icon in the Dock and select Open
Spotlight. With the spotlight open, you can annotate anywhere on the screen, but you can
only activate screen components inside the spotlit area.
You can easily change the spotlight to suit your needs by using the options available from the
Menu button to modify its shape and transparency. You can also relocate, resize or rotate the
spotlight just by dragging it, so it displays the screen area that you want shown. To remove it,
press Menu > Exit.
To use the desktop spotlight
TIP
When you change the spotlight’s transparency setting, you’re actually
specifying how much the non-spotlit area of the screen is visible. Choosing a
higher percentage of transparency makes the non-spotlit area of the screen
more visible.