User guide

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• The SMART Board Control Panel will appear (below, left). Click on the Pen and
Button Settings button; another window will appear (below, right).
Select one of the four pen buttons , the eraser button
, or mouse/keyboard buttons to customize. With the pens, you can
change the color, transparency, thickness, and line style. With the eraser, you can
change the eraser thickness, and with mouse/keyboard buttons, you can assign other
actions to SMART Board mouse/keyboard buttons. Your customized settings will be kept
on your computer until you hit the “Defaults” button.
C. S TARTING THE SMART B OARD S TART C ENTER
The SMART Board Start Center holds all of the controls for the SMART Board. There
are multiple ways to complete a task in the SMART Board software. For this tutorial, only
one way will be explained.
1. On a PC, click on the SMART Board icon in the
system tray.
2. From the menu select “Start
Center”.
3. Use the Start Center to access
the Notebook, Recorder, Video
Player, Keyboard, Floating Tools,
and Control Panel as described
below (see above for using
Orient).