User's Manual

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Getting Started with InterWrite
The InterWrite system is at the heart of a successful interactive
collaboration, whether it is in a classroom of fourth graders studying
world geography, or in a boardroom of corporate executives brain-
storming a new product launch. All the tools you will need to stimulate
inspiration, connection and participation can be found in the Inter-
Write software. Here’s a quick look at the InterWrite basics to get you
started.
The InterWrite software is run in one of three operational modes,
Interactive Mode, Office Mode (Windows only), or Whiteboard
Mode. Whiteboard Mode, available only when using a Whiteboard
with InterWrite, allows you to capture and preserve notes, drawings,
calculations—whatever you write on the Whiteboard with an electronic
InterWrite Marker Pen. Office Mode makes it possible to interact
directly with the native files of the Microsoft Office suite of products,
PowerPoint, Word and Excel. Interactive Mode, the more feature-rich
and robust of the operational modes, allows you to open and run
applications (Mouse Mode) by using your electronic InterWrite Pen to
move the cursor on the projected image. In Annotation Mode you use
the Pen to select InterWrite Tools. InterWrite Tools have been
categorized as Annotation Tools, Editing Tools, Page Creation/
Management Tools, Presentation Tools, File Management Tools, and
Miscellaneous Tools. The online InterWrite Help file describes all these
tools in detail. It can be accessed from the Device Manager Menu.
The purpose of this document is to give you a feel for the InterWrite
system by showing you how to use one tool in Interactive Mode. The
Annotation Tools of Interactive Mode consist of freehand tools, text
tools and drawing tools. Of the freehand tools, the Pen tool is the most
frequently used InterWrite Tool. The following pages describe how to
select and configure the Pen tool.
Begin an InterWrite Session
1 When you are ready to begin an InterWrite session, turn on your Pad. The Pad must be active and
connected. You can verify this in Session Manager, a Device Manager Menu option.
2 You can start InterWrite in Interactive Mode in two different ways:
Use your electronic Pen to click on the Launch InterWrite SoftKey icon
on the Pad Insert.
– OR –
Use your electronic Pen on the Pad’s Workspace to guide the mouse cursor on the projected
image to the InterWrite icon on the Windows Task Bar or the Mac’s Menubar, and click on
it to display the Device Manager Menu. Select Interactive Mode from the menu.
Windows Admin: The first time you select Interactive Mode in Windows, you will be prompted to enter the Software
Authorization Code found on the Software License Certificate in the Accessory Kit that shipped with your Pad.