Create
Themes
Create themed pages using elements such as fonts, background colors and images, and apply them to SMART Notebook pages.
Active Alignment
Format a SMART Notebook page with this tool, which accurately aligns objects to other objects and to the vertical and horizontal page centers.
Page Groups
Organize the pages of a SMART Notebook file into groups. Drag pages into the groups, add new pages and show one group at a time in the Page Sorter.
Eyedropper Tool
Select any color from your computer's color palette and use it to outline or fill objects.
Fill Effects
Fill shapes with two-color gradients, images or patterns.
Fill Tool
Fill shapes with the last color you used by selecting the Fill Tool from the SMART Notebook software toolbar.
Improved print captures
Insert print captures from Microsoft Office applications and the Internet directly into SMART Notebook software. Edit or interact with the items within the capture, including text and hyperlinks (Windows Vista only).
Special fonts and scientific notation
Add superscript and subscript to your text, or add scientific symbols and notation.
Drawing tools
Add connectors, shapes, dotted lines, creative pen styles and more using a variety of drawing tools.
Horizontal toolbar scrolling
After selecting a tool, scroll through a horizontal menu that doesn’t interfere with the SMART Notebook page and that stays open until you have finished.
Multimedia files
Insert audio, video or Adobe Flash files into any lesson activity by placing them into your SMART Notebook file, or store them in the Gallery for easy access. You can also write into many of the Flash animations using the optimized Handwriting Recognition feature.
Auto Spell Check
Check spelling quickly with the software’s spell check that automatically scans text objects and documents while in editing mode.
Table Tool
Create a table from the SMART Notebook software toolbar, then insert or drag text, images and objects into any cell with ease. Add or delete individual cells to create asymmetrical tables.
SMART Response question sets
Insert SMART Response question sets directly into a SMART Notebook file. You don’t need to own a SMART Response interactive response system.
Insert function
Insert video, shapes, links, Adobe Flash files, text and audio into your SMART Notebook lessons. You can also compress images using the image optimization tool. Anything inserted becomes a SMART Notebook software object that you can manipulate.
Calligraphic pen
Watch your own handwriting turn into beautifully stylized curves and lines.
Flick
Flick objects across the page with the touch of a finger.
Teach
Magic Pen
Use this three-in-one tool to spotlight, magnify or zoom in on an image, or write notes that will disappear in 10 seconds. Draw a square to magnify an object or draw a circle to add a spotlight.
Object Animation
Animate any SMART Notebook software object with effects such as fading in, flying in or spinning.
Shape Pen
Draw a freehand shape, and SMART Notebook software recognizes it and perfects it.
Shape Recognition
Draw a freehand circle or other shape, and access the Shape Recognition feature in the drop-down menu to quickly perfect it.
Page Recording
Teach a concept in SMART Notebook software and record every step you take. In the replay, students will only see the on-screen actions.
Improved SMART Recorder
Record events on the screen with optional sound, and create a video file in .avi or .wmv format. Add a watermark to the recording with the time-stamp information, date and logo.
Presentation Highlighter
Highlight text or objects with highlighter ink that automatically straightens.
Lock all SMART devices
Prevent students from altering lessons by locking the SMART Board interactive whiteboard, SMART Slate wireless slate and SMART Podium interactive pen display.
Insert audio
Record sound directly into SMART Notebook software and attach the file directly to objects. Find famous speeches, animal sounds, phonics, instruments and more in the Gallery.
SMART Video Player
Resize, move and write over video files and streaming video in your SMART Notebook pages, and then store the files in the Gallery for easy access.
Dual Page Display
Split your computer screen to view or work on two SMART Notebook pages simultaneously.
Work within reach
Keep tools within reach for smaller students by moving the toolbars to the bottom of the screen.
Full-screen mode
Create a bigger interactive whiteboard page area by hiding the toolbar and tabs. Navigate through your SMART Notebook pages with a small, movable toolbar.
Screen Shade
Conceal and reveal information point by point, dragging the Screen Shade over your SMART Notebook page.
Handwriting Recognition
Write notes in digital ink, and transform them into text in one click with the Handwriting Recognition feature.
Clear ink
Clear all the ink from a single page without losing any other objects on the page.
Manage
Administrator Toolkit
Take advantage of the Install Manager, which lets you install SMART Notebook software on networked computers. Use the Asset Manager to monitor SMART product and projector use for maintenance and performance.
Properties Tab
Use the Properties Tab to change an object’s line style, fill effects and animation options, all from one accessible location.
Welcome Center
Dive into SMART resources with the Welcome Center. The Welcome Center opens when SMART Notebook software is launched and puts SMART’s lesson-creation resources, training, professional development and support at your fingertips.
Enhanced support
Access a resource hub for teachers directly through SMART Notebook software’s Welcome Center. The Teachers’ Hub contains access to hundreds of lesson activities and other resources to help teachers easily create and teach lessons.
Timed saves
Set your SMART Notebook file to save work automatically, from every minute up to every 30 minutes, or every time you move to a different page.
Languages
SMART Notebook software is available in over 40 languages: Arabic, Basque, Catalan, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (US), English (UK), Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic (Scotland), Gaelic (Modern Irish), Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Maori, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (International Latin America), Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Welsh.
Save transparency mode
Create and save SMART Notebook files with fully transparent objects and digital ink.
Digital Ink Layer
Create a transparency layer over your desktop that functions like a SMART Notebook page. Capture your work and insert it into SMART Notebook software with the click of a button.
Mac Spotlight
Search through text in your SMART Notebook files using the Mac Spotlight tool.
Page turning for Mac
Use Mac page-turning effects to flip through SMART Notebook pages like a book.
Full object manipulation
Manipulate objects that you have created, written or added in a multitude of ways. Change the properties of objects, such as color, transparency or size. Hyperlink objects to the Internet, other SMART Notebook pages or documents on your computer. Display all linked objects on a page by using the Show All Links option in the View Menu.
Page Sorter
View SMART Notebook pages as thumbnails using the Page Sorter. Reorder your presentation by simply dragging and dropping thumbnails. Add a page title and a time stamp quickly by double-clicking on a thumbnail.
Quick tool access
Access every tool within two clicks of your mouse using SMART Notebook software’s refined menu navigation.
On-Screen Keyboard
Select the On-Screen Keyboard to type text, numbers or symbols into any application directly at the interactive whiteboard. Resize the keyboard, make it transparent or choose from several different keyboard styles to suit your needs.
Export files
Save SMART Notebook files in various formats, including .ppt, .pdf and .html. You can also save individual SMART Notebook pages as separate image files (.jpeg, .png or .gif) for easy sharing.
Tablet computer support
Use SMART Notebook software on the go with enhanced tablet computer support.
Customizable Toolbar
Choose the tools you use most, and put them on your SMART Notebook software toolbar as handy shortcuts. Move the toolbar to the bottom of your SMART Notebook page for easy access.
One-click tabs
Switch between the Gallery, Page Sorter, Attachment or Properties tabs easily, with one click.
Content
Gallery Essentials
Choose from over 7,000 learning objects to enhance your lessons, including images, backgrounds, dynamic Flash files, video and audio content. Take advantage of music-notation sheets, a compass, a protractor, clocks, maps, sports fields, solar systems and a variety of shapes. You also have access to an extensive collection of classic artwork from the Bridgeman Art Library.
My Content
Store SMART Notebook pages, photos, pictures and animated .gif files from other applications, and insert them directly into a SMART Notebook file. This function enables you to add objects to your own Gallery.
Team Content
Use the Team Content feature to access common Gallery content on a shared network drive. Add or delete content in the Team Content folder without needing system administration access, and add Team Content items to your lessons.
Lesson Activity Toolkit
Discover customizable tools and templates to help you create professional and engaging lessons. Find templates for word games, quizzes, sorting tables and Flash tools to add interactive drag-and-drop or hide-and-reveal elements to your lessons.
The SMART Exchange website
Discover easy-to-use, relevant, classroom-ready content and a growing online community on the SMART Exchange website. You can access the website by clicking the icon in the toolbar in SMART Notebook software. You can also easily share your lessons on the SMART Exchange website by selecting Share on SMART Exchange in the File menu.
SMART Gallery Sampler
Get the top 50 images, Flash tools, video and audio files available in the full version of SMART Notebook software's Gallery Essentials. Insert maps, images of historical figures, science diagrams and other educational visuals.
Multitouch
Multitouch support
Make the most of your SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard. Two can work together on the surface using a pen, finger or fist. There is no separate multiuser mode or restricted user area.
Gestures
Zoom, pan, flick and swipe on your 800 series. It’s easy to scale objects or pages, toss an object or swipe between pages. And with gesture feedback, you can see the percentage of your zoom level and know what page you’re on when you swipe between pages. The software also supports single-finger gestures on the 600 series.
Right click
Access the right-click menu on the 800 series using two simple touch methods.
