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Windows 7 and the Smartboard (tips from Menko): @http://www.trailsoptional.com/2010/05/windows-7-and-the-smartboard/

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Video clips of each task will be posted shortly! - Orienting the board – anytime you unplug and plug in, you have to reorient the board because it has a new signal. - Pulling up a keyboard - How to right click with your finger - Calibrating (orienting) your board - Push both together – the screen or click on the configuration button > orient - How to get to your toolbar (Click on cog (bottom button on tool bar). - Configure your toolbar – open customize floating tools and drag the tool you want to your toolbar - How to move your toolbar – click on the textured part of the toolbar and drag the whole toolbar to the left.  - Spotlight – can show a specific part of the screen. Click on spotlight in lower right hand corner of the spotlight to change the shape. Settings: click on down arrow – set transparency, set shape, etc. To turn it off, click on the spotlight icon in the toolbar. - Invisible pen: similar to spotlight but you can be more specific – pen tool with light on toolbar (3rd one down)