Quick Reference
Collecting and Sharing Content with Notebook Software
Screen captures, images and files from other applications, such as Macromedia
®
Flash
®
, can be brought into Notebook™
software to help create engaging lesson activities and presentations. Save your completed file in Notebook file format to
share with others in your workplace. You can also share your valuable content by exporting your Notebook file to HTML,
PDF, PowerPoint (PPT) or as a series of images (e.g., JPEG, GIF, etc.) in case your colleagues don’t have Notebook
software installed.
Using the Capture Toolbar
Use the Capture toolbar to capture a selected area of your screen, a window or a full screen of
content directly into Notebook software. Your computer does not need to be attached to a SMART
Board™ interactive whiteboard to use the Capture toolbar, but SMART software must be
installed.
To collect content using the Capture toolbar, do the following:
1 Open Notebook software
2 Select View > Screen Capture Toolbar on the Notebook software menu to open the Capture toolbar, or click on the
camera icon
3 Navigate to the screen you want to capture, such as a Web page. The Capture toolbar will remain open over any
active application or Web browser. There are four ways to capture content:
4 The captured image will appear on a page in your Notebook file
Using the Insert Menu
You have accumulated numerous pieces of content over the last several
years of teaching. Now it’s time to incorporate some of this material into
your Notebook lesson activities. In particular, there’s an image you want
to use to enhance a specific learning opportunity in the classroom.
1 Open Notebook software
2 Select Insert > Picture File on the Notebook software menu to
launch the Insert Picture File dialog box
3 Browse to the file’s location and select it. Click Open to insert the
picture into your Notebook file
Button Use this button to Button Use this button to
Capture a rectangular area
of the screen
Capture the entire screen
Capture a particular
window on the screen
Capture a freehand area of
the screen
Capture toolbar and
Camera icon
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