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About SMART Ink settings
You can use the SMART Ink Settings window to change a number of settings for SMART Ink,
including:
l General settings
l Dynamic toolbar settings
l Microsoft Office settings
NOTE
If you're using SMART Ink on Windows, you can also use the SMART Ink Settings window to
troubleshoot common issues.
For more information about accessing and changing SMART Ink Settings, see the Changing
SMART Ink 5 Settings support site page at support.smarttech.com/docs/software/ink/ink-
5/en/installing-and-maintaining/changing-settings.
Using SMART Ink with Microsoft Office
SMART Ink includes plug-ins that enable you to use the software with Microsoft Office applications.
NOTE
This section applies to Windows only.
Microsoft Word, Excel® and PowerPoint have their own ink tools which you can enable in SMART
Ink Settings. For more information, see Changing settings in Windows operating systems on the
Changing SMART Ink 5 Settings support site page at
support.smarttech.com/docs/software/ink/ink-5/en/installing-and-maintaining/changing-settings.
This table compares Microsoft's ink tools and SMART Ink:
Category Microsoft's ink tools SMARTInk
Purpose Reviewing or making changes to a
document
Highlighting important notes or
drawing attention to content in a
document
Capturing ink Ink is inserted directly into a
document.
Ink is captured in a transparent layer
over a document.
Saving ink The inserted ink is saved with the
document.
Take a screen capture and save it
using SMART software.