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Objectsarethebuildingblocksofcontentinyour.notebookfiles.Anobjectissimplyanitemona
pagethatyoucreateorimportandthenworkwith.Basictypesofobjectsincludethefollowing:
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Digitalink(freehandwritinganddrawing)
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Shapes
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Straightlines
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Arcs
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Text
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Tables
Writing,drawinganderasingdigitalink
Digitalinkisfreehandtextorobjectsthatyoucreateusingyourinteractiveproduct’spensorthe
SMART NotebooksoftwarePenstool.Writingordrawingdigitalinkenablesyoutoquicklyadd
contenttoyourSMART Notebooksoftwarefiles,eitherwhencreatingthefilesorwhenpresentingthe
filestostudents.
Afteryoucreatedigitalink,youcaneraseit.
Writingordrawingdigitalink
Theeasiestwaytowriteordrawdigitalinkistouseyourinteractiveproduct’spenorpens.
YoucanalsocreatefreehandobjectsusingthePenstool.ThePenstoolenablesyoutowriteordraw
digitalinkusingfivepentypes:
Youcancreatefreehandobjectsusing
Pentype
Purposeandexample
Notes
Standard
Writeordrawdigitalinkinavarietyofcolors
andlinestyles.
UsingtheStandardpentype,you
canwriteordrawdigitalinkthat
fadesafterafewseconds(see
Writingordrawingfadingdigital
inkonpage52).
Calligraphic
Writeordrawdigitalink,likeyoudowiththe
Standardpentype,butwithlinesofvarying
thickness.
TheCalligraphicpentypeisuseful
forteachingstudentshandwriting.
TheCalligraphicpentypeis
availableonlyifyourcomputeris
connectedtoaSMARTinteractive
product.
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Creatingbasicobjects
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