Writing, selecting, and erasing using object awareness

The SMART Board 800 series interactive whiteboard features object awareness, which means you can pick up a pen and write, select or erase without replacing the pen. SMART software interprets your intent when you press the interactive surface, based on both the type of tool you’re using and the size of the contact area.

• If you touch the interactive surface with the pen, SMART software identifies its reflective surface, and you write or draw in digital ink on the screen.

• If you touch the interactive surface with your finger, you perform a left click.

• If you touch the interactive surface with an eraser, your palm or the side of your hand, SMART software identifies a large contact area, and you erase digital ink from the screen.

Using Lockable Pen mode

If you want every touch on the interactive whiteboard surface to register as a specific tool—such as a pen, eraser, or Select tool—activate that tool and then, hold down a pen color button on the pen tray until its light flashes (about three seconds). The interactive whiteboard locks into that mode.

Example 

If you want every touch to create red ink, press the red pen tray button until the red light flashes (about three seconds). Then every time you touch the board with your fingers, a pen or an eraser, you create red ink.

Note 

The selected pen tray light blinks to indicate you’re in Lockable Pen mode. To unlock the pen, press any pen tray color button.