Getting started with the SMART Touch Inking Tool

SMART Notebook required

If your computer is connected to a SMART interactive product that supports touch recognition, you can use the SMART Touch Inking Tool to write or draw with your finger or an accessibility aid, such as a tennis ball.

You can start the SMART Touch Inking Tool in a variety of ways:

Operating system

Options

Windows

  • Press the SMART Board iconSMART Board icon in the notification area, and then select Show SMART Touch Inking Tool.

  • In Windows 7 operating system, select Start > All Programs > SMART Technologies > SMART Touch Inking Tool.

    OR

    In Windows 8.1 operating system, go to the Apps screen, and then scroll to and select SMART Technologies > SMART Touch Inking Tool.

    OR

    In Windows 10 operating system, select Start > All apps, and then scroll to and select SMART Technologies > SMART Touch Inking Tool.

    Tip 

    Right-click SMART Touch Inking Tool, and then select Pin to Taskbar to add a shortcut to SMART Touch Inking Tool to the task bar.

  • Open the SMART Ink Settings window, press Toolbar Settings, and then press Start SMART Touch Inking Tool (see Changing settings in Windows operating systems).

OSX

  • Press the SMART Board iconSMART Board icon in the Mac menu bar, and then select Show SMART Touch Inking Tool.

  • Open the SMART Ink Settings window, press Toolbar Settings, and then press Start SMART Touch Inking Tool (see Changing settings in OSX operating system software).

Note 

If the SMART Touch Inking Tool isn’t available for your SMART interactive product, a message informs you when you try to open the tool.

SMART Touch Inking Tool dynamic toolbar

After you start the SMART Touch Inking Tool, its dynamic toolbar appears. The SMART Touch Inking Tool dynamic toolbar is identical to the SMART Ink dynamic toolbar except that its circle is blue rather than gray, black or red (see Getting started).

The SMART Touch Inking Tool dynamic toolbar lets you do everything that you can do with your SMART interactive product’s pens and erasers, but with your finger or an accessibility aid, such as a tennis ball:

You can close the SMART Touch Inking Tool in a number of ways:

Operating system

Options

All

  • Dock the SMART Touch Inking Tool dynamic toolbar, push it off the screen until it disappears, and then press Close Ink when prompted.

Windows

  • Press the SMART Board iconSMART Board icon in the notification area, and then select Hide SMART Touch Inking Tool.

  • Open the SMART Ink Settings window, press Toolbar Settings, and then press Close SMART Touch Inking Tool (see Changing settings in Windows operating systems).

OSX

  • Press the SMART Board iconSMART Board icon in the Mac menu bar, and then select Hide SMART Touch Inking Tool.

  • Open the SMART Ink Settings window, press Toolbar Settings, and then press Close SMART Touch Inking Tool (see Changing settings in OSX operating system software).

Note 

You can also turn off the SMART Touch Inking Tool for a specific window or application (see Turning SMART Ink on or off).

Keywords

  • start and use the SMART Touch Inking Tool
  • accessibility aid

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