Writing, drawing, and erasing

Use the interactive display's pens to draw digital ink on a whiteboard page. You can also use the Pen tools to customize how the ink looks, use a finger to write, or to use the ink to text pen.

  1. Tap Pen tools to open the ink menu.

  2. Select properties such as pen style (ink highlighter, or text) and line thickness and color.

  3. Use a display pen to draw on the page.

Erase ink by using the display's eraser, your palm, or your fist.

You can use fingers to write or draw. You won't be able to select objects unless you disable the feature.

Note 

Make sure Enable Finger Inking is enabled in Settings > Application settings > SMART Whiteboard.

To write or draw with your finger

  1. Browse to and select a page.

  2. Tap Pen tools, then tap Enable finger inking.

You can make revisions to editable text using the Text Pen. You can delete text by drawing a strike-through line through the text. You can also apply a mark-up to insert spaces.

Note 

You may have to install a language pack or select the language to use this feature. See Configuring ink-to-text languages for the Text pen.

To write editable text

  1. Browse to and select a page.

  2. Tap Pen tools, then tapInk to text pen and start writing on the display. Wait a couple of seconds and the writing converts to text.

    If the text isn't correct, tap the text, tapDrop down button, and select the correct word.

    You can write a sentence and the display will convert the writing to text.

    Tip 

    If you change the ink color or thickness, the text will have the same color and boldness.

To insert text

  1. Write a word or letter you want to insert and then draw a caret ^.

To insert a space

  1. Draw a vertical line where you want the space to appear.

To delete a letter or word

  1. Draw a strike-through line through the letter. You can also delete a word by drawing a strike-through line through it.

To stop using the Text pen

  1. Tap Pen tools, then tap another pen tool from the menu.

To edit text with a keyboard

Double-tap on text to open an onscreen keyboard to edit the text with.