Using screen shade and cell shade tools

If you want to cover information and reveal it slowly during a presentation, you can add a Screen Shade to a page. You can also use a cell shade to cover specific cells within a table and reveal their contents slowly.

Tips 

  • You can also change the color of your screen shade to enhance your presentation.

  • If you add a Screen Shade to a page and save the file, the Screen Shade appears over the page the next time you open the file.

To add a Screen Shade to a page

  1. In SMART Notebook, tap Show/Hide Screen Shade.

    OR 

    Tap the SMART Board icon in the notification area (Windows operating systems) or Mac menu bar (macOS operating systems), and then select Screen Shade.

    Note 

    If your computer isn’t currently connected to a SMART interactive product, the SMART Board icon includes an X in its lower-right corner.

    OR

    If SMART Ink is on, tap to expand its floating toolbar to open it in full mode, tap Tools then Screen Shade.

  2. If your computer is connected to more than one display, select the display on which you want the screen shade to appear.

  3. Tap the screen shade to automatically change it to a different color.

To reveal part of the page

  1. Drag one of the Screen Shade’s handles (the small circles at the edges of the Screen Shade) to cover and uncover the page.

To remove the Screen Shade from a page

  1. Tap Show/Hide Screen Shade.

    OR

    Tap Close in the upper-right corner of the Screen Shade.

You can add a cell shade to a table cell. This enables you to reveal the information in the cells during a presentation.

Notes 

  • You must remove the cell shade if you want to change the cell’s properties; insert columns or rows; remove columns, rows or cells; or split or merge cells.

  • You can also add a screen shade to cover an entire page (see To add a Screen Shade to a page).

To add a cell shade

  1. Select the cell.

  2. Tap the cell’s menu arrow, and then select Add Cell Shade.

To show and hide the contents of a cell

  1. Tap the cell shade.

    The cell shade disappears, showing the contents of the cell.

  2. Tap in the top-left corner of the cell.

    The cell shade appears, hiding the contents of the cell.

To remove a cell shade

  1. Select the cell.

  2. Tap the cell’s menu arrow, and then select Remove Cell Shade.