Importing PDF files
Use the importer to convert a PDF file into a Notebook file.
Select File > Import.
Browse to and select the PDF file you want to import.
Click Open.
Select how you want to import the file:
Option
Description
Recommended if
SMART Notebook pages with images
Each page is converted to a Notebook page. Although the converted pages are not editable, their appearance matches the original file exactly.
You don’t need to make changes to your original file.
You just want to add new activities or assessments but don’t need to change the page contents from the original file.
SMART Notebook pages with editable objects
Each page is converted to a Notebook page.
Objects such as lines, images, text, shapes, and so on, are imported and converted to Notebook objects. You can move and edit these objects in Notebook.
Some adjustments may be required to make the converted pages look the way you want them to.
You want to be able to make changes to the lesson’s contents from the original file.
If your file has special formats, styles, objects, or animations. Some styles and features may not be supported in SMART Notebook.
Tip
If you selected the SMART Notebook pages with editable objects option, see the table at the end of this section to learn how different objects are handled when they are imported into SMART Notebook.
Click OK.
SMART Notebook software adds the contents of the PDF file to a new .notebook file.
Note
The following table applies when you use the SMART Notebook pages with editable objects option when converting a PDF.
PDF object type | Appears in SMART Notebook as | Notes |
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Text | Text | Text that uses special styles or fonts, such as a gradient fill or 3D style, is converted to plain text. The text's size and position appears much the same as in the original file. You might need to make some minor adjustments. |
Tables | Images | Tables are converted to images of the tables and are not editable once in Notebook. |
Images | Images | Pictures are imported as-is. |
Links | Text | Full links appear as text. To make them clickable from the page, copy the link and select Insert > Link from the Notebook menu and paste the link in the Address box. Inline links (links attached to text) are not transferred. You will need to add the link from the original file to the text in the Notebook page again if you want to include it. |
Charts / graphs | An image of the chart / graph | None |
Equations | An image of the equation | None |
Each page from the original PDF file is imported as an individual Notebook page. The content from the PDF pages is converted to images, so everything appears on the Notebook page exactly as it did in the original file.
To import a PDF file (Mac)
Select File > Import > Portable Document Files (.PDF).
Browse to and select the PDF file you want to import.
Click Open.
SMART Notebook software adds the contents of the PDF file to a new .notebook file.
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