Adding text to the workspace

Use the Text buttonAdd text in the workspace’s toolbar to add text to the page. You can add text with a keyboard or by using the voice-to-text feature. After you’ve added text to a page, it becomes a text object that you can manipulate in a number of ways. See Moving, resizing, and rotating objects in the workspace.

You can also write in digital ink, then convert the ink to text.

  1. On the workspace toolbar, tap to open the additional tools.

  2. TapAdd text.

    Note 

    By default, you can insert up to 10 elements in a workspace page. To change this default, open Settings and change the Maximum elements per page under Workspace Settings.

  3. Tap within the text object box and start typing.

    OR

    TapText options to show the additional text menu.

  4. Tap Speech to text and start speaking. TeamWorks Room converts your speech to text on the page.

    Note 

    Windows may prompt you for permission to use the microphone

To convert ink to text

  1. Write your text in digital ink.

  2. TapSelection tool and draw a circle around the ink you want to convert to text.

    Selecting ink to convert to text

  3. From the object toolbar that appears, tap To Text.

    To Text button location

    The ink is converted to text.

More tools appear for changing the text's format. SeeAdding text to the workspace.

  1. If the text object toolbar isn’t visible, select the text object to make it appear.

  2. Use these options to manipulate the text objects:

    Send to back

    Makes the object appear under the other objects on the workspace page.

    Rearrange

    Returns the text to its original orientation.

    Note 

    To manipulate the text, use the yellow circle on the text object’s border to rotate, and use the yellow square to resize.

    Delete

    Deletes the text object.

    Foreground

    Selects the text color.

    Background

    Selects the background color.

    Speech to text

    Allows you to dictate to the workspace, and SMART TeamWorks converts your speech to text.

    Edit

    Allows you to edit the text.

    Open (tapMore)

    Opens the text in Windows’ Notepad application.

    Clone (tapMore)

    Duplicates the object.