How to use the StarBoard

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How to use the StarBoard
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Launch ShareWizard Pen

• Start -gt Programs -gt ShareWizard -gt ShareWizard
  Pen-gt ShareWizard Pen

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Launch your PowerPoint

• Navigate to your PowerPoint and double click.
• Enter full screen mode on slide 1.

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During the presentation..

• Advance slides as normal.

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If you need to annotate your slide..

• Click the screen capture button in ShareWizard
  Pen.
• Your slide has been captured and can now be
  written on.

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Exit annotation mode

• Click the mouse icon. You are released to
  PowerPoint.

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If you need to add a blank page..

• Click the new screen button in ShareWizard Pen.
• A blank page appears and can now be written on.

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Exit annotation mode

• Click the mouse icon. You are released to
  PowerPoint.

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Review previous annotations..

• Click the slide review button. Double click a
  thumbnail.

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To clear the current page..

• Click the red X. Click Yes to clear the
  current page.

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Saving your annotations

• Click the window close X and choose Yes to
  save.
• Choose your folder on the desktop.

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Q Will my annotations be saved in my PowerPoint
file?

• A No, annotations are saved in a proprietary
  format for the StarBoard.
• Annotations CAN be saved as image files such as
  PNG, GIF and JPG but it must first be saved as
  the StarBoard format.

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Q How do I save my annotations as images?

• Click the load button.
• Annotations will load.
• Make a small changewith the pen and thenerase
  it.
• Click the X button to close. Choose Yes to
  save. Enter filename and select the file type
  you wish to save as.

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Q Do I have to save my annotations?

• A Yes, if you wish to have your annotations
  posted with your online course.
• If you do not wish to have them posted, then
  saving is not necessary.

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Q I forgot to save my annotations. Can you
still add them to my online lecture?

• A No, if annotations are not saved, they are
  lost forever.

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Q Can I annotate on web pages?

• A Yes, but it may be more useful to first take
  screen shots of the web sites you wish to show
  and insert them into PowerPoint before class.
• The internet is unpredictable and the web site
  you wish to show may not be available at the time
  of your class. Caveat Emptor!

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Q Can I annotate on Excel, Word Documents?

• A Yes. Practice the motions first as it
  requires exiting PowerPoint temporarily,
  launching another program and re-entering
  PowerPoint. It is not as graceful as it seems.

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Q The slides are not advancing in PowerPoint.
Whats wrong?

• A Be sure to click (or tap) in the PowerPoint
  window. The active program may be ShareWizard
  which will not advance your slideshow.

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