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as possible w hile retaining the aspect ratio.

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Scale to Fit: 

The file is scaled to fit the page completely. The

aspect ratio is not preserved.

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Tile/Repeat:

 The file is tiled over the entire page. This option is

not available for files w ith more than 1 page. This option is not
available if the image size is bigger than the page size.

Transparency:

 The Transparency of a background image on a page can be

adjusted. Change the transparency of a single page background by opening
the Background Settings dialog w hen that page is displayed and adjust the
Transparency slider control in Options. Adjusting the transparency w hile
importing a multi-page file w ill cause all pages in the file to be imported at
the selected transparency level.

Background Settings Color

The background of the page can be set to any Window s supported color. 

Color:

 Select the Color checkbox to turn background color on.

Solid:

 Select the Solid button to cause the background color to be displayed

as a solid color. When Solid is selected, you can change the background
color by selecting the Edit button.

Gradient

: Select the Gradient button to cause the background color to be

displayed as a blend of tw o colors. When Gradient is selected, you can
change the two colors to be blended by selecting either Edit button.

Background Settings Grid/
Lines

A Grid or Lines can be show n over any background color or image.

Grid/Lines:

 Select the Grid/Lines checkbox to turn background grid/lines

on.

Style:

 Select the Style pull-down list to choose a grid or horizontal lines. 

Line Width

: Select the Line Width pull-dow n list to set the line w idth.

Color:

 Select the Edit button to change the line color.

Transparency:

 Set the transparency of the lines by adjusting the

transparency slider control.

Supported File Formats for Background Settings:

Bitmap (*.bmp)

Graphic Files (*.gif, *.jpg, *.tif, *.ico, *.emf, *.wmf)

Excel Spreadsheets (*.xls). See 

Import a PowerPoint, Excel and Word Document

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PowerPoint Presentations (*.ppt). See 

Import a PowerPoint, Excel and Word Document

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Word Document (*.doc, *.rtf). See 

Import a PowerPoint, Excel and Word Document

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Summary of Contents for eBeam Education Suite 2.4

Page 1: ...eBeam Education Suite Version 2 4 Luidia Incorporated 2011...

Page 2: ...ptions 26 Scrapbook Options 28 eBeam System Preferences 28 eBeam Tool Palette 30 Handwriting Recognition Tool 34 On Screen Keyboard 35 Recorder 36 Snapshot 39 Text Tool 40 Voting Tool 41 Standard Anno...

Page 3: ...Adding Images to Scrapbook Pages 89 Favorites 90 Templates 92 Flickr 94 Encyclop dia Britannica 95 Shared Meetings 97 What is a Shared Meeting 97 Hosting Sharing a Meeting 98 Join a Meeting 100 Sendin...

Page 4: ...tate over your entire desktop The tools in the eBeam Tool Palette change depending on the environment that you are working in eBeam Home works on top of Scrapbook It creates a centralized shortcut to...

Page 5: ...e For files saved before version 2 3 3 converted text retains its type size and location Correction In Scrapbook changes in Annotation or Snapshot m ode are saved even when Scrapbook isn t open In Pow...

Page 6: ...ard drive space for standard eB eam Education Suite software 65K color SVGA or comparable high performance video card CD ROM drive or Internet connection for software installation Internet connection...

Page 7: ...dware Setup Select a topic below for a description of how to set up an eBeam system If your system is not described here then refer to the setup documentation included in the box eBeam Classic Setup e...

Page 8: ...ector to your computer Turn on your projector and align focus the image on the board Connect the eBeam USB cable to your eBeam Receiver Peel the Command Adhesive backing from the Receiver Hold the Rec...

Page 9: ...ver firmly against the board for best adhesion Install the AAA battery in your eBeam Stylus Connect the eBeam USB cable to your computer USB port Insert the eBeam software CD and install Launch the eB...

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Page 11: ...ns Suction cups Command adhesive Magnetic mounting brackets The eBeam Receiver is pre attached to the suction cup mounting bracket To detach any of the mounting brackets from the eBeam Receiver positi...

Page 12: ...Beam USB cable to your computer USB port Insert the eBeam software CD and install For additional information on setting up Bluetooth on your computer see Bluetooth Wireless Configuration Launch the eB...

Page 13: ...lus to perform an action See Gesture Based Navigation for a description of advanced software navigation using the Interactive Stylus The following table shows the different components of the Interacti...

Page 14: ...Page 14 2011 Luidia Incorporated Battery Cap The battery cap unscrews counter clockwise to allow you to insert or replace the AA battery Model 303 or AAA battery Model 305...

Page 15: ...have an interactive receiver and I need help connecting it Activate I want to use a software license key to activate the software Try I want to use the full feature set of the software for 30 days Joi...

Page 16: ...t the Try option to enable the full feature set of the software for 30 days Use the Software as a Viewer basic features only Each time you launch the software the software first attempts to locate int...

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Page 18: ...ftware version X END_CON3 Detect System Attempts to detect the interactive hardware See Interactive Hardware Detection X IF_CON3 Not active in this software version X END_CON3 Options Opens the Option...

Page 19: ...below for a description of how to configure your Bluetooth connection for your eBeam Bluetooth Wireless system If your system is not described here then refer to the setup documentation included in th...

Page 20: ...been detected A Bluetooth icon should appear in your taskbar 2 Right click the Bluetooth icon in your taskbar and select Add A Bluetooth Device 3 Complete the Add Bluetooth Device Wizard a Make sure...

Page 21: ...your computer has recognized the inserted Bluetooth adapter Look for a Bluetooth icon in the system tray of your computer in the lower right hand of the screen 4 Right click on the Bluetooth icon and...

Page 22: ...omputer to offer other computers Uncheck all of the boxes and click Next twice 7 Make sure the drop down menu is set to Show All Devices Select your eBeam receiver and click Next Your device will be c...

Page 23: ...hange Select this button to change the Friendly Name You will need to enter a new Friendly name into the Change Friendly Name Dialog Box and click OK There is an eight character limit on the Friendly...

Page 24: ...ct Interactive Receiver dialog box and allows your to use the limited eBeam Education Suite software without a receiver Retry Starts a new search for your interactive receiver Choose this if you belie...

Page 25: ...d that the software is launched To initiate a calibration Select the Calibrate button from the Tool Palette if Scrapbook is not open or Select Calibrate Interactive Area from the eBeam Education taskb...

Page 26: ...ol is selected Gesture Based Navigation Turns on off gesture based navigation Smooth Drawing Smooths lines drawn by the eBeam Stylus You can also access this option by selecting Edit Options Preferenc...

Page 27: ...nnotations are automatically discarded No record is kept Ask me each time Each time you change slides you will be prompted to save the annotations as objects You must save the PowerPoint file to keep...

Page 28: ...connected to the PC with a USB cable in order to be configured Connect To LAN If your OEM interactive Receiver provides an option for connection to a Local Area Network see your OEM hardware or softw...

Page 29: ...Stylus For each button it is possible to set the button to be o Off Button causes no action o Left Click Left mouse click o Middle Click Middle mouse click o Right Click Right mouse click o Move Curs...

Page 30: ...Tool Palette depending on the application you are using Cali bra te Too l The Calibrate Tool starts the interactive calibration process See Calibration for more information Era ser Too l The Eraser To...

Page 31: ...pointer 90 degrees in a counter clockwise direction Show Pointer Shows the pointer on the screen Rotate pointer clockwise Rotates the pointer 90 degrees in a clockwise direction Hide Pointer Hides the...

Page 32: ...as either a background image in a new page or a Scrapbook elementin the current page SeeSnapshot for more information Sp otli ght Too l The Spotlight Tool highlights a particular region of your deskt...

Page 33: ...Luidia Incorporated Fit Page Compresses or expands the page to fit into the page display area Fit Page can also be selected by pressing Ctrl 0 Zoom out Zooms the page out by a factor of 1 25 to no lo...

Page 34: ...tive Stylus annotations into text that can be used in Text Boxes and dialog boxes eBeam Education Suite software specifically works with ritePen version 2 5 or later or MyScript Stylus version 2 6 or...

Page 35: ...Key Pad Adds the numeric key pad to the right of the keyboard To Use the On Screen Keyboard Click on Keys Allows you to select keys by clicking them Hover over Keys Allows you to select keys by hover...

Page 36: ...rop the cross hair on the Scrapbook window only the Scrapbook Page will be recorded Note When recording an application window while using multiple monitors the application can be located on a secondar...

Page 37: ...econd o Performance less than Pentium IV In many cases a Frame Rate of 3 frames second will be sufficient for good performance However in severe cases it is necessary to set the Frame Rate to 1 frame...

Page 38: ...erleave Plays on Mac OS and Windows using Apple QuickTime Player or Microsoft Windows Media Player swf Macromedia Flash Movie Plays on Mac OS and Windows using Adobe Flash Player or a Web browser with...

Page 39: ...options o Capture screen Captures the entire desktop as a single image As a default the captured image is saved as a background into a new page in Scrapbook To save the image as a Scrapbook element o...

Page 40: ...the Text Edit Toolbar which displays whenever a text box is open The following buttons are available on the Text Edit Toolbar Font selection Font size selection Increase font size Decrease font size F...

Page 41: ...is closed Feedback shows the number of your audience members who pressed the on their response card to indicate that they have feedback about the current question Repoll Question Select Repoll Questi...

Page 42: ...p Opens the TurningPoint 2008 help file Data Slicing The Data Slicing button shows the responses on the chart for the portion of the audience who chose a certain response on another question Refer to...

Page 43: ...elected from the pull down list that appears when the Zoom Tool is selected Text The Text Tool allows you to add a text box to a page in any size font and color available on your computer The size fon...

Page 44: ...computer Select eBeam Home from the eBeam Education Taskbar Menu You can also create a shortcut to eBeam Home on your computer desktop and launch the application by clicking this shortcut Note Launch...

Page 45: ...yperlink you would like to add and click OK If you select shortcut browse for the shortcut you would like to add and select OK To Drag the Shortcut 1 Find the file folder or webpage that you would lik...

Page 46: ...ll produce an error dialog box From this dialog box you can search for the moved or renamed file folder or application and create a new shortcut Restoring Shortcuts If you replace a file folder or app...

Page 47: ...Page 47 2011 Luidia Incorporated eBeam Scrapbook Scrapbook Menus File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Page Menu Meetings Menu Help Menu...

Page 48: ...ting Scrapbook esb or Capture w bd file to the currently open file Note Import Merge is disabled during a shared meeting Save Save allows you to save a Scrapbook esb file To save a Scrapbook file 1 Ch...

Page 49: ...ng for more information Retrieve Meeting Retrieve Meeting allows you to retrieve an archived Scrapbook meeting file from an eBeam server See Retrieve a Meeting for more information Page Setup Page Set...

Page 50: ...ing file to Kindle 1 Choose File Send to Kindle The Send to Kindle dialog box appears 2 Select the file format and page range from the Send to Kindle dialog box 3 Type the email address for your Kindl...

Page 51: ...ut elements and text can then be pasted to a new Scrapbook page or active text box To cut an element from a Scrapbook page 1 Use the Select Tool to select the element s to cut 2 Choose Edit Cut or pre...

Page 52: ...2 Choose Edit Duplicate or press Ctrl D Delete Deletes the selected individual or grouped element s To delete an element 1 Use the Select Toolto select the element s and use one of the follow ing met...

Page 53: ...the element vertically Flip Horizontal Flips the element horizontally Reset Image Properties Change the selected element back to the size it was when it was brought into the application Options Optio...

Page 54: ...Background Settings for more information about using images Full Screen View Full Screen View maximizes the current page to full screen size To go to full screen Choose View Full Screen View or Selec...

Page 55: ...to zoom in or out on the currently displayed page Choosing the Zoom To menu option causes a sub menu to open with the following zoom selections 500 300 200 100 50 and 25 The page will remain at the se...

Page 56: ...the page you are viewing The cover sheet always fully covers a page until you uncover a section of the page Cover Sheet options Transparency and Rotation you set remain in effect on all pages You can...

Page 57: ...the background on all pages in the Scrapbook meeting except for those pages containing their own background settings The Master Page contents will be set as the background on all new pages will not ov...

Page 58: ...wn at the top The three types of annotation layers that are found in each Scrapbook page are o Default Layer The default annotation layer in the Scrapbook page This layer always exists for any Scrapbo...

Page 59: ...ayer The private and default layers cannot be moved Move Layer Down Move Layer Down causes the layer to be moved one level lower in the layer list The lowest a layer can be moved is directly above the...

Page 60: ...eplays the entire Scrapbook meeting if All Pages is checked or the selected Page from beginning to end During playback the Play button changes to a Stop button allowing you to stop the playback Jump t...

Page 61: ...click in the grayed out area then drag Clicking in the spotlight lets you interact normally with the desktop items in the spotlight area Spotlight s Options menu can be found in the top right corner...

Page 62: ...se Page Delete or Select the Delete Page button from the Scrapbook Toolbar Delete All Delete All deletes all pages from the Scrapbook meeting All data will be lost Next Page Previous Page Next Page na...

Page 63: ...rmation Add Flash File Add Flash File allows you to import a Flash file swf or Flash movie flv into the currently selected page See Scrapbook elements for more information Add Snapshot Add Snapshot al...

Page 64: ...sword if applicable prior to attempting to log in to the meeting While participating in a meeting this menu option changes to Leave Meeting Send Invitation Send Invitation allows the meeting host to s...

Page 65: ...orporated Help Menu The Help Menu opens a sub menu that allows you to access help and also provides links to various registration and support pages that are provided by the hardware m anufacturer of y...

Page 66: ...ment Annotations can not be modified using the Scrapbook Elements Edit Toolbar a k a the Object Edit Tools Shapes Shapes are drawn on the Scrapbook Page using the Shapes Tool Once drawn the shapes bec...

Page 67: ...ically embed play controls into your Flash element so you can use them with your Select tool to play pause rewind or fast forward the movie There is also a progress bar which you can use to move to an...

Page 68: ...te handles are replaced with a black border and an image of a lock appears in the center of the element When you select a mixture of locked and unlocked elements none of the selected elements can be m...

Page 69: ...to the right edge of the right most element Align Top The elements will align horizontally to the top edge of the highest object Align Middle The elements will align horizontally to the averaged cente...

Page 70: ...together use the Select Tool to draw a bounding rectangle around a group of elements and then choose Edit Grouping Group or select Grouping Group from your right click menu To ungroup grouped element...

Page 71: ...ve the outer parts of an image element see Scrapbook Elements The Crop Tool is the default tool selection when you open the Object Edit Tools When the Crop Tool is selected crop handles appear at the...

Page 72: ...only render one color transparent at a time If you set one color to transparent and then attempt to pick a new color to set transparent the original color will be restored To set a single color transp...

Page 73: ...Page 73 2011 Luidia Incorporated Use the Transparency Slider to select a setting between 100 default to 0 opaque...

Page 74: ...in Scrapbook allows you to Import an image file Excel Word or PowerPoint file screen captures or data from the clipboard as a background image on the selected page Set any color for the background of...

Page 75: ...is selected you can change the background color by selecting the Edit button Gradient Select the Gradient button to cause the background color to be displayed as a blend of tw o colors When Gradient...

Page 76: ...e of hyperlink you want to add by selecting one of the buttons Web Page Scrapbook Page or File For a Web Page type or paste a standard URL address such as http www luidia com into the Add Hyperlink di...

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Page 78: ...y o Load one image only and use it for the current page loads one page sheet slide that you specify by its number o Excel only To load data from one sheet only specify the sheet and the range of cells...

Page 79: ...want retain the high image quality of the original PowerPoint slides do the following when importing to Scrapbook 1 Choose Edit Options 2 Select the Preferences tab 3 Check the Use original image qual...

Page 80: ...n also export documents as objects rather than backgrounds See Print documents to Scrapbook as objects in Scrapbook Options To export a document into Scrapbook as a Background 1 From your application...

Page 81: ...Works Using the Interactive Stylus The diagram on the left demonstrates what each of the buttons on the Interactive Stylus are used for The bottom button button furthest from the tip is the Tool Pale...

Page 82: ...rings Switch to the Color Property Ring Switch to the Line Thickness Property Ring Switch to the Shapes Property Ring Select a Tool Property Once you re in the desired tool property you can make a se...

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Page 84: ...tablet by pressing its power button for at least three seconds 3 Press the binding button on the back of the tablet and the binding button on the USB receiver simultaneously Both the LCD display of t...

Page 85: ...s turned on you can use the pen with the tablet toolbar along the top of the tablet to select different tools rather than changing tools with the eBeam Tool Palette To turn on Scrapbook Direct 1 Begin...

Page 86: ...ss If the Pen or Highlighter Tool is currently selected on the desktop or in Scrapbook these buttons change the thickness of the pen or highlighter If the Pen or HighlighterTtool is not selected these...

Page 87: ...again Other Ways to Capture Images You can use the eBeam Focus Viewer button to launch any connected or embedded camera You must load any required camera drivers and connect external cameras via USB C...

Page 88: ...crapbook as an object Add DocCam Image to the Gallery Adds the current still image in the DocCam to Gallery in the Document Camera Folder Capture Video Stars recording video with your Document Camera...

Page 89: ...or Ctrl Select while clicking on the images With Shift Select you can select multiple adjacent images With Ctrl Select you can select multiple non adjacent images 4 Use one of the following methods to...

Page 90: ...ry Object from Favorites folder 1 Select the Favorites folder or sub folder that contains the object you want to remove 2 From the Preview Pane select the item you want to remove 3 Right click on your...

Page 91: ...from the Favorites folder Move Favorites from one Favorites folder to another 1 Navigate to the object in your Favorites folder that you want to move using the Preview Pane Select the object 2 Drag an...

Page 92: ...ne select the Template you want to delete 3 Use one of the following methods to delete the template a Select the Delete key on your keyboard or right click the template in the Preview Pane and select...

Page 93: ...eview Pane and select Add to Current Page or Add to New Page Drag and drop the template page onto the current Scrapbook page Note Master Page objects will be added as normal objects in the Scrapbook p...

Page 94: ...nected to the Internet Searching for Images Using the Flickr search field you can quickly search for and select among millions of images from Flickr com To search for images in Flickr 1 Enter a search...

Page 95: ...dia Britannica Content Folder Accessing Encyclop dia Britannica In order to access Encyclop dia Britannica from the Gallery you must first install the Encyclop dia Britannica software using the insta...

Page 96: ...with the Gallery Access images in your Encyclop dia Britannica Content Folder 1 Click on the Encyclop dia Britannica Content folder in your Gallery directory tree All images that you have added will b...

Page 97: ...ser to log into the meeting see Join a Meeting The meeting is held in real time which means that remote participants see the notes and annotations as they are created If the meeting coordinator allows...

Page 98: ...ost Tools found in the Participants window Hosting a Shared Meeting 1 Choose Meetings Share Meeting or select the Share Meeting button from the Scrapbook Toolbar to open the Share Meeting dialog 2 Und...

Page 99: ...ars after selecting the Share Meeting button your selected archive parameters are not saved to the server until you select the End Meeting button However meeting data is cached on the server in case t...

Page 100: ...e the meeting server you want you can manually type the server name You can also add a server to your server list so that you can quickly select it on another occasion 4 Select Refresh to update the l...

Page 101: ...aring a Meeting for more information 2 Select the language to be used for the e mail invitation and then select Continue At this point your e mail program might ask you to select the e mail profile to...

Page 102: ...e email invitation to automatically launch the meeting in your browser or copy and paste the http link into your web browser When the m eeting login screen appears select the Join button In Scrapbook...

Page 103: ...Archive a Meeting when you use the Use my PC to host this meeting option Archive Meeting Screen Use the Archive Meeting screen to define meeting information security access requirements the file acces...

Page 104: ...exact days and times for starting and ending availability Note End Date may also be until the file is deleted from the server see final meeting storage date by checking the Until Deleted box Summary...

Page 105: ...m server within the last 90 days Meeting List Shows a list of meetings archived on the server and each meeting s size owner when it was archived and when it expires date archived meeting is no longer...

Page 106: ...g resides If necessary you may also select the Browser button and manually search for the server location Meeting Name Enter the exact name of the archived meeting Note this entry is case sensitive Pa...

Page 107: ...t with the Meeting and or Owner Name entry Name Contains Select to have search find meetings that contain some portion of the Meeting and or Owner Name entry Search by Archiving Date Time Use this sec...

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Page 109: ...a line through it Connected At Displays the time the participant connected to the meeting IP Address Displays the participant s IP Address Notes Displays any notes entered into the Notes field in eith...

Page 110: ...utton The Dismiss Participant option is also available w hen you select a participant name and either press Button A on the Interactive Stylus or right click the name with your mouse then choose the D...

Page 111: ...ent to is listed next to the message Color Coded If Color Coded has been checked then incoming outgoing text messages are color coded in the Chat window The color codes are defined as Black Incoming t...

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