Smart Notebook 9.7 released

[SimpleSi]

As usual - no change logs - -no release notes - no email telling me about it - no info on news pages etc etc etc :x

And only thing I can find - a pdf - doesn't open. :x

 

Probably created with Acrobat 24

 

I'll bet V9.7 files don't open on 9.5 and we'll be back in the mud again once some bright spark in the DFES uses it and sends out files to all teachers. :x

 

 

regards

 

Simon

[Jake]

I am able to open the Pdf file in Firefox, but its more a list of features than a list of changes, to be honest I have no idea if half this stuff in this pdf was present in 9.5 anyway

[Jake]

Although you can pick up a pen (or use your finger) to write in digital ink on

a SMART Boardâ„¢ interactive whiteboard, SMART Board software also

contains many features that enhance your interactive whiteboard’s

capabilities.

Notebookâ„¢ Software Overview

Use Notebook software to create, organize and save notes on a SMART

Board interactive whiteboard, Sympodiumâ„¢ interactive pen display or

your desktop computer. If you make notes over another application, you

can capture an image of this application and your notes to Notebook

software. These notes (as well as any other notes and images you make)

then become objects that you can manipulate and reorganize.

Notebook Software Components

Notebook Files

• Notebook files can contain an unlimited number of pages.

• Notebook files are cross-platform compatible. Any computer running

SMART Board software 9.7, regardless of the operating system, can

open a Notebook file.

• You can attach documents, shortcuts to files and website links to

Notebook files using the Attachments tab. Notebook software

compresses attached files to ensure the Notebook file size remains

manageable.

Notebook Pages

• The Page Sorter tab displays a thumbnail of each page and can be

placed on the left or right side of the workspace. It’s also expandable,

so you can display thumbnails in single or multiple rows.

• Drag-and-drop to sort pages on the Page Sorter tab.

• Send files as e-mail attachments from Notebook software.

• Drag Gallery items, templates and Adobe® Flash® files from the

Gallery tab to the current page. The Gallery tab is a customizable

collection of images, Flash files and templates that comes with

Notebook software.

• Automatic date and time stamping for each page you create.

• Optional naming of individual pages.

• View two Notebook pages simultaneously using Dual Page Display.

• Pin a page in place to keep it visible when you’re in Dual Page Display

mode.

• Extend Notebook pages vertically to fit more information.

• Optional background color for individual pages.

• Create your own single-page templates and store them in the Gallery

(reusable in any Notebook file).

• Cover a page with the Screen Shade to focus audience attention. You

can extend or retract the shade from all four sides.

Notebook Gallery Collections

The Gallery tab contains a large library of images, page templates and

Flash file collections in many subject categories. Use the My Content

category for imported Gallery items and Flash files from other sources.

You can rename and reorganize collections, or lock the Gallery to prevent

changes.

Notebook Software’s Gallery collection includes:

• more than 6,100 total items

• more than 4,200 images

• more than 1,000 templates

• more than 40 interactive Flash items

You can use the Gallery to:

• import and integrate image files in .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .wmf, .emf, .tiff, .tif,

.bmp, .dib or .gif format

• import and integrate video files in .mpeg, .avi, .mov or .flv format

• import and integrate audio files in MP3 format

• rotate, resize, store and write over video and streaming video

• search Gallery items by keyword with the Pen tool or SMART

Keyboard

In addition to the Gallery collections that are included with Notebook

software, you can download additional items from smarttech.com. We add

new collections every month. Also, the SMART website offers hundreds of

lesson activities, with more added regularly.

Objects on the Notebook Page

You can modify the objects on a Notebook page in a variety of ways. You

can:

• rotate an object

• resize an object

• flip an object horizontally or vertically

• lock an object to protect it from editing.

• drag an object to another page using the Page Sorter tab

• link an object to a website, local document, or Notebook page

• change an object’s line color, line thickness, fill color or transparency

• convert handwriting into typed text in 10 languages

• use rich text formatting on a text object

• add superscripts, subscripts and scientific symbols

• rearrange an object within a stack of objects

• group and ungroup objects

• clone one or more objects an unlimited number of times

• import Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation files, or export Notebook

files in PowerPoint format (.ppt)

Notebook Software Functions

Save Functions

In addition to standard Save and Save As functions, you can also save

any page as a Gallery item for repeated use.

Export Functions

• Export a Notebook file to a variety of formats, including HTML, PDF,

.gif, .jpg, .bmp, .png and Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) format.

• Define automatic exporting at a specific interval or whenever you move

to a new page.

Print Functions

• Print all pages in a Notebook file or a selection of pages.

• Print Notebook pages in thumbnail format (several per printed page),

as handouts with room to write, or in full-size format (one Notebook

page per printed page).

• Add a header, footer or date information to each printed page.

Edit Functions

• Unlimited Undo and Redo functions

• Unlimited Clone

• Cut

• Copy

• Paste

• Delete

• Recognize as text (handwriting conversion)

• Select All

• Select All Locked Notes

• Spelling Check

• Clear Page

• Delete Page

 

View Functions

• Full Screen option (no title bar, menu bar or Windows task bar).

• Zoom from 50%–300%.

• View two pages at once in Dual Page Display mode.

• Page Sorter tab, Gallery tab and Attachments tab. Keep a tab open by

clearing the Auto-hide check box at the bottom of the tabs.

• Page Sorter view (displays thumbnails of all pages in your Notebook

file).

• Gallery view (displays a custom collection of images and templates;

additional content is available for download from the SMART Education

website [education.smarttech.com] or smarttech.com).

• Screen Shade (pull down to gradually reveal the page contents).

Insert Functions

• Insert a blank Notebook page anywhere in the file.

• Insert images, animated .gif files, Flash files and templates from other

applications to the Gallery or to the current page.

• Insert scanned pictures.

• Insert .bmp, .jpeg, .png, .tiff and .wmf graphic files.

• Insert hyperlinks (either associated with a single object or as a text

link).

• Use the Print Capture driver feature to import entire files from other

applications with the formatting and page breaks intact.

• Use the Screen Capture feature to insert screen captures of your notes

(and underlying application image) on the current page.

Format Functions

• Use any TrueType font installed on your computer in point sizes from 8

to 72.

• Format text to make it bold, underlined, italicized, colored or

transparent.

• Add bullets to text in a text box.

• Align text to the right, left or center.

• Resize text in text boxes to any size by pressing and dragging.

Drawing Functions

• Draw using the Pen tool, Creative Pen tool, Line tool and Shapes tool.

• Creative Pen tool ink includes lines of stars, flowers and happy faces.

• Change drawing tools’ fill and outline color, thickness, and line ends.

• Convert handwritten notes to text.

Toolbar Buttons

• New Document

• Open Document

• Save Document

• Paste

• Zoom

• Undo

• Redo

• Delete Selected Object

• Previous Page

• Next Page

• Insert Blank Page

• Screen Shade

• Full Screen View

• Screen Capture, Freehand

Capture

• Select

• Pen (customizable)

• Creative Pen (customizable)

• Eraser (customizable)

• Line (customizable)

• Shapes (customizable)

– Triangle

– Circle

– Square

– Diamond

– Pentagon

– Hexagon

– Rhombus

– Arrow

– Trapezoid

– Star

– Check Mark

– X-mark

– Thought Balloon

– Speech Balloon

NOTE: You can click the

drop-down arrow next to a Tool

button to customize its behavior

and characteristics.

• New Text Box

• Fonts Toolbar:

– Font Selection

– Font Sizes (8–72 points)

– Italic Text

– Bold Text

– Underline Text

– Left Justified

– Center Justified

– Right Justified

– Text Direction

– Bullets

– Subscript

– Superscript

– Scientific Symbols

– Choose Color

Other SMART Board Software Tools

Start Center

A customizable toolbar that provides instant access to SMART Board

tools and any other applications or files you use often.

SMART Recorder

Record everything you do on the SMART Board interactive whiteboard.

If you have a microphone, you can also record everything you say.

SMART recorder produces .avi files that you can view with SMART Video

Player or another media player.

Screen Shade

Control the information displayed by placing a shade over the screen.

Drag it back from any of its four sides to show material gradually.

Magnifier

Enlarges any area so the audience can see details on the screen.

Floating Tools

This tool palette, which floats over all applications, can contain over 20

functions, including Right-Click, Screen Capture, Creative Pen, Magnifier,

Screen Shade, Spotlight, Calculator, Keyboard and Eraser. You can

customize, rotate and resize the palette and make it transparent.

SMART Video Player

Use SMART Video Player to view videos and use the pen tray tools to

write over them while they play. You can also configure Video Player to

pause while you make notes.

LinQ Software

To share information quickly, connect your laptop to the interactive

whiteboard’s host computer using your wired or wireless network. Then

control your laptop from the interactive screen.

Mobile Device Manager

Allows laptops running LinQ software to control the interactive whiteboard

without physically connecting to it. The laptop must be connected to the

same network as the interactive whiteboard’s host computer.

SMART Keyboard

Use the on-screen keyboard to type text, numbers, formulae and symbols

into any application directly from the screen surface. Views include

Number Pad, Write, Shortcut and Simple.

SMART Ink Aware

Works in the background with many presentation, word-processing,

graphics, tablet computer and conferencing applications. When you use

an application that’s Ink Aware, whatever you write or draw on the

interactive screen automatically becomes an actual component of the file,

rather than an external note created over the file.

Supported applications are automatically Ink Aware, and include:

• AutoCAD® and AutoCAD LT® software

• Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Paint, Visio, Journal, Imaging,

OneNote, Live Meeting and Office XP for Tablets software

• Adobe Acrobat Standard 6.0

• AutoVue™ Professional software

• Corel® Grafigo™ and CorelDRAW® software

• Corel Presentations™ software (version 7.0.71.20 only)

• OpenOffice.org Suite 2.0

• Microsoft NetMeeting® 2, 2.1 and 3

• Volo View™ Express software 1.14

• ArcView® software

Instant Conferencing

Instant Conferencing uses Bridgitâ„¢ conferencing software to create

online audio and video conferences, or to share applications and

information.

 

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Other Features

Restore Lost Notes—If you accidentally lose a note written over an

application, restore it by pressing the Click Here to Restore Writing

button that appears automatically in the lower right-hand corner when a

note disappears.

On-Screen Display Controls—The Display Controls preserve your

projector lamp or flat-panel display by turning off the projector lamp or flatpanel

display after the screen saver becomes active. This feature also

allows you to switch inputs, adjust volume, etc. using the interactive

screen.

Multiple Display Capability—You can operate multiple SMART Board

interactive whiteboards from the same computer.

Mouse Settings—Use Mouse Assist to press small screen elements like

close buttons, scroll bars and resize handles. Use the Double-Click Zone

to setting customize two presses as a double-click.

Variable Orientation Levels—The default nine-point orientation level is

ideal for most purposes, but there’s also a four-point orientation for fast

orientation, a 12-point orientation for wide-screen interactive whiteboards

and a 20-point level for precise orientation.

Hover Mode/Touch Gestures (DViT™ Technology Only)—Use two

fingers to perform a right click or to scroll through files.

Multi-Touch (3- and 4-Camera DViT Technology Only)—Two people

can write or draw on one interactive whiteboard simultaneously, or one

person can draw with both hands.

Configurable Pen Tray Tools

• Customize the digital ink’s color, width and transparency.

• Change the pen tray eraser’s size.

• Customize the pen tray buttons to move to the previous or next page,

print the current page, produce a floating mouse, right- or middle-click,

or clear the screen of all notes.

Additional Free Education Content and Training Materials

Lesson Activities—Hundreds of free, ready-to-use, curriculum-specific

lessons at education.smarttech.com, with more added regularly.

Speller Software—Students learn to spell by writing or dragging letters

into place.

Number Cruncher Software—Generates math equations and marks

student responses.

Training Materials—Learn to use your SMART product with our quick

reference guides, hands-on practice exercises and Two-Minute Tutorials.

[eean]

Change log here: http://www2.smarttech.com/kbdoc/97061

 

(PDF file, of course!)

[SimpleSi]

What page did they hide it on?

 

[EDIT]found it - it wasn't there when I first posted [/EDIT]

 

regards

Simon

[eean]

The changelog always seems to come after the release. Wait a few days and they'll put on the admin install and gallery.

 

Doesn't seem to be much in it that's better.

[SimpleSi]

Does anyone here get a heads up from Smart when they do a new release?

 

regards

 

Simon

[danielson81]

Great! Don;t tell the ICT Co-ordinator! She is obsessed with it!

 

got a note every few months ago saying "Every PC MUST have the latest smartnotes"

 

Told her I put out 9.5 with gallery previously and I was not going to roll out 9.5.78.4 !

[enjay]

I only very quickly skimmed over Jake's posting, but 99% of it is in 9.5. The dual-view is new and the unlimited pages might or might not be, if 9.5 has got a limit, then none of my users have found it yet!

 

I hope they haven't gone and removed the cross-compatibility again, just like they did from 9.2 to 9.5 - I'll download 9.7 at home and see...

 

I'm sure that like the other versions they will release an administrative install version, which will go on with only a little tweaking to personalise it first.

[eean]

One difference I like is that you can now use the pen to write on flash objects. Doesn't sound like a huge improvement but we've got loads of great maths tools (from Dfes and the http://www.interactive-resources.co.uk/ stuff (excellent value BTW) converted from exe to swf) and I was going to put them into a shared gallery so people could actually find them and use them more easily. But in the old version it was a right PITA because you couldn't write on them. I emailed smart and they've actually included it in the new version - a software company that listens!

[Anglo_Jaxon]

Ok - after a very (very) quick play...

 

In 9.7 you can open 9.5 files and the old .xbx files too.

 

Once you have saved a file in 9.7 it will open in 9.5!!!

 

However the new feature of "text direction" doesn't carry across in the save from 9.7 back to 9.5.

 

I'll keep playing.

J

[farmerste]

how many cds/dvds is it this time?

 

we still use version 9.1, because we paid for training, and all the resources came made on version 9.1, and won't work on the newer versions.

 

the main advantage of V9.1 is its all on 1 cd, and takes minutes to install.

 

when are smart going to release a one cd version again, that is backwards compatible with all previous versions ???, and also has no naggs about improving the customer experience blah blah

 

on the plus side i like the fact you can export as a .pdf

 

[SMARTuser]

For a comprehensive list of what is included in the SMART Board software 9.7 release you can download the following knowledge base article http://www2.smarttech.com/kbdoc/97061.

 

You can still open files made in 9.5 in 9.7. We didn't change the .notebook file format.

 

The sysem administrator version is now available.

 

As for being notified when new versions are available, you can set your software to check for updates at whatever frequency you prefer. If you don't have the option selected to check for updates then the software won't notify you. You can check that option from the SMART Board system tray icon and selecting check for updates.

[Guest richard]

I'm halfway through pushing out 9.5 at the present Will have to keep this quiet for a while methinks.

[TimJing]

This release is abit buggy, but working with their support we have a deployable package that will install the software and the Smart Educator Gallery.

 

The only issue left is to silently remove the Smart Educator Gallery, it takes a registry setting to allow silent uninstall of the program. But the Gallery files are not removed.

[itsciman]

Any suggestions why my personal Dell laptop won't run the .exe file to install 9.7. When i run it, it gets stuck at installing the smart web server - error 1920 - and asks me to verify whether I have "sufficient privileges to start system services". I don't see how I can't as it's my laptop and my user account is as an administrator. I have mcafee security center (it came with the laptop), but disable it when I try to run the file - still no luck. Help please !

Frustrated teacher.

[Inox]

This release is abit buggy, but working with their support we have a deployable package that will install the software and the Smart Educator Gallery.

 

The only issue left is to silently remove the Smart Educator Gallery, it takes a registry setting to allow silent uninstall of the program. But the Gallery files are not removed.

 

TimJing - would you be so kind as to enlighten me on how you are deploying the new educator gallery as i'm still having issues.

 

The gallery admin msi simply goes off to their website and downloads the whole thing per machine - which is obviously unacceptable and SMART's support people have told me to write a script that will run the command lines for installation by msiexe (we use group policy to push out installs), which won't support upgrading at a later date.

 

Ta

[contink]

Currently going through deployment of this gem myself.

 

Anyone have any tips for deploying the code over GPO or is it just easier to manually install using a batch file and apply the registry change to redirect the gallery to a server drive install?

[eean]

GPO works fine. I used wise install tailor (free) to make a mst so that the tools wern't installed on non smartboard pcs. The registry key also works for the gallery also works fine. You can also set up a shared gallery in the same part of the registry.

[contink]

GPO works fine. I used wise install tailor (free) to make a mst so that the tools wern't installed on non smartboard pcs. The registry key also works for the gallery also works fine. You can also set up a shared gallery in the same part of the registry.

 

*flutters eyelashes in eaen's direction*

 

Don't suppose you could let me have a copy of your solution do ya...

*cue: more fluttering*

 

[TimJing]

Hey guys, this is what we came up with after working with the Smart Tech support guys. This applies to 9.7 only.

 

 

First the MSI silent install fo teh Smartboard software:

 

msiexec /i"\\Server\install\SMART Board Software.msi" SKIP_PRINTCAP=1 DISABLE_LOGGING=1 /q

 

DL and copy the Gallery to the local C drive:

 

xcopy /y "\\Server\Gallery\*.*" "c:\temp\Gallery\" /E

 

 

DL the Essentials for Educators: Gallery collections download for system administrators from Smart Techs site and use this file to run the following line:

 

msiexec /i "\\Server\install\SMART Essentials for Educators.msi" FULLCONTENT=1 CDLAUNCH=1 CDPATH="C:\temp\Gallery" /q /l* "c:\esslog.txt"

 

 

Open the Smart Notebook software and make sure you have over 5000 galley items.

 

 

The DL location is:

 

http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/SBS/Windows/SBSv97Win.htm

[eean]

:oops: Blushes and smiles

 

I've just realised that I'm on just on 9.5sp4. I'd only thought of upgrading, and figured that the 9.5 method would probably work, but I'd forgotten that I hadn't actually done it!

I will be doing it within the next month, so can give it to you then, if that's any use? Sorry to mislead.

[contink]

LOL... Tsk... shame on you

 

Not to worry, in my case I had a TA who fancies herself a full blown technical whizz, running round installing manually so I'm not arguing.

[TechMonkey]

I think I have managed a way of doing it. I've used the Notebook only MSI from Smart to get Notebook installed. Then using the full MSI on a test machine installed everything, putting the gallery on to a shared drive. Then in RegEdit I have exported the whole Gallery key (HKLM\SOFTWARE\SMART Technologies Inc.\Gallery), checking the gallery is in the right place. Then created a package where I just add that key. Allocated both packages and it seems to work. I am going to roll it out over the next few nights but that shoudl do it.

[SimpleSi]

@timJing

 

I don't understand step 2 of your instructions :oops:

DL and copy the Gallery to the local C drive:

 

xcopy /y "\\Server\Gallery\*.*" "c:\temp\Gallery\" /E

 

How can you xcopy something that hasn't been installed yet :?:

 

regards

 

Simon