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How to use the StarBoard. Launch ShareWizard Pen. Start -> Programs -> ShareWizard -> ShareWizard Pen-> ShareWizard Pen. Launch your PowerPoint. Navigate to your PowerPoint and double click. Enter full screen mode on slide #1. During the presentation. Advance slides as normal.
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Launch ShareWizard Pen • Start -> Programs -> ShareWizard -> ShareWizard Pen-> ShareWizard Pen
Launch your PowerPoint • Navigate to your PowerPoint and double click. • Enter full screen mode on slide #1.
During the presentation.. • Advance slides as normal.
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.
Exit annotation mode • Click the mouse icon. You are released to PowerPoint.
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.
Exit annotation mode • Click the mouse icon. You are released to PowerPoint.
Review previous annotations.. • Click the slide review button. Double click a thumbnail.
To clear the current page.. • Click the red “X”. Click “Yes” to clear the current page.
Saving your annotations • Click the window close “X” and choose “Yes” to save. • Choose your folder on the desktop.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Q: The slides are not advancing in PowerPoint. What’s wrong? • A: Be sure to click (or tap) in the PowerPoint window. The active program may be ShareWizard which will not advance your slideshow. Active Window Inactive Window