May
25

ActivInspire Software: Basic skills

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Using the ActivPen

  • To select an object: Left-click - Tap the pen nib quickly on the Activboard
  • To show the ‘Object Edit Menu’: Right-click - Hover the pen over the Activboard, less than 5mm away from the board and press the button.
  • To move objects around the page: Click and drag - Click on the object you want to move, hold the pen nib down on the board and then move the pen.
  • Double clicking on the ‘Object Browser’ allows you to show/hide an object. Double-click - Two quick taps with the Activpen’s nib performs the same action as double-clicking with a mouse.

Calibrating the ActivBoard

On the computer:

  • Click on the ‘Activmanager’ icon in the menu bar.
  • Select ‘Calibrate’.
  • Follow the on-screen instructions.

On the Activboard:

  • Hover the pen over the lit flame in the top left hand corner of the board, don’t push the pen.
  • Follow the on-screen instructions

The ActivInspire Interface

You can choose to view ActivInspire with a primary or studio skin, this option can be changed in the ‘Dashboard‘ under ‘Configure’.
The toolbox: pinning, hiding, rolling up or rolling in
When it is opened the toolbox windows can be viewed in a number of ways- try these:
  • Click on ‘Pin Toolbox’ to unpin/pin
  • Click on the ‘Main Menu’
  • Select ‘View’.
  • Click here to hide the ‘Menu Bar’ that appears at the top of the screen.
  • Roll up the ‘Main Toolbox’.
  • Click on ‘Toolbox Options’.
  • Select ‘Dock top’.
  • Select ‘Roll In’ to hide the shortcut bar

The Pen Tool Workshop

  • Click on the ‘Main Menu’ button
  • Select ‘File’ > New Flipchart, or,
  • Select ‘Open’ and navigate to the flipchart you wish to open.
  • Make sure the ‘Pen’ tool is selected and choose a suitable line thickness. Write on the flipchart.
  • Right click on any colour in the colour pallet and choose the ‘Colour Picker’. Use the ‘Colour Picker’ to select the background colour. Now use the ‘Pen’ to write on the flipchart with the background colour.
  • Select ‘Fill’.
  • Choose an alternative colour in the colour palette.
  • Click on the flipchart to fill it with the new colour. The magic writing appears!

Manipulating Objects

Hover the pen over each icon to view the titles of each option in the manipulation toolbar

  • Type/click on an existing word in the flipchart
  • Make the writing smaller with the ‘Size Object (Maintain Aspect)’ handle
  • Make the text fainter with the ‘Translucency Slider’
  • Move the word with the ‘Freely Move Object’ marquee handle
  • Select another word.
  • Click on the ‘Rotate Object’ to realign the word
  • Move the object by click directly on the object or,
  • Move an object using ‘Freely Move Object’.

Grouping Objects

Hover the pen over each icon to view the titles of each option in the manipulation toolbar

  • Click and drag over two words to select them both. Choose the ‘Toggle Grouped’ marque handle to group them as one object.
  • Then click on either words to select them.
  • You can move them together as a group.
  • Click on ‘Toggle Grouped’ again to ungroup the words. Select one of the words.
  • Now use ‘Toggle Grouped’ again.
  • Each letter is now an individual object

Eraser, Undo, Redo & Delete

  • To undo an action, click ‘Undo’ button in the toolbox
  • To redo an action, click ‘Redo’ button in the toolbox
  • You can delete an object several ways:
  • With the object selected, click on the ‘Flipchart bin’/ click on the Delete button in the toolbox/click on the delete option in the object manipulation toolbar/use the eraser tool to erase
  • Objects created with the ‘Pen’ tool are called annotations. You can use the ‘Eraser’ to delete annotations. Select the ‘Eraser’, or you can click on the ‘Clear Annotations’ tool in the toolbox/menu

Saving a Flipchart

  • Click on the ‘Main Menu’.
  • Select ‘File’.
  • Select ‘Save As . . .’ and give the new flipchart a suitable name.
  • Click on ‘Save’
  • Be sure to save your flipcharts in some sort of ordered system
  • Save all powerpoint files, pic files etc. used in a flipchart in the same location