Working with non-Aware programs

If a program is non-Aware, whatever you write or draw on your interactive product’s screen appears on a transparent layer (sometimes referred to as an ink layer) over the current program. To insert your notes into the program as text, right-click and select one of theInject ... Here

options in the menu that appears.

After you finish writing and drawing, you can save or clear your notes. If you mistakenly clear your notes, you can restore them.

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You can customize the behavior of the transparent layer. You can close the transparent layer at any time.

Saving your notes

If a program is non-Aware, whatever you write or draw on your interactive product’s screen appears on a transparent layer (sometimes referred to as an ink layer) over the current program. You can take a screen capture of your notes and the program.

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You can also customize the transparent layer to automatically save your notes (see

Customizing the transparent layerbelow).

g To take a screen capture of your notes

PressScreen Capture in the upper right corner of the screen. Each screen capture appears as an image in a file.

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If you want to save your notes but you don’t want to take a screen capture of the entire screen, you can take a screen capture of an area or a window using the Screen Capture toolbar (see Using the Screen Capture toolbar).

Customizing the transparent layer

If a program is non-Aware, whatever you write or draw on your interactive product’s screen appears over the current program on a transparent layer (sometimes referred to as an ink layer). Depending on your settings, this transparent layer can be surrounded by a border and can include

Clear,Screen CaptureandClosebuttons in its upper right corner.

g To customize the transparent layer

1. Pick up a pen tray pen.

A transparent layer appears over the current program.

2. Right-click, and then selectInk Layer Optionsin the menu that appears. TheInk Layer Settingsdialog box appears.

o _{To display the transparent layer without a border, clear theShow border around}

ink layercheck box.

o _{When you clear all notes from the transparent layer, a message appears in the lower}

right corner of your screen. You can press this message to restore your notes. To prevent this message from appearing, clear theAllow pop-up balloon messages

check box.

o _{To display the transparent layer without theScreen Capture,ClearorClose}

buttons in the upper right corner, clear theShow the Screen Capture, Clear and Close buttonscheck box.

o _{If you write or draw on the screen, and then left-click, a menu appears. You can}

select options from this menu to save your notes, clear your notes and close the transparent layer, and more. If you want to disable this menu, selectClose ink layer with pointer. If you select this option, you can left-click to clear your notes and close the transparent layer, and the menu doesn’t appear.

o _{If you want to automatically save your notes, selectAlways Save Ink. If you select}

this option, a screen capture of your notes and the program appear on a new page in a .notebook file when you close the transparent layer.

4. PressOK.

Closing the transparent layer

If a program is non-Aware, whatever you write or draw on your interactive product’s screen appears on a transparent layer over the current program. You can close the transparent layer at any time.

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l If you want to save your notes, take a screen capture before you close the transparent

layer (seeSaving your noteson page 47).

l You can clear all of the notes from the interactive screen without closing the transparent

layer (seeClearing all notesbelow).

g To close the transparent layer

PressClose in the upper right corner of the screen.

Clearing all notes

If a program is non-Aware, whatever you write or draw on your interactive product’s screen appears on a transparent layer (sometimes referred to as an ink layer) over the current program. You can clear your notes at any time.

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If you mistakenly clear your notes, you can restore them (seeRestoring cleared notesbelow).

g To clear all the notes from the screen

PressClear in the upper right corner of the screen.

Restoring cleared notes

If you mistakenly clear all notes from your interactive product’s screen, you can restore them. You can also restore notes if you close the transparent layer without saving your notes.

g To restore notes after you clear them

Open the Floating Tools toolbar (see Showing, hiding and moving the Floating Tools toolbar), and then pressUndo .

g To restore notes after you close the transparent layer

A thumbnail appears in the lower-right corner of the screen for approximately five seconds after you clear your notes.

Press the thumbnail image.