Infocus INS-BNOTE1 Software Guide

Brand: Infocus

Model: INS-BNOTE1

Category: Software

Type: Software Guide

The Infocus INS-BNOTE1 is a software application that allows you to capture information, share ideas, and annotate documents using a range of drawing and writing tools in multiple colors. Use it for brainstorming, creating presentations, or taking notes. The software is compatible with a range of file types including PowerPoint slides and spreadsheets. You can save and email your work.

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Contents

Installaon .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

BigNote Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

BigNote features and benets ......................................................................................................................................................... 7

Open BigNote .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Close BigNote .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Whiteboard Mode .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Create a drawing object ................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Add a text object ............................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Import an image .............................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Adjust the whiteboard size ............................................................................................................................................................ 10

Navigate around the whiteboard ................................................................................................................................................... 10

Copy and paste items onto the whiteboard .................................................................................................................................. 11

Modify whiteboard objects ........................................................................................................................................................... 12

Create a whiteboard background .................................................................................................................................................. 13

Save the whiteboard le ................................................................................................................................................................ 13

Email the whiteboard le .............................................................................................................................................................. 14

Print the whiteboard le................................................................................................................................................................ 15

Glass Mode ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Open Glass mode ........................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Return to Whiteboard mode ......................................................................................................................................................... 16

Create a drawing object ................................................................................................................................................................. 16

Add a text object ........................................................................................................................................................................... 17

Modify drawing and text objects ................................................................................................................................................... 17

Save the annotated le .................................................................................................................................................................. 18

Email the annotated le ................................................................................................................................................................ 19

Print the annotated le ................................................................................................................................................................. 20

Sengs ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 21

Set up Email Sengs ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21

Change the default language ......................................................................................................................................................... 22

Update BigNote ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23

BigNote Tools ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 24

End-User License Agreement (EULA).................................................................................................................................................... 27

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Installation

System Requirements

• Operang System: Microso® Windows® 7 or 8

• Memory: 4GB RAM

• Disk Space: 18MB

• Processor: Intel i5 or above.

• Touch input up of 2 to 5 points is required. More touch points are acceptable but not ulized.

The following instrucons describe the process to install the BigNote soware applicaon.

1) Run (or save*) the soware applicaon from the InFocus website, www.infocus.com.

*If you save the le to your PC, you must unzip the le before tapping the setup.exe le.

2) Tap the setup.exe le.

3) If the Open File - Security Warning dialog box displays, tap Run.

4) The Welcome page displays. Tap Next.

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5) Select I agree and tap Next.

6) Browse to the desired folder locaon and tap Next.

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7) Tap Next to begin the installaon process.

8) If the User Account Control dialog box displays, tap Yes.

9) When installaon is complete, the Installaon Complete dialog box displays. Tap Close.

10) To acvate BigNote, tap the BigNote shortcut on your Desktop. Note: BigNote can also be launched from the Start > All Pro-

grams > InFocus > BigNote folder.

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11) When BigNote launches, the Acvaon dialog box will display. In the License Number box, type your license number and tap

Acvate. Otherwise tap Trial to launch the applicaon without acvang it. The InFocus BigNote trial period is 60-days.

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BigNote Overview

BigNote features and beneﬁts

• Capture informaon and share ideas.

• Includes a complete set of wring and drawing tools in mulple colors.

• Annotate PowerPoint® slides, spreadsheets, design composites, and more.

• Collect, save, and email anything you create in BigNote.

• Files are cross-compable with BigNote.

• Take full advantage of the touch interacve capabilies of your BigTouch device.

Open BigNote

1) Open BigNote using the shortcut on your Desktop.

Note: BigNote can also be launched from the Start > All Programs > InFocus > BigNote folder.

The BigNote Launcher

From the BigNote Launcher, you can quickly create a snapshot, annotate in Glass mode, or use Whiteboard mode.

1) From your deskop, tap the BigNote thumbnail on the right-hand side of your monitor to open the BigNote Launcher.

Note: BigNote can also be launched from the Start > All Programs > InFocus > BigNote folder.

2) Tap the desired buon or use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Shi+<the leer> to navigate to that feature. For example,

Ctrl+Shi+G acvates Glass mode, and Ctrl+Shi+W acvates Whiteboard mode. Note: You can use these shortcuts whether

the Launcher is open or closed, however it must be running.

Close BigNote

1) Tap Close. The Whiteboard dialog box displays.

2) Tap Save or Don't Save as approriate. If saving the le, see "Save the whiteboard le" on page 13 for more informaon.

3) BigNote Whiteboard closes.

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Whiteboard Mode

The whiteboard mode allows your team to collaborate, brainstorm, share and save their ideas, graphs, and workows.

Create a drawing object

1) Tap a drawing object and the color, pen width, and transparency desired.

2) Draw on the whiteboard with your nger. TIP: Keep other objects, including wring utensils, other ngers, and knuckles away

from the drawing surface to draw your image cleanly.

3) Use Clear All, Select, Lasso, Eraser, Undo, and Redo to modify the drawing. See "BigNote Tools" on page 24 for more infor-

maon.

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Add a text object

1) Tap Text.

2) Tap the screen where you want the text box to be. A text box will open.

3) Using an aached keyboard, type your text.

4) Adjust Bold, Color, Font, Italic and Size as desired.

5) Tap the Move icon and drag the text box to the desired locaon.

6) Tap OK.

Note: To edit an exisng text box, verify Text is enabled and tap the exisng text box. Edit as desired and tap OK.

Import an image

1) Tap Import Pic and browse to the image.

2) Tap Open. Supported image types include JPG, BMP, TIF, PNG, PCD and TGA.

3) While the object is highlighted, you can copy, delete, re-size (using the sizing handles), or move (using the move handle) the

object.

4) When nished, tap Cancel or tap away from the image.

MOVE OK

FONTCOLORBOLD

ITALIC SIZE

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Adjust the whiteboard size

Tap the le, right, up and down arrows to add pages to the whiteboard, or tap the Thumbnail View icon to display the Canvas Tool

and use the le, right, up and down arrows. Note: The le and right arrows add pages horizontally across the whiteboard. The up

and down arrows add pages vercally.

Navigate around the whiteboard

1) Tap the Thumbnail View icon. The Canvas Tool displays.

2) Tap the Thumbnail View page that you want to review. Note: In the above example, the whiteboard contains four pages. This

view changes as pages are added and deleted.

3) To close the Canvas tool, tap the Close icon.

INCREASE WIDTH

INCREASE HEIGHT

MOVE CLOSE

THUMBNAIL VIEW

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Copy and paste items onto the whiteboard

1) Tap Clip.

2) Using a mouse, click and drag a rectangle around the area to be copied.

3) Tap OK.

4) While the object is highlighted, you can copy, delete, re-size (using the sizing handles), or move (using the move handle) the

object.

5) When nished, tap Cancel or tap away from the object.

Note: You can also minimize BigNote, and use Alt-Print screen, the Microso® Snipping Tool or other copy tool to place an object

onto the clipboard. Then maximize BigNote and tap Paste.

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Modify whiteboard objects

1) Select the whiteboard objects using either the Select or the Lasso tool. The objects are outlined.

2) To copy the objects:

a. Tap Copy.

b. Tap Paste.

c. Tap and drag the copied objects to the desired locaon.

d. When nished, tap Cancel or tap away from the objects.

3) To move the objects:

a. Tap and drag the selected objects to the desired locaon.

b. When nished, tap Cancel or tap away from the selected objects.

4) To re-size the objects:

a. Tap and drag the sizing handles.

b. When nished, tap Cancel or tap away from the selected objects.

5) To delete the objects, tap Delete. The objects are deleted immediately.

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Create a whiteboard background

1) Tap Capture DT. The whiteboard is minimized and the Capture Now buon displays.

2) Navigate to the desktop view you would like to use as a background.

Note: The enre screen will be captured.

3) Tap the Capture Now buon.

4) The background displays on the whiteboard.

Note: Although the background cannot be selected, moved or re-sized, you can replace the background by following steps 1-3

again, or erase the background by tapping Clear All.

Save the whiteboard ﬁle

1) Tap Save. The Save opon dialog box displays.

2) Type a le name in the Name text box.

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3) Select the le type:

File Type Opon Choose this le type if you want to...

MWBX use the le on a Mondopad device with v1.8 or later. Saves the le with a .wmbx extension.

JPG create an image le.

PDF create a printable document for others to view.

MP1.6 use the le on a Mondopad device with v1.6 or earlier. Saves the le with a .wmb extension.

4) For JPG and PDF le types, tap Current view to save the visible poron of the whiteboard or tap Whole view to save the enre

whiteboard. Note: Whole view creates mulple pages and requires extra me to complete.

5) Enter the desired le locaon or accept the default locaon.

6) Tap OK.

Email the whiteboard ﬁle

1) Tap Share. If the "Email not congured" dialog box displays, you must set up your email sengs. See "Set up Email Sengs" on

page 21 for more informaon.

2) The Save Opon dialog box displays.

3) Select the File Type JPG or PDF.

4) Tap Current view to save the visible poron of the whiteboard or tap Whole view to save the enre whiteboard. Note: Whole

view creates mulple pages and requires extra me to complete.

5) Tap OK.

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6) The Share dialog box displays. Tap an exisng email address from the list or type an email address into Enter new email ad-

dress, and click Add.

7) To remove an address from the Send To list, tap the address which currently appears in the Send To list.

8) When the Send To list is complete, tap OK. An email address with the subject line "Share picture from BigNote" is sent to the

recipient's email address. Note: If the email is not received, have the recipients look in their Junk Mail box.

Print the whiteboard ﬁle

1) Tap Print. The Windows Print dialog box displays.

2) Select the printer and printer preferences. Note: Printers must be installed and funconal on the computer which is running

BigNote Whiteboard.

3) Tap Print.

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Glass Mode

Glass mode allows your team to annotate documents, images, and PC screen images, and then easily share their notes and ideas

with others.

Open Glass mode

1) Tap Glass Mode.

2) If prompted, save or discard the exisng le. See "Save the whiteboard le" on page 13 for more informaon.

3) If you need to annotate a dierent document than is displayed, tap Mouse and open the document you wish to annotate. Then

tap Annotaon to begin annotang your le.

Return to Whiteboard mode

1) Tap New.

2) If prompted, save or discard the exisng le. See "Save the whiteboard le" on page 13 for more informaon.

Create a drawing object

1) Tap a drawing object and the color, pen width, and transparency desired.

2) Draw on the document with your nger. TIP: Keep other objects, including wring utensils, other ngers, and knuckles away

from the drawing surface to draw your image cleanly.

3) Use Clear All, Select, Lasso, Eraser, Undo, and Redo to modify the drawing. See "BigNote Tools" on page 24 for more infor-

maon.

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Add a text object

1) Tap Text.

2) Tap the screen where you want the text box to be. A text box will open.

3) Using an aached keyboard, type your text.

4) Adjust Bold, Color, Font, Italic and Size as desired.

5) Tap the Move icon and drag the text box to the desired locaon.

6) Tap OK.

7) To edit an exisng text box, verify Text is enabled and tap the exisng text box. Edit as desired and tap OK.

NOTE: The text overlays the open document and does not aect the text within the displayed source document. To edit the

source document, tap Mouse. Edit and save the document. When done, tap Annotaon to begin annotang the le again.

Modify drawing and text objects

1) Select the objects using either the Select or the Lasso tool. The objects are outlined.

MOVE OK

FONTCOLORBOLD

ITALIC SIZE

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2) To copy the objects:

a. Tap Copy.

b. Tap Paste.

c. Tap and drag the copied objects to the desired locaon.

d. When nished, tap Cancel or tap away from the objects.

3) To move the objects:

a. Tap and drag the selected objects to the desired locaon.

b. When nished, tap Cancel or tap away from the selected objects.

4) To re-size the objects:

a. Tap and drag the sizing handles.

b. When nished, tap Cancel or tap away from the selected objects.

5) To delete the objects, tap Delete. The objects are deleted immediately (i.e. a conrmaon dialog box does not appear).

Save the annotated ﬁle

1) Tap Save. The Save dialog box displays.

2) Type a le name in the Name text box.

3) Select the le type:

File Type Choose this le type if you want to...

MWBX use the le on a BigNote device with v1.8 or later.

JPG create an image le.

PDF create a printable document for others to view.

MP1.6 use the le on a BigNote device with v1.6 or earlier.

Note: The Save Opons, Current view and Whole view, are not available in Glass mode.

4) Enter the desired le locaon or accept the default.

5) Tap OK.

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