The Sympodium ID350 interactive pen display works with a computer to create an interactive presentation environment. It uses SMART Board software  to provide presenters and teachers with dynamic and interactive tools for creating presentations and lessons. Its powerful interactive writing surface allows you to control and annotate over any computer application while facing the audience.

The Interactive Screen

The Sympodium ID350 interactive pen display is as easy to use as a pen and paper. By touching the stylus to the screen, you can interact with computer applications intuitively, as long as the SMART Board tools are running on the computer. With the pen tool and the function buttons, many tools and features are literally at your fingertips. By using the stylus and the buttons on the ID350, you can control and manipulate items on your screen, create or remove electronic ink, or instantly activate programs. This screen acts as both an input device and an output device.

The pen tool buttons at the top of the screen include:

• the Left-Click button (the default tool)

• the Black, Blue and Red electronic ink buttons

• the Eraser button

The function buttons at the bottom of the screen give you quick access to:

• right-click functionality

• the SMART Keyboard (the on-screen keyboard)

• the screen capture tools

• the floating tools toolbar

• Notebook™ software

Orienting the Screen

To accurately respond to a stylus touch, the computer needs to know the exact location of the image on the interactive screen. This is the purpose of the orientation procedure, which is a very simple process of touching the stylus precisely on a grid of red crosses. With the correct orientation, the cursor appears directly beneath the stylus when you touch the screen.

1. For Windows computers, click the SMART Board icon in the system tray and select Orient.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions.

If you’re dissatisfied with the precision of a particular orientation point, redo the last point by pressing either the Left-Click or Right-Click button on the ID350 or the left arrow key on your keyboard. You won’t lose any previously established orientation points.

To redo the entire orientation procedure, press the keyboard’s ESC key.

Adjusting Screen buttons

You can fine-tune the screen display settings by using the On Screen Display Menu and the adjustment buttons on the ID350.

Adjusting the Screen Instructions

1. Press the Menu button to open the On Screen Display Menu screen.

2. Use the – and + buttons to select an option. Scroll through the icons listed above and choose the corresponding icon.

NOTE: You can’t use the stylus, mouse or keyboard to scroll, only the ID350 buttons.

3. With the option highlighted, press the Enter button.

4. Use the – and + buttons to alter the settings for the chosen option.

5. Press the Enter button to save your changes.

6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 to perform more adjustments.

7. Press the Menu button to exit the On Screen Display Menu.

NOTE: All the settings are saved when you press the Menu button

To Adjust Pitch and Phase

1. Press the Menu button. The On Screen Display Menu opens.

2. Use the – and + buttons to select the Pitch option, and press Enter button.

The Pitch screen appears.

3. Use the – and + buttons to evenly display the pattern of vertical stripes on the screen.

4. Press the Enter button.

5. Use the – and + buttons to select the Phase option, and press the Enter button.

The Phase screen appears.

6. Use the – and + buttons to make the adjustment pattern show clearly.

7. Press the Menu button to exit the On Screen Display Menu.

Clicking

When the stylus touches the screen, the electronics in the stylus generate x,y coordinates. These coordinates, along with information on the selected pen tool, are sent through the USB cable and interpreted by SMART Board software.

	Press the Left-Click or the Right-Click button for your stylus to behave like a mouse.
	You can then press the tip of the stylus on the interactive screen to activate an object.
	To double-click, press twice with the stylus.
	To drag an object, press it with the tip of the stylus and slide it to its new location.
	After you use the electronic ink or the eraser, press the Left-Click button to  return to mouse mode.
	Press the Right-Click button for only the next stylus contact with the screen to behave as a right-click.
	After the stylus touches the screen, the stylus behavior returns to a left-click.

NOTE: To interpret the stylus coordinates as mouse activity, the connected computer must be running the SMART Board tools. You’ll know that the SMART Board tools are running if you can see the SMART Board icon in the system tray or the Dock.

The stylus will activate a component when you touch the stylus tip to the screen. Also, as long as the Hover setting is on in SMART Board software, you’ll see the cursor move when you move the stylus above the screen. To view or change this setting follow these instructions.

1. Open the SMART Board Control Panel, press the Advanced button, and go to the Hover tab.

Using the functions button

You can easily open:

Notebook Software– an application that helps you organize, save and share your annotations

The Floating Tools – a virtual palette of annotation tools

The Screen Capture tools – a set of tools that allows you to insert a picture of either the full screen or a specific area into Notebook software

SMART Keyboard – a virtual keyboard that floats over your active application and lets you enter typed text at the cursor location.

Using the eraser

You can use the eraser tool on the ID250 to remove your annotations from the screen. However, the eraser doesn’t remove any geometric shapes that you created using the Floating Tools in SMART Board software, only the annotations you drew with the stylus.

1. Press the Eraser button on the ID250.                                             

2. Drag the stylus over the unwanted annotation.

Typing with the Smart Keyboard

1. Press the Keyboard button on the ID350.

The SMART Keyboard appears over your application.

2. Press the Left-Click button on the ID350.

3. Touch the stylus tip to the keyboard keys on the screen

To Create and Save Annotations in an Aware Program

When you write over an application, you can save the annotation. However, the available save options depend on whether or not that program is "Aware". An Aware application recognizes an annotation on the screen as a program component, while a non-Aware application does not. If you’re using the Windows version of SMART Board software, you can access a complete list of Aware applications from the Aware tab of the SMART Board Control Panel. The Release Notes (Readme.txt), which you’ll find in your computer’s SMART Board software folder, also includes a list of Aware applications and versions.

1. Open your Aware application.

2. With your finger, press one of the Colored Ink buttons.

3. Write or draw on the screen with the stylus, just as you would write on paper. As you do so, a stream of electronic ink follows your stylus tip.

4. Save the annotation as part of the file by saving the file as you normally would. For some Windows applications, such as Microsoft Word or Excel applications, a toolbar appears for you to save your annotation into a Notebook file or to save your annotation as text

To Create and Save Annotations in an Non-Aware Program

1. Open your non-Aware application.

2. With your finger, press one of the Colored Ink buttons.

3. Write or draw on the screen with the stylus. As you do so, a stream of electronic ink follows your stylus tip.

In the Windows version, a three-button Save/Print toolbar also appears.

4. To capture your annotations and the application background into Notebook software, use the buttons on the Save/Print toolbar buttons.

You can insert your handwritten annotations into the active application. To insert the annotation at the cursor point, follow the below instructions

1. Left-Click button on the ID350, and then press and hold the stylus on the annotation. The cursor changes to "Touch & Hold" and a menu appears.

2. You can insert the annotation by selecting Inject "Your annotation" Here, or you can remove the annotation by selecting Clear Annotation

To Capture and Image of the Screen

1. Press the Screen Capture button on the ID250.

The Capture toolbar appears.

2. Press a button to capture either the area that you want or the entire screen.

The image appears in a Notebook file.