Use the Desktop Annotate button when you want to use ActivInspire tools, such as the Pen, Highlighter and Eraser, on your desktop or any application you have open on your desktop. When you annotate your desktop, you will create a Desktop Flipchart, which can be saved for future use.
Use this feature in lessons about:
Websites
Software applications
Annotate the desktop
You can annotate the desktop and deliver a lesson based on the content, such as a website or a software application. When you select the pointer and click on the desktop, you can:
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Display the layered structureOpen the Object Browser to see the layer structure of annotation objects. The default structuring is as follows:
When you save a desktop flipchart, the objects are saved onto an invisible background. The desktop does not form part of the flipchart and will not be saved. |
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OptionsYou can have the desktop as part of your flipchart in the following ways:
From the File Menu, select Edit > Page Background. The Set Background Dialog Box opens. Click the Desktop Snapshot radio button. To look at the desktop before taking the snapshot, click the Show Desktop icon. When you are ready to take the snapshot, click on the Take Snapshot icon. After the snapshot has been taken, click on Done. If you want your current page to have no background: Click on the Desktop Overlay radio button, then click on Done. The desktop does not form part of the flipchart and will not be saved. |
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