Spotlight

What?

Provides a masking layer over the flipchart (or desktop) containing a movable, sizable area known as the Spotlight, through which you can see the underlying material.

The chosen Spotlight can be:

  • Moved by dragging any part of the masked area

  • Sized by dragging any part of the perimeter of the spotlight

While the Spotlight is showing you can continue to interact with any visible areas of the flipchart.

Where?

Main Menu > Tools > Spotlight

Shortcut?

Circular Spotlight (see description below):

CTRL+Shift+O (WindowsTM & LinuxTM)

Cmd+Shift+O (Mac®)

How?

Choose the type of Spotlight from the drop-down menu:

 

Circular Spotlight

Provides a movable, sizable circular/oval or square/rectangular spotlight through a full page masking layer.

Square Spotlight

Solid Circular Spotlight

Provides a movable, sizable circular/oval or square/rectangular mask.

Solid Square Spotlight

What can I customize?

Border width

 Increase or decrease the width of the border around the spotlight area. The range is from 0 to 20 pixels.

 

Border color

 Color of the border around the spotlight.

Background color

 Color of the non-spotlighted area when using the Spotlight.

Translucent border

 Make the spotlight border translucent or a solid color.

Translucent screen

 Make the spotlight screen (the darkened area that covers the Flipchart or Desktop window) translucent or opaque.

 

Where can I customize it?

Settings > Effects

More info...

More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using the Spotlight

Menubar > Tools

Reference > Settings > Effects