User guide

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Chapter5: OverviewofmimioStudio
5.1. mimioNotebook
The mimio Studio Notebook provides users with a multi‐page workspace (see Figure 1‐1). Using the
Notebook is very similar to using other word processing or presentation software applications. You can
createnewmimionativeʺInkʺformatfiles,open,edit,andsaveoldInkfiles,andprintpagesfromInk
files.
Notebook files can also be saved in other file formats including HTML, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP and TIFF.
mimio Studio and the Notebook can be used as a stand‐alone application on your computer, without an
attached mimio hardware device, to assemble and arrange material for later interactive presentation
and
editing at the whiteboard.Notebook software can be used with the mimio device “connected” in the Ink
Recordingmode to recorddata from your actualwriting on thewhiteboard with dryerase markers in the
mimio stylus pens.With mimio device hardwareattached but not “connected”, and with a
data projector
image onthe whiteboard, the projected computer desktop can becalibrated and Notebooksoftware can be
usedintheInteractivemodetoadd,edit,re‐arrange,andpresentdata.
PagesintheNotebookcanbeviewed,presented,andeditedinthreedifferentviews(Figure1‐1).TheSingle
Page
viewdisplaysonepageofthefileatatime.Multi-Pageviewdisplaysthepagesasthumbnailsthatcan
bere‐ordered,duplicated,ordeleted.Full Screenviewshowsonepageofthefilewithoutmenusandwith
minimaluserinterface,tocreateacleanerlookinpresentations.
5.2. mimioTools
Working in Notebook, users can access mimio Tools from a floating palette that appears by default in the
lowerleftcorner ofthedesktop (Figure5‐).mimio Toolsprovides acomprehensivesetof interactivetools
and resources to create, assemble, and present information. You can create objects on any page of the
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Notebookusingtextboxes,inkandhighlighterpens,straightlines,arrows,circles,squares,andothershapes.
Images can also be imported into pages in the Notebook software as foreground objects or as background
images or templates.mimio Tools canbe used to modify existing pages within the Notebook and for
marking
uppagesorscreens“captured”fromanyapplicationorcomputerscreen.
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Figure5‐1:mimioToolsdialog
Theresourcesofmimio Toolsareaccessedfromtworowsinafloatingtoolbaronthecomputerscreen.The
firstrowcontainstoolsusedtoaddoredit dataonpagesintheNotebookorforannotationwheninScreen
Markup mode. This includes pens,
highlighters, an eraser, line & arrow tools, several shapes including
rectangle andellipses, andtext boxes.Youalso have the ability toinsert picturesor backgroundsfrom the
Gallery,afile,oradirectoryofsavedScreenMarkups.WhenanytoolinmimioToolsisselected,thefloating
mimio Tools dialogwill
 expand toreveal settingsoptions forthe toolsincluding, colorpalettes, slidersfor
line or stroke thickness, color fill, and text formatting when the Text Box tool is selected.Please refer to
Figure5‐foranexampleofthecontextsensitiveeditingareaforthepentool.
Quick Start Guide Overview of mimio Studio • 5‐12