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      Using the CommBox Whiteboard

      The CommBox Whiteboard allows you to draw, add shapes, find different backgrounds and embed images into an infinite canvas that you can save, share and come back to

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      Whiteboard tools and controls

      The whiteboard has several tools for accessing and managing whiteboard sessions.

      Tool

      Icon

      Description

      Previous

      Go back to previous page

      Page Number

      Show the number of pages in the
      whiteboard file

      Next

      Go to the next page

      Add

      Add a new page to the whiteboard file

      Select

      		 Allows you to select parts drawing or writing on the whiteboard. For each selection you can:
      • Change the colour
      • Use Smartwrite to convert the selection to text
      • Formula will attempt to change your selection into a math equation
      • Search the selection in Google
      • Flip - selection
      • Top - order selection
      • Clone – copy selection
      • Fade - This will fide the selection out over a set time. Great for memory games!
      • Delete – selection
      • Use two fingers zoom to zoom the content on the whole whiteboard

      Pen

      Choose if you'd like to use your finger to select or draw
      Thin pen tip
      Thick pen tip
      Change pen tip style
      Change pen tip width
      Change pen tip colour (including rainbow ink)
      Note that the wand pen tip has a library of icons you can insert into the whiteboard

      Eraser

      Use the eraser provided, use your palm and
      the back of your hand
      Change the size of the eraser

      Clean All

      Deletes all the content on the whiteboard

      Ruler

      There are four ruler options:
      Ruler
      Protractor
      Triangular Scale (ruler)
      Use the edge of the rules to draw lines
      against

      Shape

      Insert 2D Shapes
      Choose shape
      Choose colour
      Insert 3D Shapes
      Choose shape
      Choose colour

      Partition

      Select to open split screen for multiple
      users

      Table

      Insert a table into the whiteboard
      Increase the number of rows or columns by
      drawing them

      Mind map

      Insert a mind map

      Sticky Notes

      Insert a sticky note

      Preview

      Show you the zoomed-out version of the
      whole whiteboard canvas
      Select specific elements to move around
      on the whiteboard

      Lines

      Use the lines to add your handwriting and then have it turned into text.

      Simply start writing and it will suggest the text conversion

      Formula

      Insert a math formula into the whiteboard. This can be used to insert complex formulas as well as simple. 

      Search

      Use google to search for images or videos to insert into the whiteboard

      More

      More gives you access to any tools that do not fit across the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. 

      Undo

      Undo last action

      Redo

      Redo last action

      List

      Shows open whiteboard in a navigation
      panel

      Share

      Generate a QR code to share

      Exit

      Cancel (Resume Working)

      Don’t Save

      Save

      Menu Tools
      • Create a new whiteboard file
      • Open an existing whiteboard file
      • Save a whiteboard file
      • Import an image or file
      • Export the whiteboard in variety of options
      • Save to Cloud Storage
      • Theme – change the background
      • Send via Email
      • Settings – Eraser mode, multi-finger writing, auto brightness and custom toolbars

      Starting a new whiteboard session

      There are three ways you can start a whiteboard session:

      1. From home screen open the whiteboard application
      2. From the side-menu
      3. From the app menu in the launcher

      Changing the background

      You can change the whiteboard’s background. If a whiteboard has multiple pages, each page can have a different background. When you export or share the whiteboard, the background you’ve selected also appears.

      1. Tap the Menu icon
      2. Select "Theme"
      3. Select a background or tap the Add Background icon to add a background from the CommBox or a USB drive.
      4. The background appears

      Navigating in the whiteboard

      Use two fingers to zoom in with a pinch gesture .Use two fingers to zoom out.

      Opening a saved whiteboard

      You can easily continue from where you left off in a saved whiteboard. A whiteboard format is IWB.

      • Tap Menu icon
      • Select Open
      • Find the save whiteboard in the File manager

      Sharing a whiteboard

      To share a whiteboard, select the Share icon on the menu bar

      A QR code will generate.

      Hold up your personal device and scan the QR code.

      Share via email, text etc

      Saving a whiteboard

      There are a few ways to save a whiteboard:

      • Save (to CommBox)
      • Export
      • Cloud Storage

      Save

      Save will save it to the internal storage of the CommBox or a USB device if one is connected. This is in a whiteboard format (ENB) that can be opened later and edited again in the whiteboard

      Export

      Export allows you to export the whiteboard in a number of formats:

      • Image file
      • PDF
      • SVG
      • IWB (whiteboard format to allow you to continue later)

      You have the option of exporting to the storage of the CommBox or to a USB device if one is connected. IWB format allows you to use the whiteboard on another whiteboard screen (if compatible)

      Cloud Storage

      You can save the whiteboard to your Cloud Drive. There are two cloud drive options:

      1. Google Drive
      2. One Drive

      When you save the whiteboard to the cloud drive it will save each page of the whiteboard as a separately PNG file.

      If you would like to reuse the whiteboard, we recommend using option 1 which is to save the whiteboard to the CommBox storage or to a USB