Smoothboard now comes with a built-in annotation tool that allows you to write directly on top of any application on your desktop.
The new floating toolbar allows quick access to the writing tools such as the colored Pens, Highlighter, Eraser.
For convenience, screenshots of the whole screen can be automatically saved into the Snapshots directory by clicking on the Snapshot button on the floating toolbar.
The latest release can be downloaded from http://www.smoothboard.net/download
The highlights for the new release are summarized below:
Floating Toolbar
The latest version has a new Floating Toolbar to allow users to quickly access toggles that was previously limited to the Outside Screen Toggles. Now, users will be able to visibly determine which area will trigger a specific command such as Felt Tip Pen, Arrow Mode, Highlighter, Start/End Slideshow, Previous Slide, and Next Slide in PowerPoint slideshows. These commands can be triggered by pressing directly on the Floating Toolbar or outside the screen area. You will be able to impress your audience with a smooth and effective presentation.
The Floating Toolbar can be minimized or expanded and also can be dragged to any position on your screen.
The Floating Toolbar can be easily customized to suit your needs, whether you are creating shortcuts for Google Earth, Windows Media Player or any other application. The buttons can be assigned to key strokes, mouse right click toggle or even for launching files and applications. Optionally, you can also add your personalized description and favorite icon to each button.
By default, there are 3 sets of functions configured for toolbar; Annotation, PowerPoint and Navigation. To switch between these sets, just click on the left or right button at the center of the Floating Toolbar. You can also click on the drop down menu to jump directly to a specific setting which will be useful if you have a long list of settings.
Annotation Feature
I have also included the new Annotation feature which is accessible through the Floating Toolbar. Without any additional software, you are now able to write directly on top of any window using the built-in colored Pens available in Red, Blue, Black and White. For a white blank screen, just select White Screen and you will have the whole screen for drawing and writing.
At any time, you can quickly save the whole screen to keep the screenshot for future reference or to be distributed to your audience. This can be easily done by selecting the Snapshot button. The whole screen will be compressed and saved into Smoothboard’s Snapshots folder with the appropriate Time Stamp.
If you would like to control the desktop while the screen annotations are still shown, you can click on the Cursor button. To exit and remove annotations, just click on Exit Annotation.
The software can be downloaded from http://www.smoothboard.net
Boon Jin | 
07 23rd, 2009| 
