Tips

__Spell Check__ New to version 3.6.14! To activate spell check, **Right click** on a text box and then select Spell Check. __Updates__ In the Dashboard, click on the Support tab and search for updates to be downloaded.

__Design Mode vs Presentation Mode__ Design mode is for making flipcharts and show more tools and a page scale at the bottom of the page. The presentation mode has fewer tools and no page scale.

__Flipchart Builder__ Allows the user to use individual flipchart pages to create a flipchart file. Go to the Dashboard and click on Flipchart Builder Click on the Shared Flipchart Pages selection where you would like to look for pages you want to use. There are a variety of pages you can view and select on. Once you find one, drag (left mouse click) the page from the Path section to the above Flipchart section and drop (release the left mouse button)

__Resource Packs__ Collections of activities, sounds, clips around a particular theme to put into the resource library. Follow these directions to be sure you save the resource packs to the correct location. You will use both Resource Packs and Resource Manager during this process. The Resource Packs are found on Promethean Plant ([|www.prometheanplanet.com/us]). Under Navigation (left side of screen) click on Resources and click on Resource Packs. The "packs" can be searched alphabetically or by date. Once you find the pack you want to save, somewhere in the description area Promethean tells you where to save the "pack." If you do not save where Promethean recommends you save the pack, you may have a VERY difficult time finding the "pack" or you may NOT be able to open the flipcharts within the pack. Once you know where Promethean wants you to save, left click on Download Resource. Through the process you will be asked to "re-index" and you want to left click on the checkmark to allow the re-indexing.

__Getting a Flipchart to Show Full Screen__ Once in a while you may find a shared flipchart to use, but the background may repeat itself on the screen or may not fit in the full screen. Here are a couple tips to correct this. //Show Full Screen// (use with shared flipcharts not fitting your screen): With Activstudio launched, left click on the Main Menu and scroll down and click on Studio Settings. On the left side of the screen, left click on Flipchart. In the Activstudio Settings window, about halfway down the window you will see Default page size: click on the down arrow and left click on Screen Size. Then left click on Ok. //Page Scale Change// (use to keep background from repeatingt itself): With Activstudio launched, left click on the Main Menu and scroll down and click on Studio Settings. On the left side of the screen, left click on Flipchart. In the Activstudio Settings window, about halfway down the window you will see Default page scale: click on the down arrow and left click on Best Fit. Then left click on Ok.

__Registering Devices__: On the ActivStudio control, //right click// on the Activote icon and //click// on Settings Select Activote: USA Hold down orange flame button until the green light flashes on the device (do not need to point at the screen) Confirm the mode type Select the number of Activotes being used Click //OK//

__Help__ [|www.prometheanworld.com/us] Contact information and 24 hour online support       1-888-65-ACTIV   or        1-888-652-2848   to speak with a Promethean Support Professional. The knowledgebase can answer your questions, and is available at any time, 24 hours a day. If you elect to send an e-mail to the support staff, visit the above web site to obtain the information and complete the required support request form.

May also go to the Dashboard and click on the Support tab and click on Support Website.

__Making Requests to Promethean__ [|www.prometheanplanet.com/us] On the left under Forum (click) then scroll to find Activstudio Feature Request (click) to make requests. The more requests, the more chance that Promethean will make changes.