The Whiteboard Tools

Here is an introduction to the Whiteboard tools.

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These are the two most commonly used Whiteboard tools:
  • Telepointer
  • Markup pen

WB tools

Hint Hold down <shift> while using the Markup pen to mark in straight lines.
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In the top left corner you have access to the most commonly used file/page functions:
  • Create new Whiteboard page
  • Open Whiteboard document
  • Save the current page

 

WB tools

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You can follow and/or lead the page changes of all the participants in the Whiteboard:
  • Follow Page Changes
  • Lead Page Changes

Follow/Lead Page Changes

Hint The Lead Page Changes function is very useful when leading a group through your PowerPoint or Keynote presentation.
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Buttons for presenting an application window from your screen:
  • Desktop sharing
  • Select Window to Capture
  • Update Captured Window
  • Take control of remote desktop

 

Pick/Refresh Presented Windows

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There are two controls for to determine how to view the Whiteboard content:
  • Miniview
  • Zoom control (new as of version 4.0)

WB tools

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The section of tools consists of:
  • Selection
  • Text
  • Freehand drawing
  • Lines
  • Arrows
  • Circles/ovals, hollow
  • Circles/ovals, filled

Drawing Tools 1

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And the following button have these functions:
  • Squares/rectangles, hollow
  • Squares/rectangles, filled
  • Color picker
  • Group objects
  • Ungroup objects
  • Import video snapshot

Drawing Tools 2

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The Font button will bring up all the text/font parameters:
  • Font
  • Style
  • Size
WB tools
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The font size can also be changed quickly from its own small menu. Font Size
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  • Page selection
Page Selection
Hint Note that an asterisk (*) before the page name means that your computer has not yet downloaded the page.
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  • Color palette

These colors can be assigned to text and any drawn objects. Select from the palette or make your own hue by mixing Red, Green and Blue.

As of version 4.0 of the Marratech client you can also set the Alpha (transparency) value.

Customize Color
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You can choose from different line widths for lines, arrows, circles etc. Line Widths





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