Panasonic Electronic Board Ub-8325 Operating Instructions

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Step 2: Adding a new page by 
pressing the Advance Key
Add New Page when Advance Key is pressed is 
selected in the Options window, a new page is added 
to an IPB document when the   (Advance Key) on 
the Interactive Panaboard is pressed. This method is 
recommended in the case the screen is fed every time 
one topic is finished in only one side of the screen.
1Click Options... in the Settings menu.
•The Options window appears.
2Enable Add New Page when Advance Key 
is pressed. (This is the default setting.)
3Click [OK].
4Draw lines and press   (Advance Key) on 
the Interactive Panaboard.
•The screen is fed and a new page is 
automatically added as the last page of the 
IPB document.
5Wipe the drawings clearly if something had 
been drawn on the screen.
6Repeat steps 4 – 5 if needed.
Note:
•New pages can be added until the total 
pages are reached to 50 pages.
•The screen can be printed by pressing the 
 (Copy Key) on the Interactive 
Panaboard.
Step 3: Switching the page by 
pressing the Advance Key 
Switch the current page in last 2 pages when 
Advance Key is pressed is selected in the Options 
window, the screen is fed and the corresponding page 
is selected in the IPB document every pressing the 
 (Advance Key). This method is recommended in 
the case a conference is continued using both 
screens while changing the screen (front and back).
For the detailed information, refer to “[G] Options 
setting” on page 70.
1Click Options... in the Settings menu.
•The Options window appears.
2Enable Switch the current page in last 2 
pages when Advance Key is pressed.
•The copy function of the Interactive 
Panaboard is changed to copy (backup) the 
editing page of the IPB document.
3Click [OK].
•A new page is added and total page of the 
IPB document becomes 2 pages.
•If the saved IPB document more than 2 
pages is opened, the previous one of the last 
page is selected.
4Draw lines and press   (Copy Key) on the 
Interactive Panaboard to copy (backup) the 
selected page.
•The copied page is added to the left of the 
last 2 pages in the IPB document. 
						

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5Press   (Advance Key) on the Interactive 
Panaboard.
•The screen is fed and the last page of the 
IPB document is selected.
6Draw lines and press   (Advance Key) on 
the Interactive Panaboard to return to the 
other side screen if needed.
•The screen is fed and the previous one of the 
last page of the IPB document is selected.
7Continue the conference while changing the 
screen by pressing   (Advance Key).
Step 4: Saving the drawing data in a 
file
All drawing and erasing operations in the Whiteboard 
window are automatically recorded. And if the data is 
saved in the Interactive Panaboard format file 
(extension “.ipb”, referred to as IPB documents), the 
details of meetings with the Panaboard can be played 
back and edited later.
1Click Save As... in the File menu.
•The Save As window appears.
2Enter the folder where you want to save the 
file and the file name.
•The extension of the file is “.ipb”.
3Click [Save].
Step 5: Opening the saved data
The saved data can be displayed in the Whiteboard 
window as well as browsed, played back and edited.
If the Whiteboard window is not displayed, right-click 
the icon   in the Taskbar and click Open 
Whiteboard Window.
1Click Open... in the File menu.
•The Open window appears.
2Enter the folder to look in and the file name 
you want to open.
•The file has an “.ipb” extension.
3Click [Open].
Note
•Many different operations can be executed in 
the displayed IPB document.
- Saving the IPB document in another file 
format. (See page 57.)
- Switching a page of the IPB document. 
(See page 61.)
- Editing a page of the IPB document. (See 
page 61.)
- Playing back the IPB document. (See page 
63.)
- Recognizing Handwriting in the IPB 
document. (See page 64.)
- Printing the IPB document. (See page 66.) 
						

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■View Window in Projector Mode
Desktop background data and data of handwritten 
lines recorded using the Desktop Drawing Tool can be 
displayed in the View window as well as browsed, 
reproduced and edited.
In the View window, displaying and editing IPB 
documents which are recorded by the Desktop 
Drawing Tool are possible. It can also be used for 
handwriting recognition for output as text.
To display the View window, see page 39.
■Whiteboard Window in 
Whiteboard Mode
Whiteboard window is a function to reproduce the 
lines drawn using the Electronic Pen and the 
Electronic Eraser on the Interactive Panaboard to the 
computer screen.
Recorded image data can be saved as an IPB 
document so that you can see the file later. 
The following functions are available; 
- Adds lines with marker. 
- Erases unnecessary lines with eraser. 
- Copies entire page or partial image to other general 
image formats such as Bitmap, JPEG, TIFF and 
these images can be transferred to other application 
software. 
- Provides handwriting recognition for output as text.
To open the Whiteboard window, see page 49.
■View Window / Whiteboard 
Window
1. Title bar: 
Indicates the currently opened file name of the 
IPB document.
2. Toolbar: 
Toolbar has buttons which most frequently 
used functions are formed as icon.
It consists of Main Toolbar, Page / Play 
Toolbar and Marker / Eraser Toolbar. Each 
tool bar can be moved to any location by 
dragging.
3. Main view: 
The selected thumbnail page is displayed in 
the Main view by clicking the thumbnail. You 
can draw, erase lines or copy a part of page 
on the IPB document.
4. Thumbnail view: 
The thumbnail image of all pages of the IPB 
document can be displayed.
At the bottom of each thumbnail, the last 
modified date is displayed.
The thumbnail corresponding to the main view 
is framed.
5. Status bar: 
Indicates the information of the IPB document.
Replay mode: 
Indicates if it is in the replaying or not.
Image size:
 
Indicates the page size when it is 100% 
display ratio.
Page number:
 
Indicates the total number of pages and the 
page being displayed.
6. Text Editor: 
Receives the data handwriting that has been 
recognized. Enables editing of the text.
Using the View Window 
or Whiteboard Window 
About View Window / 
Whiteboard Window
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■Difference between the View 
Window and the Whiteboard 
Window
The View window (Projector mode) and the 
Whiteboard window (Whiteboard mode) are windows 
which function to display and edit IPB documents. 
Basically, they both have identical functions. However, 
the Whiteboard window has some functions the View 
window does not have as follows.
For more detailed information, refer to “Managing IPB 
Documents” on page 57.
System of units:
•The View window displays IPB documents which 
record the drawing on the Interactive Panaboard 
screen projecting the computer screen. 
Consequently, the size is represented by dots.
•In the Whiteboard window the drawing on the 
Interactive Panaboard screen using the Electronic 
Pen and Electronic Eraser is virtually displayed in a 
computer window. Consequently, units of length are 
standard. You can choose between units in 
millimeters or inches.
New in the File menu:
•The View window is used to display and edit IPB 
documents created by the Desktop Drawing Tool. 
Consequently, the New menu does not exist.
•Closes the IPB document currently displayed in the 
Whiteboard window and displays a new IPB 
document.
Add New Page in the Edit menu:
•The View window is used to display and edit IPB 
documents created by the Desktop Drawing Tool. 
Consequently, the Add New Page menu does not 
exist.
•Adds a new page (blank page) next to the last page 
of the IPB document in the Whiteboard window.
Add Copy Page in the Edit menu:
•The View window is used to display and edit IPB 
documents created by the Desktop Drawing Tool. 
Consequently, the Add Copy Page menu does not 
exist.
•Adds a copy of the page next to the last page of the 
IPB document in the Whiteboard window.
■Menu Configuration
Following menus can be used in the View window or 
the Whiteboard window.
* denotes the function of Whiteboard window only.
MenuDescription
[File] menu
New * Closes the IPB document 
and creates a new IPB 
document.
 (See page 57.)
Open Opens an IPB document. 
(See page 57.)
Save Saves the IPB document. 
(See page 57.)
Save  As Saves the IPB document with 
new file name. (See page 
57.)
Print Preview Enables to check the layout 
before printing. 
(See page 66.)
Print Prints the IPB document. 
(See page 66.)
Export (See page 57.)
Image Outputs the page as the 
image file (Bitmap, JPEG, 
TIFF). 
HTML Outputs the page as the 
HTML file. 
Close View 
windowCloses the View window. 
(View window only)
Close 
Whiteboard 
window *Closes the Whiteboard 
window. 
[Edit] menu
Undo Restores drawing backward 
line by line. (See page 62.)
Redo Cancels the undo. 
(See page 62.)
Copy
Copies the selected area in
the page to the clipboard.
(See page 62.)
Select All Selects entire page. (See 
page 62.)
Add New Page * Adds a new page next to the 
last page. (See page 62.) 
						

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Add Copy Page * Adds copied page next to the 
last page. (See page 62.)
Delete Current 
PageDeletes the displayed page. 
(See page 62.)
Handwriting 
RecognitionConverts handwriting letters 
to texts. (See page 64.)
[Edit] menu (When editing using the Text Editor)
Undo Restores the state before the 
last text action. 
(See page 64.)
Redo Cancel the undo. 
(See page 64.)
Cut Removes the selected text 
and copies it to the clipboard. 
(See page 65.)
Copy Copies the selected text to 
the clipboard. (See page 65.)
Copy  All  Pages Copies the text of all pages to 
the clipboard. (See page 65.)
Paste Applies the text in the 
clipboard. (See page 65.) 
Delete Deletes the selected text. 
(See page 65.)
Select All Selects all the text of a page. 
(See page 65.)
[Page / Play] menu
Start Starts the replay. 
(See page 63.)
Pause Pauses the replay. 
(See page 63.)
Stop Stops the replay. 
(See page 63.)
Playback Option (See page 67.)
All Pages Plays back all pages. 
Selected Page Plays back selected page.
Loop Playback Plays back continuously.
Go to First Page Displays the first page. 
(See page 61.)
Go to Previous 
PageDisplays the previous page. 
(See page 61.)
Go to Next Page Displays the next page. 
(See page 61.)
Go to Last Page Displays the last page. 
(See page 61.)
Go to Page Displays the specified page. 
(See page 61.)
MenuDescription
[View] menu
Zoom (See page 60.)
Fit Window Displays the current page to 
fit window. (See page 60.)
200% Displays the current page by 
200% of its original size.
150% Displays the current page by 
150% of its original size.
100% Displays the current page by 
100% of its original size.
75% Displays the current page by 
75% of its original size.
50% Displays the current page by 
50% of its original size.
25% Displays the current page by 
25% of its original size.
10% Displays the current page by 
10% of its original size.
Full Screen Uses the entire display area 
of your monitor to display the 
current page. (See page 60.)
Main Toolbar Displays or closes the Main 
Toolbar. (See page 56.)
Page / Play Displays or closes the Page / 
Play Toolbar. (See page 56.)
Markers / Eraser Displays or closes the 
Markers / Eraser Toolbar. 
(See page 56.)
Status Bar Displays or closes the Status 
Bar.
Text Editor Displays or closes the Text 
Editor.
[Settings] menu
Information
Stores the information of the 
meeting. (See page 66.)
Play
Changes the setting of 
playback. (See page 67.)
Markers and 
EraserChanges the color and size 
of the marker, and size of the 
eraser. (See page 67.)
Export Image
Sets the quality of JPEG or 
compression of TIFF etc. 
(See page 68.)
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■To o l  B a r s
Following menus can be used in View window or 
Whiteboard window.
•Main Toolbar
* There is only the   (New icon) in the Whiteboard 
window.
•Page / Play Toolbar
•Markers / Eraser Toolbar
To display a Toolbar, click the View menu and then 
click the Toolbar you want to display (any one of Main, 
Page / Play, Markers / Eraser).
If the Toolbar is already displayed, there is a check 
mark next to that Toolbar.
To turn off the Toolbar, click View menu and remove 
the check mark from the Toolbar you want to hide.
Note
•The Toolbars can be dragged and moved to 
any location on the screen. File Changes the default folder to 
save an IPB document or 
interval timing when 
performing the automatic 
back up. (See page 69.)
Spell Check Sets the setting for 
spellcheck of the Text Editor. 
(See page 70.)
Options Sets the length unit mm or 
inch and the display method 
of a file name in the title bar. 
(See page 70.)
[Help] menu
Help Topics Displays the help 
information.
About Displays the version of the 
Interactive Panaboard 
Software.
MenuDescription
Fit Window
Full Screen Handwriting Recognition
Zoom 
						

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■Creating an IPB Document 
(Whiteboard window only)
In Whiteboard mode, creating a new IPB document is 
needed to record work performed on the Interactive 
Panaboard.
1Click New in the File menu.
•When the IPB document currently being 
edited is changed, a window will display 
asking you to confirm the save.
Note
•When the Whiteboard window is displayed, 
an IPB document is automatically created 
and a new page is displayed in the main 
view.
■Opening an IPB Document
1Click Open... in the File menu.
•The Open window appears.
2Enter the folder to look in and the file name 
you want to open.
•The file has an “.ipb” extension.
3Click [Open].
Note
•To open a recently opened file, click the file 
name you want to open in the File menu. 
Eight recently opened IPB documents will be 
displayed in the File menu.
•The IPB documents can also be opened by 
double-clicking the file icon in the file system.
View window or Whiteboard window is 
automatically switched depending on the file 
created in Projector or Whiteboard mode.
•If it is needed to create an automatic save file 
for when a power failure or other incident 
occurs, check the Create Recovery File 
check box in the File Settings window 
(Settings - File...) in advance.
When opening the recovery file, select All 
Files in the Files of type box to display the 
recovery file with an “.ip~” extension.
■Saving the IPB document
1Click Save in the File menu.
Note
•To save a currently open IPB document with 
a different name, click Save As... in the File 
menu.
■Saving the IPB Document in 
another File Format
Exporting images allows you to save files in another 
file format to use it in other applications. This makes it 
possible to easily distribute the contents of meetings 
stored in the IPB document to users who do not have 
the Interactive Panaboard Software.
An IPB document can be saved as an image file or 
HTML file as follows.
Managing IPB Documents 
						

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[A] Saving as an image file
1Click Image... of Export in the File menu.
•The Export Image window appears.
2Specify the pages to be exported and image 
size.
•To save all the pages, select All # Pages.
(#: total number of pages)
•To specify the page range, click Pages and 
then enter the page range.
•Clicking [Setup...] will allow you to set image 
size, JPEG file quality and TIFF file 
compression.
3Click [OK].
•The Save As window appears.
4Enter the folder where you want to save the 
file, the file name and the file type.
•The following file formats can be selected for 
the Save as type. 
Bitmap Files (*.bmp), JPEG Files (*.jpg) or 
TIFF Files (*.tif)
•When specifying TIFF to save multiple 
pages, Multiple Page or Single Page can 
be selected.
5Click [Save].
Note
•If Single Page is selected when saving 
multiple pages as TIFF files, the number of 
files created will correspond to the number of 
pages. A two-digit extension will be added 
after the file name (such as “01”, “02”, “03”, 
etc.) to match the page number.
•When saving as a multi-page TIFF file, if an 
existing TIFF file is selected, another window 
will be displayed to confirm overwriting it or 
adding the file to it. Selecting “Yes” will add 
the image to the end of the existing file as a 
multi-page TIFF. Selecting “No” will delete 
the existing image and save as a multi-page 
TIFF file.
•When saving a single page with an existing 
TIFF file name, another window will be 
displayed to confirm overwriting it or adding 
the file to it. Selecting “Yes” will add the 
image to the end of the existing file as a 
multi-page TIFF. Selecting “No” will delete 
the existing image and save as a single-page 
TIFF file.
•Settings such as size and compression when 
saving the IPB document as an image file 
are managed in Export Image... in the 
Settings menu. (Refer to “[D] Setting an 
image file when exporting or copying by 
dragging and dropping” on page 68.) 
						

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[B] Saving as an HTML file
You can save the IPB document as an HTML file per 
page.
In addition, meeting information can also be output at 
the same time to that index page.
Setting multiple pages and saving the IPB document 
as an HTML file will create an index file, linked HTML 
pages and images.
Using this method will allow the contents of meetings 
recorded in the IPB documents to easily provide to 
people using a Web browser.
1Click HTML... of Export in the File menu.
•The Export HTML window appears.
2Click [Browse...] and specify the folder where 
the IPB document will be saved as a HTML 
file.
3Set the page range.
•Selecting All Pages will output all the pages 
of the displayed IPB document to the HTML 
files.
•Selecting Current Page will output only the 
page displayed in the main view to the HTML 
file.
•Selecting Pages will output the specified 
page or the specified page range to the 
HTML file. Enter a comma to separate the 
page numbers or a hyphen to connect the 
first page number and the last page number.
4If necessary, change the other export settings 
shown below and click [OK].
[File] group
•Page Image: 
Changes the width and height of the image 
of the exported page in pixel. Checking the 
Constrain Proportions check box will 
preserve the ratio of the width and height of 
the page even if the dimensions of the 
exported page are changed.
•Thumbnail Image:
Changes the width and height of the 
thumbnail image of the exported page in 
pixel. Checking the Constrain Proportions 
check box will preserve the ratio of the width 
and height of the page even if the 
dimensions of the exported page are 
changed.
[Colors] group
Clicking the rectangular colored portion will 
display the Color window. Click the color from 
the Basic colors.
•Background:
Selects the color of the background of the 
HTML file.
•Te x t: 
Selects the color of the text used in the 
HTML file.
•Table Labels: 
Selects the background color of the labels of 
the tables in the HTML file.
•Ta b l e  I t e m s: 
Selects the background color of the items of 
the tables in the HTML file. 
[Export Contents] group
The following is added to the index page of the 
exported HTML file by checking each check 
box.
•Thumbnail Image: 
Adds a thumbnail image of the page.
•Page Date: 
Displays the date and time the page was 
created.
•Created Date: 
Displays the date and time the IPB document 
was created.
•Modified Date: 
Displays the date and time updated last to 
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•Participants / Manager / Subject / 
Description / Contacts / Company: 
Displays the information specified in the 
Information... in the Settings menu.
Note
•It is recommend to save HTML files in an 
empty folder where another HTML files are 
not stored. If you attempt to save a file in an 
already existing folder, a message will be 
displayed asking you to confirm whether or 
not to overwrite the already existing HTML 
file.
•When exporting multiple pages to HTML 
files, an index file “index.html” and HTML 
files named after the page numbers (for 
example, n pages) “page 01.html, page 
02.html, page 03.html, --- page 0n.html” are 
created. Images displayed in the HTML files 
named after the page numbers “page 01.jpg, 
page 02.jpg, page 03.jpg, --- page 0n.jpg” 
are also created. If the Thumbnail Image 
check box is checked, thumbnail images 
displayed in the HTML files named after the 
page numbers “small 01.jpg, small 02.jpg, 
small 03.jpg, --- small 0n.jpg” are also 
created.
■Changing the Display Method
[A] Displaying expanded / reduced page
You can expand the page and display a portion of the 
page larger or reduce the page and display the entire 
page.
1Position the cursor over Zoom in the View 
menu and click the percentage (%) you want 
to display.
Note
•You can also enter a numeric value into 
Zoom box in the Main Toolbar to change the 
display percentage. The percentage can be 
set in units of 1%.
[B] Displaying entire page inside the main 
view
1Click Fit Window of the Zoom in the View 
menu.
[C] Displaying page as large as possible
To display the page on the screen as large as 
possible, switch to full screen display mode.
In this mode the Toolbar is displayed as a free toolbar.
1Click Full Screen in the View menu.
•To exit full screen display mode and return to 
the original display mode, right-click the 
mouse and click Full Screen in the pop-up 
menu.
Note
•To hide the Toolbar in full screen display, 
right-click the mouse and click the Toolbar 
you want to hide in the pop-up menu and 
remove the check mark. In addition, to 
display the Toolbar, click the Toolbar you 
want to display in the pop-up menu to place 
the check mark.