Panasonic Electronic Board Ub-8325 Operating Instructions

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■Switching a Page of the IPB 
Document
[A] Displaying first page
1Click Go to First Page in the Page / Play 
menu.
[B] Displaying previous page
1Click Go to Previous Page in the Page / Play 
menu.
[C] Displaying next page
1Click Go to Next Page in the Page / Play 
menu.
[D] Displaying last page
1Click Go to Last Page in the Page / Play 
menu.
[E] Specifying a page number to display
1Click Go to Page... in the Page / Play menu.
•The Go to Page window appears.
2Enter the page number you want to display in 
Go to Page.
3Click [OK].
Note
•To quickly display a page, click the thumbnail 
display of the page you want to display in 
thumbnail view.
■Editing a page of the IPB 
document
You can edit pages displayed in the main view in the 
View window or Whiteboard windows as follows.
•You can use the marker or eraser for additions and 
modifications.
•You can add a page. (Whiteboard window only)
•You can delete a page.
•You can select portions or entire page and save the 
contents in the clipboard or copy to other 
applications.
[A] Drawing and erasing lines on a page
1Display the page where you want to draw or 
erase handwritten lines in main view.
2To draw handwritten lines, click either   
(Black Marker, Red Marker, Blue Marker or 
Green Marker) in the Markers / Eraser 
Toolbar.
•The shape of the mouse cursor changes to 
.
3Position the mouse where you want to draw a 
handwritten line on the page and drag the 
mouse.
4To erase handwritten lines, click   (Eraser) 
in the Markers / Eraser Toolbar.
•The shape of the mouse cursor changes to 
.
5Drag the mouse to the area on the page you 
want to erase.
Note
•To return to the state before the changes, 
click Undo in the Edit menu.
•The width and color of the markers and the 
size of the eraser can be changed. (See 
page 67.) 
						

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[B] Undoing
You can restore the drawing using the marker or 
eraser to their original state, stroke by stroke.
1Click Undo in the Edit menu.
•To return to the previous state, click Undo 
again.
Note
•To cancel the operation that was undone, 
click Redo in the Edit menu.
•The Undo / Redo can be used over and 
over. However, if the page changes, the 
Undo / Redo will be reset.
[C] Adding a new page to the IPB 
document (Whiteboard window only)
In Whiteboard mode, a new page can be added next 
to the last page of the IPB document.
When advancing the screen of the Interactive 
Panaboard during a meeting, add a new page.
1Click Add New Page in the Edit menu.
•A new page will be added next to the last 
page of the IPB document and the display is 
switched to that page.
Note
•A maximum of 50 pages can be recorded. 
[D] Adding the Copied page to the IPB 
document (Whiteboard window only)
In the Whiteboard mode, the copy of the page 
currently displayed in main view can be added next to 
the last page of the IPB document.
Use this to leave the current contents on the screen 
before adding new changes.
1Click Add Copy Page in the Edit menu.
•The copy of the currently displayed page will 
be added next to the last page of the IPB 
document and the display is switched to that 
page.
•A maximum of 50 pages can be recorded. 
[E] Deleting currently displayed page
1Display the page you want to delete in the 
main view.
2Click Delete Current Page in the Edit menu.
•A window will be displayed asking you to 
confirm the delete.
3Click [OK] to delete.
•Use caution because deleted pages cannot 
be recovered to their original state by Undo 
in the Edit menu.
[F] Copying selected page range to 
clipboard
1Click   (Arrow) in the Markers / Eraser 
Toolbar and drag the mouse to select the 
portion of the page you want to copy. 
•To select the entire page, click Select All in 
the Edit menu.
•The selected area will be displayed in 
reverse.
2Click Copy in the Edit menu.
Note
•To cancel the selection, click outside of the 
selected area.
•The Image copied to the clipboard can be 
pasted in other applications.
•The Image copied to the clipboard becomes 
BMP image. 
						

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[G] Copying selected page range to other 
application
You can copy data to other applications by dragging 
and dropping the selected page area. To perform this 
operation, the application copied to must support OLE 
(Object Linking and Embedding).
1Open the file where the data will be copied to 
and adjust the position of the application 
window such that the page to be copied and 
the file to be copied are displayed in the 
screen. 
2Click   (Arrow) in the Markers / Eraser 
Toolbar and drag the mouse to select the 
portion of the page you want to copy.
•To select the entire page, click Select All in 
the Edit menu.
•The selected area will be displayed in 
reverse.
3Drag the selected area to the copy destination 
of the other application.
Note
•To cancel the selection, click outside of the 
selected area.
•The file formats to be dragged and dropped 
can be set by Export Image... in the 
Settings menu.
■Playing back the IPB document
The operations of drawing and erasing lines on each 
page are automatically recorded in stroke units and 
the drawing can be played back and confirmed later.
1Click All Pages or Selected Page of the 
Playback Option in the Page / Play menu.
•The check mark is placed next to the 
activated menu.
2Click   (Start) in the Page / Play Toolbar.
•In the case of All Pages playback, the 
playback will start from the original state of 
the first page. In the case of Selected Page 
playback, the displayed page contents will 
return to their original state and the playback 
will start.
•To stop the playback in the middle, click   
(Pause) in the Page / Play Toolbar. To 
restart the playback in the middle, click   
(Start) in the Page / Play Toolbar.
•While stopping temporarily, you can move 
the Play Scroll bar in the Page / Play 
Toolbar to playback manually.
•To end the playback in the middle, click   
(Stop) in the Page / Play Toolbar.
•Playback is completed when the Play Scroll 
bar reaches the far right end and stops.
Note
•You can click the arrows at the right and left 
of the Play Scroll bar or drag the Play Scroll 
bar to the right or left to playback the 
drawing.
•While playing back, you cannot use the 
marker and eraser in the Markers / Eraser 
Toolbar. In addition, in Whiteboard mode 
drawing on the screen of the Interactive 
Panaboard will not be reproduced either.
•You can change the playback conditions 
such as the playback interval, playback page 
and the playback loop. (See page 67.) You 
can also change the settings of the playback 
page and the playback loop from Playback 
Option in the Page / Play menu.
Play Scroll bar 
						

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■Recognizing Handwriting in the 
IPB document
[A] Recognizing Handwriting
1Click  icon or Handwriting Recognition... 
in the Edit menu.
•The Handwriting Recognition window 
appears.
2Select the Recognition Range and click [OK].
•The recognition results will be output as text 
to the Text Editor.
•Current Page:
Drawing in the selected page is converted to 
text.
•All Pages:
Drawings in all pages are converted to texts. 
The recognition result of the selected page 
can be displayed in the Text Editor by 
selecting the page.
Note
•If Delete the existing text check box is 
checked, the existing text will be deleted 
before the recognition results are output.
•English or German handwriting is the only 
language that can be recognized. 
Handwriting recognition for German will be 
available only when German is selected in 
“Regional Setting” of the Windows “Control 
Panel”.
•To specify a text for recognition using the 
mouse, click   (Arrow) in the Markers/
Eraser Toolbar, drag so the rectangle 
encloses around the drawing for recognition 
in the Main view, and click the Handwriting 
Recognition... menu.
•When the text cursor is aligned with the 
recognized text, the original drawing will be 
indicated with dotted lines.•The recognized text can be selected by 
clicking the dotted line of the original drawing 
with   (Arrow) in the Markers/Eraser 
Toolbar.
•Cutting or deleting the recognized text 
dissociates it from the handwritten lines.
•When All Pages are recognized, selecting 
Undo from the Edit menu cannot restore the 
file to the previous state.
[B] Replacing Possibly Misspelled Words 
with Alternatives
1Click inside the Text Editor window.
2Right-click on a word that might be 
misspelled.
•A pop-up menu will display alternatives.
3Select the alternative word from the menu.
•The text will be replaced with the menu 
selection.
Note
•To specify displaying possibly misspelled 
words, click Spell Check... in the Settings 
menu. (See page 70.)
•A maximum of five alternatives will be 
displayed.
•No alternatives will be displayed in the pop-
up menu when there are no alternatives.
•Alternatives will only displayed for text 
recognized using the handwriting recognition 
function.
[C] Undoing Actions
1Click inside the Text Editor window.
2Click Undo in the Edit menu.
Note
•To cancel the Undo, click Redo in the Edit 
menu.
•Undo / Redo can be performed up to 100 
times, but the counter is reset if another page 
is selected. 
						

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[D] Copying Text
1Click inside the Text Editor window.
2Select the target text by dragging it.
3Click Copy in the Edit menu.
•The text will be copied to the clipboard.
•Selected text can be removed and copied to 
the clipboard by clicking Cut in the Edit 
menu.
Note
•Text copied to the clipboard can be pasted 
into other applications.
[E] Copying text from All Pages to the 
clipboard
1Click inside the Text Editor window.
2Click Copy All Pages in the Edit menu.
•The text in all pages will be copied to the 
clipboard.
Note
•Text copied to the clipboard can be pasted 
into other applications.
[F] Pasting text
1Click inside the Text Editor window.
2Move the text cursor to the point of insertion.
3Click Paste in the Edit menu.
•The clipboard text will be inserted to the point 
of insertion.
[G] Deleting text
1Click inside the Text Editor window.
2Select the target text by dragging it.
3Click Delete in the Edit menu.
•The text will be deleted.
Note
•When recognized text is deleted, the relation 
between the original drawing and the 
recognized text is cancelled. (See page 64.)
[H] Selecting all text on a page
1Click inside the Text Editor window.
2Click Select All in the Edit menu.
•All text in the current page will be selected.
Note
•To cancel the selection, click inside the Text 
Editor window. 
						

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■Print the IPB document
[A] Confirming print image of the IPB 
document before printing
1Click Print Preview in the File menu.
•The window is switched to the Print Preview 
screen.
2Click [Close] to exit the Print Preview and 
return the display mode to the original state.
Note
•The screen image printed is called the Print 
Preview. In the Print Preview you can display 
print images of multiple page at a time. You 
can also expand or reduce the size of the 
page displayed in the screen.
[B] Printing currently displayed IPB 
document
1Click Print... in the File menu.
•The Print window appears.
2Set the Printer, Print range and Number of 
copies.
3Click [OK].
•The Printing window appears.
•To stop the printing, click [Cancel] in the 
Printing window.
■Settings
[A] Setting the meeting information
Allows you to record the meeting information of the 
IPB document; titles, subjects and descriptions, etc.
The information can be output with page images when 
exporting the IPB documents to HTML files.
1Click Information... in the Settings menu.
•The Information window appears.
2Enter necessary information as follows, and 
then click [OK].
•Summary 
Enter a summary of the recorded meeting 
here.
-Title / Participants / Company / Manager / 
Subject / Description:
Enter each item of the meeting.
-Created On: 
Automatically displays the date and time 
the IPB document was created.
-Modified On: 
Automatically displays the date and time 
the IPB document was updated finally.
•Contact 
Enter information to contact individuals for 
questions concerning the meeting here.
-Name: 
Enter the names of the person in charge of 
the meeting.
-e-mail: 
Enter the e-mail address of the person in 
charge of the meeting.
-Home page: 
Enter the home page of the person in 
charge of the meeting. 
						

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[B] Setting conditions when playing back 
the IPB document
1Click Play... in the Settings menu.
•The Playback Setting window appears.
2Enter an interval for playing back the stroke in 
the Interval time between strokes.
•You can click the arrows at the right and left 
of the scroll bar or drag the scroll bar to the 
right or left to set a desired interval.
•Selected Page:
Without check mark:
The first page through the last page are 
played back.
With check mark:
Only currently selected page is played back. 
•Loop Playback:
Without check mark:
Page(s) is played back once depending on 
the Selected Page setting.
With check mark:
Page(s) is played back repeatedly 
depending on the Selected Page setting.
Note
•The playback interval can be set in a range 
of 0 - 2 seconds in 1 msec (millisecond = 1 / 
1000 second) units.
•The Selected Page and Loop Playback 
settings can be also changed from Playback 
Option in the Page / Play menu.
[C] Setting the marker width, color or the 
eraser size
Change the width and color of the markers and the 
size of the eraser used in the View window or the 
Whiteboard window. The marker width and color can 
be changed for four marker colors.
1Click Markers and Eraser... in the Settings 
menu.
•The Marker / Eraser Setting window 
appears.
2Change the width or color of markers, or width 
of the eraser.
•Same Width:
Width of all color markers can be set to the 
same width of the black marker by checking 
the check box.
•Black / Red / Blue / Green:
Width [1 - 30 dots (View window) / 0.1 - 25.4 
mm (Whiteboard window)] or color of each 
marker can be set.
To change the width,
- Type the number of width.
- Click the right or left arrow of the scroll bar.
- Drag the scroll bar to the right or left.
To change the color,
Click the color of marker. Click the desired 
color from the Basic color palette in the Color 
window.
•Highlight:
The line becomes transparency by clicking it 
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•Eraser Radius:
The size of the eraser can be set from 1 to 
60 dots (View window) or 0.1 - 50.8 mm 
(Whiteboard window). 
To change the size,
- Type the number of size.
- Click the right or left arrow of the scroll bar.
- Drag the scroll bar to the right or left.
3Click [OK].
•A window will appear where you can select 
whether or not to apply the new settings to 
handwritten lines drawn up to now.
4Click [All Strokes] or [New Strokes].
•Clicking [Yes] will redraw the lines drawn up 
to that point using the new settings. Clicking 
[No] will only reflect the new settings for any 
subsequently drawn lines.
Note
•The unit of the marker width and the eraser 
size is dots in the View window and 
millimeters or inches in the Whiteboard 
window.
•When the marker color is changed, the color 
will be displayed on the bottom-right of the 
Desktop Drawing Tool marker icon, but the 
marker tool color will not change.
•If the background is dark and the drawn lines 
are hard to see when marker is highlighted, 
remove the check mark of the Highlight 
check box. When the line crosses with one of 
the different color, the cross point will 
become dark.
•These settings are effective until being 
changed.
[D] Setting an image file when exporting 
or copying by dragging and dropping
It allows you to set the size when exporting a page to 
an image file and the file format to create when 
copying data to other applications by dragging and 
dropping a selected page area.
1Click Export Image... in the Settings menu.
•The Export Image Settings window appears.
2Specify the export image setting.
•[Export Image Files] group
-Image Size: 
To change the size when saving a page as 
an image file, enter a desired width and 
height. Check the Constrain Proportions 
check box when setting the aspect ratio of 
the page to an identical value.
-JPEG: 
To set the quality level when exporting a 
page as a JPEG format image file. The 
larger number will get higher quality for the 
image file than small number when 
exporting. However, the file size will be 
large.
-TIFF: 
To perform compression when exporting a 
page as a TIFF format image file, check the 
Compression (PACKBITS) check box.
•[Drag and Drop Files] group
Sets the file format to create when copying 
data to other applications by dragging and 
dropping a selected page area.
The following file formats can be selected.
Windows BMP (*.bmp), JPEG (*.jpg) or TIFF 
(*.tif)
- If JPEG is selected, you can enter a quality 
level in Quality.
- If TIFF is selected, you can compress an 
image file by checking the Compression 
(PACKBITS) check box. 
						

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3Click [OK].
Note
•The default of the width is 800 dots and the 
Constrain Proportions check box is 
checked. The height will be different 
depending on the size of the Panaboard 
screen and the screen resolution of the 
computer where the projector is projecting 
the image.
[E] Setting a work folder and the recovery 
file
Allows you to set the default folder when saving an 
IPB document.
If it is set to automatically create a recovery file, 
previously saved IPB documents can be recovered 
when a power failure or other incident occurs.
1Click File... in the Settings menu.
•The File Settings window appears.
2Specify the file folder setting.
•Save Default Folder: 
Sets the path of the folder you want to 
display as a default when saving a new IPB 
document.
•Create Recovery File: 
To create a recovery file, check the check 
box.
-Recovery File Folder: 
To save the recovery file at the same folder 
as the original file, check the Same folder 
as original file check box. Otherwise, set 
the directory to save the recovery file. 
-Save automatically every # minutes: 
To automatically save the recovery file, 
enter an interval time within a range of 1 - 
120 minutes.
3Click [OK]. 
						

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[F] Spell check setting for recognized 
handwriting
Set the spell check for recognized handwriting.
1Click Spell Check... in the Settings menu.
•The Spell Check Setting window appears.
2Specify the spell check setting.
•When checking the check box, possibly 
misspelled words are displayed with wavy 
underlining.
3Click [OK].
Note
•Only texts that is recognized using the 
handwriting recognition function can be 
checked the spelling.
[G] Options setting
Allows you to set the display method of the file name 
in the Title bar, the display unit system and the Control 
Panel key setting of the Interactive Panaboard in 
Whiteboard mode.
1Click Options... in the Settings menu.
•The Options window appears.
2Specify the option setting.
•Display full path in Title bar: 
To display the full path of the currently 
opened file in the title bar of the View window 
or the Whiteboard window, check the check 
box.
•Measurement: 
Selects the length unit of the Whiteboard 
window.
•Add New Page when Advance Key is 
pressed:
A new page is added to the IPB document in 
Whiteboard mode when the   (Advance 
Key) on the Interactive Panaboard is 
pressed.
•Switch the current page in last 2 pages 
when Advance Key is pressed:
The screen is fed and the corresponding 
page is selected in the IPB document in 
Whiteboard mode every pressing the   
(Advance Key) on the Interactive Panaboard. 
It enables to copy (backup) the selected 
page of the IPB document by pressing the 
 (Copy Key) on the Interactive 
Panaboard.