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ShowBoard Usage - Starting Case


The article is a 4-page PDF file. When use Adobe Reader to display it in full-screen mode, they look like this:

The lecturer now hopes the listeners can see only a few lines at a time, instead of a whole page, so that they can better follow him. He may wants to add an arrow, draw a figure, highlighten a line, or types some text here and there, and he may want to insert something that is outside of this PDF file. Let's see how easy it is with ShowBard

How to display only a few lines, instead of a whole page

ShowBoard has a specially designed vertical scroll-bar.

  • The height of the scroll-bar restricts how much the listens can see, or how many lines they can see --- from nothing to all screen.
  • The position of the scroll-bar is where the visible line are displayed --- on top, middle or bottom.
How to add an arrow, draw a figure, highlighten a line, types some text...
  • Arrow : Double click where the arrow should appear.
  • Draw : Pick the Pencil or Straight Line tool, push down the left mouse button and move.
  • Type Text: Right click the position where the text should appear, and select the "Add Text" menu command.
  • Highlighten a line: Draw a box arround the line and select the "Background Brush" command on the right-button menu.
  • Insert an Image: Right click where the image should appear, and select the "Paste Image" or "Paste Image From File" command.