IRIS Phone Whiteboard

Use the IRIS Phone Whiteboard to create and edit drawings and image files together with the remote party. You may use it even if no voice (and video) connection is being established, i.e. if IRIS Phone is in Call state. Also, you may take a look at some special techniques for using the Whiteboard.

File Menu

• New - opens a new blank Whiteboard project.
• Open - envokes the Open dialog allowing you to select and open a saved Whiteboard file.
• Save - saves the current Whiteboard project.
• Save As - opens the Save As dialog allowing you to save the current project in IRIS Phone drawing format (*.IRO).
• Exit - Closes IRIS Phone Whiteboard program.

Edit Menu

• Undo - reverses your last action.
• Cut - deletes the selected object and stores it in your clipboard.
• Copy - stores the selected object in your clipboard.
• Paste - pastes the content of your clipboard.
• Delete - deletes the selected object.
• Paste From - opens the Paste From dialog allowing you to select an .emf file and insert it in your Whiteboard project.

View Menu

• Gallery Window - pops up the Gallery Templates window where you can choose a picture among the built-in picture templates and place it into your project using drag-and-drop. You may also just choose a picture, select the Template tool (F8), press the left mouse button and drag to insert the selected picture template in your project.

Tools Menu

• Select - allows you to select an object (by pointing and clicking) and then to move it, resize it, change its color, copy to a new place, etc.
• Line - activates the line drawing tool allowing you to draw a line by pressing the left mouse button and dragging your mouse.
• Freehand - activates the freehand drawing tool allowing you to draw any kind of figure by pressing the left mouse button and freely moving your mouse. To draw uninterrupted lines, press and release the left mouse button, move the mouse cursor to the place where you want to end the line or start a new line, and click again. To finish your freehand drawing, double-click with the left mouse button.
• Spline - allows you to draw a line with adjustable shape. Position your cursor over one of the two inner control points, press your left mouse button and drag to the desired position to reshape the line.
• Ellipse - allows you to draw an ellipse by pressing and dragging your mouse.
• Rectangle - allows you to draw a rectangle by pressing and dragging your mouse.
• Text - enables you to type text by positioning at the desired place and typing your text. You can change the color of the text or the text box, the text font size, reshape the text box, etc.
• Template - allows you to place the last selected picture template into your project.

Network Menu

• Hold Receiving - stops any incoming actions over the common project, i.e. you cannot see what the remote side is doing on the project. To restore normal collaboration, choose this command again.
• Hold Sending - stops any outgoing actions over the common project, i.e. the remote person cannot see what you are doing on the project. To restore normal collaboration, choose this command again.
• Network Settings - allows you to set transmission and receipt delay in seconds.

Help Menu

• Contents - opens this Help.

Click on any button to view information about it. To view the toolbar image again, press the Back button of your browser.

Align Left - use it to align the text in the selected textbox to the left margin of the text box.

Center - use it to align the text in the selected textbox to the middle of the text box.

Align Right - use it to align the text in the selected textbox to the right margin of the page text box.

Bold - formats the selected text and numbers as bold. To remove the formatting, click the button again.

Italic - formats the selected text and numbers as italic. To remove the formatting, click the button again.

Underline - underlines the selected text and numbers. To remove the formatting, click the button again.

Strikethrough - strikes the selected text and numbers through. To remove the formatting, click the button again.

Decrease Text Size - use it to make the selected text smaller.

Increase Text Size - use it to make the selected text bigger.

Object Name - use it to give a name to the selected object and it will be visible also on the remote party's PC when positioning the mouse cursor over it.

Open Gallery Templates - pops up the Gallery Templates window where you can choose a picture among the built-in picture templates and place it into your project using drag-and-drop. You may also just choose a picture, select the Template tool (F8), press the left mouse button and drag to insert the selected picture template in your project.

Line Weight - use to choose the weight of the selected line.

Line Color - use to set a color for the selected line.

Text Color - use to set a color for the selected text.

Fill In Color - use to fill the selected object with a color.

Bring To Front - use to define which one of two or more overlapping objects should be on the top.

Send To Back - use to define which one of two or more overlapping objects should be in the bottom.

To select an object, choose the Select tool, position your mouse over the object so that the object blinks, and then click. Once you have selected an object, you may:

• resize it - by clicking over a point and dragging the mouse to the desired position.
• change its fill-in or line color - by selecting the desired color from the toolbar.
• move it - by clicking over the object and dragging the mouse to the desired position.
• copy it - press Ctrl+Click and drag to duplicate the object.
• change its shape - press Shift+Click over a point and drag to reshape the object.

The status line at the bottom of the Whiteboard window provides additional information:

• Whether Hold Receiving / Hold Sending is enabled or not.
• What is the line color, the fill-in color, and the text color.
• What is the name of the object.

Remote Whiteboard was closed.
The remote party has closed his / her Whiteboard. To run a new common project, click on OK and start your Whiteboard again.

The system has become unstable. Please restart your computer.
IRIS Phone has detected that your system is currently short of resources. Save your work, restart Windows and try again. 

The connection was terminated.
The current connection was terminated and Whiteboard will be closed.