Tutorial Part 2: Adding Graphical Images

The second part of the tutorial describes several methods you can use for adding graphical images to Whiteboard pages. The methods include using clip art, using the drawing tools, capturing screen images, and using clip art as page background.

  1. Double-click the bitmap placeholder.
  1. Add a new Whiteboard Page.
  1. Clear the Whiteboard Page.
  1. Set up a style for a rectangle .

    Click the Rectangle drawing tool to activate the tool. From the Brush Color menu, select More Patterns . The Select Pattern dialog box appears.

    Select a pattern and click OK.

  2. Draw the rectangle.

    Position the cursor in the upper left hand corner and click and drag to the lower right hand corner to create a large rectangle, as shown in the example below.

  3. Capture a screen image to the Whiteboard.

    Select Screen Capture from the Tools menu. Once selected, your mouse pointer will turn into a cross.Click and drag over the area you want your image to appear. Release your mouse and the image is captured.

  4. Adjust the image to fit on the Whiteboard.

    Select the image by clicking it once. Next, click and hold a corner of the image. The cursor should become a two-way arrow. Drag the corner of the image until the image is small enough to fit in the rectangle.

    You may have to reposition the image in the rectangle after you shrink it.

  5. Add text to the Whiteboard .

    Click the Text tool on the drawing toolbar. Click a point on the Whiteboard, and then type "My Desktop. . .", as shown in the example below.

  6. Add a background to another whiteboard page.

    Click the Ins. A (Insert After) button and click OK on the Select Template dialog box.


      Open the Back Page folder and select Credit Card.wbp. Click Open and then OK to display the Whiteboard with the new background.