Smartideas Users Guide

Concept-Mapping Software Registration Benefits At SMART, we're always working to improve our customers' experience by offering software upgrades, patches and product news. Register your copy of SMART Ideas software to receive announcements of upgrades and patches in the future. Keep the following information available in case you need to contact Technical support. Serial Number Date of Purchase Register online at: www.smarttech.com/products/registration Trademark Notice SMART Ideas is a registered trademark of SMART Technologies Inc. in Canada and the U.S. SMART Ideas and SMART Board are trademarks of SMART Technologies Inc. All SMART product logotypes and the SMART Ideas and SMART logos are trademarks of SMART Technologies Inc. All other third-party product and company names are mentioned for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. U.S., Canadian and foreign patents pending. Copyright Notice © 1995–2003 SMART Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of SMART. Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge Special Collections, Cleveland State University Library for permission to reproduce the photograph of Richard Burton as Hamlet. Some clip art supplied by CorelDRAW, a registered trademark of Corel Corporation. Printed in Canada 12/2003. Contents Welcome to SMART Ideas Software ................................................ 1 About Concept Maps......................................................................................1 About This Guide............................................................................................2 Features .........................................................................................................2 Creating a Diagram ........................................................................... 5 Symbols..........................................................................................................5 Creating Symbols ...........................................................................................6 Rapidly Creating a Connected Diagram ........................................................7 Linking Symbols with Connectors ................................................................10 Labeling Connectors ....................................................................................12 Editing a Diagram............................................................................ 14 Selecting Symbols and Connectors .............................................................14 Moving Diagram Objects..............................................................................15 Changing Diagram Layout ...........................................…