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Dual Page Display
Where did Dual Page Display go?? It is the key reason I have been using Notebook for years, when every other professor I know uses PowerPoint.
You'd think SMART would try to keep features that distinguish it from the competition. I guess I'll need to make the switch once Notebook 22 is no longer available.
106 votesMy sincerest apologies for not updating you all after the December Notebook release. The 16:9 aspect ratio created some unique challenges, and we needed more time to complete the rebuild of dual-page view. This feature will be included in SMART Notebook 24.0, scheduled for release at the end of May 2024.
Because of the aspect ratio, there is gray letterboxing above and below the canvas. For this release, the user will need to manually extend the page to fill the entire screen with canvas. We are working to automate this capability for our 24.1 update later in the year.
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PLEASE bring option to select pages of a Notebook to export to pdf back!!!!!!
When exporting a Notebook file to PDF in Notebook 23, it only gives option to name the file... no options anymore. PLEASE bring back the intermediate options window which allowed editing which pages to convert, titles, date, page orientation, etc.
74 votesIn Notebook 22 and earlier, the "Export PDF" actually opened a Printer window. Because of that, we moved the print functionality to the Print menu option. Export turned into a pure "turn this file into a PDF" without the ability to target specific pages. We've received a LOT of feedback about losing that feature, but I suspect users don't know that they can still do it under Print. I want to make sure that the functionality under Print meets teachers' needs. Would anyone be willing to try the Print option in Notebook 23 and confirm whether it performs how you want?
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select multiple objects
The latest update no longer allows me to drag the cursor over a number of objects on a page and select them as a group to edit / move etc.
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Equation Editor
The new equation editor program is terrible! You can't input spaces anymore. The font is weird and makes everything too close and exponents look misplaced. The upper-level operators are missing like limit notation and some integral operators. I can not longer use this program without a better equation editor program as a math teacher. The extend page option needs to come back and the screen capture as well. What a terrible update for educators.
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Type and write directly into tables. Fix text formatting for tables!
I find tables to bee completely unuseable in Notebook 23.
Text has to be dragged and dropped in and out of cells to be edited. For students this is basicly impossible to wrap their head around. Why can't you just type directly into the cells? Why can't you edit text inside the cells??
Moving text from one cell to the next somehow creates a copy instead of moving the text. Formatting text once it's been inserted into the cells is impossible unless the text is removed first. Resizing table cells once anything has been added to the table at all…33 votes -
Tip: Can Go Back to Notebook 22
Fyi. . . If you, like many, are desperately missing your favorite Notebook features that were for some reason taken away in NB 23, you can go to "View" and then "Open in Notebook 22" and your favorite things that were so useful for lesson planning/creation, teaching, and learning will be there again! Hello screen capture, SMART Recorder, Concept Mapping, and more! Maybe if everyone does this, they'll get the hint : )
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In Smart Notebook 23, the "Align" section is missing from the View menu. In version 22 this was still present. Why has it disappeared?
In Smart Notebook 23, the "Align" section is missing from the View menu. In version 22 this was still present. Why has it disappeared? Can I have it back?
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Error PDF Export on Notebook 23.0
The export as PDF fails when using Notebook 23.0. Instead, the Notebook must be opened to 22.0 then exported. It would be nice to not have this extra step.
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"Align" feature is missing: please put it back!
The "Align" feature has been removed from the latest version: it has become impossible to easily and efficiently align objects (the top of one with the bottom of another for example) ; impossible as well to align objects with the center of the page (because we can't know where the center of the page is anymore!) ; impossible to draw perfectly horizontal or vertical lines (what's the point of being able to draw lines then?)...
This feature is essential and exists in other competitor softwares, so why no longer on Notebook? Moreover, it always has been an option: you could…
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I would like the ability to set default pen sizes
There really needs to be a setting that lets us set default pen sizes.
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Feature request for Version 23
You can no longer add text to Shapes in version 23. Also when you have links to a place in the document they no longer work on individual objects when they are grouped. These were all features that worked in previous builds.
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Smart Notebook 23 has issues with version 22 files such as backgrounds etc.
The support suggestion to open version 23 first rather than opening the previous version 22 file directly is not good. It immediately breaks the version 22 file if it has any backgrounds such as lined paper and graph paper. Response from SMART Support.
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I have reviewed the files you sent. I can see the issues with the arrangement of text boxes.The issue is likely the result of the change that was made to SMART Notebook 23's workspace. The workspace is not a strict 16:9 aspect ratio. The issue persisted for you when you tried to open the files…
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Mask feature is missing in SN 23.
I went to Mask part of an image. It wasn't an option anymore. What? Who takes away features?? This is not an update. SN 23 crashes way too often. It also has trouble saving certain drawings. I drew a triangle in a previous version and the hypotenuse was flipped right/left. When I reopened the file, the hypotenuse was going the wrong way again.
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Paragraph line spacing is gone in Notebook 23
Before when you would type, you could go to Format, Paragraph, Line Spacing and change the amount of space between your text. This is a very important feature that was taken out. Without it, you cannot fit the words with images exactly how you want to display them. Please bring this feature back.
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Copying and pasting formatting issues in Notebook 23
When you copy and paste an image, you use to be able to grab the item by selecting it from the bottom right corner and resize it anyway you like. With the 23 version, you can only make it bigger or smaller. In 22, you could stretch or shorten the image in any direction. You can do this with shapes that you create in 23, but you cannot do it with images that you paste from somewhere else. This feature was crucial when trying to fit certain images in specific spaces. Please bring this back, thank you.
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Feature changes are awful
I can no longer reshape (longer or wider) text boxes or objects - they are only able to be made smaller or larger - very frustrating. Also, there is no option to extend page or even scroll down past the observable window. Also, the new box around a selected object is blue - inside the box as well! Every selected object is highlighted with a light blue tint inside the very visible blue outline - it happens with locked and unlocked objects. I have already started researching alternatives to this software.
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printing with screenshots is blurry
in 23, if you have images that have been screen captured onto the page, when you print them, the images are not readable.
You have to open in 22 and then print the pages. This is rough.
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Smart Notebook 23 is missing the ability to type in shapes.
Smart Notebook 23 does not have the ability to type inside shapes. Please bring this function back.
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grid
Please make the background 'Grid - medium' available as all blue lines, rather than a mixture of blue and red. Children find this difficult to follow as our maths books are just blue but I require the size squares of the medium.
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