Livescribe Desktop Views

To use Livescribe Desktop, you should become familiar with its views and panes.

Thumbnail View

Thumbnails View is the default Livescribe Desktop view. Livescribe Desktop shows pages as thumbnails.

Single-Page View

Single-Page View shows individual pages.

Click on green ink to play back audio recordings linked to the page.

Audio View

In Audio View, you can view a list of your audio recordings.

In this view, you can also play back recorded audio, and upload audio to your personal space on Livescribe Online.

Livescribe Online View

Livescribe Online is your connection to the web. Use this view to manage your personal Livescribe space, share content with others, and access the Livescribe Online Store.

Download Manager

The Download Manager is for viewing apps you have downloaded from Livescribe Online, including software updates and apps your have purchased from the Livescribe Online Store.

Apps Manager

The Apps Manager is for viewing, installing, and uninstalling smartpen apps you have downloaded.

Central Viewing Pane

The Central Viewing Pane is the central area where you view and interact with your notes. For example, this pane is where you view your notes and audio recordings. You can also play back audio recordings by clicking on your notes in this pane.

Navigation Pane

Livescribe Desktop provides a Navigation Pane on the left side of the Central Viewing Pane. The Navigation Pane lists items that you can navigate to or view in more detail in the Central Viewing Pane. For example, clicking one of the notebooks in the Navigation Pane opens the notebook and shows all of its pages as thumbnails.

Using the Navigation Pane, you can view your library of notebooks, view pages that contain search results, and view active audio recordings and optionally upload them to your personal space on livescribe.com. The Navigation Pane uses tabs to organize its content.

Library Tab

This tab shows your entire library of notebooks, journals, and other paper products you have used with your smartpen. Use the Library tab to select which notebook you want to view in the Central Viewing Pane. The Library Tab lists your physical notebooks, custom notebooks, and notebooks you have imported as pencasts.

Sessions Tab

This tab shows all of the pages of the audio recording currently playing. This tab appears in the Navigation Pane when you play back an audio recording, either by clicking active ink on page, or by selecting an audio recording in Audio View and viewing its pages Single-Page View.

Search Tab

This tab shows the pages found using the Search feature. This tab shows the pages found with the search text highlighted in yellow. This tab appears in the Navigation Pane the first time you initiate a search. The tab's content refreshes during a search and holds one set of search results at a time. The results remain within the Search tab until you either initiate another search or close the tab.