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  • Page 1 Livescribe Desktop User Manual Version 1.4 for Windows...

  • Page 2: Copyright And Trademarks

    Copyright and Trademarks LIVESCRIBE, PULSE, and PAPER REPLAY are trademarks or registered trademarks of Livescribe, Inc. Anoto is a trademark of Anoto Group AB. Microsoft and Microsoft Word are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States or other countries. All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    About the Pulse Smartpen and Dot Paper............4 Livescribe Dot Paper ................. 4 How the Pulse Smartpen Works ..............5 Getting Started with Livescribe Desktop ............6 Installing Livescribe Desktop ..............6 Running Livescribe Desktop ............... 7 Registering Your Pulse Smartpen..............8 Copying Content from Your Pulse Smartpen..........
  • Page 4 Uninstalling Livescribe Desktop ..............11 Getting to Know Livescribe Desktop ..............13 Views ...................... 13 Page Viewer ..................13 Sessions View..................14 Livescribe Online..................15 Smartpen Manager................. 15 Page Viewer Windows ................16 Content Window ..................16 Navigation Window................. 17 Menus and Tool Bars..................
  • Page 5 Working with Sessions ................36 Viewing a List of Sessions ............... 37 Renaming a Session ................38 Deleting a Session from Livescribe Desktop ..........38 Removing a Session from Your Pulse Smartpen .......... 39 Viewing a Session's Pages ............... 40 Playing Audio from Sessions View.............
  • Page 6 Three Simple Steps for Managing Paper Products........... 49 Checking Paper Product Usage with the Notebook Status Label ......50 About Livescribe dot paper Product Naming ..........50 Archiving Paper Products ................52 Managing Paper Products with the Same Dot Pattern........53 Using Packs of Paper Products ..............
  • Page 7 Installing Software Updates ..............59 Installing New Applications and Software........... 59 Viewing Queued Applications and Software ..........59 Other Pulse Smartpen Commands ............60 Managing Memory ..................61 Viewing Memory Usage ................61 Freeing Memory ..................62 Livescribe Desktop User Manual Page vii...

  • Page 9: Livescribe Desktop

    Livescribe Desktop Livescribe Desktop is software that runs on your computer to view and listen to the content you create and capture using your Pulse™ smartpen. With Livescribe Desktop, you can view your notes, listen to your recorded audio, manage applications, and more.

  • Page 10: What's New In This Version

    View) Using Livescribe Desktop Livescribe Desktop provides many ways to view, listen to, and manage content you capture with your Pulse smartpen. You can also use Livescribe Desktop to connect with Livescribe online and manage applications on your Pulse smartpen. Here are the...

  • Page 11: Listen To Sessions

    • three simple steps to manage your paper products • how to check a new Livescribe dot paper product with its Notebook Status Label to see if you can safely use it • how to identify Livescribe dot paper products by their names •...

  • Page 12: Manage Applications

    Paper Replay™, among many others. Livescribe Dot Paper To perform its many operations, the Pulse smartpen requires Livescribe™ dot paper. This paper is standard paper with printed microdots on its surface. These dots are nearly invisible to the human eye. However, the smartpen can easily see these dots and uses them to know which page you are writing on and the exact location on that page.

  • Page 13: How The Pulse Smartpen Works

    – can be stored, recognized, and intelligently responded to. The area of the entire Anoto dot pattern is huge, and represents a piece of paper the combined size of Europe and Asia. Livescribe dot paper is based on a portion of the Anoto dot pattern.

  • Page 14: Getting Started With Livescribe Desktop

    Get to know Livescribe Desktop. Installing Livescribe Desktop If you have not already done so, install Livescribe™ Desktop on your computer. Livescribe Desktop requires a PC running either Windows® XP SP2 or Windows Vista® (32-bit or 64-bit). Your computer will also need: •...

  • Page 15: Running Livescribe Desktop

    Running Livescribe Desktop To run Livescribe Desktop for the first time: 1. On your desktop, double-click the Livescribe Desktop shortcut or go to Start > Programs > Livescribe > Livescribe Desktop. 2. Connect your USB mobile charging cradle to your computer and dock your Pulse™...

  • Page 16: Registering Your Pulse Smartpen

    Enable Livescribe Desktop Auto-Launch. If you disable auto-launch and Livescribe Desktop is not running, docking your Pulse smartpen will simply charge it. It will not launch Livescribe Desktop or transfer your smartpen content. Registering Your Pulse Smartpen It is important that you register your Pulse™ smartpen. Registering creates a personal account on Livescribe Online for you to upload and optionally share content with others.

  • Page 17: Copying Content From Your Pulse Smartpen

    If you are connected to the internet, Livescribe™ Desktop will also automatically check the Livescribe web site to see if your version of Livescribe Desktop is current and if the software and firmware on your Pulse™ smartpen are up to date. If your system needs updates, Livescribe Desktop will ask if you want to update now or be reminded later.

  • Page 18: Quitting Livescribe Desktop

    Copying Pulse Smartpen Content to another Computer You can link your Pulse smartpen to only one instance of Livescribe Desktop at a time. This means that the first time you install Livescribe Desktop and dock your smartpen, Livescribe Desktop will associate (or link) your smartpen to that computer.

  • Page 19: Uninstalling Livescribe Desktop

    Desktop window, or • Choose File > Exit. Uninstalling Livescribe Desktop If you need to uninstall Livescribe Desktop from your computer, follow the steps below: To uninstall Livescribe Desktop: 1. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel. In the Control Panel window, locate and double-click on Add or Remove Programs.

  • Page 21: Getting To Know Livescribe Desktop

    • Livescribe Online • Smartpen Manager As you work with your Livescribe Desktop, you will use all of these views at various times. Page Viewer Page Viewer is the default view when you run Livescribe Desktop. You will use this view to look at pages in your notebooks. You can also play back audio linked to your pages.

  • Page 22: Sessions View

    In Sessions View, you can view a list of your Paper Replay™ sessions. In this view, you can also play back recorded audio from your sessions, and upload sessions to your livescribe.com personal space. For more information, see Working with Sessions.

  • Page 23: Livescribe Online

    Livescribe Online 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. For more information, see Livescribe Online. Smartpen Manager Smartpen Manager is for viewing and managing applications and other software on your Pulse™...

  • Page 24: Page Viewer Windows

    Page Viewer Windows In Page Viewer, Livescribe™ Desktop provides two primary windows for viewing and navigating content: • Content Window • Navigation Window Content Window The Content window is the central area where you view and interact with your notes.

  • Page 25: Navigation Window

    Navigation Window In Page Viewer, Livescribe™ Desktop provides a Navigation window on the left side of the Content window. The Navigation window lists items that you can navigate to or view in more detail in the Content window. For example, clicking one of the notebooks in the Navigation window opens the notebook and displays all of its pages as thumbnails.
  • Page 26 The results remain within the Search tab until you either initiate another search or close the tab. See Searching Pages for more information Page 18 Livescribe Desktop User Manual...
  • Page 27 This tab appears in the Navigator window when you activate a Paper Replay session, either by clicking active ink on page, or by selecting a session in Session View and viewing its pages in Page Viewer. To learn more about 1BGetting to Know Livescribe Desktop Page 19...

  • Page 28: Menus And Tool Bars

    Main Menu The Main Menu provides different menu items based on the view you choose. You can use these menus to access features of Livescribe Desktop. Depending on the view, the Main Menu includes File, Edit, View, Navigation, Tools, and Help menus.

  • Page 29: Main Tool Bar

    Page Control Tool Bar. Audio Control Tool Bar The Audio Control Tool Bar is located at the bottom of the Livescribe Desktop screen. This tool bar is for controlling playback of recorded audio. For more information, see Playing Audio.

  • Page 30: Memory Manager Tool Bar

    Memory Manager Tool Bar The Memory Manager Tool Bar in Smartpen Manager displays the memory state of your Pulse™ smartpen. See Managing Memory for more information. Page 22 Livescribe Desktop User Manual...

  • Page 31: Paper Replay In Livescribe Desktop

    See the Pulse Smartpen User Manual for more information about using Paper Replay. You can view and play back Paper Replay sessions in Livescribe Desktop. When you view a Paper Replay session, you can click your notes to begin playback of the audio recorded as you wrote the notes.

  • Page 32: Viewing Pages

    • use the page control tool bar Paging through a Notebook In Livescribe™ Desktop, you can page through your notebooks and view either single pages or thumbnails. Paging only displays pages that contain content and skips empty pages. Page 24...

  • Page 33: Viewing Thumbnails

    Bar. Viewing Thumbnails By default, notebook pages will display as thumbnails when viewed in Page Viewer. Livescribe™ Desktop displays as thumbnails only pages with content. Livescribe Desktop displays empty contiguous pages as overlapping stacks of single blank pages. To view pages as thumbnails: 1.

  • Page 34: Viewing A Single Page

    Single-click the thumbnail of the page you want to view and click the Single Page button in the Page Control tool bar. • Single-click the thumbnail of the page you want to view and choose View > Single Page from the Main tool bar. Page 26 Livescribe Desktop User Manual...

  • Page 35: Playing Audio While Viewing Pages

    Playing Audio from Sessions View). If you play back the audio of a session that spans multiple pages, Livescribe Desktop will automatically move to successive pages in real time synchronization with the playing audio. This automatic paging will continue until you manually switch pages using the Page Control tool bar.
  • Page 36 This will start the audio playback. This is analogous to tapping your notes in a notebook to play back the session's audio. Livescribe™ Desktop will also trace the session's notes in darker green ink as the audio plays.

  • Page 37: Zooming Pages

    • Click the zoom controls in the Page Control tool bar to zoom in • Drag the zoom slider in the Page Control tool bar to zoom in or out of the page. 2BPaper Replay in Livescribe Desktop Page 29...
  • Page 38 Choose View > Zoom In or Zoom Out from the Main tool bar. Repositioning a Zoomed Page When you zoom a page to a size that is larger than the Content window, Livescribe™ Desktop will crop some of the page. You may want to reposition the page to view its content.

  • Page 39: Searching Pages

    In Page Viewer, you can search your written pages. Search can work on notes written in cursive, print, or a combination. Obviously, search accuracy depends on the neatness and consistency of your notes. You can search a currently-selected notebook or journal. 2BPaper Replay in Livescribe Desktop Page 31...
  • Page 40 "Top", "top", and "TOP" return the same results. 3. Click OK to initiate the search. Viewing Search Results When you perform a search in the current notebook or journal, Livescribe™ Desktop searches through all its pages. Page 32 Livescribe Desktop User Manual...

  • Page 41: Copying And Pasting Pages

    You can copy your pages to the Clipboard of your operating system (such as Windows® Clipboard) and paste them into other applications like Microsoft Word®. Livescribe Desktop saves the content you copy as an image to the Clipboard. 2BPaper Replay in Livescribe Desktop...

  • Page 42: Printing Pages

    In Page Viewer, you can print pages from your notebooks. Although active ink appears as green in the Content window, Livescribe™ Desktop prints it in black, just like non-active ink. Your printed page will not be interactive with your Pulse smartpen.

  • Page 43: Using The Page Control Tool Bar

    Using the Page Control Tool Bar In Page Viewer, Livescribe™ Desktop displays a Page Control bar at the bottom of the Content window. You can use these controls to page through your notebook, go to specific pages, activate thumbnail or single page modes, and zoom into or out of a viewed page.

  • Page 44: Working With Sessions

    Zoom slider: Zooms in or out of the current page view by moving the slider control. Zoom in: Zooms in the current page view. Working with Sessions With Livescribe™ Desktop, you can manage and manipulate Paper Replay™ sessions. Specifically, you can: • view a list of all sessions •...

  • Page 45: Viewing A List Of Sessions

    Main menu. This opens the Sessions View and brings up a list of all sessions. Anatomy of a Sessions View List When you view sessions as a list, Livescribe™ Desktop displays the sessions as a series of rows with named columns. The table below describes these columns. Column...

  • Page 46: Renaming A Session

    4. Type a new name and click OK. Deleting a Session from Livescribe Desktop In Sessions View, you can delete a session from Livescribe™ Desktop. You can also remove a session from your Pulse™ smartpen (see Removing a Session from Your Pulse Smartpen).

  • Page 47: Removing A Session From Your Pulse Smartpen

    4. To confirm the deletion, click Yes, otherwise click No. Removing a Session from Your Pulse Smartpen You can remove a session from your Pulse™ smartpen with Livescribe™ Desktop. You can also delete a session from Livescribe Desktop itself (see...

  • Page 48: Viewing A Session's Pages

    Either of these actions will switch your view to Page Viewer and open the Session tab of the Navigation window, displaying all pages in this session. The first page of the session will display in the Content window and the session's audio will play back. Page 40 Livescribe Desktop User Manual...

  • Page 49: Playing Audio From Sessions View

    Using the Audio Control Tool Bar Livescribe™ Desktop displays an audio control tool bar at the bottom of its screen. You can use these controls to start, pause, stop, and control audio playback.
  • Page 50 Playing Audio while Viewing Pages. Jump to previous bookmark Jump to next bookmark Playback speed control: Increases or decreases the speed of the playing audio. Volume control: Controls the volume of the playback between 0 and 200%. Page 42 Livescribe Desktop User Manual...

  • Page 51: Uploading Content To Livescribe Online

    Uploading Content to Livescribe Online From Livescribe™ Desktop, you can connect to your personal space on livescribe.com. From there, you can view your uploaded content, download applications, share content with others (a process known as Pencasting), view other users' shared content, blog, and participate in groups, among others. For more information about Livescribe Online, see the Pulse™...

  • Page 52: Uploading Pages

    Uploading Pages In Livescribe™ Desktop, you can upload your pages to the web, without audio. To upload pages: 1. In Page Viewer, choose one or more pages. 2. Click the Upload Pages button on Main tool bar, or choose File > Upload Pages... from the Main menu.

  • Page 53: Uploading A Session

    4. In the next dialog, enter a name for the pages you are uploading and click OK. Other users you choose to share the pages with will see the name 5. Livescribe Desktop will upload the pages to your personal space. It will not upload empty pages. Click OK to close the success dialog.

  • Page 54: Sharing Content (Pencasting)

    5. Livescribe Desktop will upload the session audio and any linked pages to your personal space. It will not upload empty pages. Click OK to close the success dialog. Sharing Content (Pencasting) Pencasting is the process of sharing your notes and Paper Replay™ sessions with others.

  • Page 55: Printing, Managing, And Archiving Paper Products

    Livescribe dot paper products sometimes re-use dot pattern. As a general rule, do not use Livescribe dot paper products with the same dot pattern at the same time. This prevents a potential problem that can happen when viewing your notebooks in Livescribe™...

  • Page 56: Printing Your Own Notepads

    Printing Your Own Notepads Using Livescribe™ Desktop, you can print your own notepads using a qualified color laser printer that can print 600 dpi or greater. To print a notepad, first verify that your printer can correctly print Livescribe dot paper: 1.

  • Page 57: Three Simple Steps For Managing Paper Products

    Understanding how your Pulse™ smartpen interacts with Livescribe™ dot paper can challenging. Fortunately, you do not need to know how it all works. All you need to do is follow three simple steps before using a new Livescribe dot paper notebook or journal: 1.

  • Page 58: Checking Paper Product Usage With The Notebook Status Label

    After archiving, set aside your old notebook, you still have a digital copy on the Livescribe Desktop, but you no longer can tap an play paper replay sessions on your previous notebook.
  • Page 59 Groups Livescribe dot paper products belong to a group based on their printed format (lined, unlined, grid ...) and form factor (notebook, journal, notepad …). Paper product groups include: • Lined Notebooks • Unlined Notebooks • Lined Journals • Unlined Journals •...

  • Page 60: Archiving Paper Products

    Notebook 3 has a different dot pattern from Unlined Journal 3. Archiving Paper Products When you have finished using a Livescribe dot paper product, you should archive it in Livescribe™ Desktop. Archiving a Livescribe dot paper product does the following: •...

  • Page 61: Managing Paper Products With The Same Dot Pattern

    If you own two Livescribe™ dot paper products with the same Group and Number (such as two Lined Notebook 2 paper products), you should follow these guidelines: 1. Use only one of the Livescribe dot paper products at a time. Do not use the two paper products at the same time.

  • Page 62: Using Packs Of Paper Products

    Then you can use your Pulse smartpen on the second Lined Notebook 1. Using Packs of Paper Products A pack contains Livescribe dot paper products of the same group. For example, you can buy a pack of Lined Notebooks. If you then buy a second pack of Lined Notebooks, check if the Numbers of the notebooks are the same as in the first pack.

  • Page 63: Lined Black Journals

    Dark Blue Series 1 Notebook 1 Series 1 Notebook 2 Black Series 1 Notebook 3 Orange Series 1 Notebook 4 Dark Blue Series 2 Notebook 5 Series 2 Notebook 6 Black Series 2 Notebook 7 Orange Series 2 Notebook 8 Note: With the new Group/Number model, the color or pattern on the cover of a paper product does not matter.

  • Page 64: Unlined Red Journals

    Unlined Journal 3. Backing Up Your My Livescribe Folder You should back up Livescribe™ Desktop files just like other important files on your computer. Backing up your files protects you from losing important files in case your computer becomes damaged or is stolen.

  • Page 65: Managing Your Pulse Smartpen

    Anatomy of an Apps View List When you view a list of applications and software in Smartpen Manager, Livescribe™ Desktop displays them as a list of rows with named columns. The table below describes the columns of the Apps View list.
  • Page 66 Pulse™ smartpen and no backup copy is available in Livescribe™ Desktop. On Smartpen indicates that the application is on your Pulse smartpen and a backup copy is available in Livescribe Desktop. Transferring indicates Livescribe Desktop is transferring the application to your Pulse smartpen.

  • Page 67: Installing Software Updates

    Replay™) and underlying Pulse smartpen firmware. When you run Livescribe™ Desktop, it will automatically check livescribe.com for these updates. If you choose to download them, Livescribe Desktop will queue the updates and transfer them to your Pulse smartpen when you dock it to your computer.

  • Page 68: Other Pulse Smartpen Commands

    Livescribe Desktop will act on the items the next time you dock your Pulse smartpen. To view all pending actions in the Smartpen Manager queue: 1. Click the Smartpen Manager button in the Main tool bar. 2. Click the Queue View button.

  • Page 69: Managing Memory

    Rename your Pulse smartpen in Livescribe Desktop. Remove Pulse Smartpen Remove your Pulse™ smartpen from the Livescribe™ Desktop Library. This will make your smartpen unknown to Livescribe Desktop. Docking your smartpen again will let you add it back to Livescribe Desktop. The content associated with the removed smartpen will not be removed from Livescribe Desktop.

  • Page 70: Freeing Memory

    Managing and Archiving Paper Products. • On your Pulse™ smartpen, use the Main Menu to select the session you want to delete and remove it. See the Pulse Smartpen User Manual for more information. Page 62 Livescribe Desktop User Manual...

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