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Wacom PL Series Software User Manual

Wacom PL Series Software User Manual

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Contents Index Pen Display Software User’s Manual CONTENTS About the manual Navigating the manual CUSTOMIZING Opening the control panel Control panel overview Control panel settings Calibrating the pen display Customizing the pen Adjusting tip feel and double-click Adjusting eraser feel Advanced tip and eraser pressure settings Customizing pen buttons Button functions...

  • Page 2: About The Manual

    Many graphics applications have built-in support for pen display features (such as pressure sensitivity). Visit Wacom’s web site to find a listing of applications that support these features. For information on how best to use pen display features within a specific application, see the instructions in that application’s manuals.

  • Page 3: Navigating The Manual

    Contents Index NAVIGATING THE MANUAL Use the navigation controls to move through the manual: Go to front page. Contents Go to table of contents. Go to index. Index Go back to previous view. Page back, or page forward. topic Go to topic. Topic continued.

  • Page 4: Customizing

    CUSTOMIZING After you master the basics of using your pen display, you may want to customize the way the product works. This chapter describes how to use the Wacom Tablet control panel to adjust your pen display and pen settings.

  • Page 5: Control Panel Overview

    Contents Index CONTROL PANEL OVERVIEW Use the Wacom Tablet control panel to customize the pen display. The upper portion of the control panel displays icons representing your T , and A settings. ABLET PPLICATION Choose F UNCTIONS customize the Radial Menu settings.

  • Page 6: Control Panel Settings

    CONTROL PANEL SETTINGS Use these sections as a reference when working with the Wacom Tablet control panel; they provide detailed information about each tab and some of the more complex topics. Many of the sections also contain useful customizing tips.

  • Page 7: Calibrating The Pen Display

    Set the pen display in its working position, then follow the procedure below. Important: When using a VGA connection with the pen display, make sure the LCD monitor is properly adjusted before calibrating the tablet. In the Wacom Tablet control panel, select the from the T list and then select the tab.

  • Page 8: Customizing The Pen

    Index CUSTOMIZING THE PEN Customizing your pen is easy. First open the Wacom Tablet control panel using the pen. The pen will be selected in the T list and the appropriate tabs will be displayed. Select a tab and choose from the available options.

  • Page 9: Adjusting Eraser Feel

    Contents Index ADJUSTING ERASER FEEL To adjust the eraser sensitivity of your pen, select the E tab. RASER Note: Some product configurations may include a pen without an eraser. Select the button function to perform when using the eraser. Customizes the amount of pressure needed to erase.

  • Page 10: Advanced Tip And Eraser Pressure Settings

    Contents Index ADVANCED TIP AND ERASER PRESSURE SETTINGS To further customize tip or eraser pressure settings, from the P or E tab click on the D ... button RASER ETAILS to display the F dialog box. The options within this dialog box enable you to change the tip or ETAILS eraser pressure sensitivity and click threshold settings independently.

  • Page 11: Customizing Pen Buttons

    Contents Index CUSTOMIZING PEN BUTTONS Select the P tab to change the functions assigned to the side switches and tip of your pen. Note: Some product configurations may include a pen without side switches. Select the button function to perform when pressing the upper or lower side switch.

  • Page 12: Button Functions

    ORWARD ORWARD . Enables you to move a document or image in any direction within the CROLL active window using your Wacom pen. . Reports only the button number to the application. This is for PPLICATION EFINED applications, such as CAD programs, that have built-in tablet support.
  • Page 13 (the screen cursor is positioned at the pen tip location) or as a standard Wacom tablet (the screen cursor can be moved across the entire desktop or additional displays). See working with Display Toggle for more information.
  • Page 14 Contents Index • ..Enables you to simulate keystrokes. Selecting this option displays the D EYSTROKE EFINE EYSTROKE dialog box where you can enter a keystroke or keystroke sequence to play back. You can manually enter a keystroke or keystroke combination in the K entry box.
  • Page 15 Contents Index • . Lets you move a document or image in any direction within the active application window CROLL by pressing a button set for P and then dragging with the pen tip across the tablet’s active CROLL area. When you select P , the P CROLL...
  • Page 16 Contents Index • ..Toggles between pen mode and mouse mode. When first setting a pen button to M OGGLE ..., the M dialog box is displayed where you can adjust the mouse acceleration and OGGLE OUSE speed. Sets the screen cursor tracking speed when in mouse mode Sets the screen cursor acceleration when in mouse...

  • Page 17: Using The Pen Display With Other Monitors

    (the screen cursor is positioned at the pen tip location) or toggled for use as a standard Wacom tablet (the screen cursor can be moved across the entire desktop or additional displays). See working with Display Toggle for more information.

  • Page 18: Using And Customizing The Radial Menu

    Contents Index USING AND CUSTOMIZING THE RADIAL MENU To display the Radial Menu, set a pen button to the R function. Whenever you press that button, ADIAL the Radial Menu is displayed. The menu will extend over the entire desktop. •...

  • Page 19: Working With Display Toggle

    For example, your product can be used as a pen display where the screen cursor is positioned at the pen tip location, or toggled for use as a standard Wacom tablet where the screen cursor can be moved across the entire desktop or additional displays.

  • Page 20: Application-Specific Settings

    Contents Index APPLICATION-SPECIFIC SETTINGS You may wish to customize your pen for use with a particular application. For example, you may want a firm pen tip pressure setting in one application and a soft pressure setting in another. The A list PPLICATION enables you to add an individual application to the list and then customize your settings for that application.

  • Page 21: Creating An Application-Specific Setting

    Contents Index CREATING AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC SETTING To create an application-specific setting, first choose the pen display and pen for which you want to create an application-specific setting. Then click on the A list’s [ + ] button to display the A PPLICATION PPLICATION dialog box.

  • Page 22: Changing Application-Specific Settings

    • If multiple tablets are installed, the tablet used to open the Wacom Tablet control panel is selected as the default tablet. To remove one of multiple tablets from the driver, in the Wacom Tablet control panel select the tablet to be deleted and click on the [ –...

  • Page 23: Glossary

    Journal includes a variety of pen, marker, and highlighter tools, plus an eraser that is easily activated by the eraser end of your Wacom pen. Additionally, your handwritten content is searchable within Journal.
  • Page 24 Pixel. The smallest unit of measure on your display screen. Pressure sensitive. A quality of the Wacom pen tip and eraser that senses the amount of pressure being applied. This is used to create natural-looking pen, brush, and eraser strokes in applications that are pressure sensitive.

  • Page 25: Index

    Contents Index INDEX About the manual Display Toggle, working with Application-specific settings Double-click, customizing changing Eraser feel, customizing creating advanced removing Features, control panel working with Functions, button Button functions Installing multiple tablets Calibrating, pen display Manual, about Control panel Monitors, using pen display with other features Multiple tablets, installing...
  • Page 26 Wacom reserves the right to revise this publication without obligation to provide notification of such changes. Wacom does its best to provide current and accurate information in this document. However, Wacom reserves the right to change any specifications and product configurations at its discretion, without prior notice and without obligation to include such changes in this document.

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