Wacom Intuos 3 User Manual page 63

The side switch does not
work.
The screen cursor jumps
back.
Cannot move the cursor
where you want to on the
screen, or the line you are
drawing does not line up
with the location of the
pointer in paint
applications.
You suspect the tablet
preferences may be
corrupted, or want to make
certain that all settings are
at their factory defaults.
C
ONTENTS
Be sure you press the side switch when the pen tip is within 6 mm (0.25
inch) of the tablet's active area – do this without pressing down on the pen
tip.
From the Wacom Tablet control panel, verify that the side switch is set to the
function you are expecting to occur for the application and tool that you are
using. Verify also that the S
(This option is accessed by clicking on the control panel O
Make sure the tablet status LED changes from blue to green when you
press the side switch. If it does not, you may have defective hardware (see
testing your tools).
Do not place an Intuos3 tool on the tablet when it is not in use, or when you
are using another pointing device. Leaving your tool on the tablet may
interfere with screen cursor positioning when using other input devices.
Open the Wacom Tablet control panel and go to the M
P mode is selected and that the S
EN
selected tool and application. If this does not help, click on the D
button to reestablish tablet to screen mapping. If you are still having
difficulty, remove the tablet preferences (see next tip).
Delete the tablet preferences as follows:
Windows: Do a Search or Find for the TABLET.DAT file and delete it.
The file should be in your Windows\System or Windows\System32 folder.
Then restart your computer. When the tablet driver loads, it will create a
new preferences file with the factory default settings.
Macintosh OS X: For a single user, delete the tablet preferences by first
choosing your H folder from the G
OME
L folder. Within your home L
IBRARY
folder and delete the
COM
log back in. When the tablet driver loads it will create a new preferences file
with the factory defaults.
For multiple users, delete all tablet preferences by first opening the main
A folder. Then open the T
PPLICATIONS
R T utility. When the utility starts, click on the R
EMOVE ABLET
P F button. Log out, then log back in. When the tablet driver
REFERENCE ILES
loads, it will create new preferences files with the factory defaults.
Note: Do not manually remove the W
main L P
IBRARY REFERENCE
when uninstalling the tablet software driver, and then only when using the
R T utility.
EMOVE ABLET
C
ONTENTS
I
NDEX
S E M
IDE WITCH XPERT
A
CREEN REA
menu. Then open your home
O
folder, open the P
IBRARY
. .
WACOM TABLETPREFERENCES
folder and run the
ABLET
T
ACOM ABLET
P folder. This file is only to be removed
ANES
I
NDEX
T
ROUBLESHOOTING
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option is deselected.
ODE
... button.)
PTIONS
tab. Verify that
APPING
is set to F for the
ULL
EFAULT
REFERENCES
file. Log out, then
A
EMOVE LL
. file from the
PREFPANE
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