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The
ATARI
Touch Tablet is an art and
graphics
controller
designed for use
with
all ATARI Home Com-
puters.
You
can
quickly and
easily create your own
computer art
and
graphics-without writing complex
programs-
using the AtariArtist™ software included
with the
Touch Tablet.
You can draw pictures on
the ATARI Touch Tablet
with
just
about anything-the stylus
that
comes
in
the
package, a pen, or your finger.
You can draw right on the
Touch Tablet
itself,
but
you should
always
place the
clear
plastic overlay on
the
tablet surface.
The plastic
overlay not only pro-
tects
the Touch
Tablet surface, but acts like tracing
paper-
just
put
the
picture you
want
to
trace between
the overlay
and
tablet
surface,
then
use the stylus
to
trace
the picture onto your screen.
Use
moderate
pressure when drawing on
the
Touch
Tablet. Press
only hard enough
to make the
cursor appear on your
TV screen. Pressing too hard
could tear the
plastic overlay or
damage the Touch
Tablet's surface, and
pressing
too
lightly
could in-
terfere
with
proper cursor
movement
and drawing
ac-
tion.
Lifting
the
drawing
tool
from
the
tablet surface
causes
the cursor-the
white
crosshairs on the
screen-to
vanish.
The
two
control
buttons
on
the Touch Tablet
and
the
one on the
stylus act
like "fire"
buttons on other
controllers.
They
are
used in
conjunction with
the
stylus and
the Touch Tablet's drawing
surface
to make
menu
selections or
begin
an activity-moving
from a
menu
to a picture,
drawing
a line, choosing
a par-
ticular
color, or erasing
the
screen.
With
one exception
(see
page 5), the control
but-
tons
work
identically-when
you're
using the stylus
that comes with
the Touch Tablet
,
you can press
either
the button
on
the stylus
or one of
the
two
control
but-
tons on the tablet to
make
menu selections,
erase
the
cursor, or begin
drawing.
When
you'
re
drawing
with
something other than the stylus,
use
either
button
on
the Touch
Tablet
to
select one
of
the
AtariArtist
features.
You can also
use the Touch
Tablet
instead
of pad-
dle controllers to play certain ATARI games.
Moving
the
stylus on
the
Touch Tablet
surface
imitates
paddle
action,
so
wherever
you
move your
stylus
or pen
on
the tablet
surface
,
the
cursor (or
other
indicator)
on
the television or
monitor
screen follows.
Hooking
it
Up
Plug the
stylus
into
the jack
on
the back of
the
Touch Tablet
,
then plug
the ATARI
Touch
Tablet into
Controller
Jack
1.
Insert
the AtariArtist
software
car-
tridge into your
ATARI Home
Computer as explained
in its owner's guide.
3
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