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Using Your Tablet PC Pen

Tablet PCs use pens as input devices. You can use pens for writing as well as for

interacting with items on the screen by tapping and flicking. To ensure that your

Tablet PC recognizes your tapping and flicking actions, you should take a few min-

utes to configure the related options.

Tapping your pen

Pen taps allow you to perform actions equivalent to using a mouse. You can perform

the following actions:

• Double-tapping the pen on the screen is equivalent to a double-click mouse action.

• Pressing and holding the pen to the screen is equivalent to a right-click mouse

action, or pressing the pen button to perform a right-click.

• On some Tablet PC pens, you can grip the top of the pen to erase ink from the

screen.

You can set pen tap options by following these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound, scroll down, and then click Pen

and Input Devices. This displays the Pen and Input Devices dialog box with the

Pen Options tab selected, as shown in Figure 13-12.

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3. To configure double-tapping, click “Double-tap” in the “Pen action” section and

then click Settings. As Figure 13-13 shows, you can then adjust how quickly you

can tap the screen and the distance the pointer can move between tapping. Use

the test area provided to test your settings. Fine-tune your settings as necessary

and then click OK.

4. To configure pressing and holding, click “Press and hold” in the “Pen action”

section and then click Settings. As Figure 13-13 shows, you can then change the

amount of time you must press and hold the pen to the screen to perform the

equivalent of a right-click, and the amount of time to perform the right-click

action. Use the test area provided to test your settings. Fine-tune your settings as

necessary and then click OK.

5. To open Input Panel automatically when you move the pen quickly from side to

side while it is positioned slightly above the screen, click Start Tablet PC Input

Panel in the “Pen action” section and then click Settings. Select the “Enable start

input panel gesture” checkbox. Use the slider to specify the relative distance you

must move the pen from side to side, and then click OK.

6. To allow clicking the pen button to be used as a right-click equivalent, select the

“Use the pen button as a right-click equivalent” checkbox.

Figure 13-12. Setting Tablet PC pen options

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7. To allow erasing ink by gripping the top of the pen (if supported) select the “Use

the top of the pen to erase ink” checkbox.

8. Click OK to save the settings.

Each tapping action of the pen is accompanied by some type of visual feedback. To

view or change visual feedback options, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound, scroll down, and then click Pen

and Input Devices.

3. In the Pen and Input Devices dialog box, click the Pointer Options tab, as shown

in Figure 13-14.

4. A different type of visual feedback is provided for each pen tap action. If you

don’t want to see visual feedback for a tap action, clear the related checkbox.

5. If you don’t want pen cursors to be shown instead of mouse cursors when you

use the pen, clear the “Show pen cursors instead of mouse cursors when I use

my pen” checkbox.

6. Click OK to save the settings.

Figure 13-13. Configuring Tablet PC pen settings