Wacom Intuos4 Large Operation & User’s Manual

Customizing your pen Troubleshooting Using a tablet Customizing your tablet Digital inking Using a cordless mouse Customizing your cordless mouse Using the Radial Menu Application-specific settings User’s manual for Windows & Macintosh ® ® Index Contents Index Contents 1 1

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5 Navigating the manual 6 WORKING WITH INTUOS4 7 Tablet features 8 Input tools and accessories 10 Setting up your work area 11 Using the Grip Pen 12 Holding the pen 12 Pointing 13 Clicking 14 Dragging 14 Using the side switch 15 Drawing with pressure sensitivity 16 Drawing with tilt 16 Erasing 17 Eye-hand coordination exercise 17 Using the Intuos4 Mouse 18 Working with the tablet 19 Configuring the tablet orientation 20 USB cable installation 20 Understanding the tablet active area 21 Using the ExpressKeys 22 Using the Touch Ring 23 CUSTOMIZING 24 Opening the control panel 24 Control panel overview 25 Control panel settings 26 Customizing the pen 27 Adjusting tip feel and double-click 28 Adjusting eraser feel 29 Advanced tip and eraser pressure settings 29 Customizing tool buttons 30 Customizing tilt sensitivity 31 Customizing the mouse 31 Customizing the mouse buttons 32 Customizing the tablet functions 33 Customizing the ExpressKeys 34 Customizing the Touch Ring 35 Tablet to screen mapping 36 Orientation 38 Screen area 38 Force proportions 39 Tablet area 40 Mapping to multiple monitors 41 Button functions 42 Using and customizing the Radial Menu 47 Working with Display Toggle 48 Working with multiple tools 50 Application-specific settings 51 Creating an application-specific setting 52 Changing application-specific settings 53 Removing application-specific settings 53 TROUBLESHOOTING 54 Testing your tablet 55 Testing your tools 56 Testing a pen 57 Testing the Touch Ring 58 Testing the ExpressKeys 58 Testing the mouse 59 Troubleshooting tables 60 General problems 60 Windows-specific problems 64 Macintosh-specific problems 65 Technical support options 66 Obtaining driver downloads 67 APPENDIX 68 Caring for your tablet and tools 68 Replacing the pen tip 69 Uninstalling the software 70 Changing the tablet mode 71 Installing multiple tablets 71 Advanced options 72 Optimizing the ExpressKeys display 73 Using applications integrated for tablet control 73 Using the optional Airbrush and Art Pen 74

75 Customizing the lens cursor 76 Testing the lens cursor 76 Working with AutoCAD 77 Configuring AutoCAD for a Wintab compatible digitizer 77 Configuring tablet menus and screen pointing areas in AutoCAD 78 Calibrating Intuos4 for AutoCAD 79 Pen and digital ink capabilities in Windows Vista 80 About the Windows Vista Tablet PC Input Panel 81 Product specifications 82 General specifications for all Intuos4 tablets 82 Intuos4 S tablet (model PTK-440) 82 Intuos4 M tablet (model PTK-640) 82 Intuos4 L tablet (model PTK-840) 83 Intuos4 XL tablet (model PTK-1240) 83 Intuos4 Grip Pen (model KP-501E) 83 Intuos4 Mouse (model KC-100) 83 Intuos4 Airbrush (model KP-400E) 83 Intuos4 Inking Pen (model KP-130) 84 Intuos4 Art Pen (model KP-701E) 84 Intuos4 Classic Pen (model KP-300E) 84 Intuos4 Lens Cursor (model ZC-210) 84 Product information 85 Ordering parts and accessories 85 Available parts and accessories 86 Radio and television interference 88 FCC notice 88 Industry Canada (Canada only) 88 CE declaration 88 Precautions 89 Warnings 89 Cautions 89 License and Warranties (Worldwide, Except for Europe, Africa and Middle East) 90 Software License 90 Limited Warranty (U.S.A. and Canada) 90 Warranty Service in the U.S.A. and Canada 91 Warranty on Sales Outside of the U.S.A. and Canada 91 License and Warranty (Europe, Africa and Middle East) 93 Software License Agreement 93 Entitlement to Use the Software 93 Limited Warranty 93 GLOSSARY 95 INDEX 98

This manual provides quick access to information about Intuos4. The information is common to Windows and Macintosh computers and Windows screen captures are shown, unless otherwise noted. • Go directly to a contents or index topic by clicking on it. • Working with Intuos4 is the learning chapter. It describes the various tablet features and functions of each Intuos4 tool, and includes exercises for new users. • Customizing describes how you can change the control panel settings to optimize your Intuos4 tablet and tools for the way you like to work. • Want to test your tablet and tools? Need troubleshooting guidelines? Troubleshooting is where you will find the answers to most common questions. • The appendix includes tips on caring for your tablet and tools, a how-to on uninstalling the software, your license and warranty, and more. Also included are tips on working with AutoCAD, as well as an overview of the pen and digital inking capabilities found in Microsoft Windows Vista. Note: This manual does not describe how to install your Wacom tablet. Please refer to your product Quick Start Guide and to the automated software installer (located on the Wacom Tablet CD) for details. If you are new to electronic documentation, read navigating the manual. • SMALL CAPITAL LETTERS are used to identify the names of keyboard keys, dialog boxes, and control panel options. • You can use your viewer zoom-in tool to increase the size of the manual on your display screen. • The following information is not included with this product: information about your specific computer hardware or operating system, or information about your application software. Your best source for this information is the set of manuals and discs that came with your hardware, operating system, or application. • Many applications have built-in support for Intuos4 features (such as pressure sensitivity, tilt, and the pen eraser). For information on how best to use these and other Intuos4 features within a specific application, see the instructions in that application’s manuals. See also product information. Wacom’s philosophy is to continually improve all of its products. As a result, engineering changes and improvements are made from time to time. Therefore, some changes, modifications, and improvements may not be covered in this manual.