Contents Index
Contents
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Index
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
About the manual 5
Navigating the manual 6
YOUR BAMBOO 7
Identify your tablet model 7
Bamboo Touch tablet 8
Bamboo & Bamboo Fun tablets 9
Bamboo Pen tablet 10
Pen 11
Pen holder 11
SETTING UP YOUR BAMBOO 12
Ergonomics 12
Configuring the tablet orientation 14
Understanding the tablet active area 15
Working with multiple monitors 17
Control panel basics 17
USING YOUR BAMBOO 18
The touch experience with Bamboo 18
Navigating with touch 19
Customizing touch 27
ExpressKey basics 28
Customizing the ExpressKeys 28
The pen experience with Bamboo 29
Holding the pen 29
Using the pen on the tablet 30
Positioning 30
Clicking 32
Dragging 32
Using the pen buttons 33
Writing and drawing with pressure sensitivity 34
Erasing 35
Eye-hand coordination exercise 36
Customizing pen input 36
CUSTOMIZING YOUR BAMBOO 37
Opening the control panel 37
Control panel overview 38
Customize your touch experience 39
Setting the touch options 39
Setting the touch functions 40
Setting tablet and ExpressKey functions 41
Disabling touch 42
Customize your pen experience 43
Setting the tip and eraser feel,
and double-click distance 44
Setting the pen button functions 45
Setting the tablet mapping 46
Portion of screen area 48
Portion of tablet area 49
Setting the pen speed in mouse mode 50
Customizing the Pop-up Menu 51
Button functions 52
PROBLEMS WITH YOUR BAMBOO? 56
Testing your tablet 57
Testing a pen 58
Troubleshooting tables 59
General problems 59
Touch input problems 60
Pen input problems 61
Windows-specific problems 63
Mac-specific problems 64
Technical support options 66
Obtaining driver downloads 67
APPENDIX 68
Caring for Bamboo 69
Replacing the pen nib 69
Bamboo Dock 70
Uninstalling the software 70
Managing your tablet preferences 71
Pen and digital ink capabilities in Windows 72
About the Windows Tablet PC Input Panel 73
Product specifications 74
General specifications 74