User manual WACOM INTUOS MAC

[. . . ] USER'S MANUAL FOR MACINTOSH Navigation ® Contents Index Wacom IntuosTM User's Manual for Macintosh®, May 22, 2000 English V3. 1 for Macintosh Copyright © Wacom Company, Limited, 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced except for your express personal use. Wacom reserves the right to revise this publication without obligation to provide notification of such changes. Wacom does its best to provide current and accurate information in this manual. [. . . ] Take care not to damage the overlay or lose the menu strip. Contents Index CUSTOMIZING Page 84 WORKING WITH MULTIPLE TOOLS The Wacom control panel is designed to help you customize and keep track of your Intuos tool settings. The tool you use to open the control panel is automatically selected, and the appropriate tabs for that tool are displayed. If application-specific settings have not been added, the ALL APPLICATIONS icon is displayed and the tool settings apply for all applications. The TOOL LIST displays icons for tools that are customized for the above selected application. Tab settings apply only to the selected tool and application. Wedges emphasize the relationship between tab settings and the selected tool and application. Contents Index CUSTOMIZING Page 85 ADDING A NEW TOOL When a new Intuos tool is placed on the tablet, it automatically appears in the TOOL LIST. However, the Wacom control panel settings must be saved before the tool is permanently added to the list. Whenever a new Intuos tool is added it always uses the default settings for that tool, and not the custom settings of other tools, even if they are identical devices. There are several ways to add Intuos tools to the TOOL LIST: · When you use an Intuos tool on the tablet for the first time, it will automatically function with the appropriate default settings. You can customize the tool by opening the Wacom control panel and changing the tab settings. If you use a second Intuos tool on the tablet, a new tool discovered message box appears. This reminds you to open the Wacom control panel to permanently add the new tool to the TOOL LIST. If the control panel is open, the tool is automatically added to the list. ) To manually add a new tool, click on the ADD TOOL TO LIST. . . and follow the prompts. · When you select a new tool that you have added to the TOOL LIST, the appropriate tab settings for that tool are displayed. Any changes you may make to the tab settings will then apply to that tool. Then select REMOVE COMPLETELY and click OK. Contents Index CUSTOMIZING Page 86 USING MORE THAN ONE TOOL Each Intuos tool features Tool ID, which makes each device unique. Any settings you customize in the Wacom control panel apply only to the specific tool for which they were made. If you have two identical Intuos tools, they will appear as numbered devices in the TOOL LIST. For example, you might name one "Drawing Pen" and the other "Paint Brush". from the EDIT pull-down menu. Note: If you have two or more Intuos pens, use the colored decals supplied with each Intuos Pen to identify them from one another. (Otherwise, they will look the same but may act differently. ) To use the same custom settings with two tools, click the Copy Settings To. . . For dissimilar tools (such as a pen and a 4D Mouse), only those settings common to both tools (such as mapping settings) can be copied. Contents Index CUSTOMIZING Page 87 WORKING WITH APPLICATION-SPECIFIC SETTINGS You may wish to have different tool settings for a particular application. The APPLICATION LIST lets you customize your Intuos tablet and tool settings for individual applications. The APPLICATION LIST displays icons for applications with customized settings. The TOOL LIST displays icons for tools that are customized for the above selected application. Wedges emphasize the relationship between tab settings and the selected tool and application. Contents Index CUSTOMIZING Page 88 If application-specific settings have not been created, a single icon labeled ALL APPLICATIONS is displayed in the APPLICATION LIST, and the tool settings displayed in the tabs are applied to all applications. [. . . ] A software application that has built-in support for the Intuos eraser. These applications take advantage of the eraser in different ways, depending on what makes sense for the application. An input device with programmable buttons and cross-hair for entering precise coordinate position information. The relationship between your Intuos tool position on the tablet and the cursor position on the monitor screen. [. . . ]