4CAUTIONPanasonic Hand Writing (Touch Pad)Drawing Characters or FiguresSimple characters and figures like signatures and arrows can be made by using the worksurface of the touch pad, and can be saved to a file as a bitmap (.bmp) format.Positions on the work surface of the touch pad have corresponding positions in thePanasonic Hand Writing window. For example, a character or figure made in the top-leftpart of the work surface of the touch pad will be displayed in the top-left part of thePanasonic Hand Writing window.Select from the taskbar or select [Panasonic Hand Writing]from [Start] - [Program] - [Panasonic]To draw, an object with a rounded tip (e.g., a pen for tablets) can be used.Do not use any of the following objects, as they may damage the work surface.• Objects with an extremely sharp tip, like screwdrivers and nails.• Objects that leave marks, like ball-point pens.In the Hand Writing mode, an external mouse or trackball connected to the exter-nal keyboard/mouse port will not operate. Therefore, before switching over to theHand Writing mode, remove the external device that is connected. If a switch ismade to the Hand Writing mode without disconnecting the external device and theexternal device stops working, reconnect the device after quitting the Hand Writingmode. If the device still does not work, try restarting the computer.123NOTEChange to the Hand Writing modeThe following two methods are available.• Select from the tool bar.• Select [Hand writing mode] in [Option].Draw a character or figure using the work surface of the touchpadDetermine the position to begin drawing:Determine the position to begin drawing while pressing down on the right but-ton of the touch pad. After determining this position, release your finger fromthe button and draw. Drawing is not possible while the right button of the touchpad is being pressed.Data can be copied to the clipboard with [Edit] - [Copy]. Copied data can beadded to other applications that support the bitmap format by using the pastefunction. Pasting is not possible to applications that do not support the bitmapformat.(To next page)