Wacom INTUOS 3 User Manual

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7777IndexContentsIndexContentsCONFIGURING TABLET MENUS AND SCREEN POINTING AREAS IN AUTOCADA screen pointing area is a rectangular region on the tablet surface where the tablet acts like a systemmouse. When the pointer is within a screen pointing area, the tablet can access windows, menus, and otherapplications outside AutoCAD’s drawing area. You can configure both a fixed and floating screen pointingarea.Before you configure the tablet, its entire surface is the fixed screen pointing area. AutoCAD recommendsthat you change the size of the fixed screen pointing area so that a small screen area on your tablet maps tothe entire monitor screen. AutoCAD also recommends that you select the default tablet menus, columns,and rows they provide.After you configure the tablet menus, AutoCAD prompts you for the fixed and floating screen pointing areas.This allows you to designate a tablet area as a Windows system pointer.The fixed screen pointing area is disabled when you digitize points into AutoCAD with T ABLET MODE ON.This is due to the fixed correspondence between the tablet and AutoCAD’s drawing area. To access menusfrom the tablet, you must use the floating screen pointing area. This allows you to access a menu fromanywhere on the tablet surface, and to toggle it off when finished. You can define a tool button to toggle thefloating screen area on and off.Important. The floating screen pointing area takes precedence over menu areas, Tablet Mode On,and the fixed screen pointing area.1. From the D RAWING EDITOR, open the TOOLS menu (OPTIONS menu for Release 13).2. Select T ABLET, and then C ONFIGURE.3. Define tablet menu areas. Follow the prompts at the bottom of the AutoCAD Drawing Editor. Type thenumber of tablet menu areas you want (0-4) and press E NTER. If you do not want to use a menutemplate, type 0 (zero). Digitize the upper-left, lower-left, and lower-right corners of the menu area andthen press E NTER. Next, enter the number of columns and press E NTER. Now enter the number of rowsand press E NTER. Repeat for each menu area.4. Define the fixed screen pointing area. By default, the entire tablet is a fixed screen pointing area. If youare using a menu template, you should re-specify the fixed screen pointing area to match the template.Continue to follow the prompts at the bottom of the A UTOCAD D RAWING EDITOR screen.5. Define the floating screen pointing area – it allows you to access all areas of the screen. The floatingscreen pointing area takes precedence over T ABLET MODE ON, the fixed screen pointing area, and themenu areas. Continue to follow the prompts at the bottom of the A UTOCAD D RAWING EDITOR screen.Please check your AutoCAD documentation for additional information.