Wacom Intuos 3 User Manual

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WORKING WITH INTUOS3INDEXCONTENTSINDEXCONTENTS 2222Using the Tablet KeysPress the Tablet Keys with your secondary hand to toggle between tools or change tool properties while youare using your primary hand to work with your pen on the Intuos3 tablet. The default settings were chosento optimize your workflow in Photoshop and other graphics applications, using the following modifier keys:Button 1: CTRL modifier key for Windows. COMMAND (Apple key) for Macintosh.Button 2: SHIFT modifier key.Button 3: ALT modifier key for Windows. OPTION modifier key for Macintosh.Button 4: SPACE key (spacebar).The Tablet Keys are fully customizable, enabling you to make the best possible use of them. You may wantto consider the following ways of working with the Tablet Keys:• Set a pair of keys to commonly used keystrokes, such as [ and ] to decrease and increase your brushsize in Photoshop.• Set a key to a commonly used keyboard shortcut in order to open files or start an application.• If you prefer not to (or cannot) use the side switches on your Intuos3 Pen, then set a Tablet Key to right-or double-click.• Choose from any of the other available functions.See customizing Tablet Keys for more details on the available Tablet Key settings.If you require different key functions in different applications, you can easily set up application-specificsettings for the tablet controls. See creating an application-specific setting for more information.6x8/A5 tablet shown.23 142341The Tablet Keys are chordable. For example, pressing keys 3 and 1 together simulatesALT+CTRL in Windows, or OPTION+COMMAND on Macintosh systems.Tips:• In Photoshop, pressing the spacebar (key 4 on your Intuos3 tablet) switches thecurrently selected tool to the hand tool and lets you pan (move) the image withinthe application window.• In Photoshop and many other graphics applications, the ALT , CTRL , and SHIFTmodifier keys modify a tool or switch to a complementary tool while the modifierkey is pressed.