Wacom Intuos 3 User Manual

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GLOSSARYINDEXCONTENTSINDEXCONTENTS 8484Pen Mode. A method of positioning the screen cursor. Wherever you place your Intuos3 tool on the tablet,the screen cursor will jump to the corresponding point on the screen. This is known as absolute positioning,and is the default setting for the Intuos3 Pen. Also, P EN mode allows you to quickly position the screencursor without having to first find it and then move it across the desktop. See also M OUSE mode.Pixel. The smallest unit of measure on your monitor screen.Pop-up Menu. A window that displays a list of keystroke functions and other actions you can perform.You can customize the buttons of your Intuos3 tools or tablet to display this menu.Portrait. A tablet ORIENTATION setting. In portrait orientation, the tablet status LED is oriented to the side ofthe tablet. Rectangular tablets will be in a vertical position. See also landscape.Pressure Sensitive. A quality of the Intuos3 Pen tip and eraser that senses the amount of pressure beingapplied. This is used to create natural-looking pen, brush, and eraser strokes in applications that arepressure-sensitive.Pressure-Sensitive Application. Any application that supports pressure-sensitive input.Proximity. The height above the tablet’s active area where the Intuos3 tools are detected. See also thepointing section.QuickPoint. The QuickPoint options divide the tablet into two independent areas: a large area for drawingand a small area for quick navigation.Screen Cursor. The pointer on the display screen. Screen cursors come in different shapes (such as anI-beam, arrow, or box), depending on which application you are running.Tilt Sensitive. A quality of the Intuos3 Pen tip and eraser that senses the amount of tilt between the tooland tablet. This is used to create natural-looking pen, brush, and eraser strokes in applications that are tilt-sensitive.Tool ID. A feature that makes each Intuos3 tool unique. If you are working with two identical pens, thetablet will recognize each one as a separate tool. This is particularly useful if you have customized each pendifferently.USB. Universal Serial Bus. A hardware interface standard for connecting computer peripheral devices.USB ports support hot-plugging, which allows you to connect or disconnect a USB device without turning offyour computer.Wintab. An interface standard used by Windows applications for receiving tablet information.Intuos3 supports all Wintab-compatible applications under Windows.