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Nib. The replaceable pen tip.
Pen mode. A method of positioning the screen cursor. Wherever you place your pen on the
interactive pen display, 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 pen. Also, pen mode allows you to
quickly position the screen cursor without having to first find it and then move it across the desktop.
See also “mouse mode” in this glossary.
Pixel. The smallest unit of measure on your display screen.
Pressure sensitive. A quality of the Wacom pen tip and eraser that senses the amount of pressure
being applied. This is used to create natural-looking pen, brush, and eraser strokes in applications
that are pressure sensitive.
Pressure-sensitive application. Any application that supports pressure-sensitive input.
Proximity. The height above the pen display active area where the pen is detected.
Radial Menu. A hierarchical menu (in radial format). Each level of the menu consists of eight menu
slices which may contain various features and options to choose from. You can customize the buttons
of your pen to display this menu.
Screen cursor. The pointer on the display screen. Screen cursors come in different shapes (such as
an I-beam, arrow, or box), depending on which application you are running.
Tablet PC Input Panel (TIP). The Microsoft Windows Vista Tablet PC Input Panel enables you to use
your Wacom pen to create handwritten notes or work with an on-screen keyboard. The Input Panel
dynamically converts your handwriting to text. The information you create can then be inserted into
other documents, spreadsheets, or illustrations.
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 off your computer.
Wintab. An interface standard used by Windows applications for receiving tablet information.
The pen display supports all Wintab-compatible applications under Windows.