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Pen mode. A method of positioning the screen cursor. Wherever you place your Graphire4 tool on the
tablet, the screen cursor will jump to the same corresponding point on the screen. This is known as absolute
positioning, and is the default setting for the Graphire4 pen. Also, P
EN 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
.
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 Graphire4 tools to display this menu.
Pressure sensitive. A quality of the Graphire4 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 tablet activ
e area where the Graphire4 tools are detected. Refer also to
the p
ointing section.
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 wheel. The control wheel on the pen tablet.
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.
Graphire4 supports all Wintab-compatible applications under Windows.