Tapping and writing problems

Problem

Solution

When I tap the

Calibrate the screen. See “Digitizer

buttons or screen

preferences” in Chapter 7.

icons, my companion

 

activates the wrong

 

feature.

 

 

When I tap the Menu

Not all applications or screens have menus.

icon

, nothing

Try changing to a different application.

 

happens.

 

I cannot get my

For your companion to recognize

companion to

handwriting input with the stylus, you

recognize my

need to use Graffiti® writing. See

handwriting.

“Using Graffiti writing to enter data” in

 

 

Chapter 2.

Make the Graffiti character strokes in the Graffiti writing area, not on the display part of the screen.

Write Graffiti strokes for letters in the left-hand side, and the strokes for numbers in the right-hand side of the Graffiti writing area.

Make sure that Graffiti is not shifted into extended or punctuation modes. See “Using Graffiti writing to enter data” in Chapter 2.

See “Graffiti tips” in Chapter 2 for tips on increasing your accuracy when you write Graffiti characters.

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IBM WORKPADC3 manual Tapping and writing problems