Customizing Cintiq

C U S T O M I Z I N G T H E G R I P P E N

The Basics

The Wacom Tablet Control Panel makes it easy to customize Cintiq and the Grip Pen. Be sure to see the online Help for detailed information on working with the Wacom Tablet Control Panel and customizing Cintiq. To open the control panel:

Windows systems: Click on the Windows Start button and choose Programs. From the Wacom Tablet group, choose the Wacom Tablet option.

Macintosh systems: For OS X, in the Finder, select the Go menu and choose Applications. Open the Wacom folder and double-click on the tablet icon. (For earlier Macintosh operating systems, from the Apple menu, choose Control Panels and then Wacom Tablet.)

SGI workstations: Use your Grip Pen to bring up the Icon Catalog. Select the WacomTablet page, then double-click on the WacomTablet icon.

Sun workstations: At the command prompt, enter </usr/sbin/wacomcpl&>

When you open the control panel, an icon for the Grip Pen is displayed in the Tool List and the appropriate tabs are displayed. To customize the pen, make your changes to the tab controls. For Windows systems, and for SGI and Sun workstations, be sure to click Apply or OK to save your changes.

Note: Application-specific settings are for advanced users. Application-specific settings are not available for SGI and Sun workstations.

The pull-down menus access a variety of control panel features.

Displays applications with customized settings. The icon shows that tool settings apply to all applications.

Displays an icon for the Grip Pen.

Tabs display settings for the Grip Pen and selected application.

Current selections are highlighted. Wedges emphasize the relationship between tab settings and the selected tool and application.

Windows control panel shown.

This button is for creating application-specific settings. See the online Help for details.

For Windows, SGI,

& Sun.

OK saves changes and closes the control panel. Cancel closes the control panel without saving changes. Use Apply to save changes without closing the control panel. Help displays online Help for the control panel.

Resets the selected tab to its factory default values.

Returns a tab to its previously saved or last applied settings.

Copies settings from one tool or application to another.

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