You have to press hard with the pen when clicking, drawing, or writing.

Open the Bamboo control panel and go to the PEN tab. Move the TIP FEEL slider toward SOFT.

The pen tip does not function.

Be sure you are using the pen that originally came with your tablet.

 

Other pens may not function properly on the Bamboo tablet.

 

See testing a pen to verify pen operation. If any of the tests fail you

 

may have defective hardware.

 

 

The screen cursor jumps

Do not place the pen on the tablet when it is not in use or when you are

back.

using another pointing device. Leaving your pen on the tablet may

 

interfere with screen cursor positioning when using other input devices.

 

 

The upper or lower pen button

Be sure you press the pen button when the pen tip is within 7 mm

does not work.

(0.28 inch) of the tablet active area – do this without pressing down on

 

the pen tip.

 

In the Bamboo control panel, click on the PEN tab ADVANCED button.

 

If CLICK & TAP is selected, you will need to first press the pen button and

 

then touch the pen tip to the tablet surface in order to perform a click

 

function. See setting the pen button functions.

 

From the Bamboo control panel, verify that the pen button is set to the

 

function you are expecting to occur.

 

See testing a pen to verify pen operation. If any of the tests fail you

 

may have defective hardware.

 

 

Cannot move the cursor

Open the Bamboo control panel. Verify that PEN MODE is selected.

where you want to on the

If this does not help, click on the DEFAULT button to reestablish the

screen, or the line you are

default tablet to screen mapping. If you are still having difficulty,

drawing does not line up with

remove the tablet preferences (see Windows-specific problems or

the location of the pointer in

Mac-specific problems for details).

paint applications.

 

WINDOWS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS

You suspect the tablet preferences may be corrupted, or want to make certain that all settings are at their factory defaults.

Delete the tablet preferences as follows:

First close any open applications. Then click the START icon and select

ALL PROGRAMS. Select BAMBOO and BAMBOO PREFERENCE FILE UTILITY.

In the dialog box that appears, click on the REMOVE My Preferences button to delete the preferences for the current user.

To delete preferences for multiple users on Windows Vista or XP systems, click the REMOVE button under All User Preferences.

Note that administrator rights are required to delete preferences for all users. Relaunch any currently open tablet-aware applications that you may be running.

If you had previously backed up your preference file, you can quickly restore the tablet preferences by clicking on the RESTORE... button under My Preferences.

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