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Pressure-sensitive application. Any application that supports pressure-sensitive input.

Proximity. The height above the tablet active area where pen detection occurs. See also positioning.

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 or tablet to display this menu.

Rotate. A motion used when navigating with touch. Touch the tablet with two fingers spaced slightly apart and move (rotate) them in a circular fashion, or move them in opposing directions. Alternatively, hold one finger stationary and track your other finger around the stationary finger.

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.

Swipe. A motion used when navigating with touch. Touch the tablet surface with three, four, or five fingers and move them in the same direction.

Tablet PC Input Panel (TIP). The Microsoft Windows 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. Information you create can then be inserted into other documents, spreadsheets, or illustrations.

Tap. A motion used when navigating with touch. Touch and lift a single finger (or multiple fingers, depending on the gesture) from the tablet.

Tilt sensitive. A quality of the pen tip and eraser that senses the amount of tilt between the tool and tablet. This is used to create natural-looking pen, brush, and eraser strokes in applications that are tilt sensitive.

Touch. A method of interacting with a computer using only your fingers on the Intuos5 tablet. May also be referred to as “touch input”.

Touch Ring. The customizable control ring located on your Intuos5 tablet. See using the Touch Ring.

Touch sensor. The navigation area of your Intuos5 tablet where touch is detected. The touch sensor resides within the active area, and does not accept pen input.

Track. A motion used when navigating with touch. Touch and move a single finger across the tablet surface.

USB. Universal Serial Bus. A hardware interface standard for connecting computer peripheral devices. USB ports support hot-plugging, which allows you to disconnect a USB device without turning off your computer.

Wintab. An interface standard used by Windows applications for receiving tablet information. Intuos5 supports all Wintab-compatible applications under Windows.

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