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- Touchpad/Active Digitizer/Touchscreen
Caring for the Pen
Changing the Pen Settings
There are a few changes you can make to your pen settings in order to make it more suitable to your needs
(such as changing the pressure sensitivity). To do so, go to Start > Control Panel and select one of the icon
views from the “View by:” dropdown. Click on the Pen and Touch icon to open the window from which
you can change a variety of pen settings.
•
O
NLY
USE
THE
PEN
PROVIDED
WITH
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
. D
O
NOT
USE
SUBSTITUTE
PEN
TIPS
THAT
WERE
NOT
SPECIALLY
DESIGNED
FOR
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
. R
EPLACE
THE
STYLUS
TIP
IF
IT
IS
WORN
. T
HE
WARRANTY
DOES
NOT
COVER
A
SCRATCHED
SCREEN
.
•
W
HILE
WRITING
,
YOU
SHOULD
TAKE
CARE
NOT
TO
SCRATCH
THE
SURFACE
OF
THE
DISPLAY
(
E
.
G
.,
WITH
A
WRISTWATCH
OR
BRACELET
).
T
HE
PEN
OF
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
IS
AN
ELECTRONIC
INSTRUMENT
WHICH
CAN
BE
DAMAGED
IF
USED
INCORRECTLY
.
H
ANDLE
THE
PEN
WITH
CARE
. T
HE
FOLLOWING
LIST
CONTAINS
GUIDELINES
FOR
PROPER
PEN
HANDLING
:
•
D
O
NOT
GESTURE
WITH
THE
PEN
OR
USE
IT
AS
A
POINTER
.
•
N
EVER
USE
THE
PEN
ON
ANY
OTHER
SURFACE
THAN
THE
SCREEN
OF
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
.
•
D
O
NOT
TRY
TO
TURN
THE
THUMB
GRIP
ON
THE
PEN
. T
HE
THUMB
GRIP
IS
USED
TO
PLACE
THE
PEN
IN
ITS
SLOT
AND
TO
TAKE
IT
OUT
OF
THE
SLOT
.
•
N
EVER
STORE
THE
PEN
WITH
THE
TIP
BEARING
THE
WEIGHT
OF
THE
PEN
(
E
.
G
.
WITH
THE
TIP
DOWN
IN
A
PEN
HOLDER
). I
F
THE
PEN
IS
STORED
WITH
THE
TIP
POINTING
DOWN
,
THIS
MAY
HAVE
AN
ADVERSE
EFFECT
ON
THE
PEN
MECHANISM
(
PARTICULARLY
UNDER
HIGH
TEMPERATURES
). I
N
THIS
CASE
THE
PEN
TIP
MAY
REACT
AS
THOUGH
IT
IS
CONSTANTLY
BEING
PRESSED
DOWN
. T
O
AVOID
DAMAGE
,
THE
PEN
SHOULD
BE
STORED
IN
THE
PEN
SLOT
WHEN
NOT
IN
USE
.
•
T
HE
PEN
CAN
BE
INFLUENCED
BY
ELECTROMAGNETIC
FIELDS
(
CURSOR
QUIVERS
OR
JUMPS
). T
HERE
MAY
BE
A
FEW
AREAS
ON
THE
SCREEN
WHERE
THE
CURSOR
QUIVERS
SLIGHTLY
IN
SPITE
OF
PRESSING
THE
PEN
DOWN
FIRMLY
.
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