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Getting Started with Livescribe Desktop

To begin using Livescribe Desktop, follow these steps:

Install Livescribe Desktop

Run Livescribe Desktop

Learn about copying content from your Pulse smartpen

Get to know Livescribe Desktop

Installing Livescribe Desktop

If you have not already done so, install Livescribe™ Desktop on your computer.

Livescribe Desktop requires a PC running either Windows® XP SP2 or Windows
Vista® (32-bit or 64-bit). Your computer will also need:

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a 600 MHz CPU or higher

•

300 MB of free disk space

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available USB port

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Internet connection

To install Livescribe Desktop:

Verify that your computer meets the software and hardware requirements for

Livescribe Desktop.

Download the Livescribe Desktop installer from

http://www.livescribe.com/install

Open the installer and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation. During the installation, the installer will ask you to connect your

USB mobile charging cradle to your computer and dock your Pulse™

smartpen. In addition to installing Livescribe Desktop software, the installer

will install other required software and drivers.

Note: During installation, the Livescribe Desktop installer will link your Pulse

smartpen with one computer only. Be sure to download and install Livescribe

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Livescribe Desktop User Manual

Summary of Contents for DESKTOP VERSION 1.2

Page 1: ...Livescribe Desktop User Manual Version 1 4 for Windows ...

Page 2: ...noto Group AB Microsoft and Microsoft Word are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States or other countries All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners Copyright 2007 2008 Livescribe Inc All rights reserved 205 00002 000 A WINLD 01 40 LDUM REV A 11 Nov 2008 2 42 PM ...

Page 3: ...nage and Archive Paper Products 3 Manage Applications 4 Manage Memory 4 About the Pulse Smartpen and Dot Paper 4 Livescribe Dot Paper 4 How the Pulse Smartpen Works 5 Getting Started with Livescribe Desktop 6 Installing Livescribe Desktop 6 Running Livescribe Desktop 7 Registering Your Pulse Smartpen 8 Copying Content from Your Pulse Smartpen 9 Quitting Livescribe Desktop 10 ...

Page 4: ...Manager 15 Page Viewer Windows 16 Content Window 16 Navigation Window 17 Menus and Tool Bars 20 Main Menu 20 Main Tool Bar 21 Page Control Tool Bar 21 Audio Control Tool Bar 21 Memory Manager Tool Bar 22 Paper Replay in Livescribe Desktop 23 About Active Ink 23 Viewing Pages 24 Paging through a Notebook 24 Page iv Livescribe Desktop User Manual ...

Page 5: ... Sessions 36 Viewing a List of Sessions 37 Renaming a Session 38 Deleting a Session from Livescribe Desktop 38 Removing a Session from Your Pulse Smartpen 39 Viewing a Session s Pages 40 Playing Audio from Sessions View 41 Using the Audio Control Tool Bar 41 Uploading Content to Livescribe Online 43 Connecting to Livescribe Online 43 Uploading Pages 44 Uploading a Session 45 Livescribe Desktop Use...

Page 6: ...s Label 50 About Livescribe dot paper Product Naming 50 Archiving Paper Products 52 Managing Paper Products with the Same Dot Pattern 53 Using Packs of Paper Products 54 Mapping Series Names to Groups and Numbers 54 Lined Notebooks 54 Lined Black Journals 55 Unlined Black Journals 55 Unlined Red Journals 56 Backing Up Your My Livescribe Folder 56 Managing Your Pulse Smartpen 57 Managing Applicatio...

Page 7: ...anual Page vii Installing Software Updates 59 Installing New Applications and Software 59 Viewing Queued Applications and Software 59 Other Pulse Smartpen Commands 60 Managing Memory 61 Viewing Memory Usage 61 Freeing Memory 62 ...

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Page 9: ...chase new applications and paper products and connect to the Pulse smartpen user community Livescribe Desktop is one component of a paper based mobile computing platform This platform bridges the gap between the paper and digital worlds and enables a broad range of new applications in personal productivity learning communication and self expression The Livescribe mobile computing platform includes...

Page 10: ...e usability New features include Support for Windows Vista 64 bit see Installing Livescribe Desktop Ability to print your own notepads using a qualified color laser printer that can print 600 dpi or greater see Printing Your Own Notepads Automatic launch of Livescribe Desktop when you dock your Pulse smartpen see Running Livescribe Desktop To play a session from Sessions view you need to double cl...

Page 11: ...e audio control tool bar Upload Content to Livescribe Online connect to Livescribe Online upload pages upload a session share content pencast Print Manage and Archive Paper Products how to print your own notepads three simple steps to manage your paper products how to check a new Livescribe dot paper product with its Notebook Status Label to see if you can safely use it how to identify Livescribe ...

Page 12: ... handwriting recognition and applications such as Paper Replay among many others Livescribe Dot Paper To perform its many operations the Pulse smartpen requires Livescribe dot paper This paper is standard paper with printed microdots on its surface These dots are nearly invisible to the human eye However the smartpen can easily see these dots and uses them to know which page you are writing on and...

Page 13: ...tern is huge and represents a piece of paper the combined size of Europe and Asia Livescribe dot paper is based on a portion of the Anoto dot pattern How the Pulse Smartpen Works When you power on the Pulse smartpen and begin writing on Livescribe paper the smartpen captures and stores the notes you write To capture your writing the smartpen uses its built in infrared camera to take digital snapsh...

Page 14: ...rt Internet connection To install Livescribe Desktop 1 Verify that your computer meets the software and hardware requirements for Livescribe Desktop 2 Download the Livescribe Desktop installer from http www livescribe com install 3 Open the installer and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation During the installation the installer will ask you to connect your USB mobile char...

Page 15: ...pen Selector in the Main tool bar to choose which Pulse smartpen to view in Livescribe Desktop If you have one smartpen installed Livescribe Desktop will select it by default When you dock your Pulse smartpen Livescribe Desktop will automatically check for software updates for the smartpen you have selected You also must have a Livescribe user account to receive updates If updates are available Li...

Page 16: ...escribe Desktop or transfer your smartpen content Registering Your Pulse Smartpen It is important that you register your Pulse smartpen Registering creates a personal account on Livescribe Online for you to upload and optionally share content with others To register your Pulse smartpen 1 When you dock your Pulse smartpen for the first time Livescribe Desktop will prompt you to register with Livesc...

Page 17: ...scribe com Copying Content from Your Pulse Smartpen When you dock your Pulse smartpen to your computer by default Livescribe Desktop automatically launches and begins transferring content from your smartpen to your computer When transferring content to Livescribe Desktop the original content remains on your smartpen In this sense transferring content actually means copying the content from your sm...

Page 18: ...py your Pulse smartpen contents to this computer 2 To copy your smartpen contents to this computer click the Copy Data button Livescribe Desktop will ask you to name your smartpen the first time only and will automatically copy your smartpen content to Livescribe Desktop Note To charge your smartpen through the computer s USB port without copying your data click the Charge Only button Important If...

Page 19: ...emove Programs 2 The Livescribe Desktop InstallShield Wizard will ask you to confirm the removal of the application Click Yes to proceed 3 The wizard will ask whether to remove the Pulse smartpen content associated with this installation of Livescribe Desktop If you intend to reinstall Livescribe Desktop on this computer in the future and wish to retain your current content click No To remove Live...

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Page 21: ...ll of these views at various times Page Viewer Page Viewer is the default view when you run Livescribe Desktop You will use this view to look at pages in your notebooks You can also play back audio linked to your pages In Page Viewer you can upload pages to your personal space on livescribe com In this view you can view your notes either as single pages Single Page mode or as thumbnails of multipl...

Page 22: ...list of your Paper Replay sessions In this view you can also play back recorded audio from your sessions and upload sessions to your livescribe com personal space For more information see Working with Sessions Page 14 Livescribe Desktop User Manual ...

Page 23: ... Store For more information see Livescribe Online Smartpen Manager Smartpen Manager is for viewing and managing applications and other software on your Pulse smartpen Use this view to update and install software on your smartpen You can also view the memory status of your smartpen For more information see Managing Your Pulse Smartpen 1BGetting to Know Livescribe Desktop Page 15 ...

Page 24: ...ation Window Content Window The Content window is the central area where you view and interact with your notes For example this window is where you view Pulse smartpen content such as notes and Paper Replay sessions You can also play back Paper Replay sessions by clicking on your notes in this window Page 16 Livescribe Desktop User Manual ...

Page 25: ...ple clicking one of the notebooks in the Navigation window opens the notebook and displays all of its pages as thumbnails Using the Navigation window you can view your library of notebooks view pages that contain search results and view active Paper Replay sessions and optionally upload them to your personal space on livescribe com The Navigation window uses tabs to organize its content 1BGetting ...

Page 26: ...sing the Search feature This tab shows the pages found with the search text highlighted in yellow This tab appears in the Navigation window the first time you initiate a search The tab s content refreshes during a search and holds one set of search results at a time The results remain within the Search tab until you either initiate another search or close the tab See Searching Pages for more infor...

Page 27: ... Replay session This tab appears in the Navigator window when you activate a Paper Replay session either by clicking active ink on page or by selecting a session in Session View and viewing its pages in Page Viewer To learn more about 1BGetting to Know Livescribe Desktop Page 19 ...

Page 28: ...age Control Tool Bar Audio Control Tool Bar Memory Manager Tool Bar Main Menu The Main Menu provides different menu items based on the view you choose You can use these menus to access features of Livescribe Desktop Depending on the view the Main Menu includes File Edit View Navigation Tools and Help menus Page 20 Livescribe Desktop User Manual ...

Page 29: ...artpen Manager Page Control Tool Bar The Page Control Tool Bar is for paging through notebooks zooming pages and toggling between single page and thumbnail views For more information see Using the Page Control Tool Bar Audio Control Tool Bar The Audio Control Tool Bar is located at the bottom of the Livescribe Desktop screen This tool bar is for controlling playback of recorded audio For more info...

Page 30: ...Page 22 Livescribe Desktop User Manual Memory Manager Tool Bar The Memory Manager Tool Bar in Smartpen Manager displays the memory state of your Pulse smartpen See Managing Memory for more information ...

Page 31: ...in Livescribe Desktop When you view a Paper Replay session you can click your notes to begin playback of the audio recorded as you wrote the notes This is similar to the way you can tap your actual notes in your notebook to begin audio playback About Active Ink When you write with your Pulse smartpen it captures your writing digitally and stores it in a digital form called ink When you record audi...

Page 32: ... pages zoom in and out of your pages search what is written on your pages copy and paste pages to other applications print pages use the page control tool bar Paging through a Notebook In Livescribe Desktop you can page through your notebooks and view either single pages or thumbnails Paging only displays pages that contain content and skips empty pages Page 24 Livescribe Desktop User Manual ...

Page 33: ...ation about the Page Control tool bar see Using the Page Control Tool Bar Viewing Thumbnails By default notebook pages will display as thumbnails when viewed in Page Viewer Livescribe Desktop displays as thumbnails only pages with content Livescribe Desktop displays empty contiguous pages as overlapping stacks of single blank pages To view pages as thumbnails 1 Click the Page Viewer button in the ...

Page 34: ... click a thumbnail of the page to view 4 From the Content window view the page in Single Page mode using one of these methods Double click the thumbnail of the page you want to view Single click the thumbnail of the page you want to view and click the Single Page button in the Page Control tool bar Single click the thumbnail of the page you want to view and choose View Single Page from the Main to...

Page 35: ...itself in Sessions View See Playing Audio from Sessions View If you play back the audio of a session that spans multiple pages Livescribe Desktop will automatically move to successive pages in real time synchronization with the playing audio This automatic paging will continue until you manually switch pages using the Page Control tool bar From then on the paging is under manual control only until...

Page 36: ...to play back the session s audio Livescribe Desktop will also trace the session s notes in darker green ink as the audio plays Playing the audio of a session also opens the Session tab in the Navigator Window Note When you mouse over ink that is active the mouse cursor will change to a pointing hand cursor to help you identify where you can click to begin audio playback Page 28 Livescribe Desktop ...

Page 37: ...move forward or backward to a specific area of your session and see how it corresponds to your written notes Zooming Pages You can zoom into or out of a selected page or thumbnails To zoom into or out of page 1 Open the page in Single Page mode see Viewing a Single Page or in Thumbnail mode see Viewing Thumbnails 2 Use one of the following methods to zoom Click the zoom controls in the Page Contro...

Page 38: ...he page to your preferred location in the window Instead of using the scroll bars you can reposition a zoomed page by hand using the open hand cursor This cursor replaces the standard arrow cursor when the page is zoomed to be larger than the current Content window The open hand cursor appears when you move over empty areas on the page To move the page click and drag the page to the desired positi...

Page 39: ...elative to the rest of the page Drag this frame around the map to relocate the zoomed area in the window Closing the Panning Map resizes the page to fit within the current window Searching Pages In Page Viewer you can search your written pages Search can work on notes written in cursive print or a combination Obviously search accuracy depends on the neatness and consistency of your notes You can s...

Page 40: ...on in the search text box This displays a search dialog 2 Type the search text into the Search dialog By default this search method finds whole words in the current notebook or journal If desired you can choose to search for partial words To search for partial words uncheck the Match Whole Word checkbox For partial word searches entering top would find top and other words that contain the search s...

Page 41: ...ne set of search results at a time To view one of the search result pages click on its thumbnail in the Search tab This will open the page in Single Page mode in the Content window with the search hits highlighted yellow Copying and Pasting Pages You can copy your pages to the Clipboard of your operating system such as Windows Clipboard and paste them into other applications like Microsoft Word Li...

Page 42: ...Viewer you can print pages from your notebooks Although active ink appears as green in the Content window Livescribe Desktop prints it in black just like non active ink Your printed page will not be interactive with your Pulse smartpen To print a single page 1 In Page Viewer view the page as a single page see Viewing a Single Page or choose the thumbnail of the page see Viewing Thumbnails 2 In the...

Page 43: ... actual notebook For example the college ruled notebook the printed pages will contain ruled lines Using the Page Control Tool Bar In Page Viewer Livescribe Desktop displays a Page Control bar at the bottom of the Content window You can use these controls to page through your notebook go to specific pages activate thumbnail or single page modes and zoom into or out of a viewed page This tool bar h...

Page 44: ...the current page view Zoom slider Zooms in or out of the current page view by moving the slider control Zoom in Zooms in the current page view Working with Sessions With Livescribe Desktop you can manage and manipulate Paper Replay sessions Specifically you can view a list of all sessions rename a session delete a session from Livescribe Desktop remove a session from your Pulse smartpen view pages...

Page 45: ...th named columns The table below describes these columns Column Description Audio Indicator Identifies which file if any is currently playing audio If no file is playing the icon does not appear View in Pages button View pages associated with a session You may have sessions that do not have this icon because they are paperless sessions Session Name By default this name is the session s creation da...

Page 46: ... opens the Sessions View and brings up a list of all sessions 2 Click the session you want to rename 3 Choose File Rename Session from the Main menu 4 Type a new name and click OK Deleting a Session from Livescribe Desktop In Sessions View you can delete a session from Livescribe Desktop You can also remove a session from your Pulse smartpen see Removing a Session from Your Pulse Smartpen To delet...

Page 47: ...oves the audio for the session from your smartpen Because of this your smartpen will no longer interact with the notes on the physical paper product for the removed session That is when you tap the notes associated with the removed session they will not play back any audio To remove a session from your Pulse smartpen 1 Update your Pulse smartpen software To update your software choose Help Check f...

Page 48: ... you want to view Choose the session from the list and choose File View in Page Viewer in the Main menu Either of these actions will switch your view to Page Viewer and open the Session tab of the Navigation window displaying all pages in this session The first page of the session will display in the Content window and the session s audio will play back Page 40 Livescribe Desktop User Manual ...

Page 49: ...e session in the list The left most column will show the audio playing icon when the session begins to play Using the Audio Control Tool Bar Livescribe Desktop displays an audio control tool bar at the bottom of its screen You can use these controls to start pause stop and control audio playback Livescribe Desktop disables these controls unless you select the session This tool bar has the followin...

Page 50: ...n of the audio and the total length of the audio file You can also use this control to reposition the audio playback In Page Viewer as you listen to a session and view its pages you can move the slider to move forward or backward in the session For more information see Playing Audio while Viewing Pages Jump to previous bookmark Jump to next bookmark Playback speed control Increases or decreases th...

Page 51: ...her users shared content blog and participate in groups among others For more information about Livescribe Online see the Pulse Smartpen User Manual connect to Livescribe Online upload pages upload a session share content pencast Connecting to Livescribe Online To connect to your personal space on livescribe com Click the Livescribe Online button in the Main tool bar This will open your personal s...

Page 52: ... to the web without audio To upload pages 1 In Page Viewer choose one or more pages 2 Click the Upload Pages button on Main tool bar or choose File Upload Pages from the Main menu 3 Click Upload on the upload dialog to proceed Page 44 Livescribe Desktop User Manual ...

Page 53: ...ceed 4 In the next dialog enter a name for the session you are uploading and click OK Other users you choose to share the session with will see the name 5 Livescribe Desktop will upload the session audio and any linked pages to your personal space It will not upload empty pages Click OK to close the success dialog Uploading a Session in Page Viewer To upload a session in Page Viewer 1 In Page View...

Page 54: ...ncasting is the process of sharing your notes and Paper Replay sessions with others When you pencast you share your notes as PDFs and Paper Replay sessions as flash movies or as PDF files You can decide if you want to share the files with everyone or with only specified recipients You can also decide to share the content on Facebook or other social networks For more information about pencasting se...

Page 55: ... at the same time This prevents a potential problem that can happen when viewing your notebooks in Livescribe Desktop when you write in two notebooks with the same pattern your notes from the second notebook will be superimposed on your notes from the first notebook when you view them in Livescribe Desktop Because Livescribe dot paper Products are important to working with your Pulse smartpen you ...

Page 56: ... The instructions ask you to write some words in each of four areas and then dock your Pulse smartpen to your computer 5 Next in Livescribe Desktop examine the test page after it has transferred from your Pulse smartpen If all of your words transfer successfully then your printer can print Livescribe dot paper and you can begin printing your own notepads To print a notepad 1 Choose Tools Printable...

Page 57: ...vescribe dot paper notebook or journal 1 When purchasing Livescribe dot paper buy notebooks or journals that have different numbers from the ones you are currently using For example if you are already using Lined Notebook numbered 1 through 4 you should purchase Lined Notebooks number 5 through 8 Curious about Livescribe dot paper numbering See About Paper Product Naming 2 Before using the new pap...

Page 58: ...if you are currently using a Livescribe dot paper product that has the same dot pattern To use the Notebook Status Label 1 When you open a new Livescribe dot paper product tap on its Notebook Status Label with your Pulse smartpen 2 Your Pulse smartpen display will show whether you are using another Livescribe dot paper product with the same dot pattern If you are archive the older Livescribe dot p...

Page 59: ...rns Currently numbers in a group run from 1 to 8 For example the Lined Notebooks group contains the following notebooks Lined Notebook 1 Lined Notebook 2 Lined Notebook 8 Examples As described above if you want to use two paper products that have the same dot pattern you must archive the first before using the next For example if you have two notebooks named Lined Notebook 1 you must archive one b...

Page 60: ...age space on your Pulse smartpen enables you to use another Livescribe dot paper product that has the same dot pattern as the one you archived Livescribe dot paper products with the same dot pattern have the same name See About Livescribe dot paper Product Naming and Mapping Series Names to Group Names moves your notes and audio for a Livescribe dot paper product into an Archived Notebooks folder ...

Page 61: ... Updates in the Main menu 2 Click the Page Viewer button in the Main tool bar to go to Page Viewer 3 Click the Library tab of the Navigation window and click the notebook you want to archive 4 Choose File Archive Notebook 5 When prompted click OK to confirm the archive operation otherwise click Cancel 6 When prompted click Archive this notebook otherwise click Cancel 7 Livescribe Desktop will conf...

Page 62: ... of Lined Notebooks If you then buy a second pack of Lined Notebooks check if the Numbers of the notebooks are the same as in the first pack If so then notebooks with the same Number will have the same dot pattern You should proceed as follows 1 Use all the Livescribe dot paper products in the first pack 2 Before starting on the second pack archive each paper product from the first pack with Lives...

Page 63: ...otebook 2 Lined Black Journals Old Name New Name Journal A Series 1 Lined Journal 1 Journal B Series 1 Lined Journal 2 Journal A Series 2 Lined Journal 3 Journal B Series 2 Lined Journal 4 For example a lined black Journal A Series 1 journal is the same as lined journals of any color named Lined Journal 1 Unlined Black Journals Old Name New Name Journal A Series 1 Unlined Journal 1 Journal B Serie...

Page 64: ...se your computer becomes damaged or is stolen You can find all files associated with Livescribe Desktop in your My Livescribe folder This folder contains your notes and audio as well as important information about your Pulse smartpen and Livescribe Desktop By default Livescribe Desktop creates the My Livescribe folder here C Documents and Settings your_user_name My Documents My Livescribe To back ...

Page 65: ...n applications With Smartpen Manager you can view all applications you own install software updates install new software Viewing Installed Applications and Software To view all applications you own and other software installed on your Pulse smartpen 1 Click the Smartpen Manager button in the Main tool bar 2 Click the Apps View button You will see a list of all the applications and software you cur...

Page 66: ...s on your Pulse smartpen and a backup copy is available in Livescribe Desktop Transferring indicates Livescribe Desktop is transferring the application to your Pulse smartpen Updating indicates the application is in the queue and Livescribe Desktop is ready to transfer it to your Pulse smartpen Action You will be able to move purchased applications on and off your Pulse smartpen indicates the appl...

Page 67: ...ly Choose Help Check for Updates in the Main menu Livescribe Desktop will check for updates Updates can include newer versions of your applications or new internal software and firmware used by your Pulse smartpen Installing New Applications and Software Livescribe and other companies will offer new applications for your Pulse smartpen You can purchase and download these from the Livescribe Online...

Page 68: ...table below describes the columns of the Queue View list Column Description Application File Name The name of the application or file Version The version of the application Type The type of file such as an application or firmware Size The size of the application in MB or KB Queue Status Version Update indicates the application or file is queued for update or removal through Livescribe Desktop s au...

Page 69: ...emoved smartpen will not be removed from Livescribe Desktop Managing Memory Using the Smartpen Manager you can view the memory status of your Pulse smartpen You can use this information to see what memory is being used for and how much free memory your smartpen has view memory usage free memory Viewing Memory Usage You can use the memory status bar to view the memory usage of your Pulse smartpen T...

Page 70: ...ons require the most space If you are running out of space on your Pulse smartpen then can delete these sessions To remove a Paper Replay session from your Pulse smartpen use one of the following methods choose and remove a session in Sessions View See Removing a Session from your Pulse Smartpen archive any notebooks journals and other paper products you are finished with See Managing and Archivin...

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