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Pen mode.
A method of positioning the screen cursor. Wherever you place your Graphire tool on the tablet,
the screen cursor will jump to the same corresponding point on the screen. This is known as absolute
positioning, and is the default setting for the Graphire pen. Also, P
EN
M
ODE
allows you to quickly position the
screen cursor without having to first find it and then move it across the desktop. See also
Pixel.
The smallest unit of measure on your monitor screen.
Pop-up Menu.
A window that displays a list of keystroke functions and other actions you can perform.
You can customize the buttons of your Graphire tools to display this menu.
Pressure sensitive.
A quality of the Graphire pen tip and eraser that senses the amount of pressure being
applied. This is used to create natural-looking pen, brush, and eraser strokes in applications that are
pressure-sensitive.
Pressure-sensitive application.
Any application that supports pressure-sensitive input.
Proximity.
The height above the tablet
where the Graphire tools are detected. Refer also to the
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.
Transceiver.
A radio device capable of both transmitting and receiving information.
USB.
Universal Serial Bus. A hardware interface standard for connecting computer peripheral devices.
USB ports support hot-plugging, which allows you to connect or disconnect a USB device without turning off
your computer.
Wintab.
An interface standard used by Windows applications for receiving tablet information.
Graphire supports all Wintab-compatible applications under Windows.
