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What is the difference between a Tablet and an ordinary mouse? |
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Wacom Tablets are cordless, ball-free and battery-free, so no worries of cleaning your pen, and no frustration of that unwanted cord ! Also, while a mouse operates using relative coordinates, a Tablet operates using absolute coordinates, making PC operation more intuitive. For example, with absolute coordinates, when you place your pen on the bottom left corner of the tablet surface, the cursor on the screen will move to the bottom left corner of the computer screen. No matter where the cursor is on the screen, once the pen is moved to the bottom left corner of the tablet, the cursor on the screen will move directly to the same place.
To see basic features, check to see "Tablet Basics". |
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Why do you have different Tablet sizes? What's the difference? |
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Whether the size is big or small, functions and performance are the same. What's different, is the feel of the operationality.
The Tablet's active area corresponds 1 to 1 to the monitor screen. So, when the Tablet size is small, the cursor movement on the screen compared to the length of the movement of the pen, will be much longer and requires getting used to difference. To the contrary, the more larger the Tablet size is, the less difference in the movement of the pen the movement of the cursor on the screen, resulting in a realistically natural feel of operation on the computer. This is why many professional graphic artists prefer the larger size Tablets for their artwork.
With a small Tablet, the cursor can be moved just with the wrist movement. On the other hand, with a large Tablet, the cursor is controlled with the arm movment.
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Where can I find handwriting recognition software? |
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There are various kinds of handwriting recognition software for Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, etc. available in the market . As for the recommended software title and its availability, please ask your local distributor for details . Usually they could recommend you specific software that is locally available. For further information and purchase details, please check the software vendor's web site.
For Windows users , Paragraph PenOffice or and Paragraph Calligrapher, is available. Both software
support most common European languages.
Mac OS 10.2 or higher has a handwriting recognition software called Inkwell, which is already part of the operating system.
Microsoft Office XP also has a built-in handwriting recognition. If it is not installed by default, you should use add/remove to install this function. For example, if you use a Traditional Chinese version of Microsoft Word 2002, you can use the Traditional Chinese handwriting recognition function. Currently Wacom tablet sold in Asia Pacific region is not bundled with any handwriting recognition software. Please kindly purchase, or find a trial version to try the software .
For details , please see Technical FAQ 620. |
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Do Wacom pen tablets work with Microsoft Windows Vista? |
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Wacom pen tablets not only are compatible with Windows Vista, but when connected to a Windows Vista PC, they give your PC or notebook full Tablet PC functionality. This allows you to take advantage of Vista's powerful handwriting recognition engine, pen flicks, note-taking in the Journal application, annotation functionality, and much more. Make sure you have the Vista driver installed, which can be downloaded from the following URL:
http://www.wacom-asia.com/download/download_index.html
To learn more about the features that can be realized with the combination of Wacom pen tablets and Microsoft Windows Vista, please see our Vista page here:
http://www.wacom-asia.com/vista/index.html |
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How large are the Cintiq/PL-series? |
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Product Model |
Screen size |
LCD Resolution |
Color Depth |
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12 inch |
1280 x 800 (WXGA) |
16.77M colours
256 tones |
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21 inch |
1600 x 1200 (UXGA) |
16.77M colours
256 tones |
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17 inch |
1280 x 1024 (SXGA) |
16.2M colours
(18 bit + FRC) |
DTI-520 |
15 inch |
1024 x 768 (XGA) |
16.2M colours
(18 bit + FRC) |
DTI-520UB |
15 inch |
1024 x 768 (XGA) |
16.2M colours
(18 bit + FRC) |
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The Active Area is the drawing area of the tablet where your Intuos/Graphire tools are detected. For example, if you have an Intuos3 A4 tablet, the active area is A4 size. For Graphire4 the active area is A6 for CTE-440 or A5 for CTE-640.
Wacom holds well over 400 patents that protect our exclusive technology. Therefore, no other manufacturer sells a cordless, battery-free pen tablet. This allows our pens to be the lightest, most durable on the market, and offers unmatched accuracy and precision. Wacom is the dominant pen tablet maker, with global market share of around 80% world-wide and over 95% in Japan. Wacom tablets are now used by over a million artists, designers, photographers, and regular computer users around the globe. 