Wacom DTK-2200 User Manual

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Mouse speed.  A setting that allows you to adjust the speed at which your screen cursor moves when using 
mouse mode.
Nib.  The replaceable pen tip.
Parallax.  The angular distortion of an object’s position when viewed through glass or other medium.  
You must calibrate the pen display to compensate for this effect, and to align the screen cursor with the 
position of the pen on the display screen.
Pen mode.  A method of positioning the screen cursor.  Wherever you place your Cintiq tool on the pen 
display tablet, the screen cursor will jump to the corresponding point on the screen.  This is known as 
absolute positioning, and is the default setting for the pen.  Pen mode 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 display screen.
Pressure sensitive.  A quality of the Wacom 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 pen display 
 where the Cintiq input tools are detected.  
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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 
input tools or Cintiq to display this menu.
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.
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.  The information you create can then be inserted into other documents, 
spreadsheets, or illustrations.
No parallax.  The pen tip and screen 
cursor are aligned.
Parallax effect caused by display screen 
glass.  Note how the position of the pen 
tip and screen cursor are not aligned.