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[. . . ] User Guide GeneSys Pen Tablet Computer Welcome Congratulations!We are pleased to add you to the growing list of "Xplorers" who have chosen our innovative GeneSys ® Pen Computing System as their mobile computer platform. The GeneSys ® System has been designed, tested and manufactured with a very specific objective in mind. . . to meet the needs of today's mobile workers. The real world offers environmental and physical challenges that must be met with a mobile computing system that not only works the way you do, but also can take the abuses of everyday wear and tear. [. . . ] Depending on the actual usage, the remaining time may be shorter than that indicated. Using Pen/Touch In addition to the passive pen, your computer allows you to use your finger as a pointing device. Most software applications require the use of the "left" mouse button. By tapping on the screen, your finger, much like the pen, acts as if the left mouse button is being pressed. Your finger or any other pointing device, will act very much the same. Important Note: Please do not use sharp objects or ink-based pens to input to your computer screen. Damage caused to the screen by inputting via non-approved methods may void the screen warranty. Using the Pen Your computer features a passive pen (stylus) pointing device. The pen combines high-resolution control and an ergonomic design equally suitable for left-handed and right-handed users. Most software applications require the use of the "left" mouse button. By tapping on the screen the pen acts as if the left mouse button is being pressed. The Pen/Stylus Figure 3. 4 Pen/Stylus Holding the Pen Place the pen in your right or left hand in a comfortable writing position. Move the Pen The pen acts like an un-tethered mouse. As you move the pen across the display, the pointer on the screen moves in the same direction across the screen as the pen in your hand. The screen is very sensitive and will track your movements (you can set this option to your preference, see Pen Configuration below). Point and Tap When you have placed the pen (cursor on the screen) over an icon, menu item or command that you wish to execute, you can tap on the screen twice rapidly to execute the command. This procedure is called "point and tap". Drag and Drop You can execute commands or move files by using "drag and drop". In drag and drop, you activate a file by pointing and holding the pen down to it. You can then drag October 2001 Page 19 P/N 96-000001-017, Version Q301 the active file around the screen by moving the pen. When you have placed the file where you want it, for example in a new directory, lift the pen. The file will drop into the new location. Right clicking Using the context sensitive menus available with a "right click" facilitates some applications. Since the stylus used with the GeneSys is passive, a pen switcher utility has been included to allow right clicking. Open the PenSwitcher utility from the system tray (See Figure 3. 2). By tapping on this window the stylus will register the "other" click. When the pen touches the screen the right click menu will appear. After this the click function will automatically revert back to the left mouse click setting. The stylus will remain in this mode until the switcher is clicked again. [. . . ] Port: the electrical connection through which the computer sends and receives data to and from devices or other computers. Printed Circuit Board: a hardware component of a processor to which integrated circuits and other components are attached. October 2001 Page 46 P/N 96-000001-017, Version Q301 The board itself is typically flat and rectangular, and Super VGA: a video interface which offers higher resolution constructed of fiberglass, to form the attachment and/or deeper color depths than standard VGA. Suspend Mode: a power conservation mode in which electrical Power-on Self Test: a diagnostic program the current is removed from most components of the system. computer performs automatically whenever it is powered on or reset. [. . . ]