Wacom Intuos Onenote

Posted By admin On 02.05.21

OneNote with Wacom Tablet - cursor flickers and lags I'm using OneNote on Windows 10 with a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet. Whenever I hover the Wacom pen above the tablet, the cursor rapidly flickers between a normal windows cursor and the draw mode cursor. Intuos and Cintiq models with touch functionality can help expand your input experience with a variety of helpful hand gesture options. Like ExpressKeys and the programmable buttons on your styli, these touch gestures are fully programmable and take advantage of your motions between stylus strokes. Added a 7500K color temperature option for the Wacom One. (To enable the new color temperature option, update both the Wacom driver and the Wacom One firmware from the Wacom Desktop Center's Update screen.) Please note: this driver does not support Intuos.

For those getting started with a Wacom tablet, or old pros who want to make their tablets work harder, we combed our YouTube videos for the best tips and tricks to making your tablet bend to your will.

Scroll through for 8 productivity tips to unlock your tablet-using potential and make your workflow as productive as you need it to be.

Using ExpressKeys on Wacom Tablets

One of the most useful tactile features of an Intuos, Intuos Pro and Cintiq tablets are ExpressKeys. Situated on the top or the side of your tablet, these fully customizable buttons are capable of storing a user’s most common key commands directly next to their work surface, increasing efficiency and potentially condensing multi-button keyboard shortcuts with a single push. Programming ExpressKeys is as simple as choosing a button and assigning a task, but discovering which tasks work best for a given workflow can take some experimentation. Get started and learn how to adjust on the fly with ease.

Holding And Programming Your Pen

Working in tandem with Wacom tablet ExpressKeys are the programmable buttons that come standard on Intuos and Cintiq styli. These buttons are equally customizable and come with the added benefit of in-hand access. We have intuitive tips on how to hold the pen for maximum productivity, plus a tutorial explaining how to get buttons optimized for whatever your digital workload requires.

Changing Wacom Pen Nibs How and When

After getting fully accustomed to your Wacom tablet and its corresponding pen, it’s important to be mindful of the humble nib. Wacom styli nibs offer durable and long-lasting service, but it’s important to monitor their gradual wear to ensure the highest performance of both your pen and the integrity of your tablet’s surface. See how deciding when and how to swap out nibs can be a snap with your tablet’s included removal tool.

Using Radial Menus

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Wacom tablets not only feature a number of programmable ExpressKeys and pen buttons, they also give users access to a circular virtual interface known as the Radial Menu. Like ExpressKeys, the Radial Menu is fully customizable, which gives users the ability to assign their most common key commands and other functions to an easy-to-access touchpad that won’t clutter a physical workspace.

Mapping

If you’re new to tablets, the difference between the size of your tablet and the size of your screen can present a level of disconnect. Mapping bridges the gap and gets you working at the speed of your ideas. If you’re using an Intuos or Intuos Pro tablet, you’ll want to get acquainted with its active area. Comparing the scale of your tablet’s physical surface area to your screen size only takes a moment, and adjusting mapping preferences will help you work as comfortably as possible.

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Touch Ring

Several Intuos and Cintiq models come equipped with a physical touch ring. This workflow enhancer provides precision support and function finesse. Subtly changing brush sizes in photography and illustration software, or zooming in and out in a work window becomes a silky experience. Get set for the smoothness with this tutorial.

Wacom Gestures

Intuos and Cintiq models with touch functionality can help expand your input experience with a variety of helpful hand gesture options. Like ExpressKeys and the programmable buttons on your styli, these touch gestures are fully programmable and take advantage of your motions between stylus strokes. You can learn how to make the most of touch functionality with this quick, quite literally hands-on primer.

Solutions for remote teaching and e-learning are in high demand. Because of the Corona virus, schools and teachers are now challenged to develop ideas on how to teach digitally from home. Readily available software tools, like OneNote, can be a great help to create teaching materials, distribute worksheets to students and exchange documents with fellow teachers online. And in combination with a graphics tablet like the Wacom One, teachers can experience the full benefits of the handwriting function within OneNote in online lessons.

In this article, Stefan Malter, the author of the successful German blog “OneNote for Teachers”, will show you the benefits of using OneNote in combination with Wacom One and how you can teach even more comfortably from home.

From Stefan Malter:

Scenario 1: Sketches, formulas, panel pictures – Draw and write in OneNote

When you prepare your teaching materials on the computer, you will quickly run into the limitations that come with the use of a mouse and keyboard. Mathematical formulas, explanatory sketches, and descriptive blackboard pictures are easier to draw with a pen.

For many years I have been using OneNote and a graphic tablet connected to my computer for digital drawings. The new Wacom One has its own screen so you can draw directly on your documents. The included pen slides over the display – almost like paper.

You can connect the graphics tablet to your desktop PC, laptop, Mac or even a smartphone. Because Wacom One is portable, it is also well suited for use in the home office. In the basic setting, you see exactly what you see on the computer monitor, for example, the open OneNote notebook.

It is very easy to use and you will quickly get used to working with it. You control the mouse arrow with the pen. Just put the pen tip wherever you need to be on the display. You can then simply tap and select symbols and buttons. The pen also has a customizable button on the side that can replace the right mouse button function.

You can find all drawing functions under the “Draw” tab – both in the OneNote app for Windows 10 and in the desktop version. You can choose from different pens and colors in the menu above. When the free Wacom driver is installed, you can start drawing and writing directly on the OneNote page.

Here are some examples of how you can use Wacom One as a teacher with OneNote:

Annotations and highlights in texts, articles and PDF documents

Write mathematical formulas

I will also show you here in the blog how you can further expand the drawing functions in OneNote, convert handwriting into text and maybe even create your own sketch notes.

Scenario 2: Using handwritten notes to give feedback to students

Many schools are now benefiting from Office 365, which is free of charge for educational institutions. Within the platform, teachers and especially students can use the OneNote course notebooks. The advantage: You can conveniently distribute your worksheets created in OneNote to your students. The students then work individually on the tasks in their own OneNote notebook on a PC or tablet at home.

If you organize your online classes like this, a pen tablet or Wacom One can be a great benefit. Just like with a pen on paper, you can individually correct the students’ tasks and leave personal comments to them on their worksheets.

Of course, you can use a red pencil for corrections in OneNote – like the old days! 😉 However, experience shows that schoolchildren like the colorful rainbow pencil much better.

Scenario 3: Using OneNote as a whiteboard in online lessons

Let’s increase the level of difficulty! Maybe at some point, you dare to conduct your online classes live, for example by video conference with your students. The popular Microsoft Teams platform enables collaboration for everyone. It is easy to use and is also part of Office 365. You can also integrate OneNote in teams and thus make the content of your notebooks available to your students.

During an online meeting, you can now share your current screen in addition to your webcam image, so you can show your students live what you are doing. This way you can explain to them step-by-step what you are drawing on the graphic tablet.

I recommend that you switch to a full-page view or full-screen view in OneNote. You can find them in both versions of OneNote at the top right as a double arrow. Clicking on it will hide all the menus so that you have even more space to draw on the graphics tablet.

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Another advantage: The created sketches and blackboard pictures are saved directly in OneNote and are permanently available to all students.

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Scenario 4: Using Wacom One as a second screen

The Wacom One is treated like a second connected monitor under Windows 10. This not only allows you to duplicate your computer screen, but you can also use it as a second desktop with its own program windows.

For example, you can show a document on the main screen, read a web article or watch a learning video – and at the same time take notes on the graphics tablet in OneNote.

The cable of the Wacom One is long enough so that you can place the device comfortably on your lap.

To expand your desktop to a second screen, you have to adjust your display settings. You can find it at the bottom right in the notification menu of Windows 10. Alternatively, you can also press the key combination “Windows + P” and thus switch between the different modes.

As soon as you select “Expand”, the second desktop appears on the graphics tablet. Now you can move apps and program windows here and use them in parallel. It may be useful to adjust the display to your needs, using Windows 10 settings. For example, you can determine the position of the two screens and the size of the icons and symbols to be displayed.

What else is possible …

If you don’t want to draw anything for a moment, you can still leave the Wacom One connected to your computer and use it as a mouse replacement. I have been using pen tablets privately and professionally for many years instead of a computer mouse. With the stylus, the complete operation of Windows 10 works more naturally, intuitively and, above all, more smoothly. You can control all other apps and software with it, for example, the Internet browser or office programs. Simply switch on the “monitor” (see above) just the PC screen. Even if the tablet display is not switched on, the pen control works for the main screen.
The Wacom pen does not need a battery, which is very practical. In addition to this, other companies also offer pens that can be used on Wacom One. This includes a model from Lamy that looks and feels exactly like their well-known fountain pens. This makes writing and drawing on the Wacom One feel even more like school… 😉
For many more useful tips on OneNote, please check out Stefan Malter’s blog “OneNote for Teachers” (available in German only).