I need help with the wacom tablet?

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I bought a Wacom tablet a couple of years ago in high school and now I need it again for my typography b class but when I use it it's not using the Wacom board as the whole screen. So for example if I touch I corner and then touch another corner of the Wacom board it should go from one corner of the computer screen to the other but instead it only moves a few inches. 

So how do I make the Wacom pen treat the tablet as the computer screen? I know it can be done because it happened in my animation class in high school before and the teacher fixed it, but I forgot how. Help please

Mujer Alta · Accepted Answer

If you haven't used your tablet for a while, download and install its newest driver.  You'll probably have to use the "Legacy" driver page:
http://us.wacom.com/en/support/legacy-drivers
Unplug the tablet from your computer before installing the driver by double clicking on the downloaded installer.  (You don't have to uninstall the old driver.)

After you install the newest driver, plug your tablet in.  Go to Start>Control Panel and look for your Wacom tablet's icon.  I can't tell you what this might look like because I don't know what tablet you have:-(   If it's a Bamboo, look for the Bamboo icon.  If it's an Intuos, look for the "Wacom Tablet Properties" icon down in the "W's".

Once the dialog is open you can configure the tablet.

For Bamboo:
On the Pen tab, in the Tracking section, Pen Mode, click on "Details" and you'll see the tablet working area set up.  (And, yes, I've got my old Graphire which now uses Bamboo drivers plugged in and the dialog open:-)  Screen Area=All Screens and Tablet Area=Full and click OK then close the dialog - unless there's something else you need to tweak.

For Intuos: I'll assume you don't have an Intuos (because most HS students didn't buy them). If you happen to have one, add that information to your question or click my avatar and email me for instructions.  My Intuos is in another room.....

David Bowtie · Answer

First go to Wacom's website and make sure you have the latest driver for your model, download it. Remove the old driver and install the new driver. If you're on a Mac, go to system preferences, double click the Wacom image and set up the controls for your pen and tablet. I imagine windoze does something similar.

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