Installing the Note Manager for Mac software

The following procedure guides you through installation of the Note Manager for Mac.

(1) Insert the application CD into Mac, and then click on the Digital Pen installer icon (Digital Pen. pkg). The Digital Pen Installer opens (a standard Mac installer):

 

Figure 1: Digital Pen Installer

(2) Click Continue. The Installer advances to the Destination Selection step. In this step, you are asked to choose the location (usually your Mac hard drive) where you want to install the Note Manager software. When you select (click on) your preferred hard drive, the Installer confirms your selection:

 

Figure 2 Installer showing the Destination Select stage

(3) Click Continue. The Installer advances to the Installation Type stage. In this stage, you confirm that you want to perform a standard installation of the Note Manager software on the hard drive you selected.

Notes: Performing a standard installation will install the software directly into your Applications folder on your Mac’s hard drive.

If you want to change the location to which the software will be installed, clicking Change Install Location will return you to the previous step, Choose Destination Location.

(4) Click Install. The Password dialog opens.

(5) Enter your user password and click OK. The Note Manager software is installed on the drive you selected and the Install Succeeded message is displayed on the Installer.

(6) Click Close to close the Installer and complete the installation.

 

 

Using the Digital Pen Preferences Tool

About the Preferences Tool

When you use your Digital Pen to write text, everything you write is saved as a series of TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) images in the base memory unit. Before you can work with your text on your Mac, you first need to transfer the TIFF images from the Digital Pen to your Mac’s hard drive. When you connect the Digital Pen to a USB port on your Mac, your text is automatically transferred directly from the Digital Pen to your Mac.

Before you can start transferring your text from the Digital Pen, you first need to set preferences on your Mac. By setting preferences, you decide:

* where on your Mac’s hard drive you want to save the TIFF images;

* whether you want to erase the TIFF images from the Digital Pen after you have imported them to your Mac.

You set these preferences using the Digital Pen Preference Tool.

 

Setting Preferences with the Digital Pen Preference Tool

The following procedure describes how to set preferences using the Digital Pen Preference Tool:

(1) Click on the Digital Pen Preferences icon. The Digital Pen Preferences dialog opens:

 

Figure 3: Digital Pen Preferences dialog

 

The Digital Pen Preferences dialog consists of the following elements:

• The Target Path – displays the path to the location on your Mac’s hard drive where TIFF images from the Digital Pen will be saved.

• The Clear Device Memory checkbox – if this checkbox is checked, the Digital Pen’s memory will be cleared (erased) after you upload TIFF images to your Mac. If the checkbox is unchecked, the TIFF images will remain saved on the Digital Pen after you have uploaded them to your Mac.

(2) The first preference you need to set is the location on your Mac where TIFF images will be saved when you transfer them from the Digital Pen. The Target Path displays the default location to which the TIFF images will be saved. To choose a different path, click the ellipsis button (“…”) to open the Finder window:

 

Figure 4: Digital Pen Preferences Finder window

(3) Choose where on your Mac you want to save TIFF images by clicking on the relevant location in the left hand column, and then click Open. The Finder window closes and the new Target Path is displayed in the Digital Pen Preferences dialog.

(4) If you want to clear the Digital Pen’ s memory each time you upload TIFF images from it, check the Clear Device Memory checkbox. To leave the TIFF images on the Digital Pen after they are uploaded, leave the checkbox unchecked.

(5) To save your preferences and close the Digital Pen Preferences dialog, click Save. When you next connect the Digital Pen to your Mac, your images will be uploaded according to the preferences you have set.

(6) To close the Digital Pen Preferences dialog without saving any changes, click Exit.

 

 

* Attention, at the time this guide was written, this application is not compatible with all versions of Mac OS X. Compatibility with Mac OS X Lion is expected during 2012.

 

 

 

Digital Pen operation with Mac

(1) Use the Digital Pen to capture and save your notes while you are away from your Mac, in meetings or lectures.

(2) Connect the Digital Pen to your Mac to upload the saved notes. The notes are saved in TIFF format in the directory that you have specified. Double click on the desired TIFF file in order to view the note.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) While being connected to the Mac via the USB port, the Digital Pen can be used as a Mouse and as a Tablet input device for Mac ink applications. To use the Digital Pen as a Tablet Input device, you first need to enable this mode by clicking the Ink icon at the top bar of the MAC desktop and then selecting “Write Anywhere”. If you deselect “Write Anywhere”, your Digital Pen will work as a mouse only.

 

 

 

Note: If the ink icon cannot be seen, you can display it in the following way:

a. Connect the device to MAC.

b. On the top-right bar, click and then input “ink”.

 

 

 

 

 

c. Select “Spotlight Preference”, and then choose “Show All”.

 

 

 

 

 

d. Click “Ink”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e. Set “Handwriting recognition” as “On” and select “Show ink in menu bar”. The ink icon should appear on the toolbar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4) Use the digital pen in applications such as iWork’08. You can write handwritten letters on-line, and the Mac will convert it into text. The feature is available for iWork Pages (word processor), iWork Keynote (presentations) and iWork Numbers (spreadsheets).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: The Digital Pen can be also used for drawings inside applications such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.