Tablet PC "101"

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Tablet PC "101"

• Using the Gateway M280
• Tom Farrell Ralph Oxley
• Slater Ohm

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What Is Tablet PC?

• A full-featured computer running Windows XP
  Tablet PC Edition, a superset of Windows XP
  Professional
• A highly mobile computer that enables new usage
  scenarios
• A powerful platform enabling a new generation of
  business applications

Windows XP
Tablet PC
SP1
Tablet PCComponents
Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 1
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The Convertible

• Redesign of the Gateway Laptop line as well as
  the very successful M275
• All of the Laptop functionality with the
  convenience of a Tablet PC
• http//gateway.com/

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The Front of the M280
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What the 4 in 1 Memory Card Reader Supports
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The Left Side M275
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The Right Side M280
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The Bottom M280
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The Keyboard Area
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Status Indicators
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Tablet control buttons
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Five Way Switch

• Controlled by the Mode Button
• Two Modes

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Using the EZ Pad touchpad
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Converting the display from notebook to tablet
mode
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Pen Lost Alarm
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Using the Pen
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More Tablet Information From Microsoft Spend Time
Here
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Tablet and Pen Setting Dialog Box Settings
Settings Tab Active
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Calibrating the System

• This will need to be done for both the Portrait
  and Landscape modes
• Will also need to be done on a periodic basis

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Starting the Calibration Process

• Right side of the taskbar at the bottom of your
  Desktop Window
• Double Click the Change Tablet and Pen Icon
  Settings

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The Calibrate Screen
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Using the Journal

• Using the journal as a Smartboard with a
  wireless projector
• Important point is that each item on the screen
  can be printed to the Journal and then can be
  annotated
• Office 2003 replaces some of this functionality

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Journal Continued

• Once items are in the journal you can
• Highlight
• Annotated
• Cut/Copy
• Enlarge using a the percent tool
• Works well for
• Web pages
• PowerPoints
• Workbook pages

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Windows Journal
Pen Toolbar
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Other Journal Uses

• Receive student assignments
• Print to Journal
• Grade/annotate in the Journal
• Return
• Journal is capable of being read by virtually all
  windows machines
• Journal Templates

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Three Modes of the Input Panel Service Pack 2
Enhanced
This Mode is Writing Pad
This Mode is Character Pad
This Mode is On-Screen Keyboard
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The Biggest Addition Is Ink
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Demonstration of Features

• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint

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Additional Items to Think About Using

• USB Flash/Jump/Thumb drives
• USB extender cables
• USB expansion port
• Media Cards