So I Have a Tablet-What Can I Do With It?

Tom Farrell, Associate ProfessorCollege of Business & Information SystemsDakota State UniversityMadison, SD 57042

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 XPSP1 Tablet

PC

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 Tablet PCComponents

Windows Vista Total Tablet Integration

Not a part this year of Classroom Connections for year 2, however is on the Horizon.

Similar to other versions of windows but will require sometime to get used to

Also on the horizon is Office 2003 Now that a change

The Convertible M285

Newer Models -- E-155C

Awesome Graphics Touch screen Smaller size and

weight Finger print reader

Also M285 is being Retooled

Will be the M295 Similar in size and layout of M 285 Will have more security Better graphics Faster processor

The Front of the M285

Memory Card Reader M285 Uses

Memory Stick Memory Stick Pro Multimedia Card Secure Digital xD Picture Card Mini Secure Digital RS MultiMedia Card

The Left Side M285

The Keyboard Area M285

Status Indicators M285

Tablet Control Buttons M285

Five Way Switch M285

Controlled by the Mode Button Two Modes

M285 Fn Combination Keys

F1 Status Indicator Lights

F5 Displays Power Status

F2 Turns On/Off Wireless

F6 Turns On/Off Bluetooth

F3 Places system into Standby

F9 Play or pause CD/DVD

F4 Toggles display to external

F10 Stop CD/DVD

M285 Fn Combination Keys (cont’d)

F11 Skip back one song or track

F12 Skip ahead one song or track

Scroll Turn On/Off Num Lock

Ins Print Screen

More FN Keys

Home Mute Volume DownArrow

Decrease brightness

PgUp Increase Volume

Windows Key Start Menu

PgDn Decrease Volume

Application Key Shortcut Menu

UpArrow

Increase brightness

Converting the display from notebook to tablet mode

Pen Lost Alarm

Using the Pen

More Tablet Information From Microsoft Spend Time Here

Getting to Tablet and Pen Settings Start -> Control Panel

Double click Tablet and Pen Settings

Will provide you with the opportunity to calibrate pen plus many other options

The Tablet and Pen Setting Dialog Box Settings - Settings Tab Active

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

Another Way of Getting to Tablet and Pen Settings

Right side of the taskbar at the bottom of your Desktop Window

Double Click the Change Tablet and Pen Icon

The Calibrate Screen

Three Modes of the Input Panel Service Pack 2 Enhanced

This Mode is Character Pad

This Mode is Writing Pad

This Mode is On-Screen Keyboard

Additional Items to Think About Using

USB Flash/Jump/Thumb drives USB extender cables USB expansion port USB Hard drives Wireless mouse FM Modulators

Printing to the Journal

Any item on the screen that can be printed to a printer can be printed to the Journal

Very powerful use for all class presentations using PowerPoint

Faculty/Student annotation of many items.

Creating, Grading and Returning assignments

Viewable on all systems with a free download of the Journal Viewer

Conversion of Handwriting to Text

Can use Tablet PC Input Panel and any Office application

Great for Tom’s latest computing innovation “Lazy Boy Computing”

New and improved with the

Service Pack 2 Demonstration using PowerPoint

Three Modes of the Input Panel

This Mode is Character Pad

This Mode is Writing Pad

This Mode is On-Screen Keyboard

Ink in Office 2003

Can use ink in any of the following applications:

Demo of Word Show Hide annotations

Demo of PowerPoint At design time At presentation time

Speech Recognition

With training you can convert your voice to text and even give the computer commands and it will listen

And The Features Go on and On

Quesitons Tom Farrell tom.farrell@dsu.edu