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      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="wacom-mode">
  <info>

    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-02" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-03-23" status="candidate"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-10-12" status="candidate"/>

    <link type="guide" xref="wacom"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2012</years>
    </credit>

    <desc>Switch the tablet between tablet mode and mouse mode.</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Set the Wacom tablet's tracking mode</title>

<p><gui>Tracking Mode</gui> determines how the pointer is mapped to the screen.</p>

<steps>
  <item>
    <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Activities</gui> overview and
    start typing <gui>Wacom Tablet</gui>.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>Click on <gui>Wacom Tablet</gui> to open the panel.</p>

    <note style="tip"><p>If no tablet is detected, you'll be asked to
    <gui>Please plug in or turn on your Wacom tablet</gui>. Click the
    <gui>Bluetooth Settings</gui> link to connect a wireless tablet.</p></note>
  </item>
  <item><p>Next to <gui>Tracking Mode</gui>, select <gui>Tablet (absolute)</gui>
   or <gui>Touchpad (relative)</gui>.</p></item>
</steps>

<note style="info"><p>In <em>absolute</em> mode, each point on the tablet maps
 to a point on the screen. The top left corner of the screen, for instance,
 always corresponds to the same point on the tablet.</p>
 <p>In <em>relative</em> mode, if you lift the pointer off the tablet and put it
 down in a different position, the cursor on the screen doesn't move. This is
 the way a mouse operates, allowing you to cover distances on the screen with
 less hand movement.</p></note>

</page>
