Translations by Joel Addison

You can find more detailed guidance on languages and regional formats in <link href="help:language-selector">Language Support Help</link>.

If you have an Apple keyboard, there will not be a Windows key on your keyboard. The <key>⌘</key> (Command) key can be used instead.

If you have more than one stylus, when the additional stylus gets close to the tablet, a pager will be displayed next to the stylus device name. Use the pager to choose which stylus to configured.

Only the monitors that are configured will be selectable.

<gui>Eraser Pressure Feel:</gui> use the slider to adjust the "feel" (how physical pressure is translated to digital values) between <gui>Soft</gui> and <gui>Firm</gui>.

Adjust the settings of your Wacom tablet.

<gui>Button/Scroll Wheel</gui> configuration (these change to reflect the stylus). Click the menu next to each label to select one of these functions: No Action, Left Mouse Button Click, Middle Mouse Button Click, Right Mouse Button Click, Scroll Up, Scroll Down, Scroll Left, Scroll Right, Back, Forward.

Next to <gui>Output</gui>, select the monitor you wish to receive input from your graphics tablet.

<gui>Tip Pressure Feel:</gui> use the slider to adjust the "feel" between <gui>Soft</gui> and <gui>Firm</gui>.

Configure the stylus

Define the button functions and pressure feel of the Wacom stylus.

Wacom Graphics Tablet

The lower part of the panel contains details and settings specific to your stylus, with the device name (the stylus class) and diagram to the left. These settings can be adjusted:

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

Check <gui>Map to single monitor</gui>.

Switch the tablet between tablet mode and mouse mode.

Click <gui>Map to Monitor…</gui>

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.

Set the Wacom tablet's tracking mode

Choose a monitor

Next to <gui>Tracking Mode</gui>, select <gui>Tablet (absolute)</gui> or <gui>Touchpad (relative)</gui>.

Map the Wacom tablet to a specific monitor.

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.

Only certain trusted users should be allowed to have admin privileges. This prevents other users from messing with the computer and doing things like uninstalling applications that you need, installing applications that you don't want, or changing important files. This is useful from a security standpoint.

In the <gui>View</gui> menu, ensure <gui>By keyring</gui> is checked.

Some tablets have hardware buttons on one side. The tablet can be rotated 180 degrees to position these buttons for left-handed people. To switch the orientation to left-handed:

Open <gui>Wacom Graphics Tablet</gui>.

Use the tablet left-handed

If no tablet is detected, you'll be asked to <gui>Please plug in or turn on your Wacom tablet</gui>.

In the sidebar under <gui>Passwords</gui>, right-click on <gui>Login keyring</gui> and select <gui>Change Password</gui>.

Switch <gui>Left-Handed Orientation</gui> to <gui>ON</gui>.

Do not use any words that appear in a standard dictionary in any language. Password crackers will try these first. The most common password is "password" -- people can guess passwords like this very quickly!

Click the label <gui>Standard</gui> next to <gui>Account type</gui> and select <gui>Administrator</gui>.

In the <gui>User Accounts</gui> window you can click the image next to the user's name on the right to set an image for the account. This image will be shown in the login window. GNOME provides some stock photos you can use, or you can select your own or take a picture with your webcam.

Admin privileges are associated with your user account. Some users are allowed to have admin privileges and some are not. Without admin privileges you will not be able to install software. Some user accounts (for example, the "root" account) have permanent admin privileges. You shouldn't use admin privileges all of the time, because you might accidentally change something you did not intend to (like delete a needed system file, for example).

Switch off <gui>Include online search results</gui>.

Open <gui>User Accounts</gui>.

Click <gui>Create</gui>.

If you want the new user to have <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrative access</link> to the computer, select <gui>Administrator</gui> for the account type. Administrators can do things like add and delete users, install software and drivers, and change the date and time.

The account is initially disabled until you choose what to do about the user's password. Under <gui>Login Options</gui> click <gui>Account disabled</gui> next to <gui>Password</gui>. Select <gui>Set a password now</gui> from the <gui>Action</gui> drop-down list, and have the user type their password in the <gui>New password</gui> and <gui>Confirm password</gui> fields. See <link xref="user-goodpassword"/>.

You need <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrator privileges</link> to add user accounts. Click <gui>Unlock</gui> in the top right corner and type your password.

Access details about your computer, this help guide, and <link xref="prefs">system settings</link>. Switch users, lock screen, log out, suspend, restart or shutdown your computer.

When you purchase music or products from these sources, Canonical receives a small portion of the profits in exchange for directing more business to these stores. Canonical, the company that created and continues to support the Ubuntu project, then uses this money to make Ubuntu better.

Ubuntu has several different <gui>status menus</gui> (sometimes referred to as <gui>indicators</gui>) on the right side of the menu bar. The status menus are a convenient place where you can check and modify the state of your computer and applications.

Turn off online search results

List of status menus and what they do

Access the current time and date. Appointments from your <link xref="clock-calendar">Evolution calendar</link> can also display here.

Window management buttons

The <gui>window management buttons</gui> are on the top left corner of windows. When maximized, the buttons are in the top left of the screen. Click the buttons to close, minimize, maximize or restore windows.

The <gui>menu bar</gui> is the dark strip on the top of your screen. It contains the window management buttons, the app menus, and the status menus.