Use your pen

Use your pen to interact with your device. This includes drawing, writing, moving items, and activating actions that you assign to pen buttons.

Topics on this page

• Pen tip and eraser
• Pen buttons

Pen tip and eraser

• Draw or sign: Draw or sign with the pen tip directly on the device surface.
Note: Pens are pressure-sensitive, so the harder you press, the thicker your lines and the denser the color.
• Move the cursor: Move the pen while holding it slightly above the device without touching the screen surface.
• Double-click: Quickly tap the screen twice in the same place with the pen tip.
• Erase: Flip the pen to the side opposite the pen tip and move the eraser over the area you want to erase, just as you would use the eraser on a pencil.
Note: Some pens do not have an eraser.
• Select an item: Tap the screen once with the pen tip.
• Move an item: Select the item with the pen tip, then slide the pen tip across the screen to move it.

Pen buttons

Use pen buttons as shortcuts to actions. You can change assigned pen button settings from Wacom Center by selecting your device in the Devices sidebar, then clicking Pen settings in the main content area. You'll proceed to Wacom Tablet Properties, where you can make the changes.

If your pen button is assigned to a type of click (right-click, double-click, etc.), you activate the click differently, depending on your Pen Button Mode:

• If your Pen Button Mode is Hover Click, then hold the pen tip slightly above the surface of your device and press the pen button.
• If your Pen Button Mode is Click & Tap, press the pen button and then tap the device surface with your pen tip.

You can find these settings in Wacom Tablet Properties by clicking the Options... button.

If your pen has a long, thin button, press the upper part of the button for one setting and the lower part for another.