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The Information below is intended for UH Math staff and faculty.  Although this information may be useful to others, requests for help from the Administrators is only supported for UH staff and faculty.  Please do not email the Administrators unless you are working for the UH Math Department.

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Disable "Press and Hold" setting for Writing Tablets

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Frustrated by using your writing tablet and sometimes when you hold the pen down to the tablet you get an annoying halo and then a popup window appears?   Then these instructions may just help you.

You can see a video of this problem here.  There is also a video of the instructions below here.

You press the stylus to the tablet for a second and a halo appears like this: HaloPic
Then a popup window appears: PopupMenu
To change this setting, go to the Control Panel and find the Pen and Touch applet and open it. PenTouch
Click on the Pen Options tab and then select the Press and hold option under Pen Action and then click the Settings... button. PressHold
You should see the option "Enable press and hold for right-clicking".  Uncheck this and click Ok.  Then click Ok again. DisablePressHold
Now you should not have the window popup when you hold the stylus to the tablet for a second or more."
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