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Lenovo Active Pen 2 Tab User Manual

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Quick Start Guide
Read these instructions before first use and save this manual for future reference.

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Note: The AAAA alkaline battery is provided in some countries or regions.

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Installing the batteries

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Note the orientation of the battery terminals.

Tips for the coin-cell batteries

  • Use a coin to loosen the coin cell battery holder and then remove the holder from the pen cap.
  • Replace both batteries when the light-emitting diode (LED) indicator on the pen cap flashes in red.

Tips for the AAAA alkaline battery

  • Check the battery power status from the Wacom Pen application. Replace the battery when the battery power is low.
  • If the Wacom Pen application is not installed on your touch-screen device, download and install the latest WinTab driver from http://www.lenovo.com/support.

Using the pen

The Lenovo® Active Pen 2 makes writing and drawing accessible and flexible. You can perform additional functions by using the barrel buttons on the pen body. The default barrel button functions are as follows:

  • Right-click: Hold the top barrel button and tap the screen.
  • Erase: Hold the bottom barrel button to erase the object in the supported applications.
  • To customize the barrel button functions, use the Wacom Pen application.

Pairing the pen
To pair the pen with your touch-screen device, do the following:

  1. Enable Bluetooth pairing on the pen by pressing and holding the top pen button for more than three seconds until the LED indicator flashes in white.
  2. Enable Bluetooth pairing on your touch-screen device to discover and pair the pen. The pen is discoverable as Lenovo Active Pen 2.
  3. After pairing, press or double-press the top pen button to access more functions. To customize the top pen button functions, use the Wacom Pen application.

Storing the pen
Insert the pen holder into an available Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector on your touch-screen device. Then, insert the pen into the pen holder.

Replacing the pen tip
Use the replacement tool that comes with your pen to replace the pen tip when necessary.

Lenovo Pen Button Configuration Guide
https://support.lenovo.comThis guide introduces how to customize the button functions of the Lenovo Active Pen, Lenovo Active Pen 2, Lenovo Pen Pro, Lenovo Garage Pen and ThinkPad Pen Pro.

Chapter 1. Default Pen Button Functions

  • Top barrel button:
    • Hold the top barrel button and tap the screen: Right-click
  • Bottom barrel button:
    • Hold the bottom barrel button to erase the object in supported applications: Erase
  • Top button (for Pen with top button only after paired to your PC):
    • Click once: Open the home page of Windows Ink Workspace
    • Double click: Send screenshot to OneNote
    • Press and hold: Activate Cortana

Chapter 2. Customize Pen Button Functions
The top button (for Pen with top button only) can be customized by Windows 10 Settings Pen & Windows Ink or Lenovo Pen Settings App (or Wacom Pen App). The barrel buttons can only be customized by Lenovo Pen Settings App (or Wacom Pen App). Customize the Top button functions (for Pen with top button only) using Windows 10.

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Pen & Windows Ink
Note: The screenshot is only for reference. It might be different depending on the Windows version. Pair the Pen as a Bluetooth device to your PC. To pair a pen with your PC, select the Start button, then select Settings > Devices > Bluetooth & other devices. Hold down the Top button on your pen for seven seconds until the LED indicator flashes in white to turn on pairing mode, then choose the pen from the list of devices and select Pair.

Configure the Top Button in the Pen Shortcut

  • Customize what your pen does and how it works with your PC. Choose which hand you write with or what your PC does when you click or hold down the pen’s shortcut button.
  • To change settings, select the Start button, then select Settings > Devices > Pen & Windows Ink.
  • Configure the top button Click once, Double-click, Press and hold from the drop-down list to choose one of the functions: Windows Ink Workspace, One Note, Sticky Notes, Drawings, Sketch, Cortana, or any other app.
  • Example: Configure‘Click once’ as Windows Ink Workspace
  • To open the Windows Ink Workspace when you click the pen button, select the drop-down list under Click once.
  • Choose the workspace from the first drop-down list, then choose what part of the workspace you want to open in the second drop-down list.
  • To open the workspace even when your PC is locked, turn on Click once to open my Windows Ink Workspace notes even when the device is locked.

Customize the button functions using the Lenovo Pen Settings App (or Wacom Pen App)

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The Lenovo Pen Settings App (or Wacom Pen App) should be installed on your Lenovo or ThinkPad PC that supports pen features. To install the App, go to http://www.lenovo.com/support, fill in your PC model to go to the PC page, and download and install the App at Drivers & Software Session.
Note: The screenshot is only for reference. It might be different depending on the APP version.

Top Pen Button Press Options after the pen is paired to the PC

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Note: The functions in the above Table may be slightly different depending on the App version.

Presentation Mode

if “ON”, the driver will automatically send a Page Down when the button is Single Pressed and a Page Up when the button is Double Pressed if Microsoft PowerPoint is presenting.

Top and Bottom Barrel Button Functions

  • Left Click – Execute a Left mouse click at the cursor location
  • Right Click – Execute a Right mouse click at the cursor location
  • Middle Click – Execute a Middle mouse click at the cursor location
  • Double Click – Execute a Double Left mouse click at the cursor location
  • 4th Click – Execute a Mouse 4th Click at the cursor location
  • 5th Click – Execute a Mouse 5th Click at the cursor location
  • Modifier – Open a dialogue that allows the user to choose a modifier button (alt, ctrl, shift, Win) to send to the system when the button is executed
  • Radial Menu – Display the radial menu at the cursor location
  • Erase – Send erase commands to the system to make the button behave as an eraser
  • Barrel Button – Send a “Barrel Button” command to the system to invoke the system or app-defined behaviour. Most apps treat this is a right click.
  • Keystrokes – Allow the user to record keystrokes for playback later.
  • Open/Run App – Allow the user to choose an executable, document or other file to be opened/run.
  • Ink Workspace – Open the Ink Workspace sidebar
  • Sticky Notes – Open the Sticky Notes app
  • Sketchpad – Open the Sketchpad app
  • Screen Sketch– Open the Screen Sketch app
  • Cortana – Invoke the Cortana speech recognition app

Disable
Note: The functions above may be slightly different depending on the App version.

Hover Click

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  • If disabled, the Barrel Button function is executed when the button is pressed while tapping the Pen tip against the screen.
  • If enabled, the Barrel Button function is executed immediately when the button is pressed while the pen is detected.

Note: The screenshot is only for reference. It might be different depending on the APP version.

Radial Menu Settings
The Radial Menu is a function that can be triggered by a Barrel Button. It will display a floating pop-up menu on the user’s screen that can provide customized functionality with a single click and tap.

Radial Wedges
By default, the 8 pie pieces of Radial Wedges are set to the following values (from the top, clockwise):

  • Play/Pause
  • Volume Up
  • Next Track
  • Screen Sketch
  • Mute
  • Sketchpad
  • Previous Track
  • Volume Down

Each Radial Wedge can be programmed for a different function:

  • Open/Run App – Allows the user to choose an executable, document or other file to be opened/run.
  • Default Web Browser – Launches the default Web browser.
  • Default Email App – Launches the default E-Mail app
  • Play/Pause – Sends a Play/Pause media keystroke to the system
  • Next Track – Sends a next track media keystroke to the system
  • Previous Track – Sends a previous track media keystroke to the system
  • Volume Up – Turns up the volume one click
  • Volume Down – Turns the volume down with one click
  • Settings – Launches the Wacom CPL App
  • Switch Application – performs an application switch
  • Ink Workspace – Opens the Ink Workspace sidebar
  • Sticky Notes – Opens the Sticky Notes app
  • Sketchpad – Opens the Sketchpad app
  • Screen Sketch – Opens the Screen Sketch app
  • Cortana – Invokes the Cortana speech recognition app
  • Page up
  • Page Down
  • Back
  • Forward
  • Copy
  • Paste
  • Undo
  • Redo
    Note: The functions above may be slightly different depending on the App and the Windows version.

Download PDF: Lenovo Active Pen 2 Tab User Manual

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