Apply Digitizer Button Profiles

A variety of pre-defined button profiles are available for your digitizer puck. Profiles include default layouts with different key and command assignments for the buttons on the puck. You can also create new button profiles and edit those that you create.

Note: To customize button profiles for your digitizer puck when it is in mouse mode, use the GTCO CalCompTabletWorks Control Panel.

The default 16 button profile includes two button sets and assignments (some profiles have only the Pick button set). When you use your puck, the button assignments in the Pick button set are available. When you click the button assigned to Next Button Set (if included in your current profile), the button assignments in the Number Pad button set are available on your puck. To alternate between sets, press Next Button Set.

Pick button set

Number Pad button set

  • Button 1 = Pick
  • Button 5 = Enter
  • Button 9 = Backspace
  • Button 13 = Toggle mouse mode
  • Button 16 = Next button set
  • Button 1 = Tab
  • Button 2 = 7 key
  • Button 3 = 8 key
  • Button 4 = 9 key
  • Button 5 = Enter
  • Button 6 = 4 key
  • Button 7 = 5 key
  • Button 8 = 6 key
  • Button 9 = Backspace
  • Button 10 = 1 key
  • Button 11 = 2 key
  • Button 12 = 3 key
  • Button 13 = Next button set
  • Button 14 = 0 key
  • Button 15 = Decimal or comma
    (based on language settings)
  • Button 16 = Minus key ("-")

To apply a button profile to your digitizer puck:

  1. Do one of the following:

    The Digitizer section of the Options dialog displays.

  2. Click Customize Button Profiles. The Digitizer Button Profiles dialog displays.
  3. Select a button profile in the Profiles list. The button sets and assignments for the selected profile appear in the Profile Settings group.
  4. Click Set as Current.

To create a new digitizer button profile:

  1. Follow steps 1 and 2 above.
  2. Click New. The New Digitizer Button Profile dialog displays.
  3. Type a unique identifier for the profile in the Name box.
  4. To build a button profile based on an existing one, select a profile in the Copy button sets from this profile list. Otherwise, uncheck the box and select the number of buttons on your digitizer puck in the Number of buttons list.
  5. Click OK.
  6. In the Button assignments list, click in the row for each button that you want to customize and select a corresponding action from the list.
  7. If Number Pad is available in the Button sets list, select it.
  8. Repeat step 6 for the number pad button assignments.

To edit a digitizer button profile:

  1. Follow the steps above, but skip steps 2 through 5.
  2. Click Close.

Related topics

Set Up and Orient a Digitizer

Digitizer Options