tablet pc "101" using the gateway m280 tom farrell ralph oxley slater ohm

Tablet PC "101"

Using the Gateway M280

Tom Farrell Ralph Oxley

Slater Ohm

What Is Tablet PC?

• A full-featured computer running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, a superset of Windows XP Professional

• A highly mobile computer that enables new usage scenarios• A powerful platform enabling a new generation of business

applications

Windows XPSP1 Tablet

PC

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 Tablet PCComponents

The Convertible

• Redesign of the Gateway Laptop line as well as the very successful M275

• All of the Laptop functionality with the convenience of a Tablet PC

http://gateway.com/

The Front of the M280

What the 4 in 1 Memory Card Reader Supports

The Left Side M275

The Right Side M280

The Bottom M280

The Keyboard Area

Status Indicators

Tablet control buttons

Five Way Switch

• Controlled by the Mode Button

• Two Modes

Using the EZ Pad touchpad

Converting the display from notebook to tablet mode

Pen Lost Alarm

Using the Pen

More Tablet Information From Microsoft Spend Time Here

Tablet and Pen Setting Dialog Box Settings

Settings Tab ActiveSettings Tab Active

Calibrating the System

• This will need to be done for both the Portrait and Landscape modes

• Will also need to be done on a periodic basis

Starting the Calibration Process

• Right side of the taskbar at the bottom of your Desktop Window

• Double Click the Change Tablet and Pen Icon Settings

The Calibrate Screen

Using the Journal

• Using the journal as a “Smartboard” with a wireless projector

• Important point is that each item on the screen can be printed to the Journal and then can be annotated

• Office 2003 replaces some of this functionality

Journal Continued

• Once items are in the journal you can– Highlight– Annotated– Cut/Copy– Enlarge using a the percent tool

• Works well for – Web pages– PowerPoints– Workbook pages

Windows Journal

PenHighlig

hter

Eraser

Selection

Tool

Insert/Remove SpaceFlag

Pen Toolbar

Other Journal Uses

• Receive student assignments

• Print to Journal

• Grade/annotate in the Journal

• Return

• Journal is capable of being read by virtually all windows machines

• Journal Templates

Three Modes of the Input Panel Service Pack 2 Enhanced

This Mode is Character Pad

This Mode is Writing Pad

This Mode is On-Screen Keyboard

The Biggest Addition Is Ink

Demonstration of Features

• Word

• Excel

• PowerPoint

Additional Items to Think About Using

• USB Flash/Jump/Thumb drives

• USB extender cables

• USB expansion port

• Media Cards