I am using a Cross/Wacom pen with eraser head on a Fujitsu 4110 with SP2
installed. I have installed the driver from the Wacom site (v4.79-4). I
have the "use top of pen to erase (where available)" option checked in
Tablet And Pen settings and Erase selected for top of pen on the Wacom
menu. Still, the eraser head does not seem to do anything useful in any
program. The TIP interprets it as the writing tip.

Am I missing anything?

Avner.

Depends, since you didn't say which programs you're trying to use it in.
The Tablet Input Panel, for instance, supports scratch-out and not erasure.
My Wacom erases fine in OneNote SP1 and Word 2003, for instance. Where are
you having issues, and are you depressing the end a bit as you're erasing?
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Avner Ben" <avner@skilldesign.com> wrote in message
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>I am using a Cross/Wacom pen with eraser head on a Fujitsu 4110 with SP2
>installed. I have installed the driver from the Wacom site (v4.79-4). I
>have the "use top of pen to erase (where available)" option checked in
>Tablet And Pen settings and Erase selected for top of pen on the Wacom
>menu. Still, the eraser head does not seem to do anything useful in any
>program. The TIP interprets it as the writing tip.
>
> Am I missing anything?
>
> Avner.

The no erasure in TIP remains one of my pet peeves. That, and what to do with
the cap on the Cross when you're actually writing with it? If you put it on
the back of the pen (normal position for a cap), you can't use the eraser at
all. Definite design problem!

--
Charlie.

Chris H. wrote:
> Depends, since you didn't say which programs you're trying to use it
> in. The Tablet Input Panel, for instance, supports scratch-out and
> not erasure. My Wacom erases fine in OneNote SP1 and Word 2003, for
> instance. Where are you having issues, and are you depressing the
> end a bit as you're erasing?
> "Avner Ben" <avner@skilldesign.com> wrote in message
> news:414fd317$1@news.012.net.il...
>> I am using a Cross/Wacom pen with eraser head on a Fujitsu 4110 with
>> SP2 installed. I have installed the driver from the Wacom site
>> (v4.79-4). I have the "use top of pen to erase (where available)"
>> option checked in Tablet And Pen settings and Erase selected for top
>> of pen on the Wacom menu. Still, the eraser head does not seem to do
>> anything useful in any program. The TIP interprets it as the writing
>> tip. Am I missing anything?
>>
>> Avner.

Scratch out is so much quicker. I don't even use eraser in One Note or TEO
anymore because flipping the pen just feels interrupting.

--
J. Tennyson Einstein
Einstein Technologies

Tablet Enhancements for Outlook 2.0 - Change the way you work without
changing the applications you work in. http://www.tabletoutlook.com


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:%232v1pwCoEHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The no erasure in TIP remains one of my pet peeves. That, and what to do
> with the cap on the Cross when you're actually writing with it? If you put
> it on the back of the pen (normal position for a cap), you can't use the
> eraser at all. Definite design problem!
>
> --
> Charlie.
>
> Chris H. wrote:
>> Depends, since you didn't say which programs you're trying to use it
>> in. The Tablet Input Panel, for instance, supports scratch-out and
>> not erasure. My Wacom erases fine in OneNote SP1 and Word 2003, for
>> instance. Where are you having issues, and are you depressing the
>> end a bit as you're erasing?
>> "Avner Ben" <avner@skilldesign.com> wrote in message
>> news:414fd317$1@news.012.net.il...
>>> I am using a Cross/Wacom pen with eraser head on a Fujitsu 4110 with
>>> SP2 installed. I have installed the driver from the Wacom site
>>> (v4.79-4). I have the "use top of pen to erase (where available)"
>>> option checked in Tablet And Pen settings and Erase selected for top
>>> of pen on the Wacom menu. Still, the eraser head does not seem to do
>>> anything useful in any program. The TIP interprets it as the writing
>>> tip. Am I missing anything?
>>>
>>> Avner.
>
>

Clip the cap in your shirt pocket, right next to the slide rule? 8-)
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:%232v1pwCoEHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The no erasure in TIP remains one of my pet peeves. That, and what to do
> with the cap on the Cross when you're actually writing with it? If you put
> it on the back of the pen (normal position for a cap), you can't use the
> eraser at all. Definite design problem!
>
> --
> Charlie.

yes, I know. But flipping it over for the eraser is so ingrained in my muscle
memory that it's much more natural. I have, after all, been using an eraser
for >50 years. And was hard coded at an early age NOT to scratch out.

--
Charlie.

Josh Einstein wrote:
> Scratch out is so much quicker. I don't even use eraser in One Note
> or TEO anymore because flipping the pen just feels interrupting.
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
> message news:%232v1pwCoEHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> The no erasure in TIP remains one of my pet peeves. That, and what
>> to do with the cap on the Cross when you're actually writing with
>> it? If you put it on the back of the pen (normal position for a
>> cap), you can't use the eraser at all. Definite design problem!
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>>
>> Chris H. wrote:
>>> Depends, since you didn't say which programs you're trying to use it
>>> in. The Tablet Input Panel, for instance, supports scratch-out and
>>> not erasure. My Wacom erases fine in OneNote SP1 and Word 2003, for
>>> instance. Where are you having issues, and are you depressing the
>>> end a bit as you're erasing?
>>> "Avner Ben" <avner@skilldesign.com> wrote in message
>>> news:414fd317$1@news.012.net.il...
>>>> I am using a Cross/Wacom pen with eraser head on a Fujitsu 4110
>>>> with SP2 installed. I have installed the driver from the Wacom site
>>>> (v4.79-4). I have the "use top of pen to erase (where available)"
>>>> option checked in Tablet And Pen settings and Erase selected for
>>>> top of pen on the Wacom menu. Still, the eraser head does not seem
>>>> to do anything useful in any program. The TIP interprets it as the
>>>> writing tip. Am I missing anything?
>>>>
>>>> Avner.

I am using the capless model.

Avner.

Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
> The no erasure in TIP remains one of my pet peeves. That, and what to do with
> the cap on the Cross when you're actually writing with it? If you put it on
> the back of the pen (normal position for a cap), you can't use the eraser at
> all. Definite design problem!
>

I am sorry report that I have not yet mastered the scratch out gesture.
Sometimes it works and sometimes I must repeat it a number of times.

Can any of you guys give a list of the programs that do support the pen
eraser?

Avner.

Josh Einstein wrote:

> Scratch out is so much quicker. I don't even use eraser in One Note or TEO
> anymore because flipping the pen just feels interrupting.
>

I don't believe any listing exists. It is sort of a trial and error method,
since some programs provide both support for the pen eraser and an eraser
button for those pens without erasers. You might be interested in the
gestures information which includes a sample of what the scratch-out should
look like:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../gestures.mspx
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Avner Ben" <avner@skilldesign.com> wrote in message
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>I am sorry report that I have not yet mastered the scratch out gesture.
>Sometimes it works and sometimes I must repeat it a number of times.
>
> Can any of you guys give a list of the programs that do support the pen
> eraser?
>
> Avner.
>
> Josh Einstein wrote:
>
>> Scratch out is so much quicker. I don't even use eraser in One Note or
>> TEO anymore because flipping the pen just feels interrupting.
>>