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Livescribe Desktop
Version 1.2
User Manual
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Copyright and Trademarks LIVESCRIBE, PULSE, PAPER REPLAY, NEVER MISS A WORD, and TURN YOUR PAPER ON are trademarks or registered trademarks of Livescribe, Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2007-2008 Livescribe, Inc. All rights reserved. This product or its use may be covered by the following United States Patent: 6,529,920, and other pending patent applications. 205-00002-000-A-LDUM-01.00-DESKTOP-01.20
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Table of Contents Welcome to Livescribe Desktop Version 1.2 ....................................................... 1 Getting Started with Livescribe Desktop......................................................... 2 Installing Livescribe Desktop..................................................................... 2 What's New in this Release?...................................................................... 3 Running Livescribe Desktop ................................................
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Main Menu.............................................................................................17 Main Tool Bar.........................................................................................17 Page Control Tool Bar .............................................................................17 Audio Control Tool Bar ............................................................................18 Memory Manager Tool Bar ........................................................
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Viewing a List of Sessions........................................................................33 Renaming a Session................................................................................34 Deleting a Session from Livescribe Desktop................................................34 Removing a Session from Your Pulse Smartpen...........................................35 Viewing a Session's Pages .......................................................................36 Playing A
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Mapping Series Names to Groups and Numbers..............................................51 Lined Notebooks.....................................................................................51 Lined Black Journals ...............................................................................52 Unlined Black Journals.............................................................................52 Unlined Red Journals...........................................................................
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Welcome to Livescribe Desktop Version 1.2 Livescribe Desktop is software that runs on your computer to manage your Pulse™ smartpen and the content you create and capture using your Pulse smartpen. With Livescribe Desktop, you can view your notes, listen to your recorded audio, manage Pulse smartpen applications, and more. Livescribe Desktop is also a portal to Livescribe Online, where you can upload and optionally share Pulse smartpen content, purchase new applications and paper product
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• upload content to Livescribe Online for sharing • install Pulse smartpen applications and software updates • archive notebooks, journals, and other paper products This documentation will help you learn how to use these features and more. Getting Started with Livescribe Desktop To begin using Livescribe Desktop, follow these steps: 1. Install Livescribe Desktop. 2. Run Livescribe Desktop. 3. Register your Pulse smartpen. 4. Learn about transferring content from your Pulse smartpen.
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to download and install Livescribe Desktop on the computer where you want your notes to reside. 3. Open the installer and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. During the installation, the installer will ask you to connect your USB mobile charging cradle to your computer and dock your Pulse smartpen. In addition to installing Livescribe Desktop software, the installer will install other required software and drivers, including USB drivers and Microsoft .Net so
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2. Connect your USB mobile charging cradle to your computer and dock your Pulse smartpen to the cradle. 3. If this is the first time you have used your Pulse smartpen with Livescribe Desktop on this computer, Livescribe Desktop will ask you to name your Pulse smartpen. 4. If you have not registered your Pulse smartpen with Livescribe, Livescribe Desktop will prompt you to do so. Registering extends your warranty from 90 days to one year from the date of purchase. Once you register, yo
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Using a Different Computer You can associate your Pulse smartpen to only one instance of Livescribe Desktop at a time. If you want to link your Pulse smartpen to Livescribe Desktop running on a different computer: 1. Dock your Pulse smartpen to the new computer that has Livescribe Desktop. 2. Livescribe Desktop will warn you that your Pulse smartpen is associated with Livescribe Desktop on another computer, and will ask if you want to transfer your Pulse smartpen and its contents to t
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Note: You can also manually start the registration process by clicking the Livescribe Online button on the Main tool bar. 2. On the registration dialog, choose Create a new account and click Next. If you already have an account with Livescribe, choose Use my existing account and enter your email address and password. If you forgot your password, click the Forgot Password button, and Livescribe will email your password to you. Note: When creating your user name and password, follow t
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Livescribe Mobile Computing Platform Livescribe has developed a new paper-based computing platform that bridges the gap between the paper and digital worlds. The platform enables a broad range of new applications in personal productivity, learning, communication, and self expression. The Livescribe platform includes: • Pulse™ Smartpen: a Montblanc-size computer with advanced processing power, audio/visual feedback, and substantial memory for handwriting capture, audio recording, and
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1. Power button 2. Stereo headset jack with an external microphone input 3. Built-in microphone 4. Organic Light- Emitting Diode (OLED) display 5. Built-in monophonic speaker 6. USB 2.0 connector 7. Infrared camera 8. Removable ink cartridge 9. Rechargeable lithium battery (non- removable) Livescribe Dot Paper To perform its many operations, the Pulse smartpen requires Livescribe dot paper. This paper is standard paper with printed microdots on its surface. These dots are n
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The dot pattern identifies the specific page and locations on the page of the notes you write. The Pulse smartpen uses the dot pattern in a way similar to a geographical positioning system (GPS). But, instead of identifying locations on land, it finds locations on paper and stores your writing as digital ink using those locations. Using this patented dot-positioning system (DPS), the Pulse smartpen precisely tracks its own movement on paper. As a result, anything you write – words, num
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Using Livescribe Desktop To use Livescribe Desktop, you should become familiar with its user interface (UI). Key components of the UI are: • Views • Page Viewer Windows • Menus and Tool Bars Views Livescribe Desktop provides four primary views for viewing and managing your Pulse smartpen and its content: • Page Viewer • Sessions View • Livescribe Online • Smartpen Manager As you work with your Livescribe Desktop, you will use all of these views at various times. Page Viewer Pa
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Sessions View In Sessions View, you can view a list of your Paper Replay sessions. In this view, you can also play back recorded audio from your sessions, and upload sessions to your livescribe.com personal space. For more information, see Working with Sessions. Livescribe Online Livescribe Online is your connection to the web. Use this view to manage your personal Livescribe space, share content with others, and access the Livescribe Online Store. For more information, see Livescr
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Smartpen Manager Smartpen Manager is for viewing and managing applications and other software on your Pulse smartpen. Use this view to update and install software on your Pulse smartpen. You can also view the memory status of your Pulse smartpen. For more information, see Managing Your Pulse Smartpen. 1BUsing Livescribe Desktop Page 13
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Page Viewer Windows In Page Viewer, Livescribe Desktop provides two primary windows for viewing and navigating content: • Content Window • Navigation Window Content Window The Content window is the central area where you view and interact with your notes. For example, this window is where you view Pulse smartpen content, such as Paper Replay notes. You can also play back your audio by clicking on your notes in this window. Navigation Window In Page Viewer, Livescribe Desktop prov
