• Step A: Open a simple text editing program like Notepad.exe and place the text cursor on the page. You don't need to edit anything so any program that accepts keyboard input will do. You might want to make sure that keyboard input will be displayed by typing a few characters. They should appear on your screen.

• Step B: Pick the setting you want to change from the table and descriptions below, remembering what key enables/disables the setting.

• Step C: Using your thumb and index fingers from both hands touch the four corners of the MultiTouch surface and hold them there for a second. The following message should appear in the text editing program:

## Enter a Gesture Map: 1=Mac 2=Win 3=ThreeButton 4=Linux 7=Emacs ...

1. Step D: Press the appropriate setting key on the touch surface, not on your mechanical keyboard, within 30 seconds!

• Step E: Verify your changes were successful by examining the status completion message. For instance, if you pressed 4, you should see:

  ## Enter a Gesture Map: 1=Mac 2=Win 3=ThreeButton 4=Linux 7=Emacs... Linux/KDE enabled ##

All MultiTouch systems are shipped configured for Windows and 2-button mouse emulation. If you are using Windows then you don't have to do anything. For other operating systems, use the manual configuration routine with a number key:

OS Mode	Enables with +
Mac OS X	1
Windows	2
Three-Button	3
Linux/KDE	4
Unix/BeOS	5
Linux/Emacs	7

You will want to reconfigure your MultiTouch unit whenever you switch the unit to another operating system so that command gestures use the correct hotkey mappings.

Switching OS modes quickly with Horizontal Palm Slides

For quickly but impermamently switching between Mac and Windows modes, use horizontal palm slides. Once enabled via the + Insert, the slides work like this:

Mac Mode  <--  Slide palm heels --> Windows Mode

People with special needs or applications may want to use the Mini for just typing or just pointing without risk of accidentally activating keys or gestures:

• Disabling Keys with Palm Slides
  With the Feature Selector utility, you can configure horizontal palm slides to toggle all surface keys on/off rather than switch OS modes.  

• Disabling Pointing & Command Gestures
  Use + F6 to disable both mouse operations like pointing & clicking as well as command gestures like cut/copy/paste. Only the keyboard & typing will remain active. This setting is not accessible via the MultiTouch Utilities Feature Selector.

• Disabling Command Gestures
  Use + F5 to disable all command (hotkey) gestures such as cut/copy/paste but leaving pointing, clicking scrolling enabled. This setting is not accessible via the MultiTouch Utilities Feature Selector.

• Restoring Pointing & Command Gestures
  Use + F4 to re-enable all pointing and command gestures. This setting is not accessible via the MultiTouch Utilities Feature Selector.

• 3-Button Mouse Emulation -- Optional for Mac/Win users.
  Enabled automatically with Linux/Unix OS modes.
  + 3 toggles three-button mouse emulation on/off.
  If enabling, the following message will print out

  ## Enter a Gesture Map: 1=Mac 2=Win 3=ThirdButton 4=Linux/KDE ... ENABLING: Thumb+Index+Middle for Middle Button, Thumb+Ring+Pinky for Right Button ##

  or if disabling 3-Button Mouse the following message will print out:

  ## Enter a Gesture Map: 1=Mac 2=Win 3=ThirdButton 4=Linux/KDE 5=Unix/BeOS ... Third Mouse Button DISABLED for Win/Mac ##

  Note: When 3-button emulation is enabled, the thumb & two-fingertip chord splits:

• thumb+index+middle:
  (with thumb 2 inches or 4-5cm from index) emulates the middle mouse button
• SPREAD thumb+ring+pinky:
  (with thumb 3-4 inches or 7-10cm from ring) activates the right mouse button

• Button Swaps.  With the Feature Selector dialog of the MultiTouch Utilities, you can swap the mouse buttons for compatibility with left-handed mice.  Button swaps are not accessible via manual configuration gestures.

• Five Finger Pointing.
  + Enter toggles five-finger pointing on and off.
  Five-finger pointing lets you start pointing with all five fingers instead of starting with two.  You must still click using two fingertip taps, but if all five are already touching you can just lift and tap the index & middle fingertips.

• Variable-Speed Typematic (ships enabled).
  + <shift>T enables variable-speed, pressure-sensitive typematic. with this
  + t should give the message: DISABLING Variable typematic.
  With this feature enabled, held keys repeat faster if you press harder or flatten your fingertip pulp on the key. As you begin to lift off, the key repeats slow down, so you are less likely to overshoot your intended number of repeats.
  • NOTE: With variable-speed typematic turned on, the MultiTouch unit, rather than the operating system, decides how fast to repeat the key. The operating system does not actually know that your finger is held on the key; the OS thinks the key is just getting tapped very quickly. This may cause compatibility problems with games and other applications that need to know exactly when your finger actually touches and releases the key. If this happens, disable variable-speed typematic.

   

• English Spelling Model (ships enabled).
  + <shift>E to enable the English spelling model.
  + e to disable the English spelling model.
  • NOTE: The English Spelling Model is not a spelling checker. It will not prevent you from typing mis-spelled words, names, passwords, or strings not found in the dictionary so long as you strike with an even rhythm near the center of each key. However, if your finger strikes in between keys, the English spelling model encourages the unit to choose the key that makes most sense as a proper English spelling. This helps typing accuracy considerably. If your primary language is English you probably don't want to disable this feature since it automatically weakens as you begin typing in a foreign or programming language, and comes back full-strength when you resume typing a few words of conventional English. You should only disable the English spelling model if you do most or all your typing in a foreign language.

• BackSpace Auto-Correct (ships enabled).
  + <shift>B enables BackSpace Auto-Correct.
  + b disables Backspace Auto-Correct.
  • NOTE: BackSpace Auto-Correct allows the MultiTouch unit to backspace and replace the last few characters in the current word if its guess as to what you are really trying to type suddenly improves. This can occur when you type sloppily so that the unit cannot accurately decide which keys you meant until you have typed the entire word. BackSpace Auto-Correct improves typing accuracy overall, but every once in awhile the word you intended could get erased and replaced with a different word. If this is a problem for you, disable Backspace Auto-Correct.
  • NOTE: Backspace Auto-Correct will not erase past the current word, will only erase characters typed within the last second or so, and will only replace with correct spellings.
  • NOTE: If you disable Backspace Auto-Correct, typing that the unit later decides is actually a click or modifier chord could occasionally be left on the screen.