Livescribe Desktop Version 1.
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.
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 .................................................................
Main Menu.............................................................................................17 Main Tool Bar.........................................................................................17 Page Control Tool Bar .............................................................................17 Audio Control Tool Bar ............................................................................18 Memory Manager Tool Bar .......................................................................
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 .......................................................................
Mapping Series Names to Groups and Numbers..............................................51 Lined Notebooks.....................................................................................51 Lined Black Journals ...............................................................................52 Unlined Black Journals.............................................................................52 Unlined Red Journals...............................................................................
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.
• 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. 5.
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 software.
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.
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 the new computer. 3.
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.
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.
1. Power button 2. Stereo headset jack with an external microphone input 3. Built-in microphone 4. Organic LightEmitting Diode (OLED) display 5. Built-in monophonic speaker 6. USB 2.0 connector 7. Infrared camera 8. Removable ink cartridge 9. Rechargeable lithium battery (nonremovable) 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 nearly invisible to the human eye.
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.
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.
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 Livescribe Online.
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.
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.
notebooks in the Navigation window opens the notebook and displays all of its pages as thumbnails. Using the Navigation window, you can view your library of notebooks, view pages that contain search results, and view active Paper Replay sessions and optionally upload them to your personal space on livescribe.com. The Navigation window uses tabs to organize its content: • Library tab: shows your entire library of notebooks, journals, and other paper products you have used with your Pulse smartpen.
about searching. • Session tab: shows all of the pages of a currently active Paper Replay session. This tab appears in the Navigator window when you activate a Paper Replay session, either by clicking active ink on page, or by selecting a session in Session View and viewing its pages in Page Viewer. To learn more about sessions, see Working with Sessions.
• Memory Manager Tool Bar Main Menu The Main Menu provides different menu items based on the view you choose. You can use these menus to access features of Livescribe Desktop. Depending on the view, the Main Menu includes File, Edit, Session, View, Navigation, Tools, and Help menus. Main Tool Bar The Main Tool Bar is located under the Main menu. This tool bar provides buttons for the Main views of Livescribe Desktop. It also provides search, printing, and upload features.
Audio Control Tool Bar The Audio Control Tool Bar is located at the bottom of the Livescribe Desktop screen. This tool bar is for controlling playback of recorded audio. For more information, see Playing Audio. Memory Manager Tool Bar The Memory Manager Tool Bar in Smartpen Manager displays the memory state of your Pulse smartpen. See Managing Memory for more information. Quitting Livescribe Desktop Quitting Livescribe Desktop ends the connection between your computer and your Pulse smartpen.
Uninstalling Livescribe Desktop If you need to uninstall Livescribe Desktop from your computer, follow the steps below: To uninstall Livescribe Desktop: 1. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel. In the Control Panel window, locate and double-click on Add or Remove Programs. 2. The Livescribe Desktop InstallShield Wizard will ask you to confirm the removal of the application. Click Yes to proceed. 3.
Paper Replay in Livescribe Desktop Paper Replay is a Pulse smartpen application that allows you to write notes in your notebook and record audio at the same time. As you write, your Pulse smartpen indexes (or links) your notes to the recorded audio. The information you capture during Paper Replay is called a session. Typically, a session consists of the recorded audio and associated notes. However, you can also create paperless sessions, which consist of the recorded audio only.
Viewing Pages With Livescribe Desktop, you can view pages from your notebooks.
• Click the Page Viewer button in the Main tool bar to go to Page Viewer. Then, use one of the following methods: • Type a page number into the page field and press the Enter key to go to a specific page. Blank pages are not valid. • Using the Page Control tool bar at the bottom of the Content window, click the next page button or previous page button. Or, choose View > Next Page or View > Previous Page from the Main tool bar.
Viewing a Single Page To view a single page in a notebook: 1. Click the Page Viewer button in the Main tool bar to go to Page Viewer. 2. Click the Library tab of the Navigation window and click the notebook you want to view. 3. In the Content window, click a thumbnail of the page to view. 4. From the Content window, view the page in Single Page mode using one of these methods: • Double-click the thumbnail of the page you want to view.
Playing Audio while Viewing Pages With Livescribe Desktop, you can play a session's audio while viewing its associated pages in Page Viewer. You can also play a session's audio by itself in Sessions View (See Playing Audio from Sessions View). If you play back the audio of a session that spans multiple pages, Livescribe Desktop will automatically move to successive pages in real time synchronization with the playing audio.
Scrubbing Audio in Page Viewer In Page Viewer, as you listen to a session and view its pages, you can move the to reposition the audio audio timeline slider playback. If you move the slider while the audio is playing, the audio and its active ink move to the corresponding timeline position. This process is scrubbing the audio. You can use this feature to move forward or backward to a specific area of your session and see how it corresponds to your written notes.
Repositioning a Zoomed Page When a page is zoomed to a size that is larger than the Content window, Livescribe Desktop will crop some of the page. You may want to reposition the page to view its content. To reposition a zoomed page: • Use the vertical and horizontal scroll bars in the window to move the page to your preferred location in the window. • Instead of using the scroll bars, you can reposition a zoomed page by hand using the open hand cursor .
when a portion of the zoomed page falls outside the window. The Panning Map has a draggable clear frame that shows the current zoomed region relative to the rest of the page. Drag this frame around the map to relocate the zoomed area in the window. Closing the Panning Map resizes the page to fit within the current window. Searching Pages In Page Viewer, you can search your written pages. Search can work on notes written in cursive, print, or a combination.
search for partial words, uncheck the Match Whole Word checkbox. For partial word searches, entering "top" would find "top" and other words that contain the search string like "topographic", and "mountaintop". Because Search is not case sensitive, "Top", "top", and "TOP" return the same results. 3. Click OK to initiate the search. Viewing Search Results When you perform a search, Livescribe Desktop searches through all pages in the current notebook.
Copying and Pasting Pages You can copy your pages to the Clipboard of your operating system (such as Windows Clipboard) and paste them into other applications like Microsoft Word. Livescribe Desktop saves the content you copy as an image to the Clipboard. To copy and paste a page: 1. Click the Page Viewer button in the Main tool bar to go to Page Viewer. 2. Choose a page. For example, click the page in Thumbnail mode or doubleclick to open it in Single Page mode. 3.
By default, the page will print showing the page background. To print the page without the background, uncheck the Print Page Background checkbox. If you choose to include the background, the printed pages will include anything shown on the pages of the actual notebook. For example, an image from a college-ruled notebook will contain ruled lines. To print multiple pages: 1. In Page Viewer, view pages as thumbnails (see Viewing Thumbnails) 2. Use Control-click to select multiple, non-sequential thumbnails.
Previous page: Displays the previous page in your notebook that contains notes. Current page number: Displays the currently displayed page. You can also type a page number in the number field and press the Enter key to go to that page. Next page: Displays the next page in your notebook that contains notes. Last page: Displays the last page in your notebook that contains notes. Thumbnail mode: Switches Page Viewer to view pages as thumbnails.
• delete a session from Livescribe Desktop • remove a session from your Pulse smartpen • view pages of your sessions • play audio of your sessions • use the audio control tool bar Viewing a List of Sessions To view a list of all Paper Replay sessions: • Click the Sessions button , or choose Navigation > Sessions from the Main menu. This opens the Sessions View and brings up a list of all sessions.
View in Pages button View pages associated with a session. You may have sessions that do not have this icon because they are paperless sessions. Session Name By default, this name is the session's creation date and time. To rename a session, see Renaming a Session.
To delete a session from Livescribe Desktop follow the steps below. Deleting a session from Livescribe Desktop will not affect your Pulse smartpen: 1. Click the Sessions button , or choose Navigation > Sessions from the Main menu. This opens the Sessions View and brings up a list of all sessions. 2. Single-click the session you wish to delete. 3. Choose Session > Delete Session from PC. 4. To confirm the deletion, click Yes, otherwise click No.
2. Click the Sessions button , or choose Navigation > Sessions from the Main menu. This opens the Sessions View and brings up a list of all sessions. 3. Single-click the session to delete. 4. Choose Session > Remove Session from Smartpen, or click the button. 5. To confirm the removal, click Remove From Smartpen, otherwise click Cancel. Viewing a Session's Pages From Sessions View, you can view the session's pages.
Playing Audio from Sessions View With Livescribe Desktop, you can play audio while viewing the session's pages in Page Viewer (see Playing Audio while Viewing Pages), or you can play the audio by itself in the Sessions View. When viewing a list of sessions in Sessions View, you can play audio using one of the following methods: • Double-click the session in the list. The left-most column will show the audio playing • icon when the session begins to play.
Using the Audio Control Tool Bar Livescribe Desktop displays an audio control tool bar at the bottom of its screen. You can use these controls to start, pause, stop, and control audio playback. Livescribe Desktop disables these controls unless you select the session.
Jump to next bookmark Playback speed control: Increases or decreases the speed of the playing audio. Volume control: Controls the volume of the playback between 0 and 200%.
Livescribe Online From Livescribe Desktop, you can connect to your personal space on livescribe.com. From there, you can view your uploaded content, download applications, share content with others (a process known as Pencasting), view other users' shared content, blog, and participate in groups, among others. For more information about Livescribe Online, see the Pulse Smartpen User Manual. To connect to your personal space on livescribe.com: • Click the Livescribe Online button in the Main tool bar.
recipients. You can also decide to share the content on Facebook or other social networks. Uploading Pages In Livescribe Desktop, you can upload your pages to the web, without audio. To upload pages: 1. In Page Viewer, choose one or more pages. 2. Click the Upload Pages button on Main tool bar, or choose File > Upload Pages... from the Main menu. 3. Click Upload on the upload dialog to proceed. 4. In the next dialog, enter a name for the pages you are uploading and click OK.
5. Livescribe Desktop will upload the session audio and any linked pages to your personal space. It will not upload empty pages. Click OK to close the success dialog. Uploading a Session in Page Viewer To upload a session in Page Viewer: 1. In Page Viewer, click a page's active ink to activate a session. This action will open the Session tab and will start the session playback in the Content window. 2. Click the Upload Session button on Main tool bar. 3. Click Yes on the Share to Web dialog to proceed.
Managing and Archiving Paper Products Livescribe prints notebooks, journals, and other Livescribe dot paper products for your Pulse smartpen. There is nothing special about the composition of the paper used for Livescribe dot paper products. However, each page of Livescribe dot paper is printed with thousands of nearly-invisible microdots arranged in a special pattern. Your Pulse smartpen reads these dots to determine which page you are using and where on that page you are tapping or writing.
Three Simple Steps for Managing Paper Products Understanding how your Pulse smartpen interacts with Livescribe dot paper can challenging. Fortunately, you do not need to know how it all works. All you need to do is follow three simple steps before using a new Livescribe dot paper notebook or journal: 1. When purchasing Livescribe dot paper, buy notebooks or journals that have different numbers from the ones you are currently using.
To use the Notebook Status Label: 1. When you open a new Livescribe dot paper product, tap on its Notebook Status Label with your Pulse smartpen. 2. Your Pulse smartpen display will show whether you are using another Livescribe dot paper product with the same dot pattern. If you are, archive the older Livescribe dot paper product before using the new one. See Archiving Paper Products.
Numbers Livescribe identifies each notebook or journal with a number. Within a group, paper products labeled with the same number have the same dots. Paper products labeled with different numbers have different dot patterns. Currently, numbers in a group run from 1 to 8. For example, the Lined Notebooks group contains the following notebooks: • Lined Notebook 1 • Lined Notebook 2 • ...
• enables you to use another Livescribe dot paper product that has the same dot pattern as the one you archived. Livescribe dot paper products with the same dot pattern have the same name. See About Livescribe dot paper Product Naming and Mapping Series Names to Group Names. • moves your notes and audio for a Livescribe dot paper product into an Archived Notebooks folder in the Library Pane of the Navigation Window.
4. Choose File > Archive Notebook. 5. Click OK to confirm the archive operation, otherwise click Cancel. 6. Click Archive this notebook, otherwise click Cancel. 7. Livescribe Desktop will confirm your notebook has been archived, and you will see the archived notebook in your Library tab in an Archived Notebooks group. Important: Do not archive a notebook unless you finished using the physical notebook and are ready to set it aside.
For example, do not use two Lined Notebook 1 paper products at the same time. Instead, use another lined notebook with a different Number, such as a Lined Notebook 2, Lined Notebook 3, and so on. If you have used all the Numbers in the Lined Notebook group, you may wish to start a second, unused Lined Notebook 1. To do so, archive the first Lined Notebook 1. Then you can use your Pulse smartpen on the second Lined Notebook 1.
Red Series 1 Notebook 2 Black Series 1 Notebook 3 Orange Series 1 Notebook 4 Dark Blue Series 2 Notebook 5 Red Series 2 Notebook 6 Black Series 2 Notebook 7 Orange Series 2 Notebook 8 Note: With the new Group/Number model, the color or pattern on the cover of a paper product does not matter. For example, a red Series 1 notebook is the same as notebooks of any color named Notebook 2.
Unlined Red Journals Old Name New Name Journal A, Series 1 Unlined Journal 3 Journal B, Series 1 Unlined Journal 4 For example, an unlined red Journal A Series 1 journal is the same as unlined journals of any color named Unlined Journal 3. Backing Up Your My Livescribe Folder You should back up Livescribe Desktop files just like other important files on your computer. Backing up your files protects you from losing important files in case your computer becomes damaged or is stolen.
Managing Your Pulse Smartpen Your Pulse smartpen stores your notes and audio recordings, applications like Paper Replay, and internal software and firmware. With Livescribe Desktop, you can view and manage what is installed and stored on your Pulse smartpen, including: • view and manage applications installed on your Pulse smartpen • view and free up Pulse smartpen memory Managing Applications Using Smartpen Manager, you can manage your Pulse smartpen applications.
Column Description Application Name The name of the application Version Version of the application Size The size of the application in MB or KB Status Smartpen Only indicates that the application is only on your Pulse smartpen and no backup copy is available in Livescribe Desktop. On Smartpen indicates that the application is on your Pulse smartpen and a backup copy is available in Livescribe Desktop. Transferring indicates Livescribe Desktop is transferring the application to your Pulse smartpen.
your Pulse smartpen. indicates the application is locked and you cannot remove it from your Pulse smartpen. You cannot unlock a locked application. Installing Software Updates Livescribe will periodically update Pulse smartpen applications (such as Paper Replay) and underlying Pulse smartpen firmware. When you run Livescribe Desktop, it will automatically check livescribe.com for these updates.
Viewing Queued Applications and Software Items in your Smartpen Manager queue will be acted on immediately when you dock your Pulse smartpen. If your Pulse smartpen is not docked but there are items in your queue, Livescribe Desktop will act on the items the next time you dock your Pulse smartpen. To view all pending actions in the Smartpen Manager queue: 1. Click the Smartpen Manager button in the Main tool bar. button. You will see a list of all the 2. Click the Queue View actions currently queued.
Other Pulse Smartpen Commands You can rename a Pulse smartpen or even remove a Pulse smartpen from Livescribe Desktop by using the Smartpen Manager Tools menu and selecting one of the commands from the drop-down list. The following table summarizes the commands you can perform: Rename Pulse Smartpen Rename your Pulse smartpen in Livescribe Desktop. Remove Pulse Smartpen Remove your Pulse smartpen from the Livescribe Desktop Library. This will make your Pulse smartpen unknown to Livescribe Desktop.
Freeing Memory Your Pulse smartpen uses flash memory to your notes and audio, as well as applications and system files. Audio recordings from Paper Replay sessions require the most space. If you are running out of space on your Pulse smartpen, then can delete these sessions. To remove a Paper Replay session from your Pulse smartpen, use one of the following methods: • choose and remove a session in Sessions View. See Removing a Session from your Pulse Smartpen.
