Acecad DigiMemo A502 User Guide
Digitally capture & store everything
you write with ink on ordinary paper.
User Guide
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Radio
Frequency Interference Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency ener gy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to ra dio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
z Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
z Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
z Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
z Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
The user should not modify or change this device without written approval from ACE
CAD Enterprise Co., Ltd. Modification could void authority to use this equipment.
Trademark Information
ACECAD and ACECAT are registered trademarks of ACE CAD Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Microsoft, Windows, Office and OneNote are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
SanDisk is a registered trademark of SanDisk Corporation.
Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Internet is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.
Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Copyright Notice
©2008 ACE CAD Enterprise Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication
may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any
means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other wise), without the prior
written permission of the publisher.
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GETTING STARTED .................................................................................................... 1
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QUIPMENT CHECKLIST .............................................................................................. 1
THE PARTS OF THE DIGITAL PAD ................................................................................. 2
INSTALLING THE BATTERIES INTO THE DIGITAL PAD ................................................... 2
INSTALLING THE BATTERY INTO THE DIGITAL INKING PEN .......................................... 3
PUTTING A NOTEPAD OR PAPER ON THE DIGITAL PAD.................................................. 3
THE WRITING AREA AND THICKNESS FOR MODEL DIGIMEMO A502 .......................... 4
THE WRITING AREA AND THICKNESS FOR MODEL DIGIMEMO 692 ............................. 4
STORAGE DEVICE IN THE DIGITAL PAD ....................................................................... 4
WRITING AND RECORDING YOUR HANDWRITTEN NOTES ......................... 6
TURNING ON THE DIGITAL PAD ................................................................................... 6
CHANGING THE CURRENT DIGITAL PAGE .................................................................... 6
THE PEN ICON ............................................................................................................. 7
WRITING YOUR NOTES ON A NEW PAGE ..................................................................... 7
WRITING YOUR NOTES ON A PAGE ALREADY WITH CONTENTS ................................... 7
ERASING A DIGITAL PAGE ON THE DIGITAL PAD .......................................................... 7
TURNING OFF THE DIGITAL PAD .................................................................................. 8
LOW BATTERY INDICATION ON THE DIGITAL PAD ........................................................ 8
FULL MEMORY INDICATION ........................................................................................ 8
ORGANIZING YOUR DIGITAL PAGES IN WINDOWS ........................................ 9
INSTALLING THE DIGIMEMO MANAGER SOFTWARE .................................................... 9
CONNECTING THE DIGITAL PAD TO YOUR COMPUTER ................................................. 9
CREATING YOUR E-BOOK FILE ................................................................................. 10
Toolbars ............................................................................................................... 10
Importing Y our Digital Pages .............................................................................. 10
Saving an e-Book File ......................................................................................... 11
Saving a Copy of an e-Book File ......................................................................... 11
Opening an e-Book File....................................................................................... 1 1
Creating a New e-Book File ................................................................................ 12
Printing an e-Book file ........................................................................................ 12
EDITING YOUR E-BOOK FILE .................................................................................... 12
Zooming in and Zooming out .............................................................................. 12
Inserting a Text Box ............................................................................................. 12
Editing an Existing Text Box ................................................................................ 13
Drawing a Freeform Line and Writing ................................................................ 13
Drawing a Straight Line ...................................................................................... 13
Drawing a Highlighting and Freeform Line ........................................................ 13
Drawing a Highlighting and Straight Line .......................................................... 13
Erasing Objects ................................................................................................... 13
Undoing the Last Action ...................................................................................... 13
Selecting Objects ................................................................................................. 13
Resizing Objects .................................................................................................. 14
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Moving Objects .................................................................................................... 14
Deleting Objects .................................................................................................. 14
Copying or Moving Objects ................................................................................. 14
Changing the Color and Width of Objects ........................................................... 15
Adding a New Page .............................................................................................. 15
Setting the Default New Page Size ....................................................................... 15
Moving the Current Page ..................................................................................... 15
Removing the Current Page ................................................................................. 16
Showing the Background of Pages ....................................................................... 16
Saving Your Handwritten Notes as a PDF File .................................................... 16
Saving the Current Page as an Image File .......................................................... 16
Switching the Current Page by Keyboard Shortcuts ............................................ 17
SENDING YOUR E-BOOK FILE IN E-MAIL ................................................................... 17
CONVERTING YOUR HANDWRITTEN NOTES IN YOUR E-BOOK FILE .......................... 18
SENDING YOUR HANDWRITTEN NOTES TO MICROSOFT OFFICE ONENOTE ............... 18
Sending to OneNote from the DigiMemo Manager Software ............................... 18
Using Send DHW to OneNote Icon on the Windows Desktop .............................. 19
Changing the Default Program to OneNote for Digital Page File (DHW) ......... 20
USING ANOTHER OPTIONAL CARD READER .............................................................. 20
EASILY MANAGING DIGITAL PAGE FILES ................................................................... 20
Deleting the Digital Pages in the DigiMemo Manager ....................................... 21
APPENDIXES ............................................................................................................. 22
REPLACING THE INK CARTRIDGE OF THE DIGITAL PEN .............................................. 22
Purchasing New Replacement Ink Cartridges ..................................................... 22
REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE DIGITAL PEN ......................................................... 22
REMOVING THE DIGIMEMO MANAGER SOFTWARE IN WINDOWS .............................. 23
CARING FOR THE DIGIMEMO A502/692 .................................................................... 23
ERROR CODES ON THE DISPLAY OF THE DIGITAL PAD ................................................ 23
The Malfunction of the Built-in 32 MB Storage Device ....................................... 23
The Damage of the Built-in 32 MB Storage Device ............................................. 24
The File System Incompatibility of an Optional CF Memory Card ..................... 24
The Damage or Incompatibility of an Optional CF Memory Card ...................... 24
TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................................................... 24
SPECIFICATIONS ......................................................................................................... 27
Digital Pad Specifications ................................................................................... 27
Digital Pen Specifications .................................................................................... 27
File Formats ........................................................................................................ 27
System Requirements ............................................................................................ 28
Environment ......................................................................................................... 28
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Getting Started
The DigiMemo A502/692 is a stand-alone device with storage capability that digitally
captures and stores everything you write or draw with ink on ordinar y paper, without the
use of computer and special paper. Then you can easily view, edit, organize and share
your handwritten notes in Windows.
Equipment Checklist
The following items are included in your DigiMemo A502/692 package:
z Digital Inking Pen
(DigiPen P100)
z Paper Clip
z Portable Digital Pad
z Notepad (already held on the digital pad)
z Two Replacement Ink Cartridges (already stored in the digital pad)
z USB Cable for DigiMemo A502/692
z Four Batteries (1.5 volt, size AAA)
z One 1.55V Button Cell Battery
z User Guide
z DigiMemo Manager Software CD
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The Parts of the Digital Pad
Card-Slo
USB Connecto
Displa
Four Function
Button
Cartridge
Compartmen
Cartridge
Compartmen
Cove
Battery Compartment
Cover
Battery
Compartment
Power Button
Buzzer
Notepad Slot
Notepad
Holder
Two Replacement In
Cartridges
Pen Holde
Pen Holder
Installing the Batteries into the Digital Pad
To open the battery compartment cover of the digital
pad, slide it outward while pressing the raised dots on
the middle of the cover. Insert four batteries (1.5 volt,
size AAA) into the battery compartment in accordance
with the indication in the battery compartment. Close
the battery compartment cover.
Note! Incorrect battery installation may damage the
digital pad.
Note! Do not mix new and used batteries.
Note! With continuous use of the digital pad, four
AAA alkaline batteries will last approximately 100 hours.
Note! The battery compartment cover has a safe function. When the battery
compartment cover is not completely closed or is opened, the digital pad can
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not be turned on to capture and store your handwriting.
Installing the Battery into the Digital Inking Pen
Unscrew the barrel cover counterclockwise from the barrel of
the pen. Take out the button cell battery (SR626SW, 377 or
IEC-SR66) that is included in the package of the DigiMemo
A502/692. Insert the battery into the battery compartment with
the negative (-) cap facing the battery compartment. Screw
the barrel cover clockwise onto the barrel until tight.
Note! Incorrect battery installation will result in the
malfunction of the digital inking pen.
Pen Clip Front Section Barrel
(-) Cap
(+) Can
Battery
Compartment
Pen Cap Ink Cartridge
Note! The battery of the digital inking pen will last
approximately 14 months.
Note! The front or rear section of the pen can hold
the pen cap.
Note! You can attach some cord or accessory to
the pen through the two holes on the pen
end.
Note! You can clip the pen to the pad by using the
pen clip to clip to the right or left pen holder
of the pad.
Barrel Cove
Rear Section
Pen End
Putting a Notepad or Paper on the Digital Pad
To hold a notepad on the pad, slide the backing of the notepad do wn into the notepad
slot on the pad as far as the backing can possibly go.
Note! The size of the notepad holder on the
pad is 6.0" x 9.1" (153 mm x 232 mm).
Your notepad size can not be over this
size.
You can directly put a few sheets of paper on
the writing area of the pad for your writing. You
also can use the paper clip to clip a few sheets
of paper on the pad for your writing.
Paper Clip
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The Writing Area and Thickness for Model DigiMemo
A502
The writing area is the area on the digital pa d where the digital pad
can digitally capture and store everything you write with the digital
inking pen as digital ink. The writing area is 150 mm x 211 mm (5.9"
x 8.3").
The writing thickness is the maximum thickness above the writing
area where the digital pad can digitally capture and store everything
you write with the digital inking pen as digital ink. The writing
thickness is 12 mm (0.47") about 120 sheets of paper.
Writing
Area
The Writing Area and Thickness for Model DigiMemo 692
The writing area is the area on the digital pad
where the digital pad can digitally capture and
store everything you write with the digital inking
pen as digital ink. The writing area is 5.9" x 8.3"
(150 mm x 211 mm) which is shown as the white
area in the illustration. The carving lines on the pad
are the margin indicators which indicate the right or
upper boundary of the writing area.
Note! When you use the 6.0" x 9.0" notepad,
your handwriting on paper outside the
writing area can not be digitally captured
and stored by the digital pad.
The writing thickness is the maximum thickness
above the writing area where the digital pad can
digitally capture and store everything you write with
the digital inking pen as digital ink. The writing
thickness is 0.47" (12 mm) about 120 sheets of
paper.
Margin Indicator
Writing Area
Notepad Holder
Storage Device in the Digital Pad
The digital pad is equipped with a builtin 32 MB storage device to store your
handwritten notes. You also can load
an optional CompactFlash (CF)
memory card into the pad to expand
the storage capacity of the pad.
To load an optional CompactFlash
(CF) memory card, open the battery
compartment cover of the pad. By
holding the memory card with the rear
label facing upward, insert the memory
card into the card-slot firmly. Close the
battery compartment cover of the pad.
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Card-Slo
Terminals
Note! The optional memory card must be Type I CompactFlash (CF) memory card.
Note! Some brands of memory cards may not be compatible with this digital pad.
Before purchasing a memory card, consult its manufacturer or dealer. Along
with the digital pad, we recommend you to use CompactFlash (CF) memory
cards (8 MB to 512 MB) of the brand SanDisk.
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