Dell PN557W, A PN557W User Manual
Dell Active Pen
PN557W
User’s Guide
Regulatory Model: PN556W
Notes, cautions, and warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make
better use of your product.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or
loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,
personal injury, or death.
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2016 - 12
Rev. A00
Contents
What’s in the box...........................................................5
Features.........................................................................7
Setting up your Dell Active Pen..................................... 9
Installing batteries..................................................................................... 9
Installing the AAAA battery..................................................................9
Installing the coin-cell batteries..........................................................10
Removing the coin-cell battery holder............................................... 12
Pairing with a Bluetooth device................................................................12
Active Pen Control Panel..............................................14
Installing Active Pen Control Panel...........................................................14
Using Active Pen Control Panel............................................................... 15
System Application: Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary,
Windows Ink Workspace....................................................................17
Holding the Dell Active Pen.......................................... 18
Troubleshooting........................................................... 19
Specifications.............................................................. 22
Getting help and contacting Dell..................................23
Self-help resources................................................................................. 23
Contacting Dell........................................................................................23
Statutory information.................................................. 25
Warranty.................................................................................................25
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Regulatory statement.................................................. 26
FCC notices (U.S. only) and other regulatory information.......................26
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What’s in the box
Figure 1. Contents in the box
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Dell Active Pen 2 lanyard
3 coin-cell batteries (2) 4 AAAA battery
5 manuals
NOTE: For warranty purpose, note down the PPID number on the box or
retain the box.
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Figure 2. Noting down the PPID number
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Features
Table 1. Features and functionality of the product
Feature Functionality
1 Tip Move the tip over a touch screen to move the
pointer. Enables you to write, draw, and select
objects.
2 Bottom barrel button Press and hold this button and move the tip
over the area you want to erase. To change the
functionality of this button, see Active Pen
Control Panel.
3 Top barrel button Press this button to open the context menu or
perform a right-click. To change the
functionality of this button, see Active Pen
Control Panel.
4 Bluetooth-pairing light Blinking white light indicates the pairing mode is
enabled. A solid white light indicates the pairing
is complete. For information on pairing the pen
with a Bluetooth device, see Pairing with a
Bluetooth device.
5 Top button
• Press and hold for 3.5 seconds to enable
pairing mode.
• Press and release to open OneNote.
NOTE: This feature works even when
your device screen is locked.
• Press twice in succession to capture a
screenshot.
• Press and hold or press twice in succession
to wake up your computer or tablet from
connected standby mode.
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NOTE: This feature is only available
on devices that support connected
standby feature.
• In presentation mode, press and hold to go
to the next slide and press twice at short
intervals to go to the previous slide.
NOTE: This feature is only available
after installing the Active Pen Control
Panel. For instructions on installing
the Active Pen Control Panel, see
Installing Active Pen Control Panel.
The new Active Pen Control Panel enables the
top button to be programmed to launch specific
applications listed in the content menu, the
default applications launched from the top
button are:
• Single Press — Launch OneNote
• Double Press — Screen Sketch
• Long Press — Launch Cortana
NOTE: These functions are available only
in Windows 10 and Windows 10
Anniversary.
NOTE: These functions are available only
after installing the Active Pen Control
Panel. For instructions on installing the
Active Pen Control Panel, see
Active Pen Control Panel.
Installing
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