Can the pen/tablet be used instead of a mouse (surf web, double click etc)?
742153
Yes. My daughter got this to draw pictures and is able to use the pen and tablet to navigate her computer screen as well
742154
Yes it can. I find that the ability to right-click is a bit clumsy, but because I have arthritis and tendinitis pretty bad in both arms, everything's a little clumsy to me. I hate surfing with the tablet pen and usually drop it for the mouse (which, the way I have things set up, is not overly inconvenient). However, if I'm just, say, switching to open reference tabs or scrolling or there's not a lot of work involved in Interneting with it, I do it with the tablet pen. That said, if you're going to have to type something in a search engine, it's almost easier to just put the pen down and use the mouse since you have to put the pen down anyway to type. This assumes that you have enough USB slots that you can leave a mouse plugged into your PC/laptop. I wouldn't recommend a lot of extra surfing online with the pen, though: because of its weight I think it could cause more harm than good by overuse. For comfort/ergonomic safety's sake, keep surfing to a minimum! But the short answer to your question is: yes!
1300444
you can use any blue tooth mouse, but the touch screen will become your primary tool for navigation after getting used to it. Oh just thinking of this, If you don't buy one with a keyboard you wont be able to use a mouse, because the tablet does not have a usb port but the key board does.
1015724
Yes - but it's quite a small surface area to use. I happen to not like toiuchpad mouses - so I add a small mouse to my devices that I plug in and use instead.
2061176
I think you can. We have 2 of these tablets and plug in keyboards this way. Mouse should work the same I believe.
1179011
If you install the free software called X-mouse, they can be easily configured to do whatever you'd like. Love it! I use them for copy/paste, but I think out of the box, they function as forward/back for web surfing.
1876505
you can use mouse or pen to navigate windows or any cad or paint program, I use jfdraw and vectorengineer it takes a little time to get the hang of it like touch pen to pad is like a left click and going to the corner of the pad to move the mouse to a corner trips me up a little ect...
1653047
You should be able to add any mouse or keyboard via one of the several USB ports. Not in tablet mode though..unless you buy a micro usb adapter.
82216
I'm not sure because I only use the touch screen entity of the product(which works great). I don't use a mouse at all.
1781844
If you install USB Overdrive, you can configure the buttons (i use it for back and forward on browsers). with USB Overdrive, you can also reverse the direction of the scroll on just the mouse (without impacting the scroll of the touchpad--which somehow makes sense to me. i'm sure i'm not the only one.
28115
I don't understand how people use a mouse for those programs at all, it's so much easier to use a tablet and pen, and anymore these can be purchased fairly reasonably priced. If you can't afford a Wacom, take a look at those on Monoprice. That said, this is not the mouse for that type of application, it's best used for surfing or general use.
1353800
Yes, you can use the "on board" mouse and also an external USB or Bluetooth mouse as well. Thank you, The Technology Tree
782791
You cannot. You may only use the stylus to move the cursor. This can be good for when you are drawing or something that way the touch of your hand does not interfere with what you're doing!
1747917
The stylus pen works as your mouse when it is plugged in so as long as you can use your mouse in the program you can use the tablet
2009998
Most of the pens only work with their respective tablets. Assuming the mouse functions similarly, I'd assume it only works on the Bamboo Fun.
2237787
Yes you can. There is a USB port. I use mine with a wireless mouse that plugs into the USB port and have used a wired USB mouse as well.
891998
yes you can, but the keyboard/mouse sensitivity to touch isn't all that great......
842115
Yes, you can use a mouse as well as the touch screen. I don't use the touch screen a whole lot. But its nice to have some times.