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# Shrinking the active area

## Overview

You may have a pen tablet with a larger active area than you'd like. For example, it may feel like you have to move your hand too much over the tablet surface to draw.

The good news is you can configure your pen tablet to use a smaller active area. You can control the dimensions of the active area and make it as small as you need so drawing feels comfortable.

This is something supported in all tablet drivers.

## Instructions for Wacom drivers

* Open the **Wacom tablet properties** app
* Then go to the **Mapping** tab
* Enable the **Force proportions** checkbox
* Change tablet area from full to portion
* The **Portion of tablet** dialog will launch
* At the top, there's a region that shows a red rectangle drawn on top of a photo of the tablet.
* Using the corner handles, resize the rectangle roughly to the area you want to use for the active area
  * Don't worry about matching the aspect ratio of your display. The **Force proportions** checkbox will ensure that the correct aspect ratio is used.
* Now click **OK**
* And now in the mapping tab you will see a red rectangle that is smaller and has the correct aspect ratio.