# 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're having to move your hand too much over the tablet surface in order to draw. The good news is you can actually configure your pen tablet to use a smaller active area. You can control the active areas dimensions and make them as small as you need so that drawing feels comfortable. This is something supported in all tablet drivers. ## Instruction for 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 part there's a region that shows a red rectangle drawn on top of a photo of 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 check box 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. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.sevenpens.com/drawtab/guides/customizing/shrinking-active-area.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.