Resume? Check.
Reference list? Check.
Work samples or portfolio? Check
… Livescribe Pulse smartpen and notepad? Check!

The next time you’re on your way to wow future employers at a job interview, try adding the Pulse smartpen and a flip notepad to your arsenal.

In any interview, you may find yourself in a situation where you’ll need to jot down some notes about the position, the company, or contact information—why not capture audio, too? Take “never miss a word” to the job-hunting world! This way, you can use these details and conversations as the perfect follow-up fodder.

So next time you’re packing your interview survival kit with your stellar resume, work samples, and reference list, consider bringing your Pulse smartpen! And if Pulse has helped you to land your dream job, we want to hear about it! Submit your experiences to klee @ livescribe.com.

With the launch of our Application Store beta, you can now download free and paid applications on your smartpen. For our users who want to quickly find and launch their applications on their smartpen, there are a couple new shortcuts in version 2.1.1 you should know about:

Flicking is basically a swiping motion with the tip of your smartpen. Quickly drag and lift the tip of your smartpen, and watch your menu items and apps quickly scroll on the display.

Scrubbing is like drawing a solid line. Draw a line from top to bottom (or left to write). Without lifting the tip of your smartpen, retrace your line and see your menu items and apps scroll up or down in the same direction/speed as your smartpen.

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Quick Launch allows you to jump to an application, and quickly launch it.

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How to use Quick Launch:

1. Double-tap on the center of a Nav Plus. A double-tap is two taps in quick succession.

2.Your smartpen will display an asterisk in the Main Menu.

3.Within three seconds, write the first few letters of the name of the application you want to launch.

For example, write “Pi” and you’ll see the smartpen auto-fill the rest of the application name. In this case, it will jump to “Piano.”

If you just write the letter P, your smartpen will display the first app that begins with the letter P. From there, you can scroll to the app you want by tapping on the up/down arrows of the Nav Plus.

NOTE: Your smartpen has a predictive text feature, so it’ll display the first app that matches what you’re writing. As soon as you see the app you want, you can stop writing.

4.Once you find the app you’re looking for, right-tap on the Nav Plus to launch the app.
TIP: Tap on your letter or phrase (example: “Pi”) to re-launch the app anytime.

Flick and Scrub allows you to quickly scroll through menu items and apps with the tip of your smartpen.

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How to use Flick and Scrub:

1.Navigate to a list of vertical menu items, such as Main Menu or one of its submenus, such as Applications or Settings.

2. Flip to a new piece of dot paper. Press the tip of your smartpen down for one-half (1/2) second.

3. Wait until you hear a short beep, then without lifting your smartpen tip off the paper, draw a horizontal or vertical line.

4.Your smartpen will automatically recognize this line as a Flick and Scrub control.

5.Retrace the line to scroll through the menu items or app display text. The display text will scroll either up and down (for vertical controls) or left and right (for horizontal controls), depending on the direction in which you drew the control.

TIP: After you have created a Flick and Scrub control, you can use it at any time for scrolling. Just trace over the line to activate it (just like how you can re-use a hand-drawn Nav Plus after creating it).