KensingtonWorks Personalisation Tool

Welcome to KensingtonWorks™

Kensington’s award-winning TrackballWorks™ is being consolidated into KensingtonWorks™ to provide you with a simplified software solution to accommodate all of your Kensington trackballs, mice and presenters. We are phasing in versions of KensingtonWorks™ to accommodate different products and models. We aim to provide you with devices that work the way you do to enhance your productivity and increase workflow efficiencies. KensingtonWorks™ is a tool for personalising your experience with Kensington® trackballs, mice and presenters. Designed with productivity in mind, KensingtonWorks™ allows you to customise button functions, modify pointer settings and tailor your device functionality to meet your individual needs.

Key features

The simplicity of one

One integrated software application works for all of your Kensington trackballs, mice and presenters. An Update Reminder process provides notifications to ensure that you have access to the latest customisation options for your devices. Connect Tutor will automatically launch when a new device is selected to easily guide you through the setup process.

Customisation made easy

A modern and user-friendly interface allows you to customise button functions, modify pointer settings and tailor device functionality to meet your individual needs within minutes.

Personalised setting protection

The Bind-to-Cloud feature saves your personalised settings to a cloud account (OneDrive) so they can be retrieved at any time.

Increased productivity

Productivity is about speed. Being able to quickly make edits and changes is crucial to an efficient workflow. Customising your input device can improve your productivity. View the case study: Producing Expert Precision

Personalisation options

KensingtonWorks™ provides you with endless function combinations to enhance productivity and customise your workflow options. All settings can be assigned per application so you can customise your device buttons based on the application you are using. Here are a few personalisation options available to help you work like a pro!

Button assignment options
Cursor and pointer control
Scrolling orientation and speed
Presenter customisation features

Button assignment options

Mouse and keyboard

Assign hotkey shortcuts.
Perform ‘Chording’ (assigning a hotkey to the combination of two buttons pressed at once).

Editing

Program buttons to perform frequently used editing functions such as cut, paste, redo, copy and select all.

Navigation

Assign buttons to pre-selected navigation functions such as find, scroll up/down, home, page up/down and play/pause.

Media

Control your media viewing by assigning buttons to volume up/down or mute and track controls for next and previous.

Web browser

Assign buttons to forward, stop and refresh to support efficient browsing.

Windows and virtual desktop

Set buttons to minimise or maximise windows, snap windows or desktop, and switch virtual desktops.

Launching

Assign buttons to open files, folders, URLs or Task Manager with a single click.

System

Set efficient system buttons to copy screen to clipboard, lock screen, open Explorer window, show run dialog, or show system search.

Text snippets

Program buttons to enter pre-defined snippets of text.

Web browser controls

Use your trackball to control yUse your trackball to control your volume or web browser by assigning buttons to volume up or down and page forward and back.

Cursor and pointer control

Adjust cursor pointer speed and acceleration to react exactly as you want it to depending on how quickly you turn your trackball or move your mouse.
Adjust your pointer to move more slowly.
Use Single Axis Movement to lock the point movement along either the horizontal (x) or vertical (y) axis.

Scrolling orientation and speed

Customise your scrolling experience. Adjust your scrolling speed and how you want to scroll up and down.
Enable inertial scroll to maintain scrolling momentum and mimic a touchscreen experience.

Presenter customisation features

Assign custom features to the top button. Note: the top button can only be programmed to perform one function at a time.
Set a button to blackout the screen – a convenient default for interactive presentations.
Start/end presentation with the presenter instead of walking back to your laptop.
Cursor for playing videos or opening links during the presentation.
Magnifier allows the presenter to zoom in on the designated area the presenter would like to explain in detail. This is recommended when presenting financial reports and other areas with a high density of information.
Pen enables the presenter the flexibility to draw the audience's attention and adds emphasis to particular sentences and areas of the presentation. The Pen feature is exclusive for Microsoft® PowerPoint for Mac.
Customise the pointer with up to 20 different styles to best fit your different presentation scenarios. Select the laser-like pointer for formal presentations and other unique pointer styles to encourage more discussions/conversations for interactive informal presentations.
Customise your pointer size and speed to cultivate your personal presentation style.

Download software

Kensington is phasing in versions of KensingtonWorks™ to accommodate different products and models. Please refer to the table below to download the appropriate version to meet your needs.

Trackballs and mice

KensingtonWorks™ for Windows

KensingtonWorks™ for MAC

Windows compatibility
Windows 10 (32/64)
Windows 8.1 (32/64)
Windows 7 (32/64)

Mac compatibility
macOS 10.15 Catalina
macOS 10.14 Mojave
macOS 10.13 High Sierra
macOS 10.12 Sierra
macOS 10.11 El Capitan

Release Notes for Windows

Release Notes for macOS

For macOS users, Kensington is aware of a compatibility issue with macOS versions above 10.15. We expect to have this issue resolved by mid-September 2020.