I've spent a good chunk of time taking notes using a OneNote document (ink,
not type). When I'm going through and trying to edit the document, it's not
letting me add space when I use the insert extra writing space option (goes
through the motion of adding space, but nothing moves). Also wondering if the
insert extra writing space option allows you to delete space. If so, I must
be doing something wrong as I'm unable to delete space
This is not well known but the Insert Space tool behaves differently
depending on three conditions, all depending on the position of the
cursor in relation to Writing Guides at the time you click to drag down
for more space:
1) If the tool is inside a Writing Guide then it will allow you to add
extra lines to the Writing Guide. You can tell because the horizontal
line only goes as far as the width of the Writing Guide, not the entire
width of the window. It really just does the same thing as pressing the
return key several times. This adds lines to the Writing Guide but does
not move down any separate Writing Guides or drawings that may be below
it. This can cause the current Writing Guide to overlap those below it.
Also, all those added lines are just separate paragraphs. So, if you then
write on those lines each one will still be a separate paragraph. You
will need to use the Continue Previous Paragraph tool to join them
together. I have found it is much easier to just write my additional
lines below the existing lines then drag them up to where I really want
them.
2) If the Insert Space tool is outside of a Writing Guide then it will
move down all the Writing Guides that are entirely below the horizontal
line. Notice that this line now goes all the way across the window.
3) If the tool is to the side of a Writing Guide then it will move down
all the Writing Guides that are entirely below the line but will have no
effect on the Writing Guide that it is next to.
If you have your Writing Guides set to such a light color that you can't
see them then it is hard to tell what the Insert Space tool will do
without watching the width of the horizontal line.
Finally, the Insert Space tool can only be used to remove vertical space
between separate Writing Guides in an area where there are no Writing
Guides for the full width of the page. If you watch the tool as you move
it around you will notice that usually it is a single, down-pointing
arrow. However, if you put it between two Writing Guides with space
between them then the tool will switch to a double headed arrow. Then you
can click near the top of the lower Writing Guide and drag up towards the
higher Writing Guide to remove the extra space.
So, if you have multiple writing guides on a page and you want to add
handwriting in the middle of one that is not the last one on the page,
here is what you need to do:
First, use the Insert Space tool below the 'target' Writing Guide to add
space between it and any other Writing Guides.
Next, write your additional lines at the bottom of the 'target' Writing
Guide.
Then, just drag them up to where you want them to be.
