Disappearing "Ink"? (cool on paper, but not cool on a tablet PC)

[Robert F.]

I am having a problem that is making Onenote unusable with my ThinkPad X60
tablet.

When I use the pen & write notes in the Input Panel and then tap Insert,
about 1/3 of the time the text I just wrote disappears & doesn't get placed
in the OneNote page. I simply disappears. I have this problem only with
OneNote. The Input Panel works fine in all other apps I have tried it in. I
have tried to find a pattern for it messing up in OneNote but so far I
haven't identified the problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP]

I'll have to think about your problem but have you tried just inking in
OneNote and using the "Convert handwriting to text" feature to accomplish
the same thing?

 

[Juneau]

I have been having the same problem only since I upgraded to OneNote 2007.
Similarly, when I ink on the writing pad, the text enters next to the last
word entered even though I've hit ënter"to start another line. The blinking
cursor is on the next line, but the text jumps next to the end of the word on
the previous
line. If I hit ënter" two times, the text enters in the correct position.

Again, this has been since the ON07 update. I didn't have that problem in
the 03 version.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Juneau

 

[Robert F.]

Now that you mention it, I'm also having the problem with text not entering
on the correct line. My text also appears on the line before (some times)
even though I had clicked the "Enter" button. I don't have an earlier
version to compare it to. I am just now starting to use OneNote & it is
version 2007.

Surely there are more people than just the two of us who OneNote is driving
CRAZZY...

 

[EMRhelp.org]

The TIP is a relatively poorly designed tool.
If you want to try some great software try EverNote's Ritepen. What
is RitePen ? Think TIP, but much better character recognition, and
YOU CAN WRITE ANYWHERE ON THE ENTIRE SCREEN !

How ultra convenient.

Tablet PC users in the know use RitePen.

You can also use RitePen on a graphics tablet well.

 

[Colorado Ray]

Hi there:
I'm sold on OneNote over Journal or Franklin Covey tablet planner. I
started out with 2003 on my first tablet, and now I've upgraded to 2007 on my
UMPC. I'm experiencing the same problem with disappearing text.

I've gotten good enough to keep up with my notetaking by using the TIP. In
2003, I was fairly proficient. Now, in 2007, I cannot be sure that it will
insert. I'll tap the insert button and it either disappears completely, or
is up a line or two. I've carefully watched where my cursor is, and when
it's up a line, my cursor was still down below. It's really frustrating,
because many times, I'm impressed with how well it interpreted my
handwriting, and then poof, it's gone. I'm so glad to see I'm not the lone
ranger. I've even kept my task manager open to see if it's resources issues,
and far from it. Sometimes onloy 2-3% CPU and 10-15% memory overhead. I'd
sure like a answer !

 

[DixonTrainer]

I have had what seems to be a similar problem in One Note 2007 (the only
version I have used). I will be working for a while and converting to text.
Then, the suddenly the handwriting disappears as I write. It seems to wait
about 5 seconds and then deletes the handwritten text one word at a time. I
notice there was a reply to an earlier message but nothing that seems to
address the disappearing ink in 2007.

 

[DixonTrainer]

I found a later post which explained the problem--I had selected Pen as
pointer which caused the disappearing ink. Thanks