Drawing problem

[steven]

I have OneNote installed on a WinXP Pro desktop.

When I first installed it I had no problem using the drawing pens but now I
can't draw.

I've tried a re-boot and I've checked the Tools menu to make sure I have a
pen selected.

Is there some other obvious thing I've forgotten to do? (I'm logged on as
administrator under the account that installed the program.)

Steve

 

[Erik Sojka]

How do you mean you cannot draw? Check under Tools | Drawing and
Writing Tools | Pens. Is there a selection there?

What does the mouse cursor look like when you can't draw?

 

[Chris H.]

Are you on a Tablet PC or on a desktop?
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[steven]

Hi Eric,

Yes I checked under pens, I've got the whole variety. I can click on one of
the pens (or do it from the toolbar) and the pen appears to be selected.
When I move the mouse back over the page it stays as an arrow. If I click
and drag, nothing happens. If I click and let go a grey text box appears,
and if I DO start typing the pen in the toolbar becomes de-selected and the
selection icon becomes selected.

Does all that make sense? Am I missing something obvious? It used to work...

Steve

 

[steven]

Chris,

A desktop running XP Pro.

Steve

Are you on a Tablet PC or on a desktop?
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

 

[Vhondy]

Steven,

I've got exactly the same problem and I've been trying to
figure it out. I've run various spyware programs, I've
uninstalled One Note and reinstalled One Note. I down
loaded all of the updates ... still doesn't work.

What I am noticing is that once I click on a pen for a
brief moment I can see the pen displayed but it's only for
a second or less.

Vhondy

 

[Vhondy]

Steven

I had the same problem but what I did to get rid of it is to clean everything. I ran spybot, adaware, windowwasher, and then I took everything out of the startup folder. Finally I searched for any programs that I did not know what they were and deleted them. I am not sure which program was the offending program but I am slowly adding programs back. I should be able to determine which program was the offending one

Vhondy

 

[steven]

Hi Vhondy,

You're lucky you can see the pen for a second, I don't even get that!

What I DO get (sometimes) is either the "move" cursor (the 4 way arrows one)
or the one with 2 horizontal lines and arrows pointing up and down - I think
it's the "adjust window size".

But mostly I just have the normal arrow.

I've tried uninstalling and re-installing with no luck and I also run
Ad-aware and Spybot.

I've just downloaded SP1 beta so I'll see if that helps.

Cheers,

Steven

 

[steven]

I've now installed SP1 preview and the problem has vanished. One of life's
little mysteries!

Steve