I used a word I shouldn't have, since you seem to be so prone to
knit-picking, James. Instead of "measures" I should have said "corrects."
Did you happen to read the chat information I posted, James?

Here you go, quoting Robert Williams of Microsoft's Tablet PC Team:
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Q: The calibration tool says it's important to calibrate your screen for
portrait and landscape. How come?
A: Good question. There is a lot of misunderstanding about the calibration
tool. I will try to address some of it here. The calibration tool is not a
linearity calibration. That work is done by the manufacturer in cooperation
with the digitizer supplier. It's fixed in the design. The calibration tool
on the tablet is a pen tilt calibration. It corrects for pen angle because
the tip of the pen and the end of the sensor in the pen barrel are about 1mm
apart. As the angle at which one is holding the pen varies by location on
the screen and orientation we suggest calibration in both orientations.
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Again, the best calibration is made when the user holds the pen naturally.
We do not hold a pencil at a 90-degree angle on a piece of paper, and I
suggest using the same method when writing on a Tablet PC - the natural
position of the hand and tip of the pen.

As for my other suggestions, please. I'm trying to work with fellow users
to figure out what is wrong. You criticize what I post if I say something
and don't ask questions. You criticize what I post if I do ask questions.
Either way, I am trying to work out things to a solution, James. I'm sorry
if that provokes you, but I sure wish you would stop.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"James Gockel" <flibbertigibbet007_at_hotmail_dot_com> wrote in message
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> Chris, I dont know what tablet you are using that records tilt data, but
> all tablets of what I have seen do not record tilt data, the pen doesnt
> support that feature.
> The digitizers do not require tilt data to align. because you can tilt
> your pen all around a point and still be pointing to that point. It's how
> the antenna and the digitizing surface sees where the point is projected
> at.
> The pen doesnt need to be upright either.
> After a while, you get the hang of the dodgyness of the pointer around the
> edges.
> And updating the drivers do not fix the issue, and can not fix the issue,
> what would need to be done is replacing the digitizing board with a larger
> one. so it knows more edge points.
>
> Everything about the pen to you is, have you updated the drivers? why when
> it's not a driver or software issue, it's purly hardware, and
> (electro)mechanical. The digitizer just tells the driver points of where
> the pen is, and pressure. And the driver tells windows where to place the
> pointer.
> It's like saying have you updated the drivers to your screen buttons, when
> the person complains that nothing happens when he pushes the button, maybe
> its broken inside, and not making a connection, to apply voltage to tell
> the driver to tell windows to dim the screen. Not everything is a driver
> issue, and when you dont know what the driver does exactly, dont assume.
> And since you surely dont know about how the pen works exactly, and you're
> already assuming alot like the tablet gets tilt data, which it doesnt, you
> shouldent be saying that to confuse users.
> I can't say for all, but I do know that mine, and most tablets do not
> support tilt angles. But just to be sure, i'm going to contact wacom and
> get everything for you, chris, because you aparently dont care what i have
> to say anyway.
>
> -James