Oh Chris... its not the input panel itself... its the button that you click
to open it... it used to be a small button with the icon of a keyboard and
pen sitting in the lower lefthand corner of th task bar... now its about 4
inches wide and can't be moved so it covers the area where you would usually
view the icons of minimized applications...

"Chris H." wrote:

> When you open the Tablet Input Panel (tap or wave the pen over the icon in
> the Taskbar), on the right side is a large "O" - not a zero - which you can
> tap with the pen. You immediately have several Options (hence the O),
> including Dock at Top of Screen, Dock at Bottom of Screen, and Undock.
> Choosing the latter will activate the Tablet Input Panel, but not anchored
> on any screen location.
>
> Undock means you'll have a small Tablet Access icon which will be on-screen
> only when you are using the pen AND the cursor is an a text input area.
> Otherwise it never shows. This allows you total freedom to use your pen for
> navigation, opening and closing programs, reading news messages and emails,
> etc., but the TIP is handy ONLY if you're going to input text.
>
> You do not need to open the Tablet Input Panel from the Taskbar any more, it
> will show up when appropriate anywhere on your screen in the proximity of
> the input area. Moving the pen away from the screen or moving to an area
> like scrolling a page in Internet Explorer, and the TIP and icon disappear
> from the screen. I've got some little tutorials on my web site in my
> signature line..
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "MayHem" <MayHem@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EA6BCA48-A545-4A64-92E7-84F38AE1AA52@microsoft.com...
> > Sure enough... Tablet PC edition 2005 SP2... How annoying... now I cant
> > see
> > the icons of my open minimized applications because of this monstrocity of
> > a
> > button... Not sure how to set the dock/undoc option... could you clue me
> > to
> > that... thanks much, MayHem
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Chris H." wrote:
> >
> >> Which version of the Tablet PC Edition are you running? Do you have XP
> >> SP2
> >> and the Tablet PC Edition 2005 installed? The latter does take up the
> >> entire width (either top or bottom of your screen, landscape or portrait,
> >> if
> >> you're using the Dock mode. If you have the 2005 version installed (new
> >> to
> >> you?) and set the Option on the Tablet Input Panel to Undock, you'll only
> >> have the floating icon (TIP Access icon) on-screen when you're using your
> >> pen and are in a text input area.
> >> --
> >> Chris H.
> >> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> >> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> >> Associate Expert
> >> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >>
> >>
> >> "MayHem" <MayHem@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:04B735F7-BCBB-4E2D-BC61-9CF8F3158F5A@microsoft.com...
> >> > my Tablet PC input panel button has quadrupaled in size and now takes
> >> > up
> >> > the
> >> > full width of my taskbar. What can I do to get it down to its regular
> >> > small
> >> > size?
> >> >
> >> > Coincidently... or not so... it happened after the last Microsoft
> >> > update
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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