Rich, you might want to look in Control Panel/Tablet and Pen
Settings/Settings tab. You can move the Menu location (not the stupid
tooltips). 8-)
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Chris - thanks for the response. It's great to know there is somewhere
> where users can be heard and gain responses and insights.
>
> That said, I have tried your suggestion of dragging the Taksbar to the
> side. In my original post, I lamented on the inability to set menus so
> that they would open to the left. Even dragging the Taskbar to the right
> side still keeps many of the sub-menus appearing to the right, and
> therefore under my hand. Tool tips as well always appear slightly below
> and to the right of the icon - again, exactly the wrong place for a
> right-hander.
>
> As a right-hander, I'd ideally like the "flop" the current arrangement of
> the Taskbar by placing the Start button in the far right lower corner, and
> having an option to force menus to open to the left whenever possible.
> It's a lot easier to slightly extend the pen in your hand to the left (as
> a righty), than to have to move your hand entirely to read the menus and
> then make your selection. I find that being forced to move my hand also
> causes the sub-menus that appear to sometimes close because the cursor
> moves off them, forcing me to go back and open the menu again.
>
> I realize that these are partly the impressions of a novice (to the tablet
> world at least) user. I know I'll get more comfortable with it over time.
> But I've laso had a computer of one sort or another for about 20 years
> now, so this isn't my first time to the rodeo.
>
> Somewhere in the dungeons of MS, someone knows all this already. I just
> hope they're listening and working on making these type of things
> adjustable to user preferences. The Tablet brings in a whole new set of
> user issues - these have been some that are annoying me so far.
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>
> "Chris H." wrote:
>
>> Rich, so little pop-up things can be turned off completely if you wish
>> but I
>> think you'll get used to them after a while. As for the tooltips popping
>> up, it depends on how you approach them and where they're located. While
>> you're getting adjusted, if you haven't played much with Windows XP Pro
>> before, there are things you can do to make the system very
>> accommodating.
>> One of the things I do on my Tablet is unlock the Taskbar and then drag
>> it
>> to the left side of the screen (Landscape or Portrait) so it is out of my
>> way most of the time. I'm right-handed, and having it on the left while
>> using Auto Hide means it doesn't open until I approach it.
>>
>> Since you've installed the Tablet PC Edition 2005 (the superset which is
>> all
>> Tablet) with XP Service Pack 2 RC2, you should play with the Options in
>> the
>> new Tablet Input Panel, too. If you undock it, you'll have a little
>> "floating TIP" which will appear for you when you're in a text entry
>> point.
>> From there, you'll have three options for entering information -
>> Writing
>> Pad, Character Pad and Onscreen Keyboard.
>>
>> Most of all, enjoy your new machine!
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:315F2768-D33C-48E3-ABA7-BB2A70B52299@microsoft.com...
>> >I might not have chosen the best place to post this issue/question, but
>> >this discussion seems similar enough to my question that I'll risk a
>> >little
>> >a bit of harassment to spin this in a slightly different direction.
>> >
>> > I've had my tablet for a whole 5 days now - a Motion M1400 - and I am
>> > really excited to incorporate it into my work habits. I've installed
>> > the
>> > latest SR2 beta, with which I imediately appreciated the improvements
>> > in
>> > the OS.
>> >
>> > But like the the thread originator, I do find it frustrating to have
>> > things under my hand that I have to constantly move to see. In my
>> > case,
>> > I'm right-handed, but the menus that constantly open to the right
>> > (immediately under my hand) or the tool tips (I think that's what
>> > they're
>> > called - the little identifiers that appear when you hover over an
>> > icon)
>> > that always appear below and to the right of the cusor ARE DRIVING ME
>> > NUTS!
>> >
>> > Ok, not quite nuts. but it is certainly annoying.
>> >
>> > Isn't there a way to move the Start button to the right-hand side of
>> > the
>> > screen, and have all menus open to the left? (I've tried putting the
>> > whole bar on the right-hand side of the screen, but I still have menus
>> > that want to open to the right) Same with the tool tips - anyway to
>> > control their position when they appear? Upper left for righties and
>> > upper left for lefties would be preferrable to what we have today?
>> >
>> > Isn't that controllable in the OS?
>>
>>
>>