I normally refrain from "I agree" posts, but in this case I have to say it: I completely agree.

I think the big difference is the freedom of motion of using the pen versus the mouse/touchpad. Using the pen, I feel more like I'm using my finger to "touch" (hence click) a hyperlink; this feels more intuitive than sliding the pointer across the desktop then clicking.

Also, I use an Acer TravelMate which has up and down arrow buttons next to the screen (on the bottom in laptop mode; on the right side for Tablet mode.) These make scrolling a web page so much easier than scrolling using the touchpad or even the pen. While they work well with Word and Excel documents, I've found they sometimes don't do so well in OneNote and Journal. I imagine these are comparable with the scroll wheel on the Compaq tablet models.

Anyway, thanks for bringing this topic up. Sometimes I find myself doing something that's *so* much easier than before it no longer becomes noticeable that I've changed my routine.

GeneT.