I'm using Vista on a new tablet with a WORD 2003 template. Here are my
issues -

1. The TIP will not automatically let me have 2 spaces after a period, even
if I'm giving max space (I'm writing sentences), or will not give a space
when I'm entering numbers and a dash, i.e. 9/23/06-9/23/07, should appear as
9/23/06 - 9/23/07.
2. Since I'm conducting a lot of interviews throughout the day, using
gestures or bringing up the keyboard just to add a space is FAR from ideal,
as speed is essential
3. Is there a way to program Vista to do this using C#, C++ or VB.net, as
well as adding some buttons to control fields on WORD template, ?
4. I'm looking at several form building packages, such as Active Ink,
Mi-Forms, and EPen and Forms Builder, but have been told I still need to know
VB to create a workable form that could convert or overlay text into my Word
template.

Hope all you developers don't mind answering this question from someone with
ZERO programming skills, but I'm unsure what the best options/pricing are to
accomplish this

One company wanted to charge me $15,000 for what I thought was a simple 1.5
page template with approx. 40 fields (no databasing, weblinking needed)

Depending on whether or not the company already has a product to design form
templates for Word, $15,000 isn't unreasonable. To build one from scratch
I'd charge more than that. :)

I don't know what to tell you about the forms other than maybe check out
InfoPath. As for the double space after period, can you create a Word
Autocorrect entry for period + space to convert it to period + space space?
That might cause problems with abbreviations like Mr., St., etc but who
knows. The other option, though a little tedious, is to click the word at
the end of the sentence in the TIP (before it gets inserted) and click
"insert space to the left" on the space after the period. Does this help?

--
Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
Einstein Technologies
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com


"Wannabe Geek" <Wannabe Geek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:39E4E2EC-78C3-412A-972E-3109A8F3BA1C@microsoft.com...
> I'm using Vista on a new tablet with a WORD 2003 template. Here are my
> issues -
>
> 1. The TIP will not automatically let me have 2 spaces after a period,
> even
> if I'm giving max space (I'm writing sentences), or will not give a space
> when I'm entering numbers and a dash, i.e. 9/23/06-9/23/07, should appear
> as
> 9/23/06 - 9/23/07.
> 2. Since I'm conducting a lot of interviews throughout the day, using
> gestures or bringing up the keyboard just to add a space is FAR from
> ideal,
> as speed is essential
> 3. Is there a way to program Vista to do this using C#, C++ or VB.net, as
> well as adding some buttons to control fields on WORD template, ?
> 4. I'm looking at several form building packages, such as Active Ink,
> Mi-Forms, and EPen and Forms Builder, but have been told I still need to
> know
> VB to create a workable form that could convert or overlay text into my
> Word
> template.
>
> Hope all you developers don't mind answering this question from someone
> with
> ZERO programming skills, but I'm unsure what the best options/pricing are
> to
> accomplish this
>
> One company wanted to charge me $15,000 for what I thought was a simple
> 1.5
> page template with approx. 40 fields (no databasing, weblinking needed)

Josh is it or is it not correct to say InfoPath does not support a literal
representation of the look and feel of paper forms?

<%= Clinton Gallagher
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/


"Josh Einstein" <josh@einsteintech.net> wrote in message
news:546D760E-6998-4E6E-85C0-1CB4DF5B6711@microsoft.com...
> Depending on whether or not the company already has a product to design
> form templates for Word, $15,000 isn't unreasonable. To build one from
> scratch I'd charge more than that. :)
>
> I don't know what to tell you about the forms other than maybe check out
> InfoPath. As for the double space after period, can you create a Word
> Autocorrect entry for period + space to convert it to period + space
> space? That might cause problems with abbreviations like Mr., St., etc but
> who knows. The other option, though a little tedious, is to click the word
> at the end of the sentence in the TIP (before it gets inserted) and click
> "insert space to the left" on the space after the period. Does this help?
>
> --
> Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
> Einstein Technologies
> Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com
>
>
> "Wannabe Geek" <Wannabe Geek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39E4E2EC-78C3-412A-972E-3109A8F3BA1C@microsoft.com...
>> I'm using Vista on a new tablet with a WORD 2003 template. Here are my
>> issues -
>>
>> 1. The TIP will not automatically let me have 2 spaces after a period,
>> even
>> if I'm giving max space (I'm writing sentences), or will not give a space
>> when I'm entering numbers and a dash, i.e. 9/23/06-9/23/07, should appear
>> as
>> 9/23/06 - 9/23/07.
>> 2. Since I'm conducting a lot of interviews throughout the day, using
>> gestures or bringing up the keyboard just to add a space is FAR from
>> ideal,
>> as speed is essential
>> 3. Is there a way to program Vista to do this using C#, C++ or VB.net, as
>> well as adding some buttons to control fields on WORD template, ?
>> 4. I'm looking at several form building packages, such as Active Ink,
>> Mi-Forms, and EPen and Forms Builder, but have been told I still need to
>> know
>> VB to create a workable form that could convert or overlay text into my
>> Word
>> template.
>>
>> Hope all you developers don't mind answering this question from someone
>> with
>> ZERO programming skills, but I'm unsure what the best options/pricing are
>> to
>> accomplish this
>>
>> One company wanted to charge me $15,000 for what I thought was a simple
>> 1.5
>> page template with approx. 40 fields (no databasing, weblinking needed)
>

Sorry for the late response. I've been a bit busy travelling and haven't
been able to check the groups.

Unfortunately I couldn't tell you much about InfoPath as I don't use it. I
found it to be a bit complicated for anything I'd need it for.

--
Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
Einstein Technologies
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com


"clintonG" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:uaP%233hXAIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Josh is it or is it not correct to say InfoPath does not support a literal
> representation of the look and feel of paper forms?
>
> <%= Clinton Gallagher
> NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
> URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/
>
>
> "Josh Einstein" <josh@einsteintech.net> wrote in message
> news:546D760E-6998-4E6E-85C0-1CB4DF5B6711@microsoft.com...
>> Depending on whether or not the company already has a product to design
>> form templates for Word, $15,000 isn't unreasonable. To build one from
>> scratch I'd charge more than that. :)
>>
>> I don't know what to tell you about the forms other than maybe check out
>> InfoPath. As for the double space after period, can you create a Word
>> Autocorrect entry for period + space to convert it to period + space
>> space? That might cause problems with abbreviations like Mr., St., etc
>> but who knows. The other option, though a little tedious, is to click the
>> word at the end of the sentence in the TIP (before it gets inserted) and
>> click "insert space to the left" on the space after the period. Does this
>> help?
>>
>> --
>> Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
>> Einstein Technologies
>> Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com
>>
>>
>> "Wannabe Geek" <Wannabe Geek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:39E4E2EC-78C3-412A-972E-3109A8F3BA1C@microsoft.com...
>>> I'm using Vista on a new tablet with a WORD 2003 template. Here are my
>>> issues -
>>>
>>> 1. The TIP will not automatically let me have 2 spaces after a period,
>>> even
>>> if I'm giving max space (I'm writing sentences), or will not give a
>>> space
>>> when I'm entering numbers and a dash, i.e. 9/23/06-9/23/07, should
>>> appear as
>>> 9/23/06 - 9/23/07.
>>> 2. Since I'm conducting a lot of interviews throughout the day, using
>>> gestures or bringing up the keyboard just to add a space is FAR from
>>> ideal,
>>> as speed is essential
>>> 3. Is there a way to program Vista to do this using C#, C++ or VB.net,
>>> as
>>> well as adding some buttons to control fields on WORD template, ?
>>> 4. I'm looking at several form building packages, such as Active Ink,
>>> Mi-Forms, and EPen and Forms Builder, but have been told I still need to
>>> know
>>> VB to create a workable form that could convert or overlay text into my
>>> Word
>>> template.
>>>
>>> Hope all you developers don't mind answering this question from someone
>>> with
>>> ZERO programming skills, but I'm unsure what the best options/pricing
>>> are to
>>> accomplish this
>>>
>>> One company wanted to charge me $15,000 for what I thought was a simple
>>> 1.5
>>> page template with approx. 40 fields (no databasing, weblinking needed)
>>
>
>