Hi,

I mainly use my TabletPC for a "paper block". I used MS Journal but soon
I lost enjoyment of my new Tablet: After a little time, the fan began to
be noisy, although I did not very much on my Tablet except writing and
reading PDF.

After some time, I saw that MS Journal Writer needs 100% (!!!!!) of the
CPU while writing (fast). I could not imagine how such a "simple"
operation (compared to others!) could waste whole CPU making my tablet
very noisy and reducing battery life a loot.

Then I found OneNote and was very happy that it just takes 30-40% of CPU
while writing as fast as in JournalWriter.

But I like the concept of JournalWriter more (just VERY simple, no
useless things) and therefore I have a few questions how I could improve
OneNote to be more like JournalWriter.

1.) The rubber is not accurate. I use the big one and want to clear
anything thats under the square. In JournalWriter it worked, in OneNote
not. Now I have to "move around" and then it can happen that things get
erased that I don't wanted to be erased.

2.) Why are there so big grids in OneNote? Now I must always use the 50%
view so that I have a grid thats as small as in JournalWriter. Is there
any way to set the grid smaller then the smalltest (5mm) grid like on a
real paper? And in 50% the lines from the pen are much finer than in 100%
view. Is there a way to make them also as thin as in 50% view?

3.) Is it somehow possible to also print the grid?

4.) A very annoying "feature" is that OneNote automatically sets text
mode. But I really don't need textmode, I just want to write with my
stylus! So I have always to "re-select" the pen-icon to enter penmode.
Also, after a few seconds, or when the Tablet enters standby the last
"group" is marked. This is also VERY annoying! (it's possible to just
disable text mode?)

5.) Is it possible to "fix" the header? The problem is that when I write
in the first line I unintentionally resize the header.

6.) Scrolling is very cumbersomely: In JournalWriter I just could use
"Page down" and I had a new sheet of "paper". I also could use arrows to
scroll a just a little bit. This is great because the tablet has
hardwarebuttons assigned to PG-UP, PG-DOWN, UP and DOWN.
When I use the cursor keys in OneNote, OneNotes swichtes to textmode
instead of just scrolling. Page UP/DOWN even does not work at all! How
can i *simply* add a sheet of paper as I did in JournalWriter?




....Or is there a small hack for JournalWriter that it needs as less CPU
as OneNote?




Thank you very much in advance,


Markus

Markus, a lot of your questions/suggestions have already been aired in the
OneNote public newsgroup: microsoft.public.onenote where the OneNote Team
from Microsoft is quite active and various MVPs support the program. You
might also want to view a demo (really wonderful and educational) on OneNote
which is available here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...423061033.aspx I have
gone back to it several times, and each time learn something more about
OneNote I had no idea the program could do.

And, for the record, Windows Journal is a simple, "this is how good Ink can
be on a Tablet PC" program written primarily for everyone to use as a
demo/beginner application. OneNote, although written for use both on a
Tablet with Ink and a laptop/desktop without Ink, is a more advanced
application. Especially with the OneNote SP1 version where Microsoft dumped
the traditional "fix-bugs-only" approach and added more features in the
update.

Lastly, Windows Journal should not be taking 100% of the CPU at all. If you
continue to have issues with it, there are several things we can try to fix
the situation for you.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Markus Bauer" <mc_mc_mc@lycos.de> wrote in message
news:O6MdtezdFHA.892@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I mainly use my TabletPC for a "paper block". I used MS Journal but soon
> I lost enjoyment of my new Tablet: After a little time, the fan began to
> be noisy, although I did not very much on my Tablet except writing and
> reading PDF.
>
> After some time, I saw that MS Journal Writer needs 100% (!!!!!) of the
> CPU while writing (fast). I could not imagine how such a "simple"
> operation (compared to others!) could waste whole CPU making my tablet
> very noisy and reducing battery life a loot.
>
> Then I found OneNote and was very happy that it just takes 30-40% of CPU
> while writing as fast as in JournalWriter.
>
> But I like the concept of JournalWriter more (just VERY simple, no
> useless things) and therefore I have a few questions how I could improve
> OneNote to be more like JournalWriter.
>
> 1.) The rubber is not accurate. I use the big one and want to clear
> anything thats under the square. In JournalWriter it worked, in OneNote
> not. Now I have to "move around" and then it can happen that things get
> erased that I don't wanted to be erased.
>
> 2.) Why are there so big grids in OneNote? Now I must always use the 50%
> view so that I have a grid thats as small as in JournalWriter. Is there
> any way to set the grid smaller then the smalltest (5mm) grid like on a
> real paper? And in 50% the lines from the pen are much finer than in 100%
> view. Is there a way to make them also as thin as in 50% view?
>
> 3.) Is it somehow possible to also print the grid?
>
> 4.) A very annoying "feature" is that OneNote automatically sets text
> mode. But I really don't need textmode, I just want to write with my
> stylus! So I have always to "re-select" the pen-icon to enter penmode.
> Also, after a few seconds, or when the Tablet enters standby the last
> "group" is marked. This is also VERY annoying! (it's possible to just
> disable text mode?)
>
> 5.) Is it possible to "fix" the header? The problem is that when I write
> in the first line I unintentionally resize the header.
>
> 6.) Scrolling is very cumbersomely: In JournalWriter I just could use
> "Page down" and I had a new sheet of "paper". I also could use arrows to
> scroll a just a little bit. This is great because the tablet has
> hardwarebuttons assigned to PG-UP, PG-DOWN, UP and DOWN.
> When I use the cursor keys in OneNote, OneNotes swichtes to textmode
> instead of just scrolling. Page UP/DOWN even does not work at all! How
> can i *simply* add a sheet of paper as I did in JournalWriter?
>
>
>
>
> ...Or is there a small hack for JournalWriter that it needs as less CPU
> as OneNote?
>
>
>
>
> Thank you very much in advance,
>
>
> Markus
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>