OneNote text box vanishes in Tablet mode Entelechy 6/28/2007 12:48:02 AM hello OneNoters: I posted this in the XP Tablet forum where I see that Josh Einstein is active as an MVP as well. So, this may be a noob question for both OS and software. I have a Lenovo x60T/ XP (current) running office 07 the keyboard to enter text, OneNote creates a box which expands as I type- which I assume is normal behavior. I can then grab and shape that bos with either pen or mouse... good so far. When I shift to tablet mode, that box outline disappears every time I get near it with the pen. Similarly, if I use the handwriting program to enter text, it will insert the text into a VERY narrow box- and again if I go near it with the pen to shape the box and make room for more text- it vanishes. I have not found any way to get it to show up. I have looked for tablet or pen specific settings for OneNote but found none in the options area. I am guessing that i will be very embarrassed when the answer can or does include RTFM, but I have not found anything useful in the help files. Given that I take notes real time when I am with clients, this is distracting, disruptive and frustrating. Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks

Re: OneNote text box vanishes in Tablet mode Ilya Koulchin <ikoulchine[ at ]hotmail.com> 6/28/2007 1:44:44 AM Entelechy wrote: [Quoted Text] > the keyboard to enter text, OneNote creates a box which expands as I type- > which I assume is normal behavior. I can then grab and shape that bos with > either pen or mouse... good so far. > > When I shift to tablet mode, that box outline disappears every time I get > near it with the pen. Similarly, if I use the handwriting program to enter > text, it will insert the text into a VERY narrow box- and again if I go near > it with the pen to shape the box and make room for more text- it vanishes. OneNote hides the note containers when dealing with pen input to reduce screen clutter. This is because in some cases a large number of note containers can be generated with the pen, making the page very hard to read. If you have some handwritten notes in a single container, you can still resize it using the mouse, though. You can also resize the note containers using the pen, if you switch OneNote back into text mode (activate the Type/Selection tool from the Tools->Writing Tools menu). Ilya

Re: OneNote text box vanishes in Tablet mode Entelechy 6/28/2007 2:02:03 AM Zdrazvuite i spasibo Ilya- Ok- you are probably ot Russian and i am definitley not Napoleon solo, but thakn you for your reply. going to text mode did it. It was simple and it is funny that 20 minutes of searching did not turn that up on MSFT help. It is a small thing but makes the difference between the software being REALLY useful and completely useless. Thanks1 "Ilya Koulchin" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Entelechy wrote: > > the keyboard to enter text, OneNote creates a box which expands as I type- > > which I assume is normal behavior. I can then grab and shape that bos with > > either pen or mouse... good so far. > > > > When I shift to tablet mode, that box outline disappears every time I get > > near it with the pen. Similarly, if I use the handwriting program to enter > > text, it will insert the text into a VERY narrow box- and again if I go near > > it with the pen to shape the box and make room for more text- it vanishes. > > OneNote hides the note containers when dealing with pen input to reduce > screen clutter. This is because in some cases a large number of note > containers can be generated with the pen, making the page very hard to > read. If you have some handwritten notes in a single container, you can > still resize it using the mouse, though. You can also resize the note > containers using the pen, if you switch OneNote back into text mode > (activate the Type/Selection tool from the Tools->Writing Tools menu). > > Ilya >