I've noticed when using Journal that my writing

[jpow112]

I've noticed when using Journal that my writing is "wiggly" at the left and right margins. I tested it by drawing a grid, using the journal grid paper as a guide, with a ruler. vertical lines drawn within 1-2 cm of the left and right margins are really quite wiggly, randomly going a few mm Right and left.

Has anyone else noticed this?

I assume either I've got a bad digitizer, or it's a limitation of the hardware

When I'm at home later I'll post the journal file

regards

John

[fswitz]

jpow,

What your experiencing is most likely a limitation from the hardware.

There is a good tutorial on this subject at the Wacom site. But at the edges of the display, there are not as many reference points to statistically identify where the pen is. For example, when your pen is in the middle of the screen, it is like a dot in the center of a circle. The pen and digitizer work together and calculate the strongest signal point by scanning all adjacent grid co-ordinates.

This "edge" effect makes it imperative that recognition be done away from the sides of the display. Testing for both landscape and portrait is one of the first rules of software quality assurance for tablet apps.

What you are experiencing is most likely normal. Try writing closer to the edge with an app like Notepad and move closer to the edge and see what happens.

If you are experiencing problems anything more than a short distance from the edges, then you should look in other places for a cause and fix.

Kudos for your "test" though, not everyone takes the time to take a look at the issue.

Hope this helps,

[Traveller]

You may want to change the pen battery first (see similar thread regarding pen issues).

[jpow112]

curiously..

just installed a bit of hardware - a USB soundcard (edirol) and it reset my power options - hibernate etc. I've reset those,and came back to look at the screen problem/feature, and now all the lines are straight!

makes no sense at all, unless the battery is running out in the pen and giving variable voltages

[jpow112]

problem has come back- intermittent. see the attached file..

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[jamescj]

quote:Originally posted by jpow112

problem has come back- intermittent. see the attached file..

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Interesting! I just tried and with a ruler I can draw straight lines right up to the edge of the page with no problems - however trying to draw a line by hand is more tricky (right next to the edge) as the ink is less responsive on the edge and tends to wobble around. I surmise that there must be "edge effects" with the digitizer and yours is more "severe" - if no-one else sees this problem, if I where you I would be looking at contacting Compaq pronto!

My 2p.

[jpow112]

Looks like I might be calling my vendors- I suspect the digitiser's got an intermittent fault. Too bad- was getting into this tablet PC thing.

John