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    Tablet PC's

    I note there are some threads concerning running A5 on tablet PC's earlier this year. I am wondering if anybody has experience of using a tablet for handwritten data entry into A5 ?
    Bob Whitaker
    Bob Whitaker

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    RE: Tablet PC's

    Bob
    It can be a pain. You have to place the curser in the A5 field (tap), then use the Windows writing pad to enter the data in the field, tap the next field, back to the writing pad...
    The recognition by Windows (SP1) is fairly accurate and SP2 is supposed to be improved. It's a lot of hand movement to use the tablet. Input is much faster if you have a keyboard.
    Rupert

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      RE: Tablet PC's

      Thanks Rupert
      I have persuaded Acer to loan me one for evaluation.
      Bob
      Bob Whitaker

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        RE: Tablet PC's

        Bob,
        Would like very much to know how you get on with the Tablet PC/Alpha, as I am sure many other readers.
        Regards
        Andy

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          RE: Tablet PC's

          Hi Andy, just returning the demo unit to Acer along with an order for a unit for long term field evaluation which must tell you that I got along pretty well with the machine. I first looked at tablet type PC's back in 2000 and bought a machine from Fujitsu, it cost about �2500 ($4250) and was pretty poor all round. It was small, heavy and the handwriting recognition was distinctly patchy. It had no keyboard although you could plug a keyaboard and mouse into it.
          The Acer is very far removed from that machine of 4 years ago. For a start it was much lighter and conisderably faster and had the kind of screen that swivels and clips over the keyboard to provide a "tablet" style PC, with the screen in its normal mode it was a very acceptable and compact notebook albeit the CD/DVD drive was a usb plug in external unit.
          With regard to using the machine with Alpha and with regards to Ruperts comments above about the fiddly nature of handwritten input I would comment as follows.
          There is a function that allows you to enter data directly into the field objects provided you have designed your forms with that in mind. One thing to be aware of, certainly as far as the Acer was concerned, is that in "tablet" mode the screen orientation changes to portrait so your forms should reflect that and the data entry fields kept as close to the centre of the form as possible. Certainly for applications where not much data entry is required out in the field the machine was first class and will be going on trial with one of my clients shortly.
          It would be great if Alpha five had a field type that would allow direct input and also accepted "drag and drop" items such as the "post it" type notes that come with Tablet XP.
          I should also point out that XP Tablet comes with a wonderful application called Journal which is like a blank sheet(s) of ruled paper onto which you can write, type, insert and annotate images, highlight with yellow/green/pink and all the stuff you would do on paper.
          Bob Whitaker
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