Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft® Office OneNote™ 2003

Using Rules Lines and Grid Lines to Keep Your Information Neat

If you're using OneNote on a Tablet PC, you might find it difficult to create legible notes without some writing guides. OneNote allows you to add rule and grid lines to your note pages to help you write more legibly. For example, Figure 11.6 shows a typical page of meeting notes without gridlines. As you can see, writing on a slant can poorly affect readability.

Figure 11.6. Without writing guides, it's easy to let your writing slant.

You can add rule lines to OneNote by selecting Rule Lines from the View menu. You can choose from a variety of different types of rule lines. For typical ...