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Cheryl's Tablet PC Diary - Day 1
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| About Cheryl Wester Cheryl is a high school teacher that recently won a Tablet PC. This is the beginning of her diary based on using the Acer Tablet PC she won. |
Day One with my Acer Tablet PC
This is very different than I expected. It is a good thing that I use a Pocket PC as it made my transition to pen computing a lot easier. I feel that people without this advantage will have a lot harder time becoming accustomed to the different features.
Straight out of the box it was easy to setup. It went through the standard XP setup and asked if I wanted to network and setup the Internet. Since I was at a hotel at the time I skipped this feature. I rushed to setup, without reading the directions, so when it came up with installing the smart card I was clueless as to what it was talking about. I skipped that and I�m not sure if I will install it or not. Further research told me that it was to secure your information. Since I don�t need to secure my data I�m not sure if it is worth the hassle of having the card with me or not.
At the launch I was given a Table PC Quick Reference book. It is excellent and I�ve already picked up some hints in just a couple of chapters. One thing I did, as a result, was move the Taskbar to the top. This makes it easier to view the Start and other icons when using handwriting.
A disappointment to me is that it didn�t come with any word processing or software installed other than the WordPad. I need to get Office XP before using the Tablet to its full potential. That will be remedied this week and then I�ll really learn all the features.
So far I�m not willing to give up my laptop�but I have a feeling that will change with time. More later�after I install Office XP.
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