Your first message in 30 seconds
Here is the simplest way of using iJot:
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1: Touch the composition button of the List Page,
2: Write your message in the Writing Page,
3: Touch the Done button to jump to the Preview Page.
The Preview Page allows you to visualize your message and to change its appearance. If you want to send it, follow those last three steps:
4. Touch the action button to send the message,
5: Choose "Email message" to send it by Email,
6: Add the recipient and touch the send button.
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Here we go, that's as simple as it get.
Of course, iJot allows much more than that. This tutorial should give you a good overview of all its possibilities.
Workflow
iJot's workflow is simple:
Use the List Page to start a new message or to select existing one.
Write a message in the Writing Page,
Polish its appearance Preview Page,
Whenever possible, we used standard iPhone icons. So for example, to create a new message, touch the
Compose button.
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The List Page:
Edit Button (to delete multiple messages)
Your messages.
Compose Button (to create a new handwritten message).
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Write it!
You are now in the Writing Page:
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the Writing Page:
1: Goto end of message,
2: Pause scrolling,
3: Add new line,
4: Undo,
5: Delete message and start from scratch.
Writing Settings.
Done, let's jump to the Preview Page.
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No need to go into too much details right now. Simply try to write something on the screen. You are quickly going to discover the twist: the background scrolls as you write!
Relax... You are experiencing something new, something you never did before, not quite. You are writing on a paper and the paper is moving as you write. That plus the fact that you are using your finger instead of a pen makes the whole experience... stimulating! :)
At this stage, we usually recommend to draw some circles. It might sound a bit dull but this is the easiest way to get an intuition of what's hapening. so try to make some circles, make them round, make small ones, big ones, start slowly then go faster.
At first, you might feel like this auto-scroll system is a bit awkward.
Listen: we have seen a vast number of people handwriting with iJot and the success rate is 100%, everybody makes it in the end. And the funny thing is that it doesn't seem to depend on your age, your gender or your nationality... My mother and my son are much better at it than I am!
Please allow me to challenge you: make up a sentence in your head and write it 5 times in a row. You will be shocked to see how fast you have improved.
Adjust the Scrolling Pace:
During this process you might realize that the background doesn't scroll exactly as you would like to. There is a settings to help you with this:
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1: Click on the settings button,
2: Choose the speed-settings sub-menu.
Three default speeds are available.
... For a more precise control, click on the additional customized speed button.
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This interface is
extremely important. It allows you to set the speed of the scrolling background so that it matches your writing style. Three default speed settings are available: slow, medium and fast. The fourth button is an advanced settings (learn more about it in the
Reference Manual.
On one hand this is very important to know that this interface is there, waiting for you to adapt
iJot to your personal style. On the other hand, you may choose to learn a bit more about
iJot first. Once you are more comfortable with writing messages, you will know the most suitable speed settings for you.
Are you satisfied with the content of your message? If yes, this is time to work on its form. Let's have a look at your creation: press the
done button and go to the Preview Page.
Tweak it!
The Preview Page automatically formats your message and allows you change its appearance in many different ways.
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The Preview Page:
Back to the List Page
Back to the Writing Page
Action button (send/export)
The three appearance menus:
1: font property: size, width, color, glow...
2: layout: paper size, margin size, space between lines...
3: picture background, effect, borders, smileys...
Delete message.
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The tools to change the form of the message are organized in
three menus which allows to:
Stroke: change the font property: size, width, color, glow...
Layout: change the layout of a message: paper size, margin size, space between lines, newlines...
Backgrounds and borders: enhance your message in all sorts of fancy ways: picture background, effect, borders, smileys...
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1: Stroke size and width,
2: Stroke color,
3: Stroke glowing effect.
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Layout:
1: Paper and margin size,
2: Space between new lines and sensitivity of the "word automatic detector".
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Backgrounds and borders:
1: Background color,
2: Background pictures (papers or photos),
3: "Special effects",
4: Borders.
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The possibilities are endless! You can find a detailed description in the
Reference Manual. For now its probably best (and more fun!) to jump into the jungle and see what you can do by yourself!
Check out of the examples in our
Hall Of Fame. Here's one of them:
Once you're done with the polishing your message, it's time to decide what you want to do with it:
If you just want to keep it, you're done: messages are automatically saved, so just go back to List Page by clicking on iJot.
To delete the message, click on the bin.
If you want to save it as a picture in the photo album or send it by Email, press the Action button to open this interface:
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1: Send message as new Email,
2: Send message as MMS,
3: Copy message to pasteboard (useful to reply to email with iJot),
4: Export message in Photo Album.
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Here's a couple of useful remarks related to sending the message:
Clicking on "eMail" will create a new Email...
But you can also reply to an existing Email by choosing "copy", close iJot, open the Email application and then paste the image where you like.
MMS only works with iPhone. Unfortunately, this is a bit clumsy at the moment: iJot will open the MMS application for you but you will need to import the image yourself
And more...
This tutorial is almost over and this is the a good time to quickly introduce other useful features of the Writing Page.
Languages:
With
iJot, you can write all kinds of written language in the world. Yes we can!
English, French, Spanish... etc: from left to right,
traditional Japanese and Chinese (and more...): from top to bottom,
Arabic: from right to left.
See the
Reference Manual for more details.
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1: Click on the settings button,
2: Choose the language settings.
with iJot, you can write English but also Japanese, Arabic and much more...
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Japanese...
Arabic...
French...
And more!
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Paper background:
We find the black background of the Writing Page simple and relaxing but if you prefer something fancier, you have
other choices.
See the
Reference Manual for more details.
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1: Click on the settings button,
2: Choose the Papers settings.
Choose the paper you like!
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Guides:
Some people, especially kids, prefer using
iJot with
guide lines.
See the
Reference Manual for more details.
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1: Click on the settings button,
2: Choose the Guide settings.
Choose how many guide lines you want (and their positions).
square-guides are also available for Japanese/Chinese.
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Writing using guides: ideal for kids who want to practice their handwriting!
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Handy:
Finally, when writing using iJot, please keep on mind that:
you can swipe (manually scroll) using two fingers
you can pause at any moment by touching the pause button, this is useful to draw something for instance.
Enjoy it!
Voila! This is the end of this tutorial. By now you should know enough to navigate in the iJot's menus without getting lost.
We believe that iJot is the most natural and intuitive handwriting application available for the iPhone. Nevertheless, one need to get used to it. Usually it takes between 1 and 10 minutes to start writing fancy messages :)
Enjoy!
