Managing Livescribe Notebooks

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Introduction

Livescribe offers a wide range of paper products, including single-subject and multi-subject notebooks, A5 spiral notebooks, flip notepads, and pocket-sized journals. These products are designed to work seamlessly with Livescribe smartpens, ensuring precise note-taking and digital storage.

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About Livescribe Dot Paper

Livescribe Dot Paper is a specialized paper embedded with nearly invisible microdots that enable smartpens to track writing with pinpoint accuracy. These microdots:

  • Allow the pen to recognize the specific page and location of your writing
  • Function similarly to a GPS, storing your notes and drawings as digital ink

The microdots are based on patented Anoto technology, consisting of tiny dots arranged on a grid. The dot pattern is unique to each page and ensures the pen's precise tracking. Livescribe Dot Paper is available in various formats, tailored to your needs.

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Usage Guidelines for Livescribe Notebooks

To avoid errors while using Livescribe Dot Paper products, follow these guidelines:

  • Avoid Using Two Notebooks with the Same Dot Pattern: If two notebooks have identical patterns (same type and number), the pen will combine notes and audio from both, leading to confusion.
  • Archive Before Starting a New Notebook: If you must use a notebook with the same dot pattern, Archive the old one first:
    • Open the LivePen app
    • Navigate to the notebook you want to archive
    • Tap the 3-dots button on the notebook
    • Tap Archive and confirm
  • After you Archive a notebook in the app, additional handwriting in notebooks with the same dot pattern won't appear in that notebook anymore. Instead, they will appear in a new copy of the notebook inside the app. Currently, archiving can't be undone.
  • Check Notebook Volume Numbers: When purchasing notebooks, choose ones with different volume numbers than those you're already using.

Note: These guidelines apply to all Livescribe Dot Paper products, including notebooks, journals, flip notepads, and sticky notes.

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About Livescribe Dot Paper Naming

Livescribe identifies paper products using a combination of type (e.g., lined, unlined, or grid) and a number (e.g., 1 to 8). Key points to remember:

  • Group: Each notebook belongs to a group based on format and form factor (e.g., lined notebooks, spiral notebooks)
  • Number: Within a group, notebooks with the same number share the same dot pattern. Notebooks with different numbers have distinct patterns

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Using Notebooks with the Same Group and Number

If you own two Livescribe notebooks with the same group and number (e.g., two Lined Notebook #3s), follow these steps:

  • Use one notebook at a time
  • Archive the first notebook before starting the second

Example: If you finish Lined Notebook #1 and need to reuse a second Lined Notebook #1, archive the first before starting the new one.

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Tips for Notebook Packs

Livescribe notebooks are often sold in numbered packs (e.g., Notebooks 1-4 or 5-8). To ensure proper use:

  • Use all notebooks in the first pack before starting the second
  • Verify that the numbers on the covers differ when purchasing multiple packs. For example, use Notebooks 1-4 and 5-8 before buying another set of 1-4 or 5-8
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