Effect of Arrangement in Digitized Note on Short-Term Remembrance

Even though using typed text to memorize thoughts and ideas has become increasingly convenient, people still often use handwritten notes in daily life because it takes less time to write a note using a hand than to use a digital device that may not be immediately accessible. However, the size and position of drawings in handwritten notes tend to involve irregular and irrelevant organization, in particular, under limited time constraints. A poorly organized note decreases the understanding and memorizing of its contents because of low readability. To improve its readability, we propose digital notebook editing methods for rearranging data by using the characteristics of digital pen data. In this paper, we describe several fundamental functions to support the rearrangement of digital notebook, and categorize them by its automatism property. Through our experiment, we find that the proposed functions did not significantly improve short-term memorization; however, they did facilitate the creation of a well-organized note within a limited time.