I'm a dedicated engineering pad user myself, but I've never felt the need to scan the results, so I can't speak to that. The reason I use it is that the grid j

I'm a dedicated engineering pad user myself, but I've never felt the need to scan the results, so I can't speak to that. The reason I use it is that the grid just doesn't overwhelm the content in the way that it is with standard graph paper. Grid lines should always be muted -- the principle applies to graph paper as much as it does to charts. Also you didn't mention it, but engineering pads also have the ten row grouping mentioned in the article.