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** '''Holding the SHIFT key down will allow you to maneuver individual probes, rather than your entire formation.''' If you are using the Pinpoint formation as recommended, you'll notice that five of the probes are along the same plane, with four hovering around the outside of the center probe. '''Shift these four probes around the center probe so that they form a cross, with one probe at each cardinal direction.''' Activate your scanner again: this in and of itself may be enough to make the Signature warpable. If not, move the four probes closer to the center probe. You'll want to get them pretty close, without having them overlap. Zooming your view in using the mouse wheel will help here. Alternate shifting the cardinal point probes closer and activating your scanner to see if this raises the Signal Strength enough.

** If the above isn't ''quite'' enough to get the Signature to 100%, you can '''try shifting the entire formation of probes in a single direction a very small amount and then re-scanning'''. Since the dot that represents the Signature's location isn't 100% accurate until its Signal Strength is 100%, you can sometimes squeeze out an extra percentage point or two of Strength in this manner. This can be a bit tedious, however, as the margin for error is so small. It's recommended that you only try this if you are ''painfully'' close to 100% Signal Strength!

** Note that '''sometimes you'll just plain be unable to scan a Signature all the way down to 100%.''' This is very unlikely to happen in high-sec space, but if it does, don't let it get you down. Just remember, one day your skills and equipment will be good enough that no Signature will be able escape your grasp!

** Note that as a new explorer, '''sometimes you'll just plain be unable to scan a Signature all the way down to 100%.''' This is very unlikely to happen in high-sec space, but if it does, don't let it get you down. Just remember, one day your skills and equipment will be good enough that no Signature will be able escape your grasp!

* After you've probed something down, you may notice that your scanner ''used'' to have a bunch of Signatures on it, but now does not. This is because launching probes and reducing their range has removed those Signatures from your scanning region. This is easy enough to remedy, however. You can either '''expand your probes' range to their maximum and re-scan''', or '''temporarily switch the Spread formation and re-scan a larger area'''. In both cases, make sure your probes are covering as large a space as possible: the entire system, if you can. That should find those missing Signatures easily!

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 ** '''Holding the SHIFT key down will allow you to maneuver individual probes, rather than your entire formation.''' If you are using the Pinpoint formation as recommended, you'll notice that five of the probes are along the same plane, with four hovering around the outside of the center probe. '''Shift these four probes around the center probe so that they form a cross, with one probe at each cardinal direction.''' Activate your scanner again: this in and of itself may be enough to make the Signature warpable. If not, move the four probes closer to the center probe. You'll want to get them pretty close, without having them overlap. Zooming your view in using the mouse wheel will help here. Alternate shifting the cardinal point probes closer and activating your scanner to see if this raises the Signal Strength enough.
 ** If the above isn't ''quite'' enough to get the Signature to 100%, you can '''try shifting the entire formation of probes in a single direction a very small amount and then re-scanning'''. Since the dot that represents the Signature's location isn't 100% accurate until its Signal Strength is 100%, you can sometimes squeeze out an extra percentage point or two of Strength in this manner. This can be a bit tedious, however, as the margin for error is so small. It's recommended that you only try this if you are ''painfully'' close to 100% Signal Strength!
-** Note that '''sometimes you'll just plain be unable to scan a Signature all the way down to 100%.''' This is very unlikely to happen in high-sec space, but if it does, don't let it get you down. Just remember, one day your skills and equipment will be good enough that no Signature will be able escape your grasp!
+** Note that as a new explorer, '''sometimes you'll just plain be unable to scan a Signature all the way down to 100%.''' This is very unlikely to happen in high-sec space, but if it does, don't let it get you down. Just remember, one day your skills and equipment will be good enough that no Signature will be able escape your grasp!
 * After you've probed something down, you may notice that your scanner ''used'' to have a bunch of Signatures on it, but now does not. This is because launching probes and reducing their range has removed those Signatures from your scanning region. This is easy enough to remedy, however. You can either '''expand your probes' range to their maximum and re-scan''', or '''temporarily switch the Spread formation and re-scan a larger area'''. In both cases, make sure your probes are covering as large a space as possible: the entire system, if you can. That should find those missing Signatures easily!