[Problem] To prevent forgetting to press an operation button for changing a file in which handwriting data are to be stored. [Solution] A user notification method for performing notification by using an LED lamp in a handwriting-data capture apparatus provided with a sensor controller that successively retrieves coordinate data of an indicator on a touch sensor and successively stores the retrieved coordinate data in a first region of a memory, an operation button, and an LED lamp, the user notification method comprising: a step S9 for determining whether the indicator is in a pen-up state or a pen-down state; a step S11 for determining whether or not the coordinate data has already been stored in the first region; a step S13 for slowly blinking the LED lamp in light green when the coordinate data has already been stored in the first region and when it is determined that the indicator is in the pen-up state; and a step S6a for switching the region in which the coordinate data is to be stored to a second region in the memory in response to the operation button receiving a predetermined operation.