PEN AND DIGITAL INK CAPABILITIES IN WINDOWS

Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista provide extensive support for pen* input. When using the interactive pen display with a computer running Windows 7 or Vista, your experience is enhanced by powerful note taking, handwriting recognition, fast navigation, and other digital inking options designed to give you quick, intuitive results with the Wacom pen.

•Note taking. Use your Wacom pen to jot notes and capture quick sketches in Windows Journal. Journal simulates a physical notebook, but with the advantages of digital note taking. You can choose from a variety of pen, marker, and highlighter tools, plus an eraser that is easily activated by the eraser of your Wacom pen. Journal also includes a powerful search engine that can even locate your handwritten content.

•Handwriting recognition. Because Windows 7 and Vista include powerful handwriting recognition capabilities, you can use your Wacom pen to quickly enter handwritten information anywhere the computer accepts typed input. You can convert your handwritten content to typed text at any time.

•Gestures. Use your Wacom pen to make simple gestural movements on the pen display to trigger customizable actions for navigation, editing, and other functions. To customize your gestures, select the FLICKS tab in the PEN AND INPUT DEVICES control panel.

•Digital Ink in Microsoft Office 2007. Use your Wacom pen to full advantage with the enhanced digital mark-up and inking tools available in Microsoft Office 2007 or later applications running on Windows 7 or Vista. Found on the REVIEW tab within applicable applications, these tools provide a consistent set of inking options. For quick access, you can add specific inking tools to the Quick Access Toolbar located at the top of each application.

To make the most of the pen in Microsoft Windows, be sure to study the documentation that came with your system, including the Windows training tools and Tablet PC tutorial. You can access the Tablet PC Pen Training from the START menu by choosing ALL PROGRAMS, TABLET PC, and TABLET PC PEN TRAINING.

Note: The following workarounds in the software driver for the tablet portion of the pen display improve performance in Windows 7 and Vista:

The Pen Flicks and ‘press-and-hold-to-right-click’ features are disabled in graphics applications using the Wintab API.

There is no pressure sensitivity in Journal and other Ink features when both the FLICKS and ‘press-and-hold-to-right-click’ features are disabled in the PEN AND INPUT DEVICES control panel.

*Pen features supported in all versions of Windows 7 and Vista except Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic, and Windows Vista Home Basic.

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