Basic+Inking

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Tap into these resources to make your handwriting tasks simple.

Using a Pen
Columnist Charlie Russel uses Windows Journal to take and organize handwritten notes on his Tablet PC. || A gesture is a shape you draw with your tablet pen to send a command to your Tablet PC. Discover how to complete editing and formatting tasks quickly with gestures. || Watch this animated demo to see how the tablet pen gets you to the Input Panel faster. || Learn several ways that you can use Tablet PC Input Panel to correct text. || Use Input Panel quick keys to more quickly enter text that's commonly used in Web and e-mail addresses. || Work mouse-free thanks to the tablet pen. Find out how. || You can write e-mails in your own hand, or add a handwritten word or drawing to personalize your typed text e-mails. || Discover how to use a tablet pen to insert ink in Word documents. ||
 * • || [|Getting Started with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition]
 * • || [|Edit with Gestures]
 * • || [|Start the Input Panel with a Gesture]
 * • || [|Correct Text with Input Panel]
 * • || [|How to Use Web and E-mail Quick Keys]
 * • || [|Right-Clicking with a Pen]
 * • || [|Add Ink to E-Mail Messages]
 * • || [|Using Ink in Microsoft Word]

Handwriting Tips
Expert Zone columnist Jeff Van West discusses how the next version of Tablet PC improves the ink-to-text experience. || Learn techniques to help improve your handwriting-recognition results when using Input Panel. ||
 * • || [|Handwriting Recognition 101]
 * • || [|How to Improve Handwriting-Recognition Results in Input Panel]

Taking Notes
Import files into Windows Journal and use your tablet pen to annotate these document images. || Save a tree: Transfer your paper forms into templates in Microsoft Windows Journal. || Find tips for getting organized using Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and Windows Journal. || Make your work easier by creating your own office stationery in Windows Journal. || Create templates just the way you want them, and then place the ones you use most often on your desktop. || Get the most out of Write Anywhere, the Input Panel feature that lets you use the entire Tablet PC screen as a writing surface. ||
 * • || [|Mark Up Your Documents]
 * • || [|Create and Use Forms in Journal]
 * • || [|Get Organized with Windows Journal]
 * • || [|Personalize Journal Notes by Using Stationery]
 * • || [|Creating and Using Journal Templates]
 * • || [|Write Anywhere]