Add Words to the Tablet PC Dictionary

Add Your Handwritten Signature to E-Mail Messages - Why not personalize your e-mail signature by adding your handwritten signature?

Create Links with Your Ink - Microsoft Office XP Pack for Tablet PC lets you put ink in Outlook e-mail messages and in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files. You put ink in these programs by opening an ink drawing and writing area. You can write or draw in this area. In addition, you can format the ink and the ink drawing and writing area.

Fill Out Forms with Your Tablet PC and Pen - Filling out forms is a common work task that Windows Journal can make easier.

Get Organized with Windows Journal - Think of Journal as an electronic pad of paper. That comparison will help you get started using Journal, but as you quickly become more comfortable and familiar with Journal, you'll discover features that can help you be more productive than you've ever been using paper and a pen.

Getting Around

Handwriting Recognition

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Powerpoint

Microsoft Word

Moving the Taskbar - Although this is a known thing, many dont realize that changing the placement of the taskbar in windows is actually more comfortablet for most tablet users. Most users will preffer the taskbar on the top, as opposed to on the bottom.
(1) Right click on the taskbar and deselect "Lock the Taskbar"
(2) Left click on the taskbar and drag it to the new location (can be top, bottom, left, or right side of any monitor you have attached).
(3) Once in the new location, right click on it again and select "Lock the Taskbar".

PenOffice and Microsoft handwriting recognition can be used simultaneously.
Change Microsoft handwriting recognition mode to Input Panel.
Next, start PenOffice and switch into the recognition mode.
Writing in the Tablet PC Input Panel uses Microsoft handwriting recognition but if you write anywhere else on the screen, PenOffice handwriting recognition is used.

Pen Types and Uses

Setting Up

Sticky Notes

Storing and Exporting Data

Tablet PC Tapping Tips - Because of digitizer issues on Tablet PCs, the cursor is not always where the pen is especially near the edges of the screen. The amount of disparity varies between manufacturers. After a few days, it's easy to learn to watch where the cursor is located on the screen versus watching the end of the pen tip. Nevertheless, this disparity can be a problem for first time Tablet PC users (or when you're trying to demo your Tablet PC or show it off to your friends!).Here is a quick tip on how to work around the disparity problem before it is a problem.

Turn Your Tablet PC Into A PhotoCopy Machine - This article shows you how to use a digital camera and your Journal-enabled Tablet PC to photograph printed documents and "import" them into Journal as electronic collections that you can markup, highlight, or clip (using the Microsoft Snipping utility).

Use Ink During Your Presentations - You can import a presentation into Windows Journal, project it onto a screen, and use pen and ink capabilities to annotate your slides or highlight key areas.

Working with Ink Fields

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