Pen And Digital Ink Capabilities In Windows - Wacom CINTIQ 21UX DTK-2100 Installation Manual

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,
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• 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 R
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
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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 F
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* 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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