Dell Latitude XT3 Owner's Manual page 18

To enter the text, you can use the handwriting recognition software or the touch
keyboard to enter text:
Icon Function
Handwriting recognition — The writing pad and character pad convert
handwriting into typed text. You can write continuously on the writing
pad, like writing on a piece of lined paper. Use the character pad to
enter one character at a time. The character pad converts your
handwriting to typed text, one letter, number or symbol at a time, but
doesn't take the context of the full word into account and doesn't take
advantage of the handwriting dictionary. To switch to the character pad
in Input Panel, tap Tools, and then Write character by character
Touch keyboard — The touch keyboard is like a standard keyboard, but
you enter text by tapping the keys with your tablet pen or finger.
Using Tablet PC Input Panel
Tablet PC input panel allows you enter text into your applications, when an application
does not directly support pen input.
You can access the Tablet PC input panel performing either of the following actions:
• Tap your pen in an editable area in the application. The Tablet PC Input Panel icon
appears. Tapping the Tablet PC icon makes Input Panel slide out from the edge of the
display.
• Tap the Input Panel tab, which is docked at the edge of the screen when the Input
Panel is hidden.
• You can move the Input Panel tab by dragging it up or down along the edge of the
screen. Then, when you tap it, the Input Panel opens at the same horizontal location
on the screen that the tab appears.
Figure 2. Table PC Input Panel
The writing pad and character pad have a number pad, a symbol pad, and web quick
keys to help you quickly and accurately enter these types of text. These quick keys are
hidden when you start to write, but appear after you insert or delete your writing.
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