55IndexContents55IndexContentsInteractive pen displayPEN AND DIGITAL INK CAPABILITIES IN WINDOWSMicrosoft Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista provide extensive support for pen input*. When using theinteractive pen display with a computer running Windows 8, Windows 7 or Vista, your experience isenhanced by powerful note taking, handwriting recognition, fast navigation, and other digital inking optionsdesigned 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 choosefrom a variety of pen, marker, and highlighter tools. Journal also includes a powerful search engine thatcan even locate your handwritten content.• Handwriting recognition. Because Windows includes powerful handwriting recognition capabilities,you can use your Wacom pen to quickly enter handwritten information anywhere the computer acceptstyped 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 triggercustomizable actions for navigation, editing, and other functions. To customize your gestures, selectthe FLICKS tab in the P EN AND I NPUT D EVICES control panel.• Digital Ink in Microsoft Office 2007. Use your Wacom pen to full advantage with the enhanced digitalmark-up and inking tools available in Microsoft Office 2007 or later applications running on Windows 8,Windows 7 or Vista. Found on the REVIEW tab within applicable applications, these tools provide aconsistent set of inking options. For quick access, you can add specific inking tools to the QuickAccess 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 withyour system, including the Windows training tools.Note: The following workarounds in the software driver for the tablet portion of the pen display improveperformance in Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista:• To improve performance, Pen Flicks and ‘press-and-hold-to-right-click’ features are disabled in somegraphics applications such as Photoshop.• 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 Vista PEN AND I NPUT D EVICES control panel.* Pen features are supported in all versions of Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista except Windows Starter and HomeBasic, and Windows Vista Home Basic.