pen and touch

Using Tablet PCs and Ultra-Mobile PCs : Using a Tablet PC (part 2) - Configuring Tablet PC Features - Using Pen and Touch

While the personalized recognizer is available on all Windows 7–based PCs, automatic learning is available only on Tablet PCs (including Ultra-Mobile PCs), so if you visit this location on a non-Tablet PC, you'll see a message to that effect, and the Automatic Learning section of the Handwriting Recognition tab is grayed out.

Reading, Writing, and Editing with Pen and Touch Tools (part 1) - Using Gestures in Windows 7

When you use a PC without a keyboard, how do you enter text into dialog boxes, web forms, your browser's address bar, or a document? For those tasks, use the Tablet PC Input Panel.

Reading, Writing, and Editing with Pen and Touch Tools (part 1) - Using Gestures in Windows 7

There's more to touch (and pen) support than just replacing a mouse. Once you learn the full range of gestures that Windows 7 supports, you'll realize that touch input enables some capabilities you can't use with a mouse alone.

Enabling and Customizing Pen and Touch Features

For years, touching a PC screen did nothing except leave a greasy smudge on the glass. That's still the case if you have a desktop or notebook PC with a conventional display—Windows 7 cannot magically turn your old LCD into a touch screen.

Managing Windows 7 : Managing Touch Settings

If your computer has touch capabilities, you can customize the way the computer responds to your touch, and the way windows and programs respond when you pan to scroll the window with your finger.

Managing Windows 7 : Managing Navigational and Editing Flicks

On a computer that has pen or touch input, you can use flicks to accomplish specific actions. A flick is a short gesture that you make with a pen or a finger, in a specific direction, to accomplish a certain action. You can also customize flicks to perform many different actions.

Managing Windows 7 : Configuring a Pen or Touch Computer, Managing Pen Settings

If you have a Tablet PC or another system that uses pen or touch input, you can configure the computer so that it works best for you and the way you use it. Unless you want to change the way things are working, you'll need to configure most of these settings only once.

Using Tablet PCs and Ultra-Mobile PCs : Using a Tablet PC (part 4) - Flicks and Gestures

Flicks, called "gestures" in other pen-based systems, are special quick movements you can make with a Tablet PC stylus over the digitizer to navigate quickly or launch shortcuts for commonly needed functionality such as copy and paste. With a flick, you literally flick the pen in a certain way to cause an action.

Using Tablet PCs and Ultra-Mobile PCs : Using a Tablet PC (part 1) - Configuring Tablet PC Features - Using Tablet PC Settings

If you're used to how these features are configured in Windows Vista, you'll need to get reoriented because Microsoft has moved items around fairly dramatically.

Configuring the Windows 7 Operating System (part 3) - Understanding the System Icon & Using the Registry Editor

Microsoft Windows 7 handles the virtual memory requirements by default, but I recommend increasing the virtual memory on your machine if hard drive space is available.