How do I use gestures in Tablet PC Input Panel?
If you have a Tablet PC and use Tablet PC Input Panel to convert your handwriting to text, you can use gestures (motions that you make or symbols that you draw with your tablet pen) to revise what you write and to perform common actions.
Tablet PC Input Panel
There are two types of gestures that you can use in Input Panel:
Revision gestures. Use the correcting, deleting, splitting, and joining gestures to revise recognized text when you're writing in Input Panel.
Action gestures. Use action gestures on the empty writing area to perform some basic actions, such as inserting spaces and tabs into the active program.
Using revision gestures to correct, delete, split, and join words
You can use gestures to open the correction area, add space within a word or between words (split words), remove space from between two words (join words), and strike-through a word to delete it. Here's how to see these gestures in action and learn how to use them:
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Open Tablet PC Input Panel by clicking the Start button 
. In the search box, type Tablet PC Input Panel, and then, in the list of results, tap Tablet PC Input Panel.
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In the Input Panel frame, click the button for the gesture that you want to learn.
A short video plays that shows you how to use that gesture.
Note
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If you don't see the buttons for the videos, click the
Show correction videos
button.
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When you're finished watching the video, click the button again to hide the video.
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Write something in Input Panel and practice using the gestures on your recognized text.
Using action gestures
When you use an action gesture, you get the same result that you'd get if you pressed the corresponding key on a standard keyboard. You can use action gestures only when there's no ink or recognized text on the writing surface.
There are two sets of gestures for common actions:
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Gestures commonly used on handheld computers
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Gestures from the Simplified Chinese (PRC) standard, GB/T 18790-2002, which has been adopted by the Chinese government
Gestures commonly used on handheld computers
The following table shows how to make gestures that are commonly used on handheld computers. To make a gesture, make sure that the Input Panel writing area is completely clear of ink and recognized text. Draw the shape as it's shown, starting where the dot is.
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Action
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Gesture symbol
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Backspace
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Space
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Enter
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Tab
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Gestures from the Simplified Chinese (PRC) standard, GB/T 18790-2002
The following table shows how to make gestures from the Simplified Chinese (PRC) standard, GB/T 18790-2002. To make a gesture, make sure that the Input Panel writing area is completely clear of ink and recognized text. Draw the shape as it's shown, starting where the dot is.
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Action
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Gesture symbol
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Backspace
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Space
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Enter
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Tab
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Delete
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Open Tablet PC Input Panel by clicking the Start button . In the search box, type Tablet PC Input Panel, and then, in the list of results, tap Tablet PC Input Panel.
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Tap the Tools menu, and then tap Options.
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Tap the Advanced tab, tap Use gestures commonly used on handheld computers or Use gestures from the Simplified Chinese (PRC) standard, GB/T 18790-2002, and then tap OK.
Tips for making gestures
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Make sure that the tip of your tablet pen touches the surface of the screen as you make the gesture.
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For action gestures, make sure that the writing area is completely clear of ink and recognized text before you start. (This does not apply for the correcting, splitting, joining, or deleting gestures.)
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If the gesture you make isn't recognized:
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Try making the gesture faster.
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For the backspace and space gestures, try making a longer line.
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For the enter gesture, make the left part of the stroke two to four times longer than the downward part of the stroke.
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For the enter gesture, draw a 90-degree angle—not a curve—between the downward and left sections of the stroke.
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For the tab gesture, make the right part of the stroke two to four times longer than the upward part of the stroke.
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For the tab gesture, draw a 90-degree angle—not a curve—between the upward and right sections of the stroke.
