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{{Short description|Software suite for Windows 3.1 for pen computing}}

'''Windows for Pen Computing''' was a series of [[Microsoft]]-produced add-ons for [[Microsoft Windows]] versions in the mid-1990s with additional tools for [[Pen Computing]] PCs. Windows for Pen Computing (also known as ''Pen Windows'' and ''W4PC'') was developed as Microsoft's [[Pen computing]] response to the [[PenPoint OS]] by [[GO Corporation]]. <ref>{{cite

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{{Infobox software

| author =[[Marlin Eller]] and Jennifer Edstrom

| name == Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing 1.0==

| publisher = Owl Books

| logo == Windows for Pen Computing 2boot screen.0==png

| date = 1998

| logo alt = Logo of Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing version 1.0

| accessdate = 2008-10-17

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}}</ref> Windows for Pen Computing was obsoleted by the [[Tablet PC]] support for [[Windows XP Tablet PC Edition]] in 2002.

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| author = [[Microsoft]]

| developer = Microsoft

| released = 1992 as Microsoft Windows 3.1 for Pen Computing 1.0

| latest release version = Microsoft Windows 95 for Pen Computing 2.0

| latest release date = 1995

| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]

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'''Windows for Pen Computing''' is a [[software suite]] for [[Windows 3.1x]], that [[Microsoft]] designed to incorporate [[pen computing]] capabilities into the Windows [[Operating environment#Computing|operating environment]]. Windows for Pen Computing was the second major pen computing platform for [[x86]] [[Tablet computer|tablet PC]]s; [[GO Corporation]] released their [[operating system]], [[PenPoint OS]], shortly before Microsoft published Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 in 1992.<ref name="pencomputingmag">{{cite web

==Windows for Pen Computing 1.0==

Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 was an add-on to [[Windows 3.11]] with support for pen input.<ref name="pencomputingmag">{{cite web

| url = http://www.pencomputing.com/developer/pen_extensions.html

| title = Pen Computing and Windows 95

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| publisher = [[Pen Computing Magazine]]

| date = December 1995

| accessdateaccess-date = May 6, 2008-05-06

}}</ref><ref>{{citation

}}</ref> It shipped with various pen tools, including a writing trainer, an [[on-screen keyboard]], and a note pad. The Windows help was also been replaced with a Pen computing version. Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 was typically packaged with pen hardware sold at the time, and was also included with the [[Windows SDK]].

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| author =[[Marlin Eller]] and Jennifer Edstrom | publisher = Owl Books

| date = 1998

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The software features of Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 includes an [[on-screen keyboard]], a notepad program for writing with the [[Stylus (computing)|stylus]], and a program for training the system to respond accurately to the user's [[handwriting]]. Microsoft included Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 in the [[Windows SDK]], and the operating environment was also bundled with compatible devices.

==Windows for Pen Computing 2.0==

Microsoft published [[Windows 95]] in 1995, and later released Pen Services for Windows 95,<ref>{{cite web

Windows for Pen Computing 2.0 is an add-on to [[Windows 95]] which adds pen input support. It has to be installed separately, and does not include any pen tools, unlike the previous version.

| url = http://www.pencomputing.com/developer/pen_services.html

| title = Pen Services for Windows 95

| author = Scott Griepentrog

| publisher = [[Pen Computing Magazine]]

| date = August 1996

| access-date = February 16, 2017

}}</ref> also known as Windows for Pen Computing 2.0, for this new [[operating system]]. [[Windows XP editions#Tablet PC Edition|Windows XP Tablet PC Edition]] superseded Windows for Pen Computing in 2002. Subsequent [[List of Microsoft Windows versions|Windows versions]], such as [[Windows Vista]] and [[Windows 7]], supported pen computing intrinsically.

==References See also ==

* [[Windows Ink Workspace]]

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [http://www.bricklin.com/tabletcomputing.htm About Tablet Computing Old and New] - an article that mentions Windows Pen in passing

*[http://users.erols.com/rwservices/pens/penhist.html The Unknown History of Pen Computing] contains a history of pen computing, including touch and gesture technology, from approximately 1917 to 1992.

* [http://www.bricklin.com/tabletcomputing.htm About Tablet Computing Old and New] - an article that mentions Windows Pen in passing

* [http://rwservicesruetersward.no-ip.info:81com/biblio.html Annotated bibliography of references to handwriting recognition and pen computing]

* [http://www.winhistory.de/more/wfp.htm Windows für Pen Computer] {{de icon}}

* [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwwwwww.winhistory.de%2Fmore%2Fwfp/more/wfp.htm&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 Windows forfür Pen Computer] {{in lang|de}}

* [https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.winhistory.de%2Fmore%2Fwfp.htm&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 Windows for Pen Computer] (German link above translated by Google)

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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xnqKdWMa_8 Notes on the History of Pen-based Computing (YouTube)]

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