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

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{{Infobox software

| name = Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing

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

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|released=1991

|latest releasereleased version= 1992 as Microsoft Windows 3.1 for Pen Computing 21.0

| latest release dateversion =1995 Microsoft Windows 95 for Pen Computing 2.0

| latest previewrelease date version= 1995

| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]

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| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]

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'''Windows for Pen Computing''' wasis 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 19911992.<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

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| title = [[Barbarians Led by Bill Gates]]

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

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The software features of Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 includedincludes 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.

Microsoft published [[Windows 95]] in 1995, and later released Windows for Pen Computing 2.0Services 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 [[Windows XP editions#Tablet PC Edition|Windows XP Tablet PC Edition]] superseded Windows for Pen Computing in 2002.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]]95,<ref>{{cite such as [[Windows Vista]] and [[Windows 7]], supported pen computing intrinsically.web

| 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.

== See also ==

* [[Windows Ink Workspace]]

== References ==

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== External links ==

*[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://ruetersward.com/biblio.html Annotated bibliography of references to handwriting recognition and pen computing]

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

* [httphttps://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)

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

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