Writing and Drawing Notes


The Windows Journal is an extremely versatile tool that provides an ideal palette on which you can assemble diverse types of information. Although it's primarily for writing notes and making quick sketches with a stylus, you can modify the content, move it around, and even convert your handwriting to text.

Write and Draw

If the Journal isn't already running, click the Start button, type jou in the Search box of the Start menu, and click Windows Journal to start the program.

Write a title for the note using your stylus or mouse.

If you want to use a different pen color or shape, click and choose your options from the Pen drop-down menu. To make additional changes, choose Pen Settings, and make your selections in the Pen And Highlighter Settings dialog box.

Write the content of your notes and draw the pictures using your stylus or mouse.

To highlight any material, click the Highlighter button, and drag the highlight over the desired items. To use a different highlight color or width, click the down arrow next to the Highlighter button. To return to writing or drawing, click the Pen button again.

To delete content, click the Eraser button, and drag the Eraser over the content you want to remove.

Click Save to save the note. Click Save periodically to save your most recent edits.

Tip

To always open a note with a specific template, pen color or shape, or to design your default page using line spacing and a background picture, choose Options from the Tools menu, and make the settings you want.


Tip

To use a different backgroundfor example, music staffs, graph paper, or a monthly calendar, among otherschoose New Note From Template from the File menu, and select the background you want from the list in the Open dialog box.


Modify and Use Your Content

Click the Selection Tool, and drag the selection around the material you want to change.

To modify the content, do any of the following:

  • Drag it to a new location.

  • Drag a sizing box to increase or decrease the size of the content.

  • Click the Cut or Copy button to move or copy the content to the Windows Clipboard.

  • Choose Format Ink from the Edit menu to change the color and thickness of the ink or to apply bold or italic formatting to the selection.

  • Choose Convert Selection To E-Mail from the Actions menu to convert writing to text and then send the text in an e-mail message.

  • Choose Convert Selection To Text from the Actions menu to convert the writing to text and then either copy the text to the Windows Clipboard or replace the selected writing with text.

  • Point to Change Shape To on the Actions menu, and choose the shape you want the selected content to be converted to.

Click the Pen button, and add more writing or drawings.

Click any of the editing buttons to modify your document.

Click Save.

Click New Note to create a new note, or click the Close button to end your work in the Journal.

Tip

Whenever you choose to convert writing to text, a dialog box appears in which you can then correct the handwriting-recognition results. If the results are so bad that the correct text isn't offered as an alternative, use your physical keyboard or the On-Screen Keyboard in the Input Panel to enter the correct text.




Windows Vista Plain & Simple
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