Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing
Original author	Microsoft
Developer	Microsoft
Initial release	1992 as Microsoft Windows 3.1 for Pen Computing 1.0
Stable release	Microsoft Windows 95 for Pen Computing 2.0 / 1995
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
License	Proprietary

Windows for Pen Computing is asoftware suite forWindows 3.1x, thatMicrosoft designed to incorporatepen computing capabilities into the Windowsoperating environment. Windows for Pen Computing was the second major pen computing platform forx86tablet PCs;GO Corporation released theiroperating system,PenPoint OS, shortly before Microsoft published Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 in 1992.^[1][2]

The software features of Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 includes anon-screen keyboard, a notepad program for writing with thestylus, and a program for training the system to respond accurately to the user'shandwriting. Microsoft included Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 in theWindows SDK, and the operating environment was also bundled with compatible devices.

Microsoft publishedWindows 95 in 1995, and later released Pen Services for Windows 95,^[3] also known as Windows for Pen Computing 2.0, for this newoperating system.Windows XP Tablet PC Edition superseded Windows for Pen Computing in 2002. SubsequentWindows versions, such asWindows Vista andWindows 7, supported pen computing intrinsically.

• Windows Ink Workspace

• The Unknown History of Pen Computing contains a history of pen computing, including touch and gesture technology, from approximately 1917 to 1992.
• About Tablet Computing Old and New - an article that mentions Windows Pen in passing
• Annotated bibliography of references to handwriting recognition and pen computing
• Windows für Pen Computer(in German)
• Windows for Pen Computer (German link above translated by Google)
• Notes on the History of Pen-based Computing (YouTube)

ThisMicrosoft Windows article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information.

• v
• t
• e

• Microsoft Windows stubs
• 1992 software
• Handwriting recognition
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Tablet PC
• Tablet computers

• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Use mdy dates from April 2023
• Use American English from April 2023
• All Wikipedia articles written in American English
• Articles with German-language sources (de)
• All stub articles