Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition: An Overview Chris Shelley Test Engineer Tablet PC Team Micro

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Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition An
OverviewChris ShelleyTest EngineerTablet PC
TeamMicrosoft Corporation
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Objectives

• Provide a feature overview of Microsoft Windows
  XP Tablet PC Edition
• Explain hardware offerings from Original
  Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
• Discuss technical support and troubleshooting

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Agenda

• What is Tablet PC?
• Features Overview
• Hardware Form Factors Overview
• Common Troubleshooting Tips
• Technical Support Overview

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What Is Tablet PC?

• A full-featured computer running Windows XP
  Tablet PC Edition, a superset of Windows XP
  Professional
• A highly mobile computer that enables new usage
  scenarios
• A powerful platform enabling a new generation of
  business applications

Windows XP
Tablet PC
SP1
Tablet PCComponents
Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 1
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Features Overview - Software

• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition adds the following
  features to Windows XP Professional
• Pen input
• Ink controls
• Gesture recognition engine and APIs
• Handwriting and speech recognition engines
• Windows Journal
• Tablet PC Input Panel
• Sticky Notes
• InkBall
• Also available Microsoft Office XP Pack for
  Tablet PC (Tablet Pack)

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Windows Journal

• Tools permit powerful note-taking ability and
  collaboration
• Six primary tools
• Pen
• Highlighter
• Eraser
• Selection Tool
• Insert/Remove Space
• Flag

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Windows Journal (2)

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Windows Journal (3)
Pen Toolbar
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Input Panel

• Enter text into programs and control your
  computer
• Tap Input Panel in the taskbar to open Input
  Panel
• Enter text in Input Panel three ways
• Tap characters on the on-screen keyboard
• Enter handwritten text on the writing pad
• Enter text using the dictation feature within the
  speech recognition component

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Input Panel (2)

• Switch quickly between Writing Pad and Keyboard
• Use Quick Keys, Symbols Pad, and Character
  Recognizer
• Tap Send to manually insert as text or ink
• Open the Tools menu for additional
  functionalityincluding Speechand advanced
  settings
• Use Gestures as shortcuts
• Maximize writing area by using Write Anywhere

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Writing with Input Panel

• Write naturally
• Use the baseline like a line on paper
• Do not wait after each word
• Use two lines for continuous input
• Make sure the insertion point has focus in an
  application

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Sticky Notes

• Use the same way as a paper sticky note
• Write or record your voice
• Keep in a single stack
• Copy into other programs
• Import or export the stack
• Drag into applications that use OLE technology

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InkBall

• Play this pen- and ink-enabled game
• Increase pen usage proficiency
• Guide balls into holes using ink strokes
• Get the highest score!

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Office XP Pack for Tablet PC

• Use your handwriting in Word documents, e-mail
  messages, and more
• Outlook 2002
• Write ink e-mail messages
• Insert meeting information into a Windows Journal
  note
• Convert ink into an Outlook appointment, contact,
  or task
• Word 2002
• Insert ink writing or a drawing area into a
  document
• Write ink comments in Word comment bubbles
• PowerPoint 2002
• Use ink annotations during a slide show or in
  edit mode
• Excel 2002
• Add ink annotations to spreadsheets

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Ink in E-mail
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Ink in PowerPoint
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Features Overview - Hardware

• All Tablet PC devices will include the following
  hardware attributes
• Electromagnetic digitizer and pen
• Optimized power states
• Screen rotation support
• Free of old hardware
• Hardware buttons for logging on to Windows and
  doing additional tasks
• Support for surprise undocking

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Hardware Designs
Convertible Models
Slate Tablet Models

• Docked Mode
• Both will enable access to full keyboard,
  monitor,
• and mouse
• Both enable multi-monitor configurations

• Laptop Mode
• Convertible Attached keyboard
• Slate Tablet Detachable keyboard

• Tablet Mode
• Convertible Keyboard folds away
• Slate Tablet Thinnest and lightest design

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Windows XP Tablet PC EditionOEM Partners

• Acer
• Aopen
• Aplux Communications Ltd.
• Compal Electronics Inc.
• Electrovaya
• FIC
• Fujitsu
• Fujitsu Siemens
• Gateway
• Gigabyte
• HP
• Kontron
• Legend
• Motion Computing
• MSI
• NEC
• NEC-CI

• Network Tech AB
• PaceBlade Technology
• QDI
• Quanta
• Research Machines PLC
• Sharp
• Siltek
• Sotec
• Tatung
• Time Group Ltd.
• Toshiba
• Twinhead
• ViewSonic
• Viglen Limited
• WalkAbout Computers
• Wistron Corporation
• Xplore Technologies

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Windows XP Tablet PC EditionISV Partners

• Adobe Systems Inc.
• Agilix Labs
• Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.
• Aliaswavefront
• Autodesk Inc.
• Avanade
• BAE
• Corel Corp.
• Dassault Systemes
• Eclipsys Technologies Corp.
• EDS
• ESRI
• FranklinCovey

• Groove Networks
• Hanwang Technology Co.
• iSoft, Inc.
• Iteration Software Inc.
• Keylogix International Ltd.
• Leszynski Co.
• Microsoft Office XP
• Microsoft Visio
• SAP
• ScanSoft, Inc.
• Siebel
• Stentor Inc.
• WebEx Communications Inc.
• Zinio Systems Inc.

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Tablet and Pen Settings

• Customize behavior to suit your writing hand
• Calibrate the screen to increase pen input
  accuracy
• Configure screen orientation options
• Additional power management options
• Assign actions to Tablet PC hardware buttons
• Change pen interaction settings

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Tablet PC Buttons

• Enable full mobility
• Maximize secure computing
• Increase efficiency
• Optimize personal tailoring

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Common Troubleshooting Tips

• Maximize battery life
• Improve pen accuracy and results
• Get better handwriting recognition results
• Use what you know a superset of Windows XP
  Professional
• Stay current with Windows Update

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Technical Support

• Contact the Original Equipment Manufacturer for
  support with your Tablet PC
• Microsoft Tablet PC Web site
• Links to white papers, how-to articles,
  downloads, etc.
• http//www.microsoft.com/tabletpc/
• Microsoft Tablet PC Community and ExpertZone
• http//www.microsoft.com/communities/
• Server msnews.microsoft.com
• microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc
• microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc.developer

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Additional Resources

• Tablet PC Platform SDK
• http//msdn.microsoft.com/tabletpc/
• Additional Tablet PC Developer Resources
• http//www.tabletpcdeveloper.com
• Office XP Pack for Tablet PC
• http//office.microsoft.com/downloads/

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