Frequently Asked Questions
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Q: What are Tablet Input Panel (TIP) gestures?

A: A gesture is a shape you draw with your convertible tablet notebook pen to send a command to your convertible tablet notebook. In Input Panel, you can also use gestures to control the insertion point in the active program. When you use these gestures, you get the same result as pressing the corresponding key on a standard keyboard.

You can use gestures to:

  • Open the Tablet Input Panel (TIP) by waving the pen back and forth over the screen.
  • Backspace by drawing a right-to-left line on the display surface.
  • In most text input programs, you can erase text by scratching it out. Microsoft® Windows® XP for Tablet PC interprets a scratchout as a delete command.
  • To erase, draw a short, wide "Z".

More information about gestures and gesture symbols, as well as handwriting tips, are located in the Help section of the TIP's Tools menu.