WD: Known Issues Using "Windows 95 for Pen Computing"

• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

This article lists known problems using Windows 95 for Pen Computing and Word for Windows.

The following gestures do not work:

- Edit Text gesture (check mark circled)

- Insert Text gesture (caret circled)

- Context Menu gesture (M circled), can't right-click for Context menus

- Select gesture (lasso tap)

The following symptoms and problems may be experienced:

- Pen Windows display does not refresh correctly when the pen is near the

  digitizer pad.

  button is pressed, the cursor changes to an I-Beam.

  floats along with the insertion point allowing access to a context menu
  and easier access with a pen.

- When you neatly print characters using the pen stylus, the characters are

  connected as if you had not lifted the pen between printed characters.

WORKAROUND

Context Menu Gesture (M circled)

Press SHIFT+F10 with the pen at the point you want a context menu.

Display Refresh Symptom

Keep the pen away from the digitizer pad when not in use.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q110398
   TITLE     : Drag-and-Drop Editing Not Functional with Pen Windows

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.