Windows® 7. Your Tablet PC, simplified.
Tablet PC enhancements - A mightier pen
Windows® 7 improves the Tablet PC with greater accuracy and speed for handwriting recognition, support for handwritten
math expressions, personalized custom dictionaries for handwriting recognition, and more.
- Improved Handwriting Recognition: Re-designed and improved so handwriting is coverted to text automatically as you write. New editing gestures and smart correction provide better accuracy and efficiency for handwriting input. Personalized custom dictionaries help with the recognition of specialized vocabulary.
- Handwritten Math Expressions: The Math Input Panel is a new accessory that automatically recognizes handwritten math expressions.
- Text Prediction for Keyboard: On-screen keyboard in Windows 7 has a new look, and now includes personalized word and nextword prediction. Just type a few letters and you’ll be offered a list of words that match. Based on the words you use frequently and the corrections that you make, Windows 7 will become even better at predicting what you type over time.
- Support for Additional Languages: Windows 7 supports handwriting recognition for Tablet PCs in 12 languages: English (U.S.), English (U.K.), German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, and Korean.
- Better Speech Recognition: Improved accuracy of Windows Speech Recognition so that you can dictate to your Tablet PC in many common programs and tell it what to do or input text content.
Simplifies everyday tasks
Windows® 7 makes the things you do every day faster and easier. With fewer clicks, faster searching, easier browsing, and simpler ways to connect, there’s less between you and what you want to do.
- Simple to use: Get around and get things done faster with simpler, streamlined, navigation.
- Easy to browse the web: Browse the web faster and easier with Internet Explorer® 8.
- Easy to connect: Easily share printers and documents with multiple PCs on your home network and stay connected more easily when you're away from home.
- Easy to communicate and share: Communicating and sharing is easier with Windows 7 and Windows Live. Windows Live Essentials make e-mail, IM, and editing and sharing photos and videos easier (with Windows Live Mail, Messenger, and Photo Gallery).
Works the way you want
Windows® 7 is designed to improve the performance of your PC, so it's faster, more secure, and more reliable. PCs with Windows 7 simply work the way you want them to work.
- Faster and more reliable: Windows® 7 is designed to make PCs more reliable and responsive.
- More secure: Improved security helps safeguard your PC and your privacy.
- Compatible with you: Run many Windows® XP productivity programs and personalize your PC to be just the way you want it.
Makes new things possible
With Windows® 7, you'll discover easy and exciting new ways to have fun and get things done with your PC.
- Media on your terms: Use your PC as a TV or enjoy photos, music, and videos in more ways — at home and away from home.
- Work anywhere: With Windows® 7, you can see and connect to available networks, including Wi-Fi, broadband, dial-up, and VPN, in just a few clicks.
- New ways to engage: Windows® 7 makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use.
