如今，平板(Tablet)电脑变得越来越流行，这是有充分理由的。它们紧凑且易于使用，并且可以与带键盘的表亲一样强大。它们旨在让您用手写笔在屏幕上书写，就像用笔在纸上书写一样。但是，大多数网站和其他软件的设计并不支持手写。这就是平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)的真正亮点——它几乎可以将任何手写内容转换为您的应用程序可以使用的键入文本。在本教程中，我们将学习如何快速准确地输入文本。
注意：(NOTE:)与之前的教程一样，本教程适用于平板电脑、触摸屏和平板电脑/笔输入设备。如果您只有鼠标或轨迹球(mouse or trackball)，您也可以“书写”，但以下某些说明不适用。
让我们写！
由于平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)专门设计用于让您将文本转换后的手写内容发送到其他应用程序，因此如果没有其他应用程序可用于发送文本，输入面板中的许多工具将无法正常工作。(Input Panel)因此，让我们(So let)从打开记事本(Notepad)开始。
现在，通过点击其选项卡打开平板电脑输入面板。(Tablet Input Panel)您会在右侧看到一个带有一组黑色按钮的小书写区域。在窗口的顶部边框中，您将看到书写和键盘选项、“工具(Tools)”菜单以及一组您可能不认识的四个按钮。这些按钮被称为“更正视频(correction video)按钮”，它们的作用是向您展示一些动画剪辑，演示如何更正、删除、拆分和连接文本。
如果您不希望它们可见，下一个按钮（红色关闭(Close)图标旁边）可让您隐藏或显示它们。
当您开始编写时，右侧的黑色按钮簇将消失，并且标有“插入”的按钮将出现在“(Insert)输入面板(Input Panel)”框的底部。如果您没有打开另一个可以将文本传输到的应用程序，单击它只会清除屏幕并返回按钮。如果没有任何其他应用程序正在运行，该按钮也可能是灰色的，这就是我们从打开记事本(Notepad)开始的原因。
默认情况下，平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)逐字识别您的手写内容。如果您希望它逐个字符地识别，您可以从默认的书写板（以徒手风格书写）(Writing Pad (Write in freehand style))切换到字符板(Character Pad)。点击工具(Tools)，然后选择“逐个字符写入”('Write character by character')。书写板将变为一个带有空格的书写板，用于书写每个字符。如果您选择这种文本输入方法，请注意平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)将识别每个字符而不考虑其在单词中的上下文，并且您将无法使用手写字典。
假设您使用的是默认模式(default mode)（以手绘风格书写(Write in freehand style)）。从写任何你喜欢的东西开始(Start)。当您从一个单词移动到另一个单词时，平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)会将前一个单词转换为文本。（有关文本转换的设置，请参阅Windows 7的平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)入门的第一部分。）
当您接近行尾时，平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)将增加更多空间。不要在行尾用连字符连字 - 而是在下一行开始写整个单词。
写完所有要写的内容后，点击“插入(Insert)”选项卡，您的作品将出现在其他应用程序中。
进行更正
在平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)上书写就像用笔在纸上书写一样，如果您犯了一个错误并想从头再来一遍，您可以像用笔一样纠正它。如果您的数位板手写笔(tablet stylus)有橡皮擦，请按照制造商的说明进行使用。如果您没有橡皮擦，或者不想使用它，您可以通过更正获得一点乐趣。在你写的东西上画一条线，它就会消失。使用M 形或 W 形(M-or-W-shaped)线、圆形线或角线，像用钢笔一样涂鸦。几乎所有(everything meant)看起来像涂鸦的东西都将被接受为“删除此错误”命令。
但是，如果您不想从头再来怎么办？这就是那些有自己的小动画视频的命令的用武之地。如果平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)已经同时运行了两个单词，您可以使用拆分(Split)命令在中间添加一个空格(space inbetween)。如果一个单词被错误地识别为两个单词，您可以使用Join命令将各个部分重新组合在一起。了解这些命令如何工作的最佳方式是观看视频。在这种情况下，一张图绝对值一千字。
如果某个单词拼写错误或识别不正确，并且您想修正几个字符，请点按该单词。你会看到更正区域(correction area)出现——单词的字符是分开的。查看书写区域的正上方，您会看到针对您选择的单词的几个建议更正。
如果其中之一是您要编写的内容，请点击它，平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)将自动进行更正。如果没有出现任何合适的内容，只需将出现错误的字符改写即可。手写识别仍处于活动状态，因此您可能会在执行此操作时看到整个单词发生变化(word change)，因为平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)会尝试预测更正。如果您开始在两个单词之间的空格中书写，平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)将为您提供更多的书写空间。
如果您正在逐字书写，请点击不正确的字符，然后您可以从窗口顶部的列表中选择正确的字符，或者用(window or write)正确的字符覆盖不正确的字符。
一旦你写了一些东西并且对它感到满意，点击插入(Insert)选项卡，你会看到你的文本出现在记事本(Notepad)中。
如果您正在使用平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)将文本插入程序或网页，并且在插入文本后您发现输入错误，请选择不正确的文本，它会出现在书写窗格(writing pane)中，所以然后您可以进行更正。
自动完成和文本预测
您可能已经熟悉AutoComplete的工作方式，尤其是在您拥有智能手机的情况下。平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)会查看您所写的内容，并对您将要写的内容做出有根据的猜测。建议列表将出现在写作区域上方。要使用其中一项建议，只需点按它即可。
文本预测(Text prediction)更加复杂。它会查看您已经编写的内容，并预测接下来会发生什么。您使用平板电脑输入面板的次数越多，(Tablet Input Panel)文本预测(text prediction)效果就越好。它仅提供英语(English)（美国和英国(U.S. and U.K.)）、法语、意大利语、德语和西班牙语版本。它也可以在繁体和简体中文(Traditional and Simplified Chinese)的逐字符模式下使用。
平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)需要一段时间来建立足够的数据以开始提出建议。我使用它的时间还不够长，所以我无法在这里说明。我得继续写。
如果您不想使用这些功能中的一个或两个，请点击'Tools -> Options -> Text completion'，然后取消选中您不想要的项目。
使用数字(Number)、符号(Symbol)和Web 按钮(Web Buttons)
与屏幕底部的“插入(Insert)”选项卡一样，如果您没有打开应用程序来插入转换后的文本，右侧的黑色按钮将不起作用。如果输入面板(Input Panel)屏幕中仍有文本，请点击插入以将其发送到记事本(Notepad)。黑色按钮将重新出现在文本输入面板(text entry panel)的右侧。这些按钮直接作用于您正在使用的其他应用程序中的文本。尝试点击它们以查看此功能。
还有一些按钮可以打开数字(Number)面板和符号(Symbols)面板。如果您愿意，您可以同时打开这两个面板，然后点击这些面板中的键将数字或符号直接放入另一个应用程序。如果您没有其他可用于发送字符的应用程序，它们不会做任何事情。
Web按钮仅在您打开 Web 浏览器时才起作用，并且包含URL(URLs)的常用组件的键。打开浏览器并将光标放在浏览器屏幕(browser screen)顶部的地址栏中(address bar)。点击http://按钮，然后点击www。按钮，然后观看那些出现在地址栏中(address bar)的按钮。
在文本框中，输入 7tutorials(7tutorials)（或任何其他网站地址），如有必要进行更正，然后点击插入(Insert)。然后点击.com按钮和Enter按钮，然后就可以了。
更多内容
当您尝试使用Tablet Input Panel时，您会发现它在识别几乎任何笔迹并将其更改为准确的文本方面做得非常好。进行更正很容易，平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)带有内置按钮，让您只需轻轻一按即可输入常用符号和网址组件。
尽管它“开箱即用”，但仍有一些方法可以使平板电脑输入面板(Tablet Input Panel)变得更好，并教它如何写信。这称为个性化(personalizing)，我将在下一个教程中讨论这一点。同时，不要犹豫，查看下面推荐的文章。
Windows 7’s Tablet Input Panel: Text Entry and Handwriting Recognition
Tablet PCs are becoming more popular these days, and for good reason. Τhey're compact and easy to use and can be every bit as powerful as their cousins with keyboards. They're desіgned to let you write оn the screen with a stylυs the ѕame way you'd write on paper with a pen. Howeνer, most web sites and other software aren't designеd tо accept handwriting. This is where the Tablet Input Panel really shines--it converts almost any handwriting to typed text your applications can use. In this tutorial we'll learn how to enter text quickly and accurately.
NOTE: As with the previous tutorial, this tutorial applies to tablet computers, touchscreens, and tablet/pen input devices. You can also "write" if you only have a mouse or trackball, but some of the following instructions won't apply.
Let's Write!
Since Tablet Input Panel is specifically designed to let you send your text-converted handwriting to other applications, many of the tools in the Input Panel won't work properly if there is no other application available to send text to. So let's start by opening up Notepad.
Now, open up the Tablet Input Panel by tapping its tab. You'll see a small writing area with a group of black buttons on the right side. In the top border of the window, you'll see the options for writing and keyboard, the Tools menu, and a group of four buttons you may not recognize. These buttons are called "correction video buttons," and what they do is show you little animated clips that demonstrate how correcting, deleting, splitting, and joining text works.
If you don't want those to be visible, the next button (next to the red Close icon) lets you hide or display them.
As you begin to write, the cluster of black buttons at the right will disappear and a button labeled Insert will appear at the bottom of the Input Panel box. If you don't have another application open that you can transfer text into, clicking it will just clear the screen and bring back the buttons. The button might also be greyed out if don't have any other application running, which is why we started by opening Notepad.
By default, the Tablet Input Panel recognizes your handwriting word by word. If you'd prefer to have it recognize character by character, you can switch from the default Writing Pad (Write in freehand style) to the Character Pad. Tap Tools, and choose 'Write character by character'. The writing pad will change to one with spaces in which to write each character. If you choose this method of text entry, be aware that the Tablet Input Panel will recognize each character without considering its context in a word, and you won't have the handwriting dictionary available.
Let's assume you are using the default mode (Write in freehand style). Start by writing anything you like. As you move from word to word, the Tablet Input Panel will convert the previous word to text. (See the first part of Getting Started with Windows 7's Tablet Input Panel, for the settings for text conversion.)
As you approach the end of the line, Tablet Input Panel will add more space. Don't hyphenate words at the end of the line—just start writing the whole word on the next line instead.
When you've written everything you want to write, tap the Insert tab and your writing will appear in the other application.
Making Corrections
Writing on the Tablet Input Panel is just like writing on paper with a pen, and if you make a mistake and want to do the whole thing all over again, you can correct it as you would with a pen. If your tablet stylus has an eraser, follow the manufacturer's instructions for using that. If you don't have an eraser, or don't want to use it, you can have a little fun with the corrections. Draw a line through what you wrote and it will vanish. Scribble it out as you would with a pen, by using M-or-W-shaped lines, circular lines, or angular lines. Just about everything meant to look like a scribble will be accepted as a "delete this mistake" command.
But what if you don't want to do the whole thing all over again? This is where those commands that have their own little animated videos come in. If Tablet Input Panel has run two words together, you can use the Split command to add a space inbetween. If one word has been incorrectly recognized as two, you can use the Join command to put the pieces back together. The very best way to learn how these commands work is to watch the videos. In this case, a picture is definitely worth a thousand words.
If a word is misspelled or recognized incorrectly and you want to fix a few characters, tap the word. You'll see the correction area appear--the word's characters are separated. Look right above the writing area and you'll see several suggested corrections for the word you've chosen.
If one of those is what you meant to write, tap it and the Tablet Input Panel will make the correction automatically. If nothing appropriate appears, just write over the characters that came out wrong. The handwriting recognition is still active, so you may see the whole word change while you're doing this, as Tablet Input Panel tries to anticipate the corrections. If you start to write in the space between two words, Tablet Input Panel will give you more space to write in.
If you are writing character by character, tap the incorrect character and you can then choose the correct one from the list at the top of the window or write over the incorrect character with the correct one.
Once you've got something written and are satisfied with it, click the Insert tab and you'll see your text appear in Notepad.
If you're using Tablet Input Panel to insert text into a program or web page, and after you've inserted the text you see that you've made a mistake, select the incorrect text and it will appear in the writing pane, so you can then make corrections.
AutoComplete and Text prediction
You're probably already familiar with the way AutoComplete works, especially if you have a smartphone. The Tablet Input Panel looks at what you've written, and makes an educated guess at what you're going to write. A list of suggestions will appear above the writing area. To use one of those suggestions, just tap it.
Text prediction is more sophisticated. It takes a look at what you've already written, and anticipates what comes next. The more you use the Tablet Input Panel, the better the text prediction will get. It's only available in English (U.S. and U.K.), French, Italian, German and Spanish. It's also available in the character-by-character mode in Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
It takes a while for Tablet Input Panel to build up enough data to start making suggestions. I haven't used it quite long enough, so I can't illustrate that here. I'll have to keep writing.
If you don't want to use either or both of these features, tap 'Tools -> Options -> Text completion', and un-check the items you don't want.
Using the Number, Symbol, and Web Buttons
Like the Insert tab at the bottom of the screen, the black buttons at the right do nothing if you don't have an application open into which to insert converted text. If you still have text in the Input Panel screen, tap Insert to send it to Notepad. The black buttons will reappear on the right side of the text entry panel. These buttons act directly on the text in the other application you're using. Try tapping them to see this at work.
There are also buttons that open up the Number panel and the Symbols panel. You can have both of those panels open at once, if you wish, and tapping the keys in those panels puts the numbers or symbols directly into the other application. They don't do anything if you have no other application available to send the characters to.
The Web button only works if you've got your web browser open, and includes keys for common components of URLs. Open your browser and place your cursor in the address bar at the top of your browser screen. Tap the http:// button, followed by the www. button, and watch those appear in the address bar.
In the text box, write 7tutorials (or any other website address), correct it if necessary, and tap Insert. Then tap the .com button and the Enter button, and there you go.
More to Come
As you experiment with Tablet Input Panel, you'll see that it does very well at recognizing just about any handwriting and changing it to accurate text. Making corrections is easy, and Tablet Input Panel comes with built-in buttons that let you enter common symbols and web address components with just one tap.
As good as it is "out of the box," there are ways to make Tablet Input Panel even better, and to teach it the ways you write your letters. This is called personalizing, and I'll talk about this in the next tutorial. In the meantime, don't hesitate to check the articles recommended below.
