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

ID: Q164505

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0a

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)

• Pen Windows display does not refresh correctly when the pen is near the digitizer pad.
• When the pen is near (or in contact with the digitizer) and the barrel button is pressed, the cursor changes to an I-Beam.
• The pen "drag handle" is not shown. This is a small button that floats along with the insertion point, allowing access to a context menu and easier access with a pen.
• You cannot drag a selection with the 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 where 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.

Additional query words: PenWindows

Keywords          : word8 word7 word95 
Version           : 7.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: December 31, 1998