Windows Journal

Windows Journal A component of Microsoft Windows
Details
Included with	Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows Vista Windows 7

Windows Journal is a notetaking application, created by Microsoft and included in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition as well as Home Premium or superior editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. It allows the user to create and organize handwritten notes and drawings and to save them in a JNT-File. It is also able to simply use an ordinary computer mouse to compose a handwritten note, as well as a graphics tablet or a Tablet PC. Since the documentation for the JNT format is not available you have to rely on Microsoft providing a software to read the files.

Windows Journal Viewer, also created by Microsoft, allows viewing the Windows Journal notes (.JNT files) on other systems without the Tablet PC software. The current version (v1.5 2005) is available for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

See also

• Tablet PC Input Panel
• Xournal, an open source alternative.
• Microsoft OneNote, with more functionality.

References

• "Create and personalize handwritten notes using Windows Journal". Windows 7 Help home. Microsoft Corporation. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Create-and-personalize-handwritten-notes-using-Windows-Journal. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
• "Customize the appearance of a Journal note". Windows Vista Help home. Microsoft Corporation. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Customize-the-appearance-of-a-Journal-note. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
• "Tablet PC improvements". Windows 7 home. Microsoft Corporation. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/tablet-pc. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
• "New Tools to Use with Your PC". Windows XP Tablet PC Edition home. Microsoft Corporation. 7 November 2002. Archived from the original on 4 February 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040204181354/http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/tabletpc/evaluation/overviews/pctools.asp. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
• Russel, Charlie (20 January 2003). "Getting to Know Windows Journal for Tablet PC". Windows XP home. Microsoft Corporation. Archived from the original on 1 June 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100601155401/http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/tabletpc/russel_03january20.mspx. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
• "Download details: Windows Journal Viewer 1.5". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. 14 March 2005. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fad44098-8b73-4e06-96d4-d1eb70eacb44&displaylang=en. Retrieved 5 July 2011.