In fact, Windows Ink might even be the Gutenberg Press of pen-and-ink writing and penmanship: the goal being to bring the pen-and-ink dynamic fully into the 21 st Century. Windows Ink makes sure that the first tool you learned how to create and write with – your pen – is just as natural and easy-to-use on Windows as it is on a piece of paper. Windows Ink was designed and built with two key principles in mind: (1) To make all pen-and-ink experiences incredibly easy to access so Windows customers feel confident when they pick up their pens, and (2) Give people a reason to pick up a digital pen in the first place as well as deliver powerful experiences that make our customers continue to want to use that pen in Windows every day.

Windows Ink represents a set of pen-driven experiences that help you set your written ideas in motion. Windows Ink – Advancing the Pen-and-Ink Ideal The advent of Windows Ink opens avenues to more recognizant or authentication-friendly signature files, as well as the tactile ability to more immediately control written compositions in a dynamic way. It puts a digital pen in your hand and allows you the most hands-on interactive ability to write messages, memos, and documents in your own handwriting and send or store them electronically. Windows Ink is an exciting new program in the same family as Web Notes and Microsoft Edge, available through the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

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