User's Manual

Adding words to the TIP dictionary

You can greatly improve handwriting recognition for words such as proper names, acronyms, technical

terms, and abbreviations by adding them to the handwriting dictionary.

To add a word to the handwriting dictionary

1. Open Tablet PC Input Panel.

2. To display the writing pad, tap the Writing Pad button.

3. In the writing area, write the word that you want to add to the handwriting dictionary.

4. If the word is not in the handwriting dictionary, it might be recognized incorrectly. Tap the

recognized text.

5. In the correction area, revise the text so that the word that you want to add to the dictionary

appears.

o Make sure that you spell the word correctly. If you add a misspelled word to the

handwriting dictionary, it could degrade the quality of your handwriting recognition.

6. Select Add to dictionary.

Additional Writing Tips

Please note that the following tips work in a Windows environment however, they may or may not work in

your clinical application.

If you want to select contiguous names or entries

• Tap/select the Shift Key

• Tap or select 1st entry to select

• Tap or select last entry to select

• Entries are now highlighted and ready to be copied via a drag and drop or right mouse button

copy -> paste

Want to pick from a list of noncontiguous names or entries

• Tap Crtl key then tap on each entry to be selected

• You can now drag drop or right click to get the menu and cut & paste

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