Windows Journal

Windows Journal

A component of Microsoft Windows
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Included with	Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10

Windows Journal is a notetaking application, created by Microsoft and included in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition as well as the Home Premium or superior editions of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. It allows the user to create and organize handwritten notes and drawings and to save them in a JNT-File, or export them in TIFF. 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.

JNT format

Presently, since the documentation for the JNT format is not available, there can be no third-party applications for direct use with files created with Windows Journal. JNT files should be converted to other formats such as XML with the Journal Reader Supplemental Component,^[1] for external applications to use.

Windows Journal Viewer

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^[2] is available for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

See also

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

References

1. "Download Microsoft Windows Journal Reader Supplemental Component for the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Development Kit 1.7 from Official Microsoft Download Center". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. 14 March 2005. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
2. "Download Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer 1.5 from Official Microsoft Download Center". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. 14 March 2005. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

Further reading

• "Create and personalize handwritten notes using Windows Journal". Windows 7 Help home. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
• "Customize the appearance of a Journal note". Windows Vista Help home. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
• "Tablet PC improvements". Windows 7 home. Microsoft Corporation. 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. 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. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
• "Converting Journal Notes to XML, SVG, and OneNote". Microsoft Developer Network. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 July 2014.