PenOffice 3.1 adds tablet PC handwriting support to OpenOffice.org 3.0

PhatWare has released a new version of PenOffice, a handwriting recognition utility for touchscreen based computers running Windows. PenOffice 3.1 adds support for Windows Vista, as well as OpenOffice.org 3.0, Microosft Office XP or later, and multi-monitor systems.

There's also a new configuration manager, a new configuration manager, and a new scripting engine among other things.

PenOffice allows you to draw anywhere on the screen in order to enter text in a document or other text field. You can also draw on your screen as a virtual scratchpad and save notes or drawings as PNG, JPEG, or BMP files. The program supports handwiriting in 9 languages including English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. It has a dictionary of about 100,000 words, as well as a user customizable dictionary.

A license costs $59.95, but there's a 30 day free trial available.

[via GottaBeMobile]

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