Tips on how to roam your journals across devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nImprovements to instant lasso<\/h2>\n
Journal has an improved AI to better handle cases where you write and circle items quickly, like numbers in a bulleted list, to avoid accidently selecting them. You can still perform the instant lasso on any ink or item that has been on the page for more than a second.<\/p>\n
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New music staff page style<\/h2>\n
If you are a music creator, you now have new options with page styles for music staff pages. Using Journal to write your music is easier than ever. Use scratch out to quickly edit your work and try instant lasso to easily select and move your notes\u2014music or otherwise\u2014around.<\/p>\n
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Ability to multi-select<\/h2>\n
You can also do this by holding the CTRL key on your keyboard and tapping with your finger. If you continue to tap the same item it will select the next level up\u2014 like word to sentence\u2014 but now with this additional multi-select you can pick whatever ink or item on that page to select.<\/p>\n
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Import password-protected PDFs<\/h2>\n
You can now import your protected PDFs into a journal. Note that anything imported can be viewed without a password.<\/p>\n
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Support for writing in multiple languages (preview)<\/h2>\n
While Journal is currently localized for English, you can now set different writing language default or set different language options per page. Setting a page language helps the Ink AI recognize what you are writing more accurately.
\nTo change the default language the application uses, go to Settings<\/strong> > Language Settings (Preview)<\/strong>.
\nTo adjust what each page uses, tap the \u2026<\/strong> > Page Language<\/strong>. Pages that use a different language from the application default will have an indicator in the page header.
\nCurrent supported languages are English (United States, Great Britain), Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Save your pen settings<\/h2>\n
By default, Journal will reset the pen tool back to the black pen so you can confidently return to Journal and jot your ideas down. To save your last pen state, toggle to Settings<\/strong> > Pen Options<\/strong> > Remember Pen State<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Improved ink-to-text<\/h2>\n
Journal now includes Microsoft\u2019s latest ink-to-text technology. When you select ink and copy it as text to other apps you should see improved accuracy in the translation. Also, when you write a new journal title or use the search box you will see improved performance.<\/p>\n
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