Windows Journal

Previous versions allowed the user to create and organize handwritten notes and drawings, and to save them in a {{Not a typo|.JNT}} file, or export them in TIFF format. It can use an ordinary computer mouse to compose a handwritten note, as well as a graphics tablet or a Tablet PC.

Microsoft has provided no documentation for its proprietary {{Not a typo|.JNT}} file format, which makes it difficult or impossible for other developers or software publishers to read or write {{Not a typo|.JNT}} files. Therefore, other programs cannot import Windows Journal files. There can be no third-party applications that make direct use of files created with Windows Journal. {{Not a typo|.JNT}} files should be converted to other formats such as XML with the Journal Reader Supplemental Component,{{Cite web

|url = https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa813353.aspx

|title = Microsoft Windows Journal Reader Supplemental Component for the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Development Kit 1.7

|work = Microsoft Developer Network |publisher = Microsoft Corporation

|date = April 2005 | edition= v.1.7.2600.2180

|access-date = May 25, 2015

}} for external applications to use.

Windows Journal Viewer, also created by Microsoft, allows viewing the Windows Journal notes ({{Not a typo|.JNT}} files) on other systems without the Tablet PC software. The most recently released version 1.5.2316.0{{Cite web

|url = http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20771

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115031749/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20771

|title = Download Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer 1.5 from Official Microsoft Download Center

|work = Microsoft Download Center

|publisher = Microsoft Corporation

|date = 14 March 2005

|archivedate=2016-01-15

|access-date = 29 July 2014

}}

for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 was removed as of March 2016.

Windows Journal was not visibly updated after its introduction and eventually became obsolete, although it was tested for compatibility throughout the development of new versions of Windows and patched for security vulnerabilities as recently as May 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gfi.com/blog/may-2016-microsoft-patch-tuesday/|title=May 2016 – Microsoft Patch Tuesday|last=Shinder|first=Debra|date=12 May 2016|website=gfi.com/blog|publisher=GFI Software}} Windows Journal was available in the original July 2015 release of Windows 10 and the November Update, but it was removed in the summer 2016 "Anniversary Update."{{Cite web|url=http://mspoweruser.com/sticky-notes-updated-for-preview-users/|title=Sticky Notes updated for preview users|last=Veal|first=Nicholas|date=5 May 2016|website=MSPowerUser}} All of its features are available in OneNote, which is integrated into Windows 10. OneNote does not support {{Not a typo|.JNT}} files, but Microsoft offers the ability to reinstall Journal{{Cite web|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3162655|title=Windows Journal Application Beta Refresh for Windows|date=9 August 2016|website=Support|publisher=Microsoft}} and a tool for converting Journal files to OneNote files.{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/johnguin/2007/12/21/journal-to-onenote-importer/|title=Journal to OneNote Importer|last=Guin|first=John|date=21 December 2007|website=OneNote Testing|publisher=Microsoft}} On July 12, 2016, Microsoft released a patch (KB3170735) for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to notify users about future Windows Journal developments.{{Cite web|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3170735|title=July 2016 Update for Windows Journal|date=15 July 2016|website=Support|publisher=Microsoft}} On August 9, 2016, Microsoft released another patch (KB3161102) to remove Windows Journal from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 due to the Windows Journal file format (Journal Note File, or JNT) being susceptible to security exploits.{{Cite web|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3161102|title=Update for Windows Journal component removal|date=9 August 2016|website=Support|publisher=Microsoft}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-releases-kb3161102-to-kill-off-windows-journal-507159.shtml|title=Microsoft Releases KB3161102 to Kill Off Windows Journal|last=Popa|first=Bogdan|date=10 August 2016|website=Softpedia|publisher=SoftNews SRL}}

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|work = Windows 7 Help home

|publisher = Microsoft Corporation

|access-date = 5 July 2011

}}

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|publisher = Microsoft Corporation

|access-date = 29 July 2014

}}

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