Jan-Kristian Markiewicz

Jan-Kristian Markiewicz


Jan-Kristian recently moved from Norway to work on the Tablet PC team in Redmond. As a program manager on the Input Panel team, he is responsible for driving new improvements to pen text input on the Tablet PC platform.


While attending the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the University of California, Santa Barbara, he received acknowledgement as both a Microsoft Student Ambassador and as a Microsoft Student Partner. He has participated in the Imagine Cup student software design contest 2004-2006, which has taken him to the world finals in both Brazil and India. In India his team placed third with their solution for monitoring and distributing health parameters.

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  • Tablet PC Input Panel Programmability

    Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

    Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2007 - Vol. 4 - Issue 2 - Mobility

    Most applications will require some form of text input. By using the ITextInputPanel API you can optimize the pen text-input experience on Tablet PCs.If you have ever used a Tablet PC, you have most likely used Tablet PC Input Panel. Input Panel is the handwriting input tool that lies on top of your application so that you can insert handwritten text into any non-ink enabled Microsoft® Windows® control. Using Input Panel programmability is a great way to ensure that Input Panel provides the best possible pen input user experience in your application.