Abstract: A system and method for providing an e-mail service for handling electronic ink input. Text input and drawing input is received from a client as text electronic ink input and drawing electronic ink input. Handwritten characters from the text electronic ink input are recognized and electronic ink text data is generated. Draw tool configuration information based on selections at the client is received and applied to the drawing electronic ink input to generate electronic ink drawing data. An electronic ink display is created based on the electronic ink text data and the electronic ink drawing data. The text input from the client may also include keystroke text input. The keystroke computer readable code is converted into electronic ink text data. In addition, the input from the client may include electronic ink gestures. The electronic ink gestures are interpreted, and based on the interpretation a gesture action is called to operate on the electronic ink display.

Abstract: In an electronic-mail computing system having a display and a pointing device for entering geometric elements in a geometric document, additional writing space is inserted in an existing geometric document having original space with one or more original geometric elements. This is accomplished by creating a boundary line or split line and inserting open or free space at the boundary line in the document. Further, an insertion of a boundary line in the midst of a geometric elements of a document to split the elements and add free space is accomplished by grouping geometric elements split by the boundary line or split line and then locating grouped geometric elements on one side or the other of the split line before space is inserted at the split line. The split line on the geometric document is detected, and original geometric elements crossed by the split line are detected and identified as crossed geometric elements.