Microsoft Inking On Mac

If you have a touch-enabled device and are using a digital pen, by default it starts drawing immediately when the pen hits the document canvas.

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You can turn off this behavior to make the pen work as a stylus by default and only ink when in “Draw” mode on the Draw tab:

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Make the pen work as a stylus by default

2020-3-30  Parallels Desktop 12 Update 1 adds even greater support for Microsoft Ink. (You can read an overview of Ink on the Mac here.) In earlier blog posts, I have focused on the use of Ink in the Office for Windows 2016 applications (Word, Excel, etc.).In this blog post, I will specifically discuss the uses of Ink in Windows 10 itself, running on a Mac. Oct 12, 2018 Customers can use Microsoft Ink with Parallels Desktop 14 to edit Microsoft Office for Windows documents on a Mac, including pressure-sensitive support in applications such as PowerPoint. To erase any parts of a drawing, click the arrow to the right of the Eraser tool, choose the eraser size that you want, and then draw over the ink strokes that you want to erase. To select any parts of a drawing, either to modify or move them, click the Lasso Select button, drag a selection around the ink strokes you want, and then Control-click the selection for more options. Draw and write with ink in Office On a touch-enabled device, draw with your finger, a digital pen, or a mouse. Available inking features depend on the type of device you're using and which version of Office you're using. We have received a lot of feedback about supporting inking annotations for web pages like what we have in the current version of Microsoft Edge. Many users have told us that they use this functionality as a daily driver and would like to see it in the new version of Microsoft Edge as well.

  1. In your Office app, select File > Options.

    The Options dialog box opens.

  2. Select the Advanced tab. Under the Pen heading, select the Use pen to select and interact with content by default option.

Requirements for the Inking feature

Microsoft Inking On Mac

This feature is only available to Office 365 subscribers.

Applies to:

Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Office Insider and Monthly channels: Version 1601 or later
Semi-annual channels: Version 1602 or later
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Operating system:

Windows 10, version 1511 or later
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Make the pen work as a stylus by default

Microsoft Inking On Mac Computer

  1. Open the Settings app from the home screen of your iOS device.

  2. Scroll through the list of apps at the bottom of the Settings page to find Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, and tap to open its Settings.

  3. In the app settings on the right side, at the bottom under Draw and Annotate, toggle Apple Pencil Always Draws Ink.

Microsoft Inking On Mac Windows 10

Requirements for the Inking feature

Inker

Drawing with ink is only available to Office 365 subscribers.

Applies to:

Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Office Insider and Monthly channels: Version 2

Operating system:

iOS