Use touch or a digital pen to write a complex math equation, and then convert it to text Use touch or a digital pen with Windows digital ink to edit documentsĬonvert an ink drawing to standard text or a standard Office graphic shapeĬonvert an ink drawing to a standard Office graphic shape Then you can use the pen to move, resize, or rotate the ink object. Use the supported digital pen button to Lasso Select ink without visiting the ribbon. In both Excel and PowerPoint, with a digital pen, you can select an area without even tapping the selection tool on the ribbon. Then you can manipulate that object as you wish: move it, change its color, and so on. A faded, dashed selection region appears around it, and when you're done, the portion you lassoed is selected. With your pen or finger, drag to draw a circle around the part of the drawing or word that you want to select. Under Draw > Tools on the Ribbon, tap Lasso Select or. (This tool can't select non-ink objects-that is, shapes, pictures, etc.)
To select part of a drawing or words written in ink, use the Lasso Select tool. It's most useful when you have a mixture of standard and ink objects and you only want to select an ink object.Īpplies only to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel: There is also an ink selection tool, Lasso Select, or for specifically for selecting objects drawn with ink. All apps include a Draw tool on the Draw tab of the Ribbon for switching between inking mode and selection mode.
