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>> It was very important for us as we're building
Windows 10 to make sure that this
does more than just take handwritten notes,
sign your name or circle something.
We want to make it, so that you can use your Surface Pen
as a mouse and a keyboard throughout Windows.
So I want to show you a bit about how that works.
By default, your pen will behave like a mouse throughout Windows.
So as I press the Start Menu or if
I'm scrolling through the different apps and tiles that I have,
click and drag is just press and hold,
and move your Pen across the screen.
It will behave like that mouse.
Now, if I want to right-click on something,
on the barrel of my Pen,
this flat edge here,
is where I have this button.
I'm going to press and hold on this right-click button,
and then tap anywhere on the screen.
That's going to perform the right-click
function wherever I'd like.
So I have all of that nice added functionality.
But where it really shines,
is using what we call the handwriting input panel.
Now, to do that, I've opened up a Word document
here for our Statement of Work with Contoso Partners.
I have description and it's pulsing.
So now, I need to write something.
So to do this with my Pen,
I could of course just write in my own handwriting,
if I could spell right here on the screen.
I'm not going to do that though because I want to
actually type with some typed text.
So if I want to continue to use my Pen as
a mouse and be able to select things,
that's where on the "Draw" tab right up here,
I'm going to hit "Select".
This makes my Pen behave like a mouse,
so I can move my cursor.
I can even select multiple lines of text.
You'll notice as I select these lines of text,
they automatically place themselves
into the handwriting input panel,
which is what you see here.
If that didn't appear automatically,
it's very easy to summon.
All you need to do is tap inside of
a text field or using your Pen,
hit the keyboard icon at
the bottom right-hand side of your screen.
When you do that with your Pen,
it will bring you the handwriting input panel.
So what I'm going to do here is write something
at full speed in my normal handwriting.
My normal handwriting by the way is absolutely terrible.
So, I'm going to go ahead and give this a try. Take a look.
Wow, that's really bad. But it got it.
Okay. Now, you can
see it has understood my handwriting beautifully.
As I scroll back through,
I can see all of the text that I have written.
Surface could either be a proper noun or of course,
just a regular noun.
So right here, I want to select the capitalized option.
Like your smartphone, it gives you
these nice suggestions at the top.
So I'll select "Surface".
Now, it has been typed.
If I'd like to split a word into two,
I can draw this little symbol underneath and divide them,
or I can draw this nice little U-shape and combine them again.
At this point, I could also still utilize
my Surface eraser to erase
certain individual letters or even a whole word.
I could also strike out a word using my Pen just like this.
If I've written the incorrect word,
I can simply write on top of it.
So I can write "be",
and then it will correct those letters.
If I want to make it "to" again,
I just write on top and it will replace those letters immediately.
This handwriting input panel is
not just a feature of a program like Word,
but this can be used anywhere throughout
the entire computer. This is your keyboard.
So if you want to use this to browse the web
or write a new email inside of Outlook,
it's more than able to do that.
All you need to do is press that keyboard icon
right there at the bottom of your screen using
your Pen and begin writing.
Now, you saw me access handwriting input panel
by pressing this button,
this touch keyboard button.
But if for some reason you don't see that icon at the bottom,
here's how you turn it on.
Hold the right-click button down on
your Pen in order to right-click
on the empty space in your taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
Once you do that, you'll see in this list
the "Show touch keyboard button" option.
That way, if you are someone who prefers handwriting more often,
this is always available and at your fingertips.
Make sure your cursor is flashing
first just like a regular keyboard.
The cursor must be flashing in order to type.
But once that's done,
it should behave in a nice familiar way allowing you
to use your own natural handwriting tool,
the way that you like to communicate right
on your computer whatever it is you're trying to do.
