Use your pen for text input

Directly write into text fields

In some experiences, such as Start, the search box on the Taskbar, the Settings app, or File Explorer, you can use your digital pen to write directly into a text field to do text entry^2 3.

Simply bring your pen near the text field and start writing. You can also easily make corrections by using your pen to draw ink gestures:

• Scribble over words to erase them.
• Draw a line through one or more words to select them.
• Put your pen under the space between two words and then draw a straight line up to join them.
• Put your pen above a word and then draw a line straight down to add a space.

Enter text using the handwriting panel

In apps where directly writing into a text field is not supported, you can use the handwriting pane to enter text. Simply tap into the field and start writing in the experience that appears¹.

You can also easily make corrections by using your pen to draw ink gestures inside the handwriting panel²:

• Draw a single line through the word or words that you want to erase.
• Draw an arc over two words in the handwriting panel to make them one.
• Draw a caret between two words to add a space.
• Write over a word to replace it with a new one.