Microsoft unveiled the newest version of Office 365 a few months ago, and tucked inside was a new Ink feature that lets iPad Pro users utilize the Apple Pencil to mark up documents, presentations, and spreadsheets with ease. To utilise this feature, it requires the $99 Apple Pencil accompaniment and a uniform iPad Pro (currently in two sizes: the nine.7″ and 12.9″). We'll evidence you how to use this new feature on your iPad.

Meet: Photos: Cracking Open the Apple tree Pencil

Using the highlighter and pen features

To begin using the highlighting characteristic of the Microsoft Office apps, perform these steps.
  1. Open Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel.
  2. Open a certificate to edit.
  3. Tap the Draw tab.
  4. Select either the Pen or Highlighter icon in the Depict tab.
  5. With the Apple Pencil paired with the iPad Pro, begin drawing anywhere on the certificate. The highlighter or pen tool will make marks to mimic the real life tool (Effigy A).

Effigy A

To keep your finger or hand from pressing the screen and causing accidental marks, disable the option to Draw With Touch when using the Apple Pencil.

Also in the Draw tab, you can select the color using either the standard presets of black, cherry, blueish, or light-green, or for something more custom, select the color cycle (Figure B). You tin can increase the line thickness of the fatigued portion by tapping the + or – buttons for line thickness. Changing the color or thickness will only alter new items drawn on the screen, and not previously fatigued items.

Figure B

Erasing

Erasing is as piece of cake as cartoon in the Role apps. To erase a drawn line or highlight, follow these steps.

  1. Select the Draw tab.
  2. Select the Eraser tool in the toolbar.
  3. With the Apple Pencil, depict over top of any previously drawn pen mark or highlight.

This will remove any pen markings or highlights in the certificate. Tapping a single line volition erase the entire line, removing the demand to erase the entire line by drawing over peak of it.

Using shape recognition

Shape recognition is baked right into Microsoft PowerPoint for iPad. It'southward used to easily create perfect shape renderings when using the Ink characteristic.

To use this feature, select the pen part, select the color and line thickness, and then trace a circle, oval, square, rectangle, or triangle on the screen with the Apple tree Pencil. Ensure that the option to Convert To Shapes is selected (Figure C). Afterward a moment, the Office app will catechumen the roughly-drawn shape into a perfect rendering of the shape you were intending to depict.

Figure C