What It Does

The Pen Tool lets you hand-write your notes just like the traditional way on paper. As you can see, it's the most important tool to master!

How to Use It

Write

• Select the Pen Tool from the toolbar, then write on the page.

Set stroke color

• Tap one of the color slots in the Contextual Section on the right. To customize the slot, tap it again and choose a preset, or tap the multi-colored slot at the end to add a custom color.

Set stroke thickness

• Tap one of the thickness slots in the Contextual Section. Tap the slot again to adjust its thickness value.

See also: How do I zoom, or scroll through pages?

How to Customize It

As with all tools, you can tap the tool again to access its settings.

Change the pen style

Choose any of the following:

• Fountain Pen - for your everyday notes and sketches (pressure sensitive)

• Ball Pen - for your everyday notes and sketches (not pressure sensitive)

• Brush Pen - for more artistic sketches, drawings, and lettering (highly pressure sensitive)

ℹ️ Pressure Sensitivity determines how the line width of the stroke should vary with the Surface Pen pressure on the glass surface.

Draw and Hold

By default, you can draw shapes with the Pen tool by holding your pen at the end of a stroke. To disable this behavior, you can disable "Draw and Hold".