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)

Set the appearance of the selected pen style

• Drag the appropriate slider(s), if available:
  
  

Pressure Sensitivity determines how the line width of the stroke should vary with the stylus on the glass surface. Note: the minimum pressure sensitivity value does not remove the sensitivity. The default settings are 50% Tip Sharpness (Fountain Pen and Brush Pen) and 50% Pressure Sensitivity (Fountain Pen only).

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.

Disconnect Stylus

If you wish to draw with your finger, choose Disconnect Stylus.