Writing, drawing, and erasing on a whiteboard

Use the interactive display's pens to draw digital ink on a whiteboard page. You can also use the different pen styles to customize how the ink looks, use a finger to write, or to use the ink-to-text pen.

The following pen styles are available for you to use:

Pen style

Description

Standard

Write or draw digital ink in a variety of colors and line styles.

Highlighter

Highlight text and other objects.

Use the Highlighter pen to add emphasis to text.

Ink-to-Text

Write notes that automatically convert to editable text. You can edit your text as you work without touching a keyboard.

SeeConverting ink to text and using the Text Pen

Paint brush

Write or draw paint-like digital ink.

The paint brush pen type works best with artistic work, such as painting and coloring pictures, rather than writing.

Crayon

Write or draw crayon-like digital ink.

The crayon pen type works best with artistic work, such as painting and coloring pictures, rather than writing.

Calligraphic

Works much like the Standard pen type, but creates lines of varying thickness.

The Calligraphic pen type is useful for teaching students handwriting.

Disappearing text

Write or draw digital ink that fades after a few seconds.

  1. Tap Pen tools to open the ink menu.

  2. Select properties such as pen style, line thickness, and color.

  3. Use a display pen to draw on the page.

Note 

The pen's properties restore to their default settings after the pen has been in the pen tray well for 30 seconds.

Erase ink by using the display's eraser, your palm, or your fist.

You can also select the precision eraser Pen toolsand use your finger or pen to erase

You can use fingers to write or draw. You won't be able to select objects unless you disable the feature.

To write or draw with your finger

  1. Browse to and select a page.

  2. Tap Pen tools , then tap Enable finger inking .

You can make revisions to editable text using the Text Pen. You can delete text by drawing a strike-through line through the text. You can also apply a mark-up to insert spaces.

Note 

You may have to install a language pack or select the language to use this feature. See Configuring ink-to-text languages for the Text pen.

To write editable text

  1. Browse to and select a page.

  2. Tap Pen tools , then tapInk to text pen and start writing on the display. Wait a couple of seconds and the writing converts to text.

    If the text isn't correct, tap the text, tapDrop down button, and select the correct word.

    You can write a sentence and the display will convert the writing to text.

    Tip 

    If you change the ink color or thickness, the text will have the same color and boldness.

To insert text

  1. Write a word or letter you want to insert and then draw a caret ^.

To insert a space

  1. Draw a vertical line where you want the space to appear.

To delete a letter or word

  1. Draw a strike-through line through the letter. You can also delete a word by drawing a strike-through line through it.

To stop using the Text pen

  1. Tap Pen tools , then tap another pen type from the menu.

To edit text with a keyboard

Double-tap on text to open an onscreen keyboard to edit the text with.