Surface pen no longer able to highlight the article

Anonymous
2017-11-06T04:35:32+00:00

I use the surface pen to do personal reading as well as highlighting on the article. However, recently I suddenly cannot do the highlighting  anymore. Each time I tried to highlight, the pen dragged the screen to the next page. Is this the problem with the pen or the application software?

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Anonymous
2017-11-13T21:35:21+00:00

Hi Swee,

I think what you are seeing are some Pen interaction improvements that were made in the Fall Creators update. 

**Scrolling with pen.**In the effort to create a more intuitive pen interaction on Windows, we are emphasizing natural and direct manipulation of content with pen. You don’t have to “hunt and peck” for scrollbars or frequently switch between pen and touch when navigating; now you can scroll content directly and fluently as you would with your finger.

**Selection with pen.**We also revised selection with pen by giving it more control over the selection process. Not only are we showing selection grippers whenever text is selected via pen, but also are allowing for a consistent and fast selection of content – text, objects, or ink—by dragging the pen while the barrel button is pressed.

For example, if you are in Edge or a Store app you can now select text by quickly double tapping a word and then dragging the selection grippers to adjust the words highlighted OR you can press and hold the pen's barrel button while you highlight the desired text.

Hope this helps,

Greg

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-12-17T10:34:21+00:00

    Thanks very much, I knew there was a portal somewhere that you could leave suggestions but I wasn't sure what it was called.

    I'm not the fussy type so it's not something I would normally use. Little niggles here and there don't bother me as I understand it can't be "all things to all people" but this has seriously affected my work.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-17T17:54:05+00:00

    sites, such as this one, to select text now involves double clicking a word then moving the two handles to select the start and end points.

    You can also use your barrel button--analogously to using your mouse pointer while holding its left click button down I suppose.  Then, once you have some text selected you can release the barrel button to end the selection and then press the barrel button while you hover over your selection, then tap the selection and release the barrel button to see its right-click menu.  Since there is only one barrel button you have to use state changes to the objects you want to use it with to know when it being used for left- or right-clicks.

    Windows 10.  Still an Adventure ("Twisty passages, all different.")

    FYI

    Robert Aldwinckle

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-17T18:06:15+00:00

    Yes I get that, but extremely fiddly and not really my idea of a practical solution, though I appreciate you taking the time to post the tip. 

    For now I've decided to roll back Windows to it's pre-Fall update state. There's nothing in the new update I need anyway so it makes the most sense at the moment. 

    Having just used it as it was for the past 20 minutes has made me realise even more what a real pain the changes have made. I can only hope that a large number of people feel the same and ask for a solution.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-22T21:18:23+00:00

    Microsoft will continue to look into the problem to provide users a resolution. As previously suggested by MVP Barb Bowman, please use the Feedback Hub app to raise this concern and get further assistance. Follow these steps:

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    You can always reach out to the Community to get help regarding your Windows concerns.

    Thank you.

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