Where have the pen icon in Microsoft Edge gone?

Anonymous
2020-02-14T01:15:55+00:00

Good evening.

After this last updating of Microsoft Edge, the pen icon is missing. I like to save and write on my Web pages. Can someone tell me how to fix this?

Thank you

Microsoft Edge | Website issues | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-05T17:56:19+00:00

    I agree. Bring it back! I really miss the selection tool. I used this to copy a frame in a video as a picture. It was great. All I had to do was wait until the video got to the place I wanted then clicked the selection tool. The video then automatically paused so I could then select it's window. This kept me from having to pause the video & then copy the frame with a big Play arrow in the middle of it, blocking 1/2 of what I needed. For god sake Microsoft, bring it back!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-10T08:18:40+00:00

    Hi Hilda,

    I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

    The newest version of Microsoft Edge does not have inking capability. Can you please check the update history to see if you had an update for Edge?

    Thanks for your helpful reply, dear Sumit.

    I do agree with the people who would highly appreciate to get this functionality back.

    What ist technically the right thing to do. Where can I find this tool, where you type in feature requestst and can upvote requests from other users?

    Haven't used that for years, but I really liked it.

    Kind regards, Sabine

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-10T10:46:53+00:00

    Same here. I'm a researcher and I need to annotate papers I'm reading. I updated my Edge last night because I kept getting an error message when saving and annotated pdfs wouldn't save at all.  I can write on them, and have managed to get the highlighter function back but can no longer add typed comments to pdfs, or annotate web pages.  This is a HUGE retrograde step Microsoft!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-13T23:18:49+00:00

    I'm jumping on the bandwagon a little late on this, but I just updated the browser. The loss of the markup capability is a real disappointment. Why take it out? I really enjoyed using it and it was a deciding factor in using Edge over Chrome. Now, what's the point? I can just use Full Screen Snip on either one, but it's not the same. 

    Please bring it back.

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  5. Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2020-06-14T03:36:06+00:00

    Just a heads up: Inking feature is planned but no ETA.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftedge/forum/all/top-feedback-summary-for-ms-edge-june-2020/03c479aa-741e-4534-bba3-dc3e71760fb4

    Planned<br><br><br>(Join the discussion) Add the ability to ink on web pages 32 weeks

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