Try unprotecting the sheet.I can’t check that at the moment, but I think you’ve solved it for me. If you found it … In all other 27 worksheets in the workbook, when I touch "Draw with Touch" the pen works as it should. 2. This thread is locked. Empowering technologists to achieve more by humanizing tech. The "Colour", "Ink to Shape", and "Ink to Math" options appear normally.In all other 27 worksheets in the workbook, when I touch "Draw with Touch" the pen works as it should.The pen also works as it should in a single worksheet/workbook development version of the Finance Application form.Based on comments in this forum from others who have had the opposite problem - (Pen not selecting cells) I have been through the "File - Options - Advanced" menus, and also ensured that there is no "sharing" or "tracking of Changes".Despite about 5 hours over a period of a week trying unsuccessfuly to solve the problem, I solved it just ten minutes after my posting.All I had to do was change the view from "Page Layout" to "normal". Firstly (and mainly), when I bring up the on-screen keyboard and select the input options, the option for the handwriting recognition panel for inputting text using the pen is 'greyed out…
Draw Tool seem to only work in View>Normal or View>Page Break Preview. Last Modified: 2012-06-27. 4.
When working on a document in Word 2003, Many of the options in the toolbar are greyed out… Hi, all. Select highlight in the next step and choose your colour. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. The Pen only selects cells. This site in other languages How can I fix this?! Late to the party. The clever guys are busy elsewhere, I suppose, and customer service is left to the erks.
Warmest Regards Community to share and get the latest about Microsoft Learn Find out more about the Microsoft MVP Award Program. I would like to use ink in a word form I've been sent, but can't get these features to work. It consists of Columns A to BI, and Rows 1 to 251. Go to the Review tab. Microsoft Word toolbar options are greyed out. The problem with The Community, is that some people will do no more than quote “solutions” they’ve read somewhere, and clearly haven’t actually tried them.
I bought a Surface Pro 4 and got a free subscription to Office 365 from my med school. Thanks! The worksheet with the problem is the most visually complex in the workbook. When I click it everything is greyed out and I don't know how to enable it.
I want to say thanks for leading me in the right direction for this, and I would like to add that my particular problem was that I was in View>Page Layout. I must say I’ve not had much luck with the “official” experts in any field. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use. The "Erasor" option and all the pen selections are greyed out. Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. This site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. Create and optimise intelligence for industrial control systems. All other 27 worksheet's in the workbook are fine. The purpose of needing drawing on the worksheet is to allow clients to sign the Finance Application form on the screen.Only the "Select" and "Draw with Touch" options appear. Hi, The Draw menu is greyed out and the pen won't work as a pen on just one worksheet in a workbook. The "Erasor" option and all the pen selections are greyed out. The pen works well for drawing and writing in OneNote but the handwriting recognition does not seem to be working. It is a reproduction of a Finance Application form. 3. Microsoft Applications; Microsoft Office; Microsoft Word; 9 Comments. However, the "Draw" tab in Word 2016 is disabled. Thumbs up to the Community. The sheet isn’t protected but it is in Further to my previous post, the problem occurred on worksheets that used the "Freeze Panes/Rows" option.