On a touch-enabled device, draw with your finger, a digital pen, or a mouse.
Available inking features depend on the type of device you're using and which version of Office you're using.
Word for iOS, Excel for iOS, and PowerPoint for iOS all come with basic inking options on the Draw tab: a selection tool, a draw-with-touch tool, a stroke eraser, pens, multiple ink colors, and ink thickness options:
If you're working in OneNote on your iPad, see Handwrite, draw, and sketch.
By default, Draw with Mouse or Touch (or "Inking mode") is turned on when you are using a mobile device. Just tap the Draw tab, select a pen , and you can begin drawing ink on a slide.
To change the settings on a pen:
Tap again to open the menu of thickness and color options for the pen. Select your preferred size and color:
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There are five pen thickness settings ranging from .25 mm to 3.5 mm. Select a thickness or use the plus or minus sign to make your pen thicker or thinner.
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(For Microsoft 365 subscribers only) Eight effects are also available: **Rainbow**, **Galaxy**, **Lava**, **Ocean**, **Rose Gold**, **Gold**, **Silver**, and **Bronze**.
A Pencil texture is now available:
The Apple Pencil is sensitive to pressure, which allows you to vary line thickness. It's also sensitive to tilt, which allows you to create shading, as you can with a tilted lead pencil.
On the touch screen, begin writing or drawing.
Once you have drawn an ink shape, it behaves like any shape that you are used to working with in Office. You can select the shape, then you can move or copy it, change its color, pivot its position, and so on.
To stop inking and select your annotations, either to modify or move them, turn off **Draw with Touch** on the **Draw** tab. Turning off this feature also keeps you from making accidental ink marks when your hand touches the screen.
Watch a video overview of the inking features in iPhone and iPad:
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