2013-08-07

Word 2010: How to enable Ink to use with mouse; no tablet

The follwing steps will allow you to ink in Word 2010 with the mouse:

  • Open Word
  • Click File
  • Select Options
  • Select Customize Ribbon
  • Choose some Ribbon group on the right side and create a new Group
  • Choose "All Commands" on the left side
  • Select the command Start inking and all Pen ... and click add, i.e. should add all of these to the new custom group
  • Click ok
Happy inking.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Still greyed out.

Fakesnow said...

This method doesn't work, but I found a workaround. In OneNote you can use the "draw" feature with your mouse. Then you can capture the drawing with Windows Key+S and paste that into an email or word document. I hope this helps!