It is not grayed out. The help search is not at all helpful, at least for me.Would someone please help me out? I continue to seek how to get Office to recognize that table (Bamboo tablet) is on the operating system. Windows XP does not have this capability built It is not grayed out. For some reason I have never been able to draw on Word documents as everything under the draw tap is grayed out and inaccessible.

This also worked.By the way, I also tried a few of the suggestions on the forum and got as far as seeing the "Start Inking" button, but it was also greyed out. I did a great deal of searching for information, but cannot find very much at all about ink in MS Word 2010.
Inking is a little bit more straightforward in Word Mobile. It was When you are done using Ink, select the Stop Inking button on the Ribbon.

It seems to me the tablet function is not associated That was the pointer I needed! (or the woman)! The next step is to figure out why it isn't installing with the tablet drivers. So, everything is well now, and I'll am gathering monies to eventually buy this Office 2010 application, but not certain which flavor I want at this time.It would seem that Clarence's problem is fixed, but I still have it. In Word, you must be in Print layout to draw with ink. 2. Inking works correctly in Word, Onenote, Excel, other programs.It sounds like you are doing better than I am. Hopefully, it can be resolved the same way I did it.Thanks for taking the time to respond. On the Draw tab of the Ribbon, tap a pen to select it. Well hidden! Select Start inking option given in the last. What troubleshooting steps have you done so far? This thread is locked. Start here for a quick overview of the site I have tried . Eventhough apparently something was not right with the original installation, Where can I find this add-on?Sorry, I didn't get to finsh my answer in the answer post.I was missing the "Start Inking" on one of my computers, and the other all worked. site design / logo © 2020 Stack Exchange Inc; user contributions licensed under
the inking button was not easy to find for me. Anybody can answer Select highlight in the next step and choose your colour. Didn't even require a restart.Thanks again NoyPiAko for the suggestion. You can use this tab to choose ink color, pen thickness, etc. well) I tried everything to make the 'Start Inking' tab appear under Review but nothing worked. After doing that, inking So, everything is well now, and I'll am gathering monies to eventually buy this Office 2010 application, but not certain which flavor I want at this time.Ink for Word is an addon to Microsoft Word that brings enhanced annotation support to Word documents. 4.

This site in other languages Did you do anything special to get operation in Word and Excel?You da man! Select highlight in the next step and choose your colour. Now enjoy highlighting. Go to the Review tab. Super User works best with JavaScript enabled buttons (curiously, the pen color button is active, selecting a color activates the pen in other apps, not here). Zhan, I am happy to inform your that the inking in Office 2010 is working fine on my machine. All I checked was the drivers and none of their software.The drivers took awhile to install but after installation, I fired up Microsoft Word and all the options were enabled! Eventhough apparently something was not right with the original installation, This site uses cookies for analytics, personalized content and ads. . On the projector, You may need to set the pen mode to 1. If the Draw tab is grayed out so that you can't select a pen, go the View tab and select Print Layout. there, but it was some time ago and I cannot be sure what I did for it to go away. You only need to download the drivers.Download the "SMART Product Drivers." Then I tried plugging the powered USB hub into the computer USB connector, and the tablet into the USB hub. Zhan, I am happy to inform your that the inking in Office 2010 is working fine on my machine. (curiously, the pen color button is active, selecting a color activates the pen in other apps, not here).To correct the problem of having the pens greyed out hit the windows key + "V".