Does OneNote 365 for Mac have the feature to convert handwriting to text? I've been searching and searching for the answer, but not found it. Question: Why do I write my handwriting in OneNote, and I find that the Ink to Text feature in the Draw tab is grayed out? Unable to click.
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In the software industry, continuous improvement is the name of the customer retention game. The behemoth Microsoft constantly churns out Office 365 enhancements, many of which are powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Here are some of the new and upcoming ones most likely to be useful in your business.
OfficeWrite and draw with digital ink
Typing is easy on desktops and laptops, but when you’re on touch-enabled devices, keyboards are cumbersome to use, whether they are extra hardware or as space invaders on your screen. Now, the Draw tab is available on your favorite Office programs so you can use your finger, a stylus, or a mouse to doodle and write. You can automatically convert your handwriting to text in Word or OneNote by implementing the handwriting input function of your Windows 10 touch keyboard.
Chat with colleagues right inside the app
Now available exclusively to Office 365 subscribers, the chat function lets team members message one another within a Word document, PowerPoint presentation, or Excel spreadsheet as they work on it together.
WordWrite with your voice
Ever wished you had a personal secretary who could type dictation for you? As an Office 365 subscriber, you won’t need one. Sign into your account, turn on your microphone, then go to Home > Dictate (in Outlook, go to Message > Dictate instead). Once the Dictate icon turns red, you can start writing your document just by speaking. It’s that easy! Now available in Word for Office 365, Outlook for Office 365, PowerPoint for Office 365, and OneNote for Windows 10.
Edit documents with natural gestures
With your handwriting and voice digitized into standard text, editing your document is easy, thanks to natural gestures. It’s like using a pen to insert or cross out words on printouts, but immediately seeing your edits afterward! Other magical things you can do include inserting spaces and paragraph breaks, stringing broken-up words together, and circling text to select it. Now available in Word for Office 365 and Word Mobile.
PowerPointTransform your scribbles
Sometimes you need to draw or write by hand to get stuff down quickly. Using digital ink can be the quickest way to communicate, but turning scribbles into editable text or easy-to-manipulate shapes for a slideshow presentation later on is time-consuming.
Or rather, that was the case, because now Ink to Text and Ink to Shape can convert your handwriting and hand drawings into standard text or shapes, respectively. Now available for PowerPoint for Office 365, PowerPoint for iPad, and PowerPoint for iPhone. Ink to Shape is also available exclusively to Office 365 subscribers on Excel for Office 365, Word for Office 365, Excel 2016, Word 2016, and Visio Online Plan 2.
Excel“Ideas” literally let you work smarter
Pie charts, bar graphs, scatter diagrams — with so many ways to visualize data, it can become troublesome to implement the right graph. Thankfully, the upcoming Ideas will let AI come up with the most apt graphs for you. Just click on a cell in a data table, click the Ideas button on the Home tab, then voila! Excel comes up with charts for you to choose from. It can even set trend lines, recognize outliers, and create summaries for you — all without having to write an unwieldy formula! Coming soon to Excel for Office 365, Excel for Office 365 for Mac, and Excel Online.
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Since optical character recognition software is already a couple of decades old, it’s about time we’re able to extract data tables from pictures. Soon, the Insert data from picture function will let us encode ingredients lists from recipes and digitize printed receipts by taking their photos. Coming soon to Excel for Android tablets and Excel for Android phones.
One formula, many values
For so long, Excel users had to enter a formula and copy it to get multiple values (known as an array) from their data tables. With dynamic arrays, however, all you have to do is write a formula once, press Enter, and you’ll instantly get values for entire columns or tables instantly, which means faster processing with fewer errors. To illustrate, you can use a dynamic array to fill up entire multiplication tables, and when you change or add more factors, the array will recalculate and resize automatically. Coming soon to Excel for Office 365 and Excel for Office 365 for Mac.
OutlookQuickly create tasks
Outlook now lets you create tasks and to-do lists the way you write emails. Just click Tasks > New Tasks, type the name of the task in the Subject box, and add task details in the body. You can also set its priority, start and due dates, and even a reminder for it.
Additionally, you can create tasks out of emails by dragging an email to Tasks on the navigation bar. This is way faster than copy-pasting email contents onto the body of a task, though keep in mind that email attachments aren’t carried over to the newly made task.
Make the most out of Office 365! If you’re already a subscriber or are currently looking into it, let us help you configure and implement it for maximum productivity.
Finding the Handwriting KeyboardThis feature is built into Windows 10’s touch keyboard. To open it, tap the touch keyboard icon next to the clock on your taskbar.If you don’t see the keyboard icon on your taskbar, right-click or long-press on your taskbar and enable the “Show touch keyboard button” option in the context menu.Tap the keyboard button at the bottom right corner of the touch keyboard.Tap the handwriting keyboard icon, which looks like a pen over an empty panel.The handwriting input keyboard appears.
By default, it spans the entire width of your display. To shrink it, tap the “Undock” button to the left of the “x” on the top right corner of the panel.Touch the title bar of the panel with your stylus or finger to drag it around your screen and position it wherever you want it.Once you switch to the handwriting input panel, it will automatically appear whenever you tap or click the keyboard icon on your taskbar. You’ll need to tap the keyboard button at the bottom of the touch input keyboard to select the default touch keyboard if you want to use it.Writing With the Handwriting KeyboardYou can input text in any application with a text input field.
For example, we’ll be using Notepad here, but you can do this in any traditional desktop program or new Windows 10 app.With the text field focused, write a word on the handwriting panel with your pen. Windows will automatically detect the word you’re writing.Tap the space button on the right side of the panel with your stylus and Windows will enter the word into the text field you have focused. Just write a word, tap the “Space” or “Enter” button on the panel, write the next word, and continue. Windows should automatically detect the correct word if your handwriting is clear.If Windows doesn’t automatically detect the word you’re writing, tap it on the suggestion bar. If you need to erase the previous word or a few letters, tap the backspace button at the right side of the panel.
You can tap in the text field with your stylus to re-position the cursor or select text.Handwriting OptionsRELATED:You’ll find a few options for at Settings Devices Pen & Windows Ink.For example, the “Show the handwriting panel when note in tablet mode and there’s no keyboard attached” option makes it easier to access the handwriting input panel on tablets with a stylus. When you’re using a tablet device with no physical keyboard attached and you’re in desktop mode (not “tablet mode”), Windows will automatically open the handwriting panel.Direct Pen InputRELATED:Some applications support direct pen input. For example, you can open the OneNote or applications included with Windows 10 and write directly in a note to take handwritten notes. To find more applications that support pen input.The handwriting input panel can be useful even in applications that allow you to write directly with a stylus. For example, Microsoft Edge allows you to and save your notes. Just tap the pen-shaped “Make a Web Note” icon on Edge’s toolbar.However, Edge’s pen support doesn’t actually allow you to enter text into web pages. To do this, you’ll need to focus a text field in Microsoft Edge and open the handwriting keyboard.PrivacyBy default, Microsoft about your handwriting input to better understand your writing and improve its recognition of your text.You can change this setting if you like.
Head to Settings Privacy Speech, inking, & typing. Click “Stop getting to know me” to stop Microsoft from collecting this data.
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