This feature is available in the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean language versions of Microsoft Office.
Write as you naturally do on a paper surface, leaving space between characters. You do not need to wait until one character is recognized before writing another character.
Write on a boxed area on the screen
If Boxed Input is not available, click Handwriting
on the Language bar, and then select Boxed Input
.
Note You can move the Boxed Input box to different areas on the screen by dragging it.
Write anywhere on the screen
If Write Anywhere is not available, click Handwriting
on the Language bar, and then select Write Anywhere
.
Note You can move the Write Anywhere toolbar to different areas on the screen by dragging it.
To write, use a handwriting input device, or move your mouse on your mouse pad to form characters.
Your handwriting is automatically recognized and entered at the insertion point in the program.
To close the handwriting box, click Close on the Boxed Input
or Write Anywhere
toolbar.
Tips
You can turn automatic recognition on or off, and select options such as changing the rate at which handwriting is recognized or change pen color and width. Click Options in the upper-left corner of the Boxed Input
box or the Write Anywhere
toolbar, and then click Options.
To enter handwriting into the program immediately without waiting for a recognition delay, click Recognize Now on the Boxed Input
or Write Anywhere
toolbar.
If your handwriting is not correctly recognized when you write anywhere on the screen, you may need to leave more space between characters as you write.
See a list of suggested characters as you write
Use Lookup
One box is available to write in when you use Lookup.
To display the Lookup box, click Lookup on the Boxed Input
toolbar.
Write a character in the Boxed Input box on the left.
Suggested characters appear in the Lookup box next to the writing box.
To see detailed information about characters in the Lookup box, click Detail Mode .
Note Detail Mode is not available in Simplified Chinese.
To insert the desired character, click it in the Lookup box or in the Detail Mode
box.
Notes
If you click Lookup on the Write Anywhere
toolbar, the Boxed Input
box will open. Write the character in the box on the left. Suggested characters will appear in the Lookup box next to the writing box.
To go back to Write Anywhere , click Write Anywhere
on the Boxed Input
toolbar.
If you opened Detail Mode , click Detail Mode
again to close it.
Use Character Auto Completion
More than one box is available to write in when you use Character Auto Completion.
To display the Character Auto Completion list, click Character Auto Completion on the Boxed Input
toolbar.
Write a character in the Boxed Input box.
The suggested characters are displayed in the list, from the bottom to the top.
To see detailed information about characters in the Character Auto Completion list, click Detail Mode .
Note Detail Mode is not available in Simplified Chinese.
The character at the bottom of the list is automatically inserted as you write another character in the next writing box.
You can also insert the desired character by clicking it in the Character Auto Completion list or in the Detail Mode
box.
Notes
Character Auto Completion is not available on the Write Anywhere toolbar.
If you opened Detail Mode , click Detail Mode
again to close it.
Increase or decrease the number of writing boxes in the Boxed Input box
With the Boxed Input box open, click the side of the box opposite to the toolbar, and then drag outward or inward to increase or decrease the number of boxes.
Note If you cannot increase the number of boxes, Lookup may be open. To close Lookup, click Lookup on the Boxed Input
toolbar.
Convert Kana to Kanji (only in Japanese language version of Microsoft Word)
The Input Method Editor (IME) candidate list opens.
The selected characters are replaced with the characters you click in the candidate list.
Notes
Insert writing in handwritten form (Word and Outlook only)
Notes