Microsoft now offers full surface pen button customization. For new surface pen owners, this gives you a threeway method to. To zoom the canvas on edge using a touch screen, touch events. Shut down your surface book press and hold the volume up button on your surface, then press and release the power button when you see the surface logo screen appear, release the volume up button. As i said, i tested the best configuration of the surface book that microsoft has to offer. Learn to set up and use your surface pen to work, play, and create. If surface pen appears in the list of discovered devices, it may not be properly paired yet. Its easy in theory, and you can even set up paths to do different things based on the active application. How to remap the surface pen button using the newly updated surface app. For example, the eraser can be singleclicked to open microsofts onenote, doubleclicked for a screenshot, and you can pressandhold to open up a cortana search. How to pair your surface book with the surface pen. Whiteboard for the web currently allows users to create and join boards, create and erase ink, and view sticky notes and images that others have added. Surface book features power button press the power button to turn your surface book on. Tap the search button and type surface, then press enter.
Configure your pen when i first tried using my new dell active stylus pen with onenote, a popup appeared asking me to configure my pen. Tap the install button, then proceed to the next step. Hold down the shortcut button on your pen for seven. What makes the surface book a truly epic photographers tool is the included pen gone are the days of trying to make selections or pinpoint edits by using a trackpad, mouse, or expensive addon stylus. The pen is ready to be used as a clicker for your presentation. The pen magnetically attaches to the surface book tablet sections left side and offers a variety of notation. The surface app, which comes preinstalled on all new surfaces, finally now lets you customize the rear 3way button on the new surface pen for surface book and surface pro 4 it also works with surface 3 and pro 3. To set up windows hello facial recognition on your surface book, read our howto guide here. Hp pen control opens, and the current button settings are displayed. Rest your hand on the screen, like you would on a piece of paper, then start writing. If you click and hold the top button on the surface pen, you will open up cortana on windows 10 or search if cortana has yet to be set up.
The surface pen allows you to draw, write, and create directly on the screen of surface book. Surface go 2 surface book 3 microsoft 365 surface pro x windows 10 apps. Under power options, click the change what the power buttons do link. Rightclick, press and hold the side button, then tap on the item. There is also a side button on the new surface pen, which, by default is set to rightclick. The surface book is a 2in1 pc designed and produced by microsoft, part of the companys surface line of personal computing devices. Pair your surface pen please note that you can pair the new surface pen with surface pro 4 and surface book as well as with surface 3 or surface pro 3. Open the hp pen control app by clicking the hp pen control icon in the system tray, or type hp pen control in the windows search box. The alternative is to use autohotkey and create scripts to reassign the buttons.
It offers the ultimate modern writing experience, now with 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity and reduced latency for surface book. Open your presentation, start slide show, and start clicking. Youll see a light on the flat side of the pen when its ready. How to reprogram your surface pen buttons to do anything. Those advanced settings are hidden and intelligently managed by surface. Windows 10 gained a new pen settings panel with the anniversary update. If you click the top of the pen, onenote should immediately launch, allowing you to quickly take notes while on the go.
You should now see that the surface pen is paired to your surface book. Surface driver and firmware updates are packaged as windows installer. The surface app, which comes preinstalled on all new surfaces, finally now lets you customize the rear 3way button on the new surface pen for surface book and surface pro 4 it also works with. The options at the bottom of the panel allow you to control when you click the button once, doubleclick it, or press and hold it.
This accessory doesnt ship in the box with surface 3 as it does with surface pro 3, so you will want to factor that cost into. Get to know surface book, the ultrathin, highperformance laptop with exceptional power and versatility. Onenote mobile, and offered no way to configure it otherwise. Learn how to program the eraser button to open the programs you want. This is a tricky function to reprogram as once youve changed rightclick using a script, it affects rightclick functionality across the entire system. How to calibrate the pen for a microsoft surface toms. Open the main settings menu via the start button, or by swiping from the right side of the screen in and clicking all settings. Typing on the surface book 2 feels a lot like typing on the previous surface book right down to the size of the keyboard. Remap the surface pen button on surface pro 4 and surface book. Use this guide to get started with your surface book. In this video i will show you how to configure the top button on your windows surface pen using the settings available in your windows 10. For example, on the surface pen, youll find the shortcut button on the tip of the pen, where an eraser would be on a pencil. Open the surface app and tap the pen icon on the lefthand column.
Press and hold the top button of your pen for 57 seconds until the led flashes white to turn on bluetooth pairing mode. Use your surface pen in any app that supports inking. The tablet pro pen tool has been updated to work with more than just surface devices surface pro, surface go, surface book to change the function of the side button on the pen. It is supported on devices running an uptodate version of most browsers including edge, chrome, firefox, and safari. Microsoft surface pen platinum model 1776 eyu00009 4. Manage and deploy surface driver and firmware updates. To change what the top button does when you press it, see change pen settings. Microsoft now lets you customize the buttons on surface pen with. There are four requirements for making your pen and powerpoint for microsoft 365 work together. Use your digital pen as a slideshow clicker powerpoint. To check your pen pressure settings, open the surface app and select the pen tab to adjust it.
Every microsoft surface devices shipped with a predefined power plan called balanced with a very few advanced configurations as below the limited power configuration in advanced settings because of connected standby feature that enabled by default on every surface devices. Youll still have to work the pin, pattern, or password screen locks, but if your note has only the swipe. Go to start, and select settings devices bluetooth. Lenovo pen button configuration guide com this guide introduces how to customize the button functions of the lenovo active pen, lenovo active pen 2, lenovo pen pro, lenovo garage pen and thinkpad pen pro. You can also detach the screen from the dock and use the surface book as a tablet. Tablet pc shares how to customise your surface pen settings. How to reprogram your surface pen buttons to do anything you.
One of the choices is calibrate the screen for pen or touch input. The resulting search will show the different options for calibration. Microsofts bundled the surface book with the same surface pen seen on the pro 4. This machine and the surface pro would be a 5 star device if it were not for this annoying bug. Surface book is distinguished from other surface devices primarily by its fullsized, detachable keyboard, which uses a dynamic fulcrum hinge that expands when it is opened. On this page, you can adjust various settings relating to the surface pen and any other stylus, including. Using the dropdown menu for when i press the power button select the action you want. Additionally, you can also use the surface app to make further adjustments for pressure sensitivity, windows start button, audio control and etc. Please address this issue or create a workaround, new app that will allow us to change the settings on the surface pen including button configuration. As you may know, the surface app dropped surface pen eraser button customization for surface pro 4 and surface book. How to set up your surface pros pen lifehacker australia. Scroll down until you see the surface app iconits a blue square and click on it. If your device has a pen or another type of stylus, you can customize exactly how it works and what its buttons do from the settings window.
Once your pen is paired, youll be able to use the top button. The new eraser button on surface pen, which comes with surface book. The eraser button still works properly, but im unable to interact with the screen using the pen. The digital pen on the surface pro 4 and surface book is an indispensable tool for serious notetakers and artists alike.
To deploy these windows installer packages, you can use endpoint configuration manager or mdt. Previously, surface pro 3 and surface 3 users could configure which version of onenote launched when they pressed the button on the end of the surface pen. The eraser button supports up to three actions depending on how you click it single click, double click, or holding the clicker down. The built in windows options for pen button reassignment are completely useless for command based assignments. How to pair your surface pen with your surface microsoft. Out of the box, the surface pen is preprogrammed to do some pretty wonderful things. It is easy to link and set up the microsoft surface pen for surface pro 4 over bluetooth which works fine with the surface book 2. You will want to use this in conjunction with any windows ink applications in the microsoft store or. How to get started with your surface book microsoft. Microsoft now lets you configure how the eraser button on. To return to the default setting and functions for the buttons, click default. Hp notebook pcs configuring the hp pen using hp pen. Did you know that you can change the settings for the back button of your surface pen. The keyboard contains a second battery, a number of ports and an optional discrete.
I could select whether my pen was a single button or two button stylus, the popup then described the functions for each button and how to erase and lasso using the pen buttons. Microsoft now lets you customize the buttons on surface pen. Microsofts mouthwatering new surface book laptop and surface pro 4 tablet merge hardware with software in ways that pc enthusiasts have only dreamed about in. We show you how to change your surface pen settings.
The app allows one to adjust the sensitivity of the pen, and change the behavior of the top button of the pen. To use the s pen, slide it out of the samsung galaxy tablets case. Surface pen with two side buttons 1 top button 2 rightclick button 3 eraser button 4 tip pair surface pen with your surface surface pen uses bluetooth to pair with your surface. To see which apps to start with, go to the section try these apps with your pen. The included surface pen provides added precision thanks to its 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity. The app is primarily for surface users, which can customize many other parts of surface. To make sure its discoverable, press and hold the top button on the pen for about 7 seconds. Hi, ive got a surface book the original model and its developed an issue lately where the screen sometimes stops responding to the pen. Windows 10 device settings for pen offers one to change button actions. The digital pen on the surface pro 4 and surface book is an indispensable. How to configure the top and side buttons on your microsoft surface. The surface book is for people who demand a proper notebook one that can suffice as a tablet when the occasion calls for it. If the tablet is locked, pulling out the s pen unlocks the tablet. How to customize power button action when pressed on.
How to configure your pen and its buttons on windows 10. Go to start settings devices add bluetooth or other device bluetooth. Your surface is designed to ignore your hand and other inputs while you write. As on the microsoft surface pro 4, the eraserlike button on the top of the pen automatically brings up onenote on the surface book with a single click, and opens the cortana voice assistant if. Configuring surface book uefibios settings detailed.