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Unleash your creativity with new pen tools in OneNote

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Oct 07, 2024

Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! My name is Victoria Chen, and I’m a Product Manager on the Office AI team. We are so excited to announce that we have added two new pens to your Draw tab in OneNote on Windows: Fountain Pen and Brush Pen!

 

 

Also, we have updated pen icons, bringing a new refreshed and coherent look across your favorite productivity apps.

 

Unleash your creativity with new pen tools in OneNote

 

You’ve asked us to add more pens and we’re happy to deliver:

  • Fountain Pen allows you to make thinner lines and detail lettering. You can use speed and pressure to control the thickness of your writing.

Inked text captured using the Fountain Pen

  • Brush Pen allows you to create artistic letters with minimal effort. It is directional which ensures that the thickness updates automatically based on the direction of the stroke. 

Inked text captured using the Brush Pen

How it works

 

1. If the Fountain Pen and Brush Pen don’t appear on the Draw tab, select the Add Pen button, and then select that pen or pens you want to add.

Notes page with the Add Pen menu in the foreground

 

2. To take the new pens for a test drive, try out the different pen thickness and colors.

Fountain Pen menu

3. To define a custom inking palette for the pen, select the pen, and then select More Colors or the Eyedropper tool.

 

NOTE: To delete any pen from the Drawing Tools bar, right-click it and select Delete Pen.

Availability   

This feature is available to Insiders running OneNote on Windows Version 2408 (Build 18011.20000) or later.

Feedback

We want to hear from you! If you have any feedback or suggestions, select Help > Feedback and tell us what you think!

 

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Updated Oct 07, 2024
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  • kurtsoeser's avatar
    kurtsoeser
    Iron Contributor

    I LOVE IT!
    As a die hard pen user since 2009 it was time to "upgrade" the OneNote pen selection and I hope that there will be coming more in the future. I would love to see different kinds (especially as a teacher) like the ones we have in MS Paint...

  • Hi danielthecoder, we just rolled out the new pens to 100% Beta Channel last week. So please check again to see if you have received the new pens in the OneNote Draw tab. If not, you may be in the Current Channel, and we will be rolling out to Current Channel soon!

  • Thomas1515's avatar
    Thomas1515
    Copper Contributor

    Will OneNote for Mac finally be eligible for an update? Or are we condemned to remain permanently forgotten?

  • jasonkellington's avatar
    jasonkellington
    Copper Contributor

    Why is this feature not added to OneNote in the Microsoft 365 apps? It seems a little backward adding a feature to an app that has already been scheduled for end-of-life (OneNote for Windows 10) and not adding the same feature to the current and recommended version of the app. Am I missing something?

  • shabrez73's avatar
    shabrez73
    Copper Contributor

    can someone guide me how to get Text pen on one note. as it appears some time and disappears later