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Former Employee

Nov 19, 2019

PDF Inking on Microsoft Edge

Using a digital pen or touch to write directly on PDF files has been one of the top feature asks from Microsoft Edge insiders. We are pleased to announce that inking mode for PDF files has rolled out...

MitchellJP

Copper Contributor

Apr 03, 2020

Elliot Kirk Hi there!

I am really confused by the fact that you mentioned all of the great Edge inking capabilities the team is currently working on rolling out when each of those features were available for over a year on Microsoft Edge before the latest update. I used this on a daily basis to make multicolored notes with different stroke sizes quickly and easily on PDFs on a daily basis in my grad school. This decrease in capabilities with the new Edge update has been very disruptive to my regular note taking process, unfortunately. I was wondering why the update got rid of these capabilities.

cjc2112

Bronze Contributor

Apr 05, 2020

MitchellJP Because they switched to the chromium source code. They can't just import the code from the old edge. They have to literally re-code everything. If you want the old capabilities, I highly suggest using OneNote if possible as they have all those drawing capabilities and more.

Right now, the share button will only send a link to OneNote, so you can use Win+Shift+S to snip what you want, and it saves it to your clipboard so you can paste (Ctrl+V) into OneNote, and from there you can work on it.

I hope this helps you!