How to setup Office OneNote use stylus to write and finger to pan the page?

2025-09-18 10:29

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After using the stylus to draw and write on the Office OneNote page for a while, I want to use my finger to press and drag the page to a new blank area to write again. 

 

However, at that moment, my finger also changes to the drawing and writing state instead of the dragging state. 

 

How can I write with the stylus and drag with my finger?

 

 

The way the pen works in Office OneNote is a bit different from the pen functionality in OneNote for Windows 10. 

 

To write with a stylus and drag the page with your finger: the key point is not to use your finger to tap the pen icon in Drawing Tools group in Draw tab in the OneNote ribbon, only use the stylus to select the pen icon in the ribbon.

 

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This way, you can write with the pen and use your finger to pan the page.