User Guide

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Surface Pen
Write and draw naturally with your Surface Pen. With over 250 levels of pressure sensitivity and Palm Block
technology, this pen has the heft and feel of a high-quality traditional pen.
The tip works as a capacitive pen, and has Bluetooth technology built in to support OneNote and other features.
For more info on using Surface Pen with OneNote, see Take notes or draw with OneNote and OneNote this
guide.
Surface Pen also works great with Office apps, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. For more info, see Use a pen
to draw, write, or highlight text on a Windows tablet on Office.com.
Surface Pen features
Surface Pen has three buttons and a tip.
 Top button
Click the top button to open OneNote, even if your Surface is locked.
Bluetooth technology links your Surface Pen to your Surface, so when you click
the button, your Surface responds instantly.
 Right-click button
Acts just like right-clicking a mouse. In apps like OneNote, click this button
once to bring up a menu to choose pen color, thickness, and other options.
Or, click and hold to select text.
 Eraser button
Hold down the eraser button and move the tip over the area you want to
erase.
 Tip
The fine tip, along with Palm Block technology and multi-point sensitivity in
your Surface lets you write and draw naturally.
Wondering about the coin cell batteries or need to pair your pen manually? See More Surface Pen info in this
guide.