{"id":806687,"date":"2020-03-30T21:05:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T21:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eu.shop.wacom.eu\/us\/?p=4170"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:26:50","slug":"how-to-annotate-documents-digitally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/how-to-annotate-documents-digitally\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Annotate Documents Digitally"},"content":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a reason the red pencil endures: it\u2019s the most efficient way to communicate mark ups on a document. Trouble is, you need a printer and a red pencil if you want to truly mark up a doc. If your home office is without a printer, annotating and marking up documents with a mouse takes all of the pleasure, art and efficiency out of the process.\n\nGood news: you don\u2019t need a printer to annotate and mark up a doc. You can grab a Wacom tablet, like the Intuos<\/a>, or a Wacom One<\/a>, if you prefer to write on screen and get your red (or blue or green) digital pencil working.\n

How to annotate digitally<\/h2>\nIn Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint, head over to the Draw tab and simply pick your pen. Then start marking up the doc. Both programs also allow you to use Windows Ink to create math equations using a pen instead of a mouse or keyboard and in Word, you can embed a drawing canvas right into your Word doc. Save your doc, and you ink is saved too.\n\n
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Annotating and editing in Microsoft Word with a Wacom<\/p><\/div>\n\n \n\n

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Use the Draw tab to annotate and edit in Microsoft Power Point with Wacom<\/p><\/div>\n\n \n\n

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Use Ink to Math to write math equations in Word or PowerPoint with a Wacom<\/p><\/div>\n

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Which Wacom products are best for annotation?<\/h2>\n
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Annotating with Wacom One<\/p><\/div>\n\nFor those who want to write on screen, the Wacom One<\/a> is the best pick. It\u2019s designed to feel good \u2013 the screen isn\u2019t cold or sticky or smudgy like other tablets \u2013 and the pen is ergonomically design thanks to 30 years of researching the way artists hold their pencils and paints. And it\u2019s also a great choice for students who have a lot of math homework, or who want to continue to develop their art.\n\n

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Intuos small with Bluetooth<\/p><\/div>\n\nFor those who want the same ergonomic benefits and more customizable buttons, the Wacom Intuos<\/a> is a great choice. This one comes with three free pieces of drawing software and is light and small so you can throw it in a drawer when the home office needs to transition back to the dining room table.\n\nWacom products are available at Amazon<\/a>, Best Buy<\/a> and the Wacom Estore<\/a>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2338,2329,2324,2342],"tags":[562,542,553,495],"class_list":["post-806687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","category-intuos-and-intuos-pro","category-wacom-at-home","category-wacom-one","tag-annotation","tag-remote-learning","tag-remote-working","tag-work-from-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}