Write with a Stylus
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Write with a Stylus

A stylus can perfectly capture the unique character of your writing style and make you feel as if you are writing or painting on paper.

When using the stylus for the first time, attach its notch area to the top middle area on your tablet, and follow the onscreen instructions to pair the stylus with your tablet via Bluetooth.

Once the pairing is complete, you'll be able to:

  • Quickly access Notepad: When the screen is off, use the stylus to tap or write on the tablet screen to quickly open Notepad.

    For some tablets, you will need to go to Settings > Accessibility features > Stylus > Quickly take notes and enable Quickly take notes.

  • Switch functions: On the Double-tap screen, select one of the following options: Switch between current tool and eraser, Switch between current and previous tool, Open color palette, or Open shortcut menu. You can then enable specific features on the editing screen by double-tapping the lower half of the stylus body.
 
  • HUAWEI M-Pencil is only supported on certain tablets.
  • The Double-tap feature only works when used with a HUAWEI M-Pencil (2nd generation) stylus.

FreeScript

With FreeScript, you can handwrite content in text boxes and edit the text using your stylus. FreeScript supports a mix of Chinese and English input.

Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Stylus > FreeScript and enable FreeScript.

  • Select text: Draw a straight line on text to select it.

  • Delete text: Draw a wavy line on text to delete it.

  • Insert space: Draw a vertical line in the middle of text to insert a space.

  • Merge paragraphs: Draw a vertical line between spaces to merge them.

Increasing the recognition success rate

  • Avoid writing continuously without lifting the stylus.

  • Maintain a tilt angle of less than 15 degrees, write neatly, and avoid skipping lines.

  • Write horizontally instead of vertically and keep the same font size throughout the same paragraph.

  • Write in or near the text box. Writing too far away from the input box will be deemed as a non-writing operation.

    FreeScript is not supported in some text boxes such as security and password ones, those in game apps, as well as some customized text boxes in apps such as Quark Browser.

Draw Standard Lines and Shapes in One Stroke

Have the lines and shapes you draw get straight to the point.

  • After drawing a figure, hold the stylus on the screen for 0.5–1 second for the figure to be straightened.
  • More than 10 common shapes can be recognized, including straight lines, parabolas, triangles, rectangles, parallelograms, circles, ellipses, diamonds, arrows, five-pointed stars, pentagons, hearts, and clouds. However, not all shapes can be recognized.
  • You need to draw a shape in one stroke. Do not use multiple strokes to form a shape. For example, draw an enclosed rectangle in one continuous motion and hold the stylus on the screen for a moment. The figure will automatically straighten out into a standard rectangle.

This feature is only supported in Huawei Notepad and certain apps that support the use of the stylus.

Make Annotations

The Annotate feature allows you to make annotations anywhere on any screen and save the annotations together with related content.

Use your stylus to swipe inward from the upper right corner on the screen and select Annotate.

If you're using a HUAWEI M-Pencil (2nd generation), you can enable the Annotate feature by double-tapping the body of the stylus.

Before using this feature, go to Settings > Accessibility features > Stylus > Double-tap , enable Double-tap, and select Open shortcut menu.

You can perform the following using the Annotate feature:
  • Make annotations: Use the stylus to make annotations on the screen. Your annotations will be displayed above content in the app.
  • Browse content: When you are making annotations, you can swipe up to continue browsing content (requires support by the app) and use the stylus to make annotations anywhere.
  • Set the brush: When you use the Annotate feature for the first time, the ball-point pen will be used by default. You can touch the stylus toolbar and switch between different types of brushes and adjust the brush width and color.
  • Write and edit: When you are making annotations, you can modify an annotation at any time. Touch the stylus toolbar and select Eraser to erase your handwriting or use Lasso to select part of the content to copy, paste, delete, resize, and rotate it. You can also cancel or recover what you have edited.
  • Save annotations: After making an annotation, you can touch to save it as an image or a PDF file.
  • Share annotations: After making an annotation, you can touch to share it as an image or a PDF file.

In addition to the preceding basic functions, the Annotate feature also supports the smart shape feature for you to draw standard lines and graphics more conveniently. After you draw a graphic, you can hold down the stylus for between 0.5s and 1s for the graphic to become a standard shape.

Take Snippets

The Take snippet feature allows you to capture key information from any screen, by extracting text or taking a screenshot. After taking a snippet, you can drag it to an app that supports drag-and-drop.

 

Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Stylus > Double-tap, make sure that Double-tap is enabled, and select Open shortcut menu. Swipe inward from the upper right corner of the tablet or double-tap the stylus, and touch Take snippet to enter the extraction state.

Consecutive snippets

In the extraction state, touch on the toolbar, and enable Consecutive snippets, to take consecutive snippets without exiting this state. After entering the extraction state, you can use your finger to switch between screens.

Extracting text

In the extraction state, touch and hold down on any onscreen text to extract it. From there, feel free to:

  • Drag the start and end cursors to adjust the text to be extracted. Touch any blank area on screen to cancel text extraction.

  • Copy or drag the text to another app:

    Copy text: Once the text is selected, touch .

    Drag text: Open the target app, select the text, touch and hold down on it, and then drag it to the target app.

  • Share text: Once the text is selected, touch .

Taking a screenshot

Use the stylus to draw something on screen. A rectangular area will form around your drawing. You can adjust the size of this area by dragging the edges of the rectangle. Touch the screen to cancel the selected area.

  • Touch to doodle on the screenshot. Feel free to switch brushes and colors as needed. After drawing something on screen, press and hold the stylus against your drawing to form a rectangular area around it.

  • Touch to save the screenshot. When you drag the screenshot to another app, the screenshot will be saved to the app, and will not be redundantly saved in Gallery.

  • Touch to share the screenshot.

  • Touch to pin the screenshot to the screen. Touch and hold down on the screenshot until it shrinks, before dragging it to another app.

  • Touch to exit the extraction state.

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