Use the supported digital pen button to Lasso Select ink without visiting the ribbon. In both Excel and PowerPoint, with a digital pen, you can select an area without even tapping the selection tool on the ribbon. Then you can manipulate that object as you wish: move it, change its color, and so on. A faded, dashed selection region appears around it, and when you're done, the portion you lassoed is selected. With your pen or finger, drag to draw a circle around the part of the drawing or word that you want to select. Under Draw > Tools on the Ribbon, tap Lasso Select or.
(This tool can't select non-ink objects-that is, shapes, pictures, etc.) To select part of a drawing or words written in ink, use the Lasso Select tool. It's most useful when you have a mixture of standard and ink objects and you only want to select an ink object.Īpplies only to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel: There is also an ink selection tool, Lasso Select, or for specifically for selecting objects drawn with ink. All apps include a Draw tool on the Draw tab of the Ribbon for switching between inking mode and selection mode.
