Problems using a Wacom tablet with Excel 2016

Question

I use a Wacom Bamboo tablet instead of a mouse and have today downloaded Office 365. When using Excel, instead of seeing the cursor, Excel defaults to a pen tool, like the one's available via the "Draw" menu, and I can't seem to remove it or change it to a cursor to start typing formulas into cells.

Is Excel recongnising the fact that I'm using a tablet and thinks I want to draw? If so, does anyone know how I can remove this, as I don;t want to plug in a mouse each time I want to use Excel.

Answer 1

UPDATED: 3/15/2016

Thank you again for all your feedback and patience as we work on the fixes for the ink mode feature. Good news! Our engineering team is now rolling out the changes to enable the pen to function like it did before to Office Insiders and should soon be available to all.

For more information, please see latest post from Dan Parish on 3/15 in this thread: After the latest Office update PowerPoint get locked in ink mode

Lastly, If you want to see features and fixes like this earlier and help us make Office better by giving us feedback, consider joining the Insider Program.

Thanks,

Michelle V.

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Hi everyone,

We appreciate your comments and engagement on the MS Community. We've been actively monitoring these threads and working to incorporate your feedback into our product updates. Please see the latest response from Dan Parish on this main thread: After the latest Office update PowerPoint get locked in ink mode, which I also copied and pasted down below.

Thanks,

Michelle V

Office Team

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Copied from After the latest Office update PowerPoint get locked in ink mode:

I wanted to first thank all of you for your feedback both here, and on our UserVoice site.  We’ve heard you loud and clear, and as a result we are actively working on two changes:

1. For people that want to use the pen as a precise pointer temporarily, we will introduce the ability to do that via a button on the Draw tab.  This will keep the new default of having the pen ink on the document canvas, but give the ability to use the pen to do selection when needed.
2. For people that want or need to use the pen like a mouse by default, we will also add a new preference to the Options dialog that will allow you to restore the previous behavior.  If you want to ink, that will be easier than before because you’ll be able to just tap a pen on the Draw tab and start inking, but you will be able to set your default behavior to be that the pen selects, just like it was before the update.

We are actively working on making these changes so that we can get them out to you as soon as possible.  Note that you may see #2 (the preference in the Options dialog) appear first, because we are prioritizing getting that change to you based on your feedback.

I will keep this post updated with the latest status, or you can follow along at one (or all) of the three relevant UserVoice topics: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

In addition, if you’d like to get these changes even before they are officially released to everyone, please consider joining our Office Insidersprogram.  It’s a great way to preview the upcoming changes and help provide us with feedback early.

Thanks again,

Dan

Answer 2

Hello,

Thank you for your reply.

I suggest you to refer to the suggestion mentioned by Dan Parish in below mentioned link on similar issue and check if it helps.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2016-powerpoint/after-the-latest-office-update-powerpoint-get/8d6a4d6a-a1e9-4f01-8847-c988866c1fd7

I hope the above information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance.

Thank you.

Answer 3

i have the same problem

Answer 4

Hi, the issue seems to be limited to just MS Office apps (Word, Excel, OneNote) that have the "draw" menu option. It almost seems as though the app recognises that I'm using a pen tablet and defaults to the inking option, and I can't seem to find a way of stopping this happening.

Answer 5

Hello, Mike,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for posting your query.

Please provide more information before we proceed.

Does the tablet work as mouse in other Office applications and Windows application such as WordPad/Notepad?

Please post back with the information asked for further assistance.

Thank you.