Microsoft KB Archive/911004

= The Pen tool is unavailable in OneNote 2003 =

Article ID: 911004

Article Last Modified on 11/24/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office OneNote 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you run Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, the Pen tool is unavailable (appears dimmed).



CAUSE
This behavior may occur if one of the following conditions is true:
 * The handwriting recognition feature is enabled on the Language bar.
 * Speech recognition is turned on in Microsoft Office Word 2003.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, disable handwriting recognition or turn off speech recognition in Word 2003.

Disable handwriting recognition
To disable handwriting recognition, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, click Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options, and then click Regional and Language Options.
 * 2) Click the Languages tab, and then click Details.
 * 3) Under Installed services, click Handwriting Recognition, and then click Remove.

Turn off speech recognition in Word 2003
To turn off speech recognition in Word 2003, click Speech on the Tools menu.

Note When speech recognition is turned off in Word 2003, there is no check mark next to the Speech command on the Tools menu.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to turn off speech recognition and handwriting recognition, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

823586 How to turn off the speech recognition and the handwriting recognition features in Office 2003

Additional query words: onenote2003 onenote2k3 on2003 on2k3 pens

Keywords: kbtshoot kbprb KB911004

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