How to Convert Hand Writing to Text in OneNote 2016? (with Pictures)

If you think, you have a good writing speed as compared to typing on a computer; then it will be comfortable for you to take down your notes handwritten on touch screen computer. If your computer is not a touch screen computer, then you can use the mouse pointer to write on the screen. In a meeting, an interview or a lecture sometimes it is appropriate to avoid the sound of typing as it creates the disturbance. So, taking notes handwritten and then converting it to text is a better choice. Let’s learn how to convert handwriting to text in OneNote 2016?

Steps to Convert Handwriting to Text in OneNote 2016?

Step 1: Open OneNote application on your screen. You will find a Draw tab on the title bar of the application. Click on Draw tab.

Step 2: Under Tools group, you will find a collection of pen and highlighter of different colors and thickness. Choose a pen or a highlighter with color and thickness of your choice and strat writing on a page of OneNote.

Step 3: Here, you can see I wrote “QueHow” on the page. Check out whether you had committed any mistakes while writing and proceed further with next step.

Step 4: If you have finished writing or want to stop writing and start typing or you want to select any object on the page then click on the Type button in Tools group under Draw tab.

Step 5: To select your handwritten words to which you want to convert to text, click Lasso Select button in the Tools group under Draw tab. Selection is done by drawing a shape around your handwritten words. Everything that lies inside the shape will get selected.

Step 6: You have to drag the selection cursor around the handwritten words and enclose your handwritten words inside the shape. In the image below you can see how I selected “QueHow”.