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Scribble feature for Pencil doesn’t work any longer in Note

Feature no longer works—doesn’t convert to typed text. Immediately a popup for markup which let’s you select type of drawing and use Pencil but this is not the Scribble feature “Use Apple Pencil to handwrite in any text area to convert it into type.” Only option is to use in Markup / as a Drawing. Works in Reminder and actually here.


iPadIOS 15.2





iPad mini 5 Wi-Fi

Posted on Jan 10, 2022 8:24 AM

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Posted on Jan 11, 2022 8:01 AM

Hello kjk Virginia,


We understand that you're running into trouble using Scribble in Notes. Per the article Enter text with Scribble on iPad:


  1. "In Notes, tap  to show the Markup toolbar.
  2. In the Markup toolbar, tap the Handwriting tool  (to the left of the pen).
  3. Write with Apple Pencil, and Scribble automatically converts your handwriting into typed text."


So make sure that you're selecting the right tool in Markup before you start to write.


Thanks for using Apple Support Communities!

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Jan 11, 2022 8:01 AM in response to kjk Virginia

Hello kjk Virginia,


We understand that you're running into trouble using Scribble in Notes. Per the article Enter text with Scribble on iPad:


  1. "In Notes, tap  to show the Markup toolbar.
  2. In the Markup toolbar, tap the Handwriting tool  (to the left of the pen).
  3. Write with Apple Pencil, and Scribble automatically converts your handwriting into typed text."


So make sure that you're selecting the right tool in Markup before you start to write.


Thanks for using Apple Support Communities!

Scribble feature for Pencil doesn’t work any longer in Note

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