So, ink will render instantly when you draw using your Surface Pen on a Surface device. Microsoft rewrote the ink stack from the ground up to deliver an 85% improvement of ink latency. And people are noticing.Microsoft today announced massive improvements to the inking experience and Draw tab in OneNote on Windows. If you didn’t believe it before, you should now: Microsoft really is going out of its way to ensure Office works great on Apple devices. Indeed, the OneNote team hints as much: “If you thought our August update was big on small improvements, it’s because we were laboring behind the scenes (including a few trips to Apple’s secret underground bunker … shhh) to get everything prepped for this release.” This is no small update, and Microsoft had to work closely with Apple to get it out. Last but not least, when the Apple Pencil and iPad Pro arrive in November, OneNote will work with both:

FIXED: We had an issue with font spacing that many typography nerds found impossible to ignore, everything should be back to normal now.

FIXED: Customers reporting being prompted to activate more than once, no longer.

FIXED: Customers reported having to sign in over and over when trying to create new notebooks on OneDrive.

FIXED: The Camera viewfinder would occasionally be positioned incorrectly, off-screen.

In Settings, the Page List can now be put on the right-hand side, if you’re a leftie or if that’s simply what you prefer.

For Arabic and Hebrew users, it’s not just the text that’s now right-to-left. OneNote now also supports UI mirroring for iOS9. If you own multiple Apple devices, this one is for you. Handoff support means you can continue working right where you left off on your mobile device, or vice versa from your Mac. OneNote even works with searching through images, PDFs, and handwriting. Spotlight support translates into being able to open search, start typing, and find all your to-dos and notes. Slide Over lets you open OneNote atop another app and quickly scribble something down without interrupting whatever you’re currently doing. On most newer iPads, you’ll also be able to use “slide over” to quickly take notes.

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