Problem with handwriting annotations with a Microsoft surface pen in Acrobat Pro DC

[Marc22943209q71x]

Hi

I have been handwriting annotations in PDFs with Acrobat Pro DC for a year and it worked fine, almost as well as on paper. I did not have to select the Comment/Draw mode. I could handwrite with the pen directly with the Hand Tool selected.

About one month ago, it all changed. Since then, I cannot handwrite with the pen directly in the Hand Tool mode. And in the Comment/Draw mode, the handwriting is really bad: every letter is smoothened and deformed, and small letters are often replaced by a dot. I should add that I work on Microsoft Surface Book 2 with a very high resolution touch screen (2160 x 3240). I have tried check for updates and repair installation, but it did not help.  I also bought a second Microsoft surface pen, but it was still the same.

Could someone help please?

[divyap69359112]

Hi Marc,

As we changed the prefernce for touch mode to always detect instead of autodetect it worked for you.

Thanks for reaching out to adobe support

Regards,

Adobe Support

[Parviz34666261avkw]

This does not work! Still under Edit PDF OBJECTS Edit Using pen is not highlighted and inactive.

[Marc22943209q71x · Accepted solution]

Hi

It is me again. An Adobe employee (Divya) found a solution over the Chat line. I'll describe it here in case someone else has the same problem:

You need to go to Preferences/General and change Touch Mode from Auto-Detect to Always.

Have a nice day.

[Marc22943209q71x]

Hi

It is me again. Unfortunately, the above fix did not work for long. One hour later, the same problem is here again!

[IMPRESE28221041qfj7]

Hi,

same problem here.

If I open a document with Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio and Microsoft Pen 2 with Windows 10 handwriting is deformed and dots become small circles... if I open the same file with a HP PC and Windows 11 all smooth and no deformation.

No use changing the "touch" parameter to always.

What's up??

[marycsn]

I can change it from Auto-Detect to Always, but I can't make it stay that way. The minute I close the Preferences menu, it reverts to Auto-Detect.

BTW, this default Smoothing thing is a really infuriating problem. What I write/draw is what *I WRITE/DRAW*. I don't want it smoothed out into SOMEBODY ELSE'S idea of what looks good! That's sick.

[IMPRESE28221041qfj7]

Hi,

same problem here.

If I open a document with Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio and Microsoft Pen 2 with Windows 10 handwriting is deformed and dots become small circles... if I open the same file with a HP PC and Windows 11 all smooth and no deformation.

No use changing the "touch" parameter to always.

...what can I do?

Thx

[Scott243880523q8u]

This issue is still happening and I can't find any way to write freehand with a pen properly in scanned forms. All the letters end up smoothed and deformed or become small dots the moment the pen is lifted.