Sketchpad is the main utility here that will be used for hand writing input and drawings and it is mostly useful for Touch devices. It can be used as a simple note taking utility, this time with Cortana integration. We may be familiar with the sticky notes and the usage of it from the previous versions of Windows. They are Sticky Notes, Sketchpad and Screen Sketch. There are 3 options included in the Windows Ink Work Space as of now. A fly out menu will be coming which will be showing the options and recent apps from the Windows Ink Work Space. We can click on this icon to see what are the options it is giving.

Once enabled, the Task bar will show a new icon which is for Windows Ink Work Space. Alternatively, we can also go to Settings->Personalization->Task bar and under Notification Area, we can see the option Turn System icons ON or OFF. In the Touch based devices, we can use the long press on the Task bar to get the Right click menu, if already mapped for Right Click. The easiest way to enable the Windows Ink Work Space is to right click on the Task bar and we can see the “Show Windows Ink Work Space Button” option that we need to click to enable it. We need to enable the Windows Ink Work Space to begin with and it is very simple. With the Anniversary update of Windows 10, Microsoft is bringing these two features as Windows Screen Sketch under the newly introducing Windows Ink Work Space category. First feature is taking screen shots that might be complicated or trickier in some devices and the Second feature is the highlighter options as given in the Microsoft Edge browser.

Windows Screen Sketch is actually the combination of two available features in previous Windows versions and Windows 10. Here we will see how we will use Windows Screen Sketch to take screen shots and the edit controls along with it. Windows Screen Sketch is the feature that will be coming to normal users along with the Anniversary update to take screen shots and highlight or edit the parts of it in the same window. Though the main purpose of the Windows Ink Work Space is for hand drawings, Microsoft included an important feature that will help users to take screenshots that can be edited simultaneously.

Microsoft screen sketch