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    Can't draw free form in Acrobat X Pro with pen on Microsoft Surface Pro 4 tablet

    

    /t5/acrobat-discussions/can-t-draw-free-form-in-acrobat-x-pro-with-pen-on-microsoft-surface-pro-4-tablet/td-p/9432266 Oct 30, 2017 Oct 30, 2017

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    Adobe Acrobat Pro Version 10.1.16

    Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet

    Windows 10 Pro version 1709

    In Adobe Acrobat, I have always been able to use the "draw free form" (pencil icon) to draw free hand or put my signature on pdfs in Acrobat. Recently, the pen has stopped working in this fashion. I can choose the pencil icon, or "draw free form", and draw with the mouse but when I use the Surface Pro 4 pen it acts as the hand icon or "click to pan around the document" only moving the document but not actually drawing. The only thing that has changed recently that I can think of is a recent Window 10 update to my system within the last few weeks. I have run the "check for updates" in both my Windows and in the Adobe Acrobat and this has not solved the problem. I have tried rebooting both the tablet and the Acrobat but this has not solved the problem. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Is there anyone at Adobe monitoring this forum and is there any known fix in the works? Ever since this problem started it's been fairly consistent that the Surface pen doesn't work in my Acrobat's "draw free form" tool any more but I used to use it regularly without any issues. Any help is appreciated.