PROBLEM

The Reactivate button on the Tablet PC toolbar is grayed out and unavailable

Last Published: April 25, 2020

Description

The Tablet PC toolbar's 'Reactivate' button is grayed out and unavailable.

Cause

When using the Sketch tool within a Tablet PC, making edits to the sketch is not possible. This is evident by the 'Reactivate' button being disabled.
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Solution or Workaround

When using specific Tablet PCs, a few settings need to be set prior to altering the drawing.

  1. Open the Ink Settings dialog box and set the Ink Sketches option to 'Manually finish'.
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  2. Click OK. After modifying this setting, a drawing can be sketched and the Select Element or any other tool can be clicked on. Once the 'Commit Ink Sketch' dialog box appears, click 'Yes'.
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  3. The 'Reactivate' button is now available.
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Article ID:000010374

Software:
  • ArcMap 9 x

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