Surfaces will definitely be spotted at this conference!

I like checking the social media scene from different conferences to see who’s using their Surface to take notes or stay productive will they’re attending conference sessions.

Well, you can be sure there will be some Surfaces at the DogFood Conference this year – this conference is all about the latest Microsoft technologies, from Surface to Xbox to SQL Server to SharePoint.

I’ll be there with my Surface Pro speaking on SharePoint – check out more details at my SharePoint CowBell blog!

Using Surface Pro and Mind Map for SharePoint Content Type Planning

 

A New Way to Share Metro Screenshots in Windows 8.1 Preview

If you’re using Windows 8.1 Preview on your Surface Pro like me, you may have noticed that there’s a new feature added to the Share charm that allows you yet another way to take screenshots from Metro apps.

Here’s how:

Annotating Documents with the Surface Pro tablet and pen

One of the great things that sets Windows Tablet PCs apart from their tablet counterparts is how the digital pen and Windows digital ink can be used to annotate documents. Notice that I’m calling it a pen with digital ink and not a stylus with line drawings (there’s a difference). In this post, I’ll show many ways for you to easily annotate documents with the Pen using Office on the desktop, or using Metro applications. (click on the images for larger versions).

 

Interactive Touch Guide for Office

If you need help or ideas on figuring out the best way to maximize your use of touch devices (like the Surface Pro) with Office 2013, check out Microsoft’s Touch Guide for the new Office. There are some feature tips there that you might not know exist in Office – check it out:

Ribbon & Space Management with OneNote 2013

Did you know that when you rotate your tablet to the Portrait orientation, OneNote 2013 automatically flips to full page mode, meaning it hides all the navigation and chrome, thus maximizing your writing space?

This is a very cool feature for us Surface Pro users who want to use our pen to write notes in the traditional way we’d do it if we had a paper notebook in our hand. But below is a slight tweak I use to help me get access to frequently-used features, while still maximizing space.

Change Ink Color easily with pen and touch on Surface Pro