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by Analemma_ 2847 days ago
Didn't Microsoft introduce some kind of collaborative OneNote-like program that also does recognition of common symbols (arrows, boxes, etc?). Similar to Google's Jamboard software? I thought I remembered seeing this in one of their Surface presentations but can't seem to find it now.
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OneNote does this, but not very well. It can understand polygons and ovals. Arrows drawn in one stroke will convert to a line with no arrow at the end, and if you try to draw a > arrowhead as a separate stroke it doesn't understand to convert it to a shape.

Using a closed triangle as an arrowhead does trigger shape conversion, but I don't know anyone who draws arrows that way.

It's called "Ink to Shape" on the Draw tab.