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Is it possible to use Apple Pencil as a pointer/mouse in MS Word 365 on iPad Pro? The default is for Apple Pencil to trigger freehand drawing/annotating, but I want to use it sometimes as a cursor or highlighter since it has a more precise tip than using a finger.

I use MS Word 365 heavily on an iPad Pro from documents saved in Dropbox. I frequently get save errors while I'm working, where MS Word suddenly flashes a yellow banner across the top of my document, saying it cannot save my changes either because (1) they conflict with edits currently being...