[denisewright]

It'd be nice not to have to switch into annotation mode at all while using the surface pen. Should be able to annotate anytime with the pen. This saves time as well as dealing with the issue of accidental marks if your hand touches the screen. There

If you switch into stylus mode your hand won't make marks on the screen.  You can move and zoom with your fingers and write with the pen. You do still have to open the editor to edit though. Although there's a setting that allows you to pen it by hitting with 3 fingers so it doesn't take all that long to open.