✦ New in 2.2 · Save boards & images

Your Screen,
Your Canvas

A transparent overlay that turns into a drawing board with a single keystroke. Annotate over any app during (Zoom - Teams - Google Meet) silently, without interrupting anything. Or turn the screen into a whiteboard or blackboard in one click for teaching.

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The Idea
← Important
FEATURES

Everything you need
to explain clearly

🎨

8 Colors & 8 Tools

Free draw, arrow, straight line, rectangle, circle, text, select, eraser — with a coordinated color palette and adjustable pen size from 2 to 30 pixels.

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Transparent Overlay

Draws over any app without disabling it. Click-through when drawing is off.

📺

Visible in Screen Share

Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, OBS. Shows up automatically — no setup required.

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Whiteboard & blackboard

Turn the screen into a board in one click and teach like in a classroom. Each board keeps its own drawings and undo history, and pen colors adjust to stay visible on each background.

🙈

Toolbar hidden from the stream

Viewers see your drawings; only you see the toolbar.

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Save your board, edit it laterNEW

Save it as a PNG image, or as an editable file that opens with a double-click and brings back every object.

🖼

Insert images and write on themNEW

From a file, by pasting, or by drag and drop. Great for worksheets and diagrams.

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Full Undo

Every stroke undoable, including clear all.

🎯

Smart Floating Toolbar

Slides in and auto-hides — position can be toggled between left and right side of the screen.

🔔

System Tray

Runs silently in the background.

⌨

Global Hotkeys

Work from any app. No need to focus the Screen Writer window first.

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Non-Intrusive

Your apps stay active. Drawing never interrupts anything.

⬚

Select, Move & Resize

Click any object to select it, drag to move, drag handles to resize. Double-click text to edit it. Change color or thickness after selecting.

⌫

One-Touch Eraser

Hover over any object and click — the entire shape, stroke, or text is removed instantly.

HOTKEYS

Global Shortcuts

Toggle drawing mode on / off
Ctrl Alt D
Clear all drawings
Ctrl Alt C
Undo (while drawing mode is active)
Ctrl Z
Redo (while drawing mode is active)
Ctrl Y
Whiteboard
Ctrl Alt W
Blackboard
Ctrl Alt B
Back to the screen (transparent)
Ctrl Alt T
Save the board
Ctrl S
Save as image
Ctrl Alt S
Paste an image on the board
Ctrl V
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Writer

Automatic updates and secure install directly from Microsoft Store.

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DEVELOPER
👨‍💻
Developer
Naser Almadi
App & Web Developer
nasmn77/ScreenWriter ⭐ Open Source