Can I turn off drawing so I can use Pencil to scroll and type?

In Pages, Numbers or Keynote, no. A Pencil paired with an iPad Pro and using the ver.4 updates of those apps is detected as a dedicated drawing device only. Navigation needs to be done with your fingers. Currently at least, there is no way to alter that behavior.

With the current iWorks apps, it appears this is no longer possible.

Use your fingers for now to scroll and type.

Send feedback to Apple here.

https://www.apple.com/feedback/pages_ios.html

https://www.apple.com/feedback/numbers_ios.html

https://www.apple.com/feedback/keynote_ios.html

Cognizant Apple employees read ALL feedback generated from all of the various feedback pages and transfers the data to the proper and responsible Apple teams and personnel , but NO Apple employees will ever respond with any type of direct, individual replies from the feedback you post.

Good Luck to You!

When Microsoft forced the pencil to be a drawing tool in Office I assumed it was to “encourage“ Apple users to switch to Windows machines, but now I see it’s more likely Apple is at fault. They’re shooting themselves in the foot with this and it works against their claim that the iPad Pro is “all the computer you need” to do serious work. I love my iPad and use it for everything *except* Office (especially Excel) because I can’t navigate a spreadsheet without touching the screen and leaving a mark. This is frustrating at best and infuriating at worst!

PLEASE fix this. It’s not a “feature” - it’s a mistake!

Apple is NOT here.

So, your pleas for a fix are not being seen by anyone of import from Apple.

See my postings above to send iOS iWorks apps feedback to Apple.

Good Luck to You!