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Text Annotations

Add notes, highlights, and text markup to your PDFs.

Sticky Notes

Add comments attached to specific points:

  1. Select the Sticky Note tool
  2. Click where you want the note
  3. Type your comment
  4. Click outside to close

Note Colors

Change the note color:

  1. Select the note
  2. Click the color picker
  3. Choose from presets or custom colors

Note Icons

Choose different icons:

  • Comment (default)
  • Key
  • Note
  • Help
  • New Paragraph
  • Insert

Highlighting

Highlight text passages:

  1. Select the Highlight tool
  2. Click and drag over text to highlight
  3. Release to apply

Highlight Colors

  • Yellow (default)
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Pink
  • Custom colors

Underline

Underline important text:

  1. Select the Underline tool
  2. Click and drag over text
  3. Release to apply

Strikethrough

Mark text for deletion:

  1. Select the Strikethrough tool
  2. Click and drag over text
  3. Release to apply

Squiggly Underline

Indicate uncertain or questionable text:

  1. Select the Squiggly tool
  2. Click and drag over text
  3. Release to apply

Text Box

Add a visible text annotation:

  1. Select the Text Box tool
  2. Click and drag to create the box
  3. Type your text
  4. Format using the toolbar

Callout

Add a text box with a leader line:

  1. Select the Callout tool
  2. Click to place the anchor point
  3. Drag to position the text box
  4. Type your annotation

Managing Text Annotations

Edit

  1. Double-click the annotation
  2. Modify the text
  3. Click outside to save

Delete

  1. Select the annotation
  2. Press Delete or right-click → Delete

Reply

  1. Click the annotation
  2. Click Reply
  3. Type your response

Next Steps

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