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Textbox Tool
The Textbox Tool allows you to add text on a page in a text box.
1) To use the tool, click the tool in either the menu or the toolbar, and a cross cursor will appear at the upper left corner Drag the
resulting text box away from the click point and the arrow will appear.
2) Click inside the box to begin typing text.
In addition, right-clicking inside the box restores the small resizing boxes, permitting you to change the size of the text box.
You may also attach a sticky note to this annotation. See Sticky Note Tool for additional information.
3) The Textbox Toolbar supports additional options for selecting Font and Size. Press Ctrl-E to activate the toolbar:
Note that this toolbar supports:
a) Font Name.
b) Font Size.
c) Bold toggle.
d) Italic toggle.
e) Underline toggle.
f) Strike Through toggle.
g) Left Justified Text.
h) Centered Text.
i) Right Justified Text.
j) Text Color.
TIP - Whilst editing existing page content is for the most part - not currently possible - replacing existing content is...
For example - if you want to cover up some existing text or content on a PDF page - use the text box tool to apply replacement content
(or no content if required) set the background color to match the existing page and also set the box borders to match - and then
'Flatten' the box and content so it cannot be moved or erased to reveal the original content.
Callout Tool
The Callout Tool allows you to add a text box with an arrow pointing to a selected location on the page.
1) To use the tool, click the tool in either the menu or the toolbar, and a cross cursor will appear.
2) Move the cursor to where you want the point of the arrow to appear.
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3) Click and then drag the resulting text box away from the click point and the arrow will appear.
4) The small boxes are places you may grab with the cursor to adjust the look and size of the arrow and text box.
5) Click inside the box to begin typing text.
In addition, right-clicking inside the box restores the small boxes, permitting you to change the look and size of the arrow and text box.
You may also attach a sticky note to this annotation. See Sticky Note Tool for additional information.
The Callout Toolbar supports additional options for selecting Font and Size. Press Ctrl-E to activate the toolbar:
Note that this toolbar supports:
a) Font Name.
b) Font Size.
c) Bold toggle.
d) Italic toggle.
e) Underline toggle.
f) Strike Through toggle.
g) Left Justified Text.
h) Centered Text.
i) Right Justified Text.
j) Text Color.
Text Highlighting Tools
Highlight Tool
The Highlight Tool permits you to highlight text within the PDF document, and works like the Select Tool.
Note however that you cannot Highlight image based text!
For example if you scan a page to PDF - there is no text in that file can be modified - only image based content!
To use the Highlight Tool, click on the menu item, and a selection cursor will appear. Click and drag the selection cursor over the text to
be highlighted. When you release the mouse button, the selected text will then appear to be highlighted with color, like a highlighter
pen.
Right-clicking inside the highlighted area will open the Sticky Note pop-up menu. See Sticky Note Tool for more information.
N.B. If you select the Delete option from the Sticky Note pop-up menu, only the highlighting will be deleted. The underlying text is
not changed in any way!
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Crossout Tool
The Crossout Tool permits you to appear to cross out selected text.
Note however that you cannot Crossout image based text!
For example if you scan a page to PDF - there is no text in that file can be modified - only image based content!
To use the Crossout Tool, click on the menu item, and a selection cursor will appear. Click and drag the selection cursor over the text to
be crossed out. When you release the mouse button, the selected text will then appear to be crossed out.
Right-clicking inside the crossed out area will open the Sticky Note pop-up menu. See Sticky Note Tool for more information.
N.B. If you select the Delete option from the Sticky Note pop-up menu, only the crossouts will be deleted. The underlying text is not
changed in any way!
Underline Tool
The Underline Tool permits you to underline selected text.
Note however that you cannot Underline image based text!
For example if you scan a page to PDF - there is no text in that file can be modified - only image based content!
To use the Underline Tool, click on the menu item, and a selection cursor will appear. Click and drag the selection cursor over the text to
be underlined. When you release the mouse button, the selected text will then appear to be underlined.
Right-clicking inside the underlined area will open the Sticky Note pop-up menu. See Sticky Note Tool for more information.
N.B. If you select the Delete option from the Sticky Note pop-up menu, only the underlining will be deleted. The underlying text is
not changed in any way!
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Markup Tools
The Markup Tools allow you to insert shapes in the currently displayed PDF document page. Along with the Typewriter Tool they allow
you to annotate the document in many creative ways.
After you complete any shape using one of the tools, you may then annotate it with a pop-up message!
See Comment & Markup Example for a general discussion of how to use the Markup Tools and Annotations.
Line and Arrow Tools
The Line and Arrow Tools are simply two forms of the same markup control.
For both tools, click the appropriate button and a small cross-hair cursor appears. Select the starting point and then click-and-drag the
cursor to the ending point. For the Arrow tool, an arrow head appears at the end of the arrow when drawn.
After drawing the line or arrow, you may add a pop-up note. See Comment & Markup Example for more information.
You may adjust the ends of the line or arrow by selecting Properties... from the pop-up menu, and setting the Line Starting and Line
Ending Styles for the Start or End of the line:
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Rectangle Tool
The Rectangle Tool allows you to draw a rectangle on the currently displayed PDF document page.
To draw the Rectangle, click the Rectangle button and a small cross-hair cursor appears. Position the cursor at the upper left corner of
the area you want to mark, and then left-click and drag the cursor to the lower right position. When you release the mouse button a
blue "bounding rectangle" will appear overlaying the rectangle. This will disappear when the document is saved.
After drawing the rectangle, you may add a pop-up note. See Comment & Markup Example for more information.
Oval (Circle) Tool
The Oval (Circle) Tool allows you to draw ovals and circles on the currently displayed PDF document page.
See Comment & Markup Example for an example of using the Oval (Circle) Tool.
Polygon Line Tool
The Polygon Line Tool is an extension of the basic Line Tool that allows you to draw multiple connected line segments:
To draw the Polygon Line, click the Polygon Line Tool button and a small cross-hair cursor appears. Select a starting point and click-and-
drag the cursor to the next point. When you get there, click again to start a new segment that is automatically connected to the first.
Repeat until you reach your stopping point. After you click the last point, right-click to bring up a menu with two choices:
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Complete completes the Poly Line. A blue polygon appears to show you the bounded area. This will not appear after you save
the PDF.
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Cancel cancels and erases the line.
After you complete the Line, you may add a pop-up note. See Comment & Markup Example for more information.
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You may adjust the ends of the line or arrow by selecting Properties... from the pop-up menu, and setting the Line Starting and Line
Ending Styles for the Start or End of the line:
Polygon Tool
The Polygon Tool draws a polygon outline around selected parts of the PDF page to highlight them:
To draw the polygon, click the Polygon markup button and a small cross-hair cursor appears. Click a series of points around the area of
interest to draw the outline. After you click the last point, right-click to bring up a menu with two choices:
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Complete completes the outline. A blue polygon appears to show you the bounded area.
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Cancel cancels and erases the outline.
After you complete the Polygon, you may add a pop-up note. See Comment & Markup Example for more information.
You may also adjust the Properties of the Polygon by selecting Properties....
Cloud Tool
The Cloud Tool draws a "cloud" outline around selected parts of the PDF page to highlight them:
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