Annotate and comment on PDFs
Review documents the way you would on paper — highlight, circle, point and comment — and keep every remark in one list.
Mark up text and pages
The Annotate tab has the tools reviewers use most, each with a keyboard shortcut:
| Tool | What it does | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Highlight, Underline, Strikeout | Mark text you select with the mouse | Shift+H for Highlight |
| Note | A sticky note with your comment | N |
| Free text | Text written directly on the page | X |
| Draw | Freehand ink | D |
| Line, Arrow | Point at something | L, A |
| Rectangle, Ellipse | Frame an area | R, E |
| Stamp | Built-in or your own stamps | S |
Select an annotation to move it, resize it with its handles, or change its colour and opacity. Snapping guides appear while you drag; hold Alt to turn snapping off.
Keep track of comments
The Comments panel lists every comment in the document — yours and those already in the file — with its author and date. Filter by type, status or author, reply to a comment, and mark it resolved. Set the name written into your comments in Preferences → Editing.
Works with other PDF readers
Annotations are saved as standard PDF annotations with their own appearance, so other PDF readers show them. Replies and resolved status are saved as PDF reply annotations. You can also delete comments that came with the file, or flatten annotations into the page when you export.
Importing and exporting comments as XFDF files is not available.
In this group
- Highlight, comment and mark up. Highlight, underline and strike out text; add notes, free text, drawings, lines, arrows, rectangles, ellipses and stamps. Reply to comments and mark them resolved.
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