Marking Up Text
The Text Markup tool allows you to indicate which parts of the text should be deleted, inserted, or replaced. Text markups such as comments, highlights, or cross-outs don’t actually change the PDF text in any way.
To insert text at cursor:
- Select the Text Markup tool or the Select Text tool . The cursor will change to .
- Click where you want to insert text on the PDF page.
- Select Insert Text cursor from the Text Markup menu. It appears as: with a pop-up Inserted Text window beside.
- Enter what text you want to insert in the Inserted Text window.
To replace select text:
- Select the Text Markup tool or the Select Text tool . The cursor will change to .
- Drag the mouse cursor to select the text you want to replace.
- Select Replace Selected Text from the Text Markup menu. The selected text shows as with a pop-up Replacement Text window beside it.
- Enter what text you want to insert in the Replacement Text window.
To add a note to selected text.
- Select the Text Markup tool or the Select Text tool . The cursor will change to .
- Drag the mouse cursor to select the text you want to note.
- Select Add Note to Selected Text from the Text Markup menu. The selected text shows as: with a pop-up Highlight window beside.
- Enter what text you want to insert in the Highlight window.
Note: If the comment text window doesn’t show by default, just double-click the markup area and it will pop up.
To delete a text markup comment:
- Right-click the markup area and select Delete from the context menu, or select the markup and then press Delete on the keyboard.
- If markup comments are placed on top of one another, you can only delete the markup in order opposite to the order they were added.