Annotate with text mark-up tools
Nitro Pro 7 features mark-up tools to help you draw attention to text that requires revision. These tools are a useful way to combine feedback or comments with every mark-up.
When you print a PDF file, you can make all text mark-up visible or hidden.
For more information, see Annotation layer and content layer.
To mark-up text:
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On the Review tab, in the Comment group, click the arrow under Markup Text, and select one of the following buttons:
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Highlight
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Cross-out
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Underline
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Replace
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Select individual words or a block of text to mark-up. The marquee selection is useful for text that is justified in vertical columns.
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Double-click the new mark-up to add comments to the annotation
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Press the x button at the top of the pop-up note to close it
To delete mark-up:
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Do one of the following:
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Right-click the Hand or Select tool on the annotation, and select Delete from the menu
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Click the Hand or Select tool on the mark-up you want to delete. A bounding-box appears to indicate that it is selected. Press Delete.
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| TIP: You can apply more than one marking on the same block of text. For example, text can be highlighted and underlined. |
To edit mark-up properties:
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Right-click the annotation or the mark-up text
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Select Properties. A properties dialog appears, with the following tabs:
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General: edit the Author and Subject details of the annotation
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Appearance: modify the visual characteristics of the mark-up
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Click Close to save your changes
| TIP: To make all your future mark-ups to look the same as the current one, right-click the annotation, and select Make Current Properties Default. |
To reply to an annotation:
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If the annotation is hidden, double-click on the marked-up text to view the annotation text-box
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Click on the Options menu in the text-field, and select Reply
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Write your reply in the message-box that appears inside the original mark-up
| TIP: You can insert more than one reply, allowing you to build a message thread inside an annotation. |
To delete a mark-up:
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Right-click on the mark-up, and select Delete