Markup Tools

Highlighting text is the most common way to leave feedback, but it is not the only one. The markup tools let you draw a shape around any part of a page or strike through text that should be removed.

Markup tools are available on the current version of a draft.

Shapes

1. Open the draft and click Shapes in the toolbar above your content. A second row of tools appears.

2. Choose a tool, then draw on the page.

• Rectangle and circle: drag to draw a box or a circle around an area.
• Line and arrow: drag from one point to another. An arrow points at the place where you finish.
• Polygon: click each corner in turn to outline an irregular area.
• Polyline: click each point in turn to draw a line with several segments.

3. To change the colour, click the palette icon before you draw. The two arrows beside it undo and redo your last step.

4. When you finish a shape, a small menu appears beside it. Click the comment icon to leave a comment on the shape, or the link icon to link it to a reference.

5. Type your comment and click Send, or choose the reference. A shape left without a comment or a reference is removed.

Click View in the toolbar to put the shape tools away.

Strikethrough

1. Select the text that should be removed. A small menu appears under your selection.

2. Click the strikethrough icon, the third in the menu. A red line is drawn through the text.

3. The strikethrough is added to the Comments list in the side panel with Add a comment beside it. Click it to explain the change.

Good to know

• To mark a single spot instead of an area, drop a pin. See Pins and Shapes.
• Shapes and strikethroughs appear in the Comments list like any other comment, and can be marked as resolved.
• To remove a shape or a strikethrough, open its comment, click the three dots at the top of the panel and choose Delete. Admins and the person who created it can do this.
• To hide markup while you read, see Annotation Layers.