Annotate PDFs

Preview isn’t just a mere PDF reader—it also offers an array of PDF annotation capabilities that can take your reading and collaboration to the next level.

Highlighting Text lets you mark interesting passages in a PDF. Adding Notes to a PDF helps you add context to your highlights and include independent notes throughout the document. If those annotation methods are too complex for your needs, Bookmarking a PDF is a simple way to keep your place. For more graphical annotations, try Adding Shapes and Text to a PDF.

Finally, we cover Working with Forms, such as those issued by the government, and Signing PDFs, which makes it easier to slap your John Hancock on a digital document.

Highlighting Text

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