Adobe 62000236 Using Manual page 178

USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED
Collaboration
To specify the line width, color, and other properties before you draw, right-click the drawing tool, choose Properties,
and set the desired options in the Properties dialog box.
Draw in the PDF:
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• To create a cloud or polygon shape, click to create the start point, move the pointer, and click to create each
segment. To finish drawing the shape, click the start point, or right-click and choose Complete from the menu.
Double-click to end a polygon line.
• To draw a line, arrow, or rectangle, either drag across the area where you want the markup to appear, or click twice:
once to create the start point and once to create the end point.
• To draw a square or circle, or to draw a line that's horizontal, vertical, or at a 45° angle, press Shift while you draw.
• To draw free-form lines using the Pencil tool
button, move the pointer to a new location, and continue drawing. To erase parts of the drawing, select the Pencil
Eraser tool and drag across the areas of the drawing that you want to remove.
3 To edit or resize the markup, select it and drag one of the handles to make your adjustments.
4 To add a pop-up note to the markup, select the Hand tool, and double-click the markup.
(Optional) Click the close button in the pop-up note. A note icon appears to the right of the markup to indicate the
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presence of text in the pop-up note.
Note: To delete a drawing markup, select it and press Delete.
Group and ungroup markups
You can group two or more markups so that your comments function as a single comment. You might group markups
temporarily to move them to a new location or to modify their properties rather than editing each one individually.
Grouping also helps to distinguish your markups from other reviewers' markups in a document review.
Note: You cannot group text edit markups.
Group markups
Using the Select tool or the Hand tool, select a markup.
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Ctrl-click/Command-click to select the markups you want to group.
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3 Right-click within the selection, and choose Group.
Ungroup markups
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Right-click the grouped selection, and choose Ungroup.
Add comments in a text box or callout
Note: In Reader, commenting tools are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review workflow
typically include commenting rights.
You can use the Text Box tool
adjust it to any size. A text box remains visible on the document page; it doesn't close like a pop-up note.
, drag where you want to begin drawing. You can release the mouse
to create a box that contains text. You can position it anywhere on the page and
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