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Marking up documents with text markup tools
The text markup tools provide several methods for visually annotating text in a document.
You can use these comments by themselves or in conjunction with other comment types.
For example, you may want to highlight or strike through a section of text, and then
double-click to add a note window to explain your reason for the markup.
Examples of the uses for text markup tools
To highlight, strike through, or underline text:
1 Select the highlight tool
2 Move the cursor to the beginning of the text you want to mark up and drag:
Left/right mouse actions mark up text horizontally.
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Up/down mouse actions mark up text vertically.
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Ctrl-drag (Windows) and alt-drag (Mac OS) mouse actions create a rectangle to mark up
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a column of text.
Release the mouse button to complete the action.The selected text area changes color
when the action is complete.
3 Select the comment and choose Edit > Properties to display the Comment Properties
dialog box. Set the desired options:
Select a color for the markup.To specify a custom color, see
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option" on page 138.
Specify an author name if you wish to replace the default name.
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4 To associate a note with the marked-up text, double-click the comment, and type the
text in the note window. Click the close box in the upper left corner of the window to close
the note.
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