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Click between the words or characters where you want to insert text.
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Do any of the following:
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Type the text you want to insert.
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To indicate that a new paragraph should be added, press Enter or Return, and then close the pop-up note without
adding text. The paragraph insertion caret
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To indicate that a space should be added, press the spacebar, and then close the pop-up note without adding text.
The space insertion caret
You can also indicate text edits by using the Select tool
and then choose Replace Text (Comment).
Delete inserted text
On the Comment & Markup toolbar, choose the Text Edits tool
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Select the text, and then press Backspace or Delete, or choose the Cross Out Text from the menu.
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Delete text markups
If markup comments are stacked, delete the comments in the Comments List: Click the Comments button in the
navigation pane to open the Comments List, select the comment, and press Delete.
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Do one of the following:
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Select the markup and press Delete.
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Right-click/Control-click the markup, such as the highlighting or cross-out, and then choose Delete.
Highlight, cross out, or underline text
Commenting tools are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review workflow typically
include commenting rights.
You can use the Highlight Text tool, Cross-Out Text tool, and the Underline Text tool to add comments by
themselves or in conjunction with notes. The Cross-Out Text tool and the Underline Text tool don't appear in the
Comment & Markup toolbar, by default.
You can add a highlight with a note or cross out text by selecting the text using the Select tool or Text Edits tool or
and choosing that option from the menu that appears. However, if you're marking up a lot of text, the specialized
tools are faster and easier to use.
Choose Tools > Comment & Markups, and select the Highlight Text tool
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Underline Text tool .
Note: If you want to apply more than one comment using the Cross-Out Text tool or the Underline Text tool, choose
View > Toolbars > Properties Bar, and select Keep Tool Selected in the Properties toolbar after you select the tool. The
Highlight Text tool stays selected after you make the first comment.
Drag from the beginning of the text you want to mark up. Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) to mark
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up a rectangular area of text. This is especially useful when marking up text in a column.
(Optional) To add a note, double-click the markup to add text in a pop-up note.
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to select text, right-click/Control-click the selected text,
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, the Cross-Out Text tool
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