How to Add Comments and Mark-up a PDF Document

Add comment to pdf using the Note tools

• Note(Sticky Note/ bubble Comment): Click on the note button or Press “Shift + Alt +1” on your keyboard, then click where you want to add a note in pdf. After entering the comment, you can click the “X” to close. If you hover the cursor on the note or double click the note icon, content in the bubble comment will pop up.
• Typewriter: Click the Typewriter button and click the place you want to add the comment. You can adjust the font or font size in the Properties on the right side of the window.
• Text Box: Click the Text Box button or press “Shift + Alt + 2” to launch the tool. Like a Typewriter comment with border, you can adjust the color or others in the Properties
• Area Highlight: Click the Area Highlight button and highlight your desired area by dragging the mouse.

Add comment to pdf with Text Markup tools

To launch the text markup tool, you can click the tools on the menu, then select the text content to mark. Or you can select the text content first and mark it with the floating toolbar. No matter how you can change the color of the mark from the floating color toolbar.

Here are the icons of different text markup tools:

• Highlight
• Strikethrough
• Underline (Hotkeys: Ctrl + U)
• Squiggly
• Caret

Add handwritten Comment to pdf with Freehand Drawing tools

To make a more vivid annotation, you can use the drawing tools to add line, arrow, or shape.

Here are the icons and shortcuts of different Drawing tools:

• Rectangle, , Shift + Alt + 6
• Oval, , Shift + Alt + 5
• Cloud, , Shift + Alt + 8
• Line, , Shift + Alt + 3
• Polygon, , Shift + Alt + 7
• Connected Lines, , Shift + Alt + 9
• Arrow, , Shift + Alt + 4
• Pencil, , Shift + Alt + P
• Eraser, , Shift + Alt + E

 Create and add Stamp tools to comment on pdf

The Stamp tool offers many templates to help you add informational annotations to pdf. Just click on the Add Stamp button and click where you want to add the stamp.

You can also paste images as comments by creating your own image stamps.

Click on the Custom Stamp button > Create. From the pop-up windows, you can edit the name of the new stamp and choose the image you want by clicking on the Select Picture button. You can select picture in different image formats (i.e. .jpg, .png, .bmp, etc). And click ok.

Then, to paste images as comments, click on the Add Stamp button, now you can see your newly created image stamps are in the Custom category. Just select and move your mouse to click on the place you want to add a stamp.

To resize a custom stamp, just click and hold the corner handle of the stamp and resize it to your specs.

Add Comments to pdf in a file attachment (audio, video, image, or Microsoft office file)

If you feel the need to add some supplementary material to the pdf, you can click on the Clip icon from the menu bar, move and double-click the Pin to the place you want to add the attachment comment. It can be a word file, anther PDF file, a video clip or audio, etc. Anytime you want to view the attachment, just double click on the Pin icon and click YES to open the attachment file. To see the name of the attachment, just hover your mouse on the Pin icon.