Articles

Working with Annotation Tools

• Editing Style Properties in Text Annotations
• Editing Style Properties in Non-text Annotations
• Changing a Predefined Tool Style
• Understanding Text Tool Properties
• Setting Your Default Text Box Options
• Quick Tool Selection with the Tool Switch

• How to switch between recently used tools
• How to lock an image to write on top of it
• How to move or undock the Favorites toolbar
• How to draw with your finger (by touch)
• How to pan/scroll with your finger (by touch)
• How to create a clickable link to a URL in a PDF document
• How to create a clickable link to another page within a PDF document
• How to create a clickable link to a different document within a PDF document

Handwritten Annotations

• Auto-Smooth
• Highlight or Underline Text with Auto-Snap

Working with Stamps

• Creating Your Own Stamps
• Creating Signature Stamps
• Stamp Descriptions
• Sharing Stamps Using Export/Import

• How to create a text stamp
• How to create a date stamp
• How to create a coordinate system stamp
• How to create a stamp from an image
• How to create a transparent stamp from an image
• How to create a signature stamp from a scan
• How to create complex stamps with Inkscape
• How to create a simple symbol stamp using the Wingdings font
• How to resize a stamp

Measure and Dimension

• Understanding the difference between the Dimension and Measure tools
• How to dimension distances in technical drawings
• How to dimension distances in technical drawings with custom scale
• How to dimension areas in technical drawings

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• How to measure distances in technical drawings
• How to measure distances in technical drawings with custom scale
• How to measure areas in technical drawings

Working with Annotations

• Aligning Annotations
• Grouping and Ungrouping Annotations
• Lock and Unlock Annotations and the Annotation Sidebar
• Introduction to the Annotation Sidebar
• Exporting and Importing Annotations
• Understanding "Melting" Annotations
• Commenting Images in PDF Annotator

Working with Pages and Documents

• Creating and Using PDF Templates
• Delete, Insert, Append PDF Pages
• Move, Reorder, Rotate and Clone (Duplicate) PDF Pages
• Rotate, Append, Insert, Concatenate PDF Documents
• Working With Annotation-Only Pages
• Add Margins to PDF Pages
• Crop Pages
• Adding Page Numbers

• How to create a PDF template
• How to use PDF templates
• How to password protect a PDF document
• How to open a password protected PDF by creating a digital copy
• How to encrypt a PDF document
• How to copy a page from one PDF into another one
• How to delete a page from a PDF file
• How to delete multiple pages from a PDF document
• How to print only pages with annotations
• How to extract only pages with annotations
• How to save only pages with annotations
• How to jump directly to a specific PDF page
• How to use the Zoom History

Working with PDF Content

• Search PDF - Incremental Text Search in PDF Documents
• Converting Search Hits into Annotations
• Taking Snapshots of Parts of a Document
• Select Text Actions
• Creating Custom Select Text Actions

Working with the Toolbox

• Toolbox Basics
• The Tool Sidebar
• The Favorites Toolbar
• Using Custom Tool Groups

Stationery and Auxiliary Lines

• Using Lines for Decoration and Positioning

Viewing PDF Documents

• Understanding Page Layouts

Printing

• Using Print to PDF Annotator
• Printing Annotations from the Sidebar

Presenting with PDF Annotator

• Full Screen Mode Introduction
• Cover & Reveal Content Step by Step

• How to customize the tool buttons in full screen mode
• How to quickly change tool properties in full screen mode
• How to customize the action buttons in full screen mode
• How to set up the button size in full screen mode
• How to highlight the current mouse cursor position

Sharing PDF Documents

• How to send an annotated PDF document by email

Customizing PDF Annotator

• Enabling the Quick Start option
• How to set up the toolbar icon size
• How to set an alternative toolbar icon color

• How to backup your settings and tools
• How to restore your settings from a backup

Installing PDF Annotator

• How to install PDF Annotator
• How to enter your license number and unlock key
• How to move PDF Annotator to a new computer
• How to install multiple versions side-by-side
• How to install PDF Annotator silently (unattended installation)