Manipulate content as a whole

You generally use The Lasso Tool to select and manipulate content.

Select content

• Select the Lasso Tool, draw a loop around the content you want to select.

  <aside> 💡 A loop that is larger than intended might select unintended objects nearby, too. To avoid this, you can draw a loop that simply touches the intended object.

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Once the content is selected, you can do any of the following:

Move the selection

• Drag it to a new place.

  <aside> ℹ️ It's not currently possible to move a selection across page boundaries.

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You can tap on the selection to bring up a context menu, then choose any of the following:

Cut / Copy the selection

• Choose Cut/Copy. You can then long-press anywhere on the page and choose Paste to insert the clipboard content.

Delete the selection

Do any of the following:

• Choose Delete.
• Choose Resize , then tap the Delete icon in the top-left corner of the selection.

Resize / Rotate the selection

• Choose Resize, then drag on the Resize handle in the bottom-right corner of the selection box:

  

Color the selection

• Choose Color, then choose a new color from the palette that pops up.

  <aside> ℹ️ This command is available only for selected handwriting, highlighting, or typed text.

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In addition, you can edit particular types of content.

Edit typed text

• Tap on the text box and choose Edit.
• Double-tap the text box.

<aside> 💡 While another tool is selected, you can also long-press on the text box and choose Edit. With Universal Object Selection enabled by default, you can just finger-tap on the object.

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Edit an inserted image/photo

Tap on the image while the Image Tool is selected. Otherwise, long-press the image and choose Edit. Then choose any of the following:

Delete the image

• Tap the Delete icon in the top-left corner of the image.

Scale / Rotate the image

• Drag on the Resize handle in the bottom-right corner of the image.

Resize the image horizontally / vertically

• Drag on the Horizontal / Vertical Resize handle.

  

<aside> 💡 You can also delete, scale, or rotate an inserted image with the The Lasso Tool.

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Crop the image

1. Tap on the image again, then choose Crop.
2. Adjust any of the blue circles to crop a rectangular section of it, or choose "Freehand" and draw a closed "crop area".
3. Tap Done.

Edit handwriting / highlighting / shapes

Erase

• Select the Eraser Tool and swipe across the content you want to erase.

Modify a recognized shape

1. While the Pen, Highlighter, or Shape Tool is selected, finger-tap the shape to select it.
2. Adjust the blue control points of the shape.

Undoing & Redoing