What It Does

The Highlighter Tool lets you highlight content to make it pop out. A typical use case is to annotate an imported PDF.

How to Use It

Highlight

• To emphasize your notes, select the Highlighter Tool from the toolbar and swipe over the content you want to stand out.

Use a preset stroke

• Tap one of the stroke slots in the contextual section located on the right-hand side.

Set stroke color

• Tap one of the color slots in the contextual section located on the right-hand side.

Customize the selected color slot

1. Tap the slot again.

2. Choose a color for the slot:

   • If you'd like to choose a preset color, simply tap on it from the palette.
   • If you'd like to choose a different color:

     1. Tap the Custom tab.

     2. Create a color by choosing one from the palette or the color wheel, entering a color code in the HEX field, or tapping the Eyedropper (Color Picker) in the top-right corner to select a precise color pixel on the screen.

        

        The Eyedropper

     3. Tap Add to Presets.

Add another color slot to the toolbar

You have the option to add up to 12 color slots, making it easy to switch between them whenever you need to.

1. Tap the Add Color Slot icon at the end of the scrollable contextual section:

   

2. Choose a color for the new slot.

Delete a custom color slot

1. Tap the slot twice.

2. Tap the Settings icon in the top-left corner.

   

3. Choose Remove Selected Color Slot and confirm. Note that this option won’t be available if you have only 3 color slots.

   <aside> ℹ️ To quickly delete all the custom color slots, choose Restore Color Sets to Original.

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Move around your document

To take precise notes, you may want to zoom in for a closer look at the details on the page and navigate easily around your document.

• Zoom in: Place two fingers on the screen and spread them apart.

• Zoom out: Place two fingers on the screen and pinch them together.

• Pan around a page while zoomed: Drag your finger across the screen in any direction. ****If you do not have an Apple Pencil connected, you will need to use two fingers for this.

• Scroll between pages: Swipe your finger up or down (or left and right if you're in horizontal scrolling mode). For longer documents, you can scroll the page a little to reveal the scrollbar. Then, long-press the scrollbar until it widens, and drag it up or down to quickly scroll through pages.

• Scroll to the top: Tap the status bar at the top of the screen, which shows the clock, today's date, etc.

• Fit the paper to the screen width: Double-tap the screen.

• Jump to a page:

  1. Open the More menu.

     

  2. Choose Go to Page:, then type the page you want to jump to.

How to Customize It

As with all tools, you can tap the tool again to adjust its settings.

• Draw in Straight Line: If this is enabled, all lines you draw will be straightened automatically.

Disconnect Apple Pencil

• To use the tool with your finger instead, just tap the button. And if you need to reconnect your Apple Pencil, no worries, just start writing on the page with it.

<aside> 💡 If annotating a PDF, you can select some PDF text with a long-press, then choose Highlight to highlight the selection. Note that the highlighting created this way will be in yellow, but it can still be moved, erased, and colored.

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<aside> 💡 You can draw shapes with the Highlighter tool.

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