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

• Select the Highlighter Tool from the toolbar, then swipe over the content you want to stand out.

Zoom in

• Spread two fingers on the page.

Zoom out

• Pinch two fingers on the page.

Pan a zoomed-in page

• Drag on the page in any direction.

Scroll through pages

• Swipe up or down (or left/right in horizontal scrolling mode).

  <aside> 💡 For large documents, you can scroll the page a bit to reveal the scrollbar, then long-press it until it widens, and drag it up or down to quickly scroll through pages.

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Scroll to the top of the current page

• Tap the status bar, which shows the clock, today's date, etc.

Fit the paper to the screen width

• Double-tap on the page with 2 fingers.

How to Customize It

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

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

<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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Troubleshooting

• Why are highlighting strokes no longer behind the text they highlight?