Text Selection 

Select text to copy or delete.

Rectangular Selection 

Select a rectangular area in an image to copy or delete.

Redaction Selection 

Select text to permanently remove it from view. You can change the redaction as you edit, but once you close the document, the redaction becomes permanent. To safeguard the original document, create a duplicate to redact.

Sketch 

Sketch a shape using a single stroke.

If your drawing is recognized as a standard shape, it’s replaced by that shape; to use your drawing instead, choose it from the palette that’s shown.

Draw 

Draw a shape using a single stroke. Press your finger more firmly on the trackpad to draw with a heavier, darker line.

This tool appears only on computers with a Force Touch trackpad.

Shapes 

Click a shape, then drag it where you want. To resize the shape, use the blue handles. If it has green handles, use them to alter the shape.

You can highlight and zoom shapes using these tools:

• Highlight  : Drag the highlight where you want. To resize it, use the blue handles.

• Zoom 

  : Drag the lens where you want. To increase or decrease the zoom, drag the green handle; drag the blue handle to change the lens size.

Text 

Type your text, then drag the text box where you want.

Sign 

If signatures are listed, click one, then drag it where you want. To resize it, use the blue handles.

To create a new signature, click the Sign tool, click Create Signature if shown, then click how you want to create your signature:

• Use a trackpad: Click the text when asked, sign your name on the trackpad using your finger, press any key when you’re finished, then click Done. If you don’t like the results, click Clear, then try again.

  If your trackpad supports it, press your finger more firmly on the trackpad to sign with a heavier, darker line.

• Use your Mac computer’s built-in camera: Hold your signature (on white paper) facing the camera so that your signature is level with the blue line in the window. When your signature appears in the window, click Done. If you don’t like the results, click Clear, then try again.

• Use your iPhone or iPad: Click Select Device to choose a device (if more than one is available). On your device, use your finger or Apple Pencil (on iPad) to sign your name. If you don’t like the results, tap Clear, then try again. When you’re ready, tap Done.

  Your devices must meet Continuity system requirements. 

If you use VoiceOver, the built-in screen reader on Mac, you can add a description of a signature when you create one. This is especially useful if you create multiple signatures and need to distinguish between them to ensure you use the intended signature. Before you click or tap Done, click the Description pop-up menu, then choose a description, such as Initials, or choose Custom to create your own description. When you’re ready to sign a PDF document, navigate the list of signatures using VoiceOver. When you hear the description of the signature you want to use, press VO-Space bar to select it.

To delete a signature, move the pointer over it, then click  (to the right of the signature). The signature is no longer available to use in any app where you can add a signature.

Note 

Type your text. To change the note color, Control-click the note, then choose a color. To move the note to a different location, drag it.

Shape Style 

Change the thickness and type of lines used in a shape, and add a shadow.

Border Color 

Change the color of the lines used in a shape.

Fill Color 

Change the color that’s used inside a shape.

Text Style 

Change the font or the font style and color.

Annotate 

Your devices must meet Continuity system requirements.