In the Comment tab, select a type of text markup. Then click and drag from the beginning of the text you want to mark up.
Tip: After adding text markups with the Highlight, Underline, Strikeout, Squiggly Underline, or Replace Text tool, you can still drag the handle at the beginning or end of the text to adjust the text range you have selected. To copy the marked text, please do one of the following:
- Press Ctrl + C.
- Select the marked text, and click the Copy Text icon
on the floating toolbar. - Right-click the marked text, and choose Copy Text.
(Optional) Add a text message to the text markup comment. If you have opened the Comments panel, the text field associated with the text markup will be activated automatically in the Comments panel for you to input a text message right after you create a text markup. Or, if you have enabled opening the pop-up note after adding a comment in the Commenting preferences, Foxit PDF Editor will also open the pop-up note on the document pane for you to input text messages. You can also follow the steps in “Open pop-up notes” to open the pop-up note on the document pane to input a text message.
Tips:
1. At any time, you can add or edit a text message in a text field in the Comments panel after double-clicking the corresponding comment in the Comments panel.
2. If you want to add the selected text in PDF document to the pop-up notes of text markups automatically, please go to File > Preferences > Commenting and check the Copy selected text into Highlight, Squiggly Underline, Underline, and Strikeout comment pop-ups option.
(Optional) Text that you input in the pop-up note will be shown in the default font and size specified in the Commenting preferences. If you need to format the text in the pop-up note, select the text and choose the desired option in the Format tab in the right panel.
When you change the font and size for text in the current pop-up note, Foxit PDF Editor will remember the font and size, and apply them in the new pop-up notes until you change it or restart the application. After you change the font and size, the text format for the pop-up notes listed in the Comments panel will be changed accordingly as well. Based on your setting in the Commenting preferences, a small sticky note may be shown around the text content in the document if the text markup comment includes a text message in its pop-up note.
- (Optional) After inputting the text message, click anywhere outside the pop-up note (or click the
icon in the Comments panel) to confirm your input. And if necessary, follow the steps in “Close pop-up notes” to close the pop-up note. - (Optional) Change the appearance of a text markup comment. When you select a text markup comment, you will find a toolbar floating around the comment. Select the Switch color icon
on the floating toolbar to change the color for the comment. Or, you can change the appearance of text markup comments in the Format tab that appears in the right panel when you select a comment or are making a comment.
Tips:
- When the Format tab in the right panel is closed or hidden, you can click anywhere along the left border of the right panel to show the Format tab, or click the Display comment format panel icon
on the floating toolbar of an existing markup. - By default, the floating toolbar appears right after you create a comment. If you do not want the floating toolbar to appear upon a comment creation, please go to File > Preferences > Commenting, and deselect the Show floating toolbar when comments are created or selected option.