You can add freehand shapes and text to your document using the Pencil/Draw tool.
This article will cover the instructions for the following versions:
Soda PDF Desktop
- Open the Comment tab.
- Click the Pencil option.
- Choose the color.
- In the dropdown under Line width, you can set the thickness of the pencil.
Your mouse icon will update to a pencil. Hold down the left mouse button and drag your cursor. You'll see the marking appear and you can release your mouse button to place it.
You can change the pencil appearance properties in the Properties panel.
- Switch to Edit mode.
- Select a marking and click on the properties icon.
- The properties panel will open on the right.
- When you make the appearance changes, you can click the Make Default button to use the selected settings moving forward.
Soda PDF Online
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- Open the Edit tab.
- Select the Draw tool.
- Click on the circle to choose the color and opacity.
- In the dropdown, you can set the thickness of the pencil.
Your cursor will change to a pencil. Hold down the left mouse button and drag your cursor. You'll see the marking appear and you can release your mouse button to place it.
- Switch to Select mode to interact with your pencil marking.
- Click on the marking to select it.
- You can resize it by dragging the corners of the blue box.
- You can move it by dragging it around the page.
- Click on the bin icon to delete the marking.