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How to Annotate Scanned PDF

1. Standard text boxes — included in a document where it is convenient and suitable;

2. Sticky notes — attached over the content of a document

With pdfFiller functionality, not only can you fill out and edit PDFs and other types of text documents, but you can also annotate scanned PDFs and guide recipients through a document’s content. Alternatively, notes are helpful in terms of your own revisions to a document. pdfFiller has two types of note tools: To comment using a text box, select Text Box in the toolbar and click where you'd like to place the box in the document. To resize a text box, drag its corners or edges. To change the color of its border, click the color icon that says Box in the formatting toolbar and select the color that you want. To change the color of the box itself, click Background and choose the color:

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To enter text in a box, click inside and start typing. When you annotate a scanned PDF file, you can change the font type of the note. Simply click the box with the current font name in the formatting toolbar and choose from the dropdown menu. You can change the font size by clicking the number next to the font and selecting from the dropdown list. To underline your text, make it bold or italicized, use the U, B, and I icons. To change the text color, click the color box on the right of the font tools and select the color you want:

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To add annotations to a PDF scan in a sticky note, while in the editor, select Sticky:

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Click where you'd like to place the note while adding annotations in PDF files. To resize the note, drag its corners or edges. To change its color, click the yellow icon that says Box and select the color you want. To enter your comment, click inside the note and start typing. You can format your text using the above-mentioned tools:

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In addition, you can easily remove a sticky note or a text box from the document. To do this, just click it and then click the trash icon:

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How Do I Make Notes on a PDF?

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To make notes on a document open it in the editor.
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Click Text Box to include text inside the box.
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Move the box around the document and format the included text as necessary.
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Alternatively, click Sticky in the toolbar.
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Move the sticky around the document and format the included text as necessary.
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Click Done to save the notes.

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Optical character recognition, or OCR, is a widespread technology that allows you to scan documents and turn them into editable soft copy documents that you can then easily edit. If you have a printed copy of a document and would like to be able to edit it, you can do it using Word.
You can scan a document and convert the text into data that you can edit with a word processing program. This process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). To scan and use OCR, you need to use an OCR program, such as the ABBEY Ringleader program. Place your original document on the scanner.
Scan a document as a PDF file and edit it in Word, click File > Open. Browse to the location of the PDF file on your computer and click Open. A message appears, stating that Word will convert the PDF file into an editable Word document. Click OK.
Drag and drop your PDF document into the PDF Editor. Add text, images, shapes or freehand annotations as you wish. You can also edit the size, font, and color of the added content. Click 'Apply' and save the changes and download your edited PDF.
How Do I Make Notes on a PDF? To make notes on a document open it in the editor. Click Text Box to include text inside the box. Move the box around the document and format the included text as necessary. Alternatively, click Sticky in the toolbar.
Open the scanned PDF file in Acrobat. From the All tools menu, select Edit a PDF. Acrobat automatically applies OCR to your document and converts it to a fully editable PDF copy. Select the text element that you want to edit and start typing.
Edit a scanned document Open the scanned PDF file in Acrobat. From the All tools menu, select Edit a PDF. Select the text element that you want to edit and start typing. From the top-right corner, select > Save as and type a new name for your document.
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