How To: Use the Drawing Markups toolbar to add personal touches and comments to your PDF.Acrobat isn't limited to staid comment fields and text boxes. If you're an inveterate doodler, or want to add some style or unique artwork to your PDFs, you can use the drawing tools.
To start a drawing, choose Tools > Drawing Markups > Show Drawing Markups Toolbar or right-click/Control-click the tool bar well and choose the tool bar from the list. You can select one of the tools in the Drawing Markups toolbar, or choose the down arrow beside the arrow tool to display a longer list of shapes to choose from.
You can also break out the drawing tools from the drawing tool bar. Drawing markups are basically comments with more style.
To use a tool, select it on the tool bar and then draw points, click and drag, or scribble with the pencil.
The cloud and polygon tools require you to outline the basic shape, such as a rectangle. When you close the shape, the cloud forms over it.
When you complete the drawing, you can double-click it to open a note, where you can type information about your drawing.
To show text on the document in a text box, use the Text Box tool. Click to select the tool in the tool box and then drag a marquee on the page. A yellow text box the size of the marquee is added to the document; click the box and type your message.
A similar method for adding text is the callout tool. The callout tool will display a text box connected to an arrow, which will point to a specific place on your drawing.
