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Last Update: February 12, 2023, 09:18 IST
Google has added the ability to annotate PDFs using a stylus or finger.
The report mentions that the tools available include pens and highlighters with different brush sizes as well as shades.
US-based tech giant Google has added the ability to annotate PDFs using a stylus or finger to its cloud service Drive on Android. According to 9to5Google, you’ll be able to freely write annotations on a file shown in the Drive preview screen on Android devices using your finger or stylus.
- To use the PDF annotate feature, users will need to open the Google Drive app on their Android devices.
- To enter preview mode, users need to open the PDF they want to annotate.
- Then tap on the annotate button at the bottom right corner.
- The toolbar opens with several annotating tools. Users can use the stylus or their finger to select the commenting tool.
Furthermore, the report mentions that the tools available include pens and highlighters with different brush sizes as well as shades.
An eraser (for individual lines) and undo/redo will also be available. Users will also be able to show and hide annotations without deleting them.
In addition, by tapping and holding, the toolbar can be snapped to any side of the screen. Users can save the annotations to the original PDF or create a new copy with everything intact.
Google Drive’s PDF annotate feature is not yet available on many Android devices. The report states that wider availability is expected in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, Google’s latest Chrome beta version includes a test for a feature that could significantly enhance the browser’s picture-in-picture feature and make it more useful. As The Verge reports, the tech giant is looking at allowing it to display virtually any web content in floating windows that stay on top of all users’ other windows.
This feature, known as document picture-in-picture, can be useful in many ways. Examples are some that Google provides based on what picture-in-picture already does, for example, video players with custom UI (including buttons to like or dislike the video, timeline or captions), or There are mini players for video conferences that show a grid of participants as reported and allow you to mute yourself or raise your hand.
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