Annotate the page
Draw with a pen, shapes, arrows, text and redaction on the live page, then capture it.
Mark up the page itself, without taking a screenshot first: circle a problem, point at it, write a note, then capture the page with your marks on it.
Open it#
Press A, or the Annotate button on the bar (the scribble). A drawing toolbar appears at the top of the page. While it is open the page takes no clicks, so drawing never follows a link or presses a button.
The tools#
| Tool | Key | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Select and move | V | Pick a mark up and drag it |
| Pen | P | Draw freehand |
| Rectangle | R | Drag a box; Shift makes it square |
| Ellipse | O | Drag an ellipse; Shift makes it a circle |
| Arrow | A | Drag from the tail to the tip |
| Line | L | Drag a straight line |
| Text | T | Click, type, press Enter |
| Redact | X | Cover an area in solid black |
- The colour dot picks one of seven colours; the size dot steps through thin, medium and thick lines. A selected mark takes a colour you pick.
- Ctrl⌘+Z and Ctrl⌘+Shift⇧+Z undo and redo; Delete removes the selected mark; the bin clears them all.
- Marks stay on what you drew them over as the page scrolls.
Capture it#
Capture on the toolbar takes the Visible area or the Full page, with your marks and without the toolbar. It goes wherever your captures go: a PNG file or the Annotator, as set in the capture options.
Close it#
Esc (once to let go of a selected mark, again to close), the × on the toolbar, or A again. The marks stay on the page until you clear them or turn Nitpique off; opening the toolbar again lets you change them.
Questions
Do the marks stay when I scroll?
Yes. Marks are kept where you drew them on the page, so they move with what they point at.
Are the marks in my capture?
Yes. Capture on the drawing toolbar takes the visible area or the full page with your marks, and without the toolbar.
Can I click the page while the toolbar is open?
No: while it is open, clicks draw instead of reaching the page. Close it with Esc or the × and the page is yours again; the marks stay.