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Mark up attachments in your notes on Mac
When you add a PDF, scanned document, or image to your note, you can use Markup to write or draw on the attachment, rotate or crop it, or add shapes or a signature to it.
In the Notes app
on your Mac, click a note in the notes list or double-click a note in gallery view.
Move the pointer over an attachment, then do any of the following:
For a PDF or scanned document: Click the down arrow
next to the document title, then choose Markup.
If you don’t see the down arrow, Control-click the PDF or scanned document, click View As, then choose Medium or Large.
For an image: Click the Action pop-up menu
, then choose Markup.
If you don’t see the pop-up menu, you may need to enable Markup. Choose Apple menu
> System Settings, click Privacy & Security, then click Extensions (you may need to scroll down). Click Actions, then select Markup.
Use the tools to mark up the attachment (or use the Touch Bar).
If you’re using a trackpad, you can pinch to zoom in or out.
Tool
Description
Sketch
Sketch a shape using a single stroke.
If your drawing is recognized as a standard shape, it’s replaced by that shape; to use your drawing instead, choose it from the palette that’s shown.
Draw
Draw a shape using a single stroke. Press your finger more firmly on the trackpad to draw with a heavier, darker line.
This tool appears only on computers with a Force Touch trackpad.
Shapes
Click a shape, then drag it where you want. To resize the shape, use the blue handles. If it has green handles, use them to alter the shape.
You can zoom and highlight shapes using these tools:
Zoom
: Drag the lens where you want. To increase or decrease the zoom, drag the green handle; drag the blue handle to change the lens size.Highlight
: Drag the highlight where you want. To resize it, use the blue handles.
Text
Type your text, then drag the text box where you want.
Highlight Selection
Highlight selected text.
Sign
If signatures are listed, click one, then drag it where you want. To resize it, use the blue handles.
To create a new signature, click the Sign tool, click Create Signature if shown, then click how you want to create your signature:
Use a trackpad: Click the text when asked, sign your name on the trackpad using your finger, press any key when you’re finished, then click Done. If you don’t like the results, click Clear, then try again.
If your trackpad supports it, press your finger more firmly on the trackpad to sign with a heavier, darker line.
Use your Mac computer’s built-in camera: Hold your signature (on white paper) facing the camera so that your signature is level with the blue line in the window. When your signature appears in the window, click Done. If you don’t like the results, click Clear, then try again.
Use your iPhone or iPad: Click Select Device to choose a device (if more than one is available). On your device, use your finger or Apple Pencil (on iPad) to sign your name. If you don’t like the results, tap Clear, then try again. When you’re ready, tap Done.
If you use VoiceOver, the built-in screen reader on Mac, you can add a description of a signature when you create one. This is especially useful if you create multiple signatures and need to distinguish between them to ensure you use the intended signature. Before you click or tap Done, click the Description pop-up menu, then choose a description, such as Initials, or choose Custom to create your own description. When you’re ready to sign a PDF document, navigate the list of signatures using VoiceOver. When you hear the description of the signature you want to use, press VO-Space bar to select it.
If you use iCloud Drive, your signatures are available on your other Mac computers that have iCloud Drive turned on.
To delete a signature, move the pointer over it, then click
(to the right of the signature). The signature is no longer available to use in any app where you can add a signature.
Shape Style
Change the thickness and type of lines used in a shape, and add a shadow.
Border Color
Change the color of the lines used in a shape.
Fill Color
Change the color that’s used inside a shape.
Text Style
Change the font or the font style and color.
Rotate Left
or Rotate Right
Click
to rotate an item to the left. Continue clicking to keep rotating.
To rotate an item to the right, press and hold the Option key, then click
until you’re done rotating the item.
Crop
Hide part of an item. Drag the corner handles until just the area you want to keep is shown within the frame’s border. You can also drag the frame to reposition it. When you’re ready, click Crop.
Image Description
Enter, view, or edit a description of an image. (The tool is highlighted when an image has a description.)
Image descriptions can be read by screen readers and are useful for anyone who has difficulty seeing images online. For example, if you use VoiceOver, the built-in screen reader on Mac, you can press the VoiceOver command VO-Shift-L to hear a description of the image in the VoiceOver cursor.
Annotate
, ,Annotate an item by sketching or drawing on it using your nearby iPhone
or iPad . If both devices are nearby, click Annotate, then choose a device. The tool may appear highlighted to show your device is connected. To disconnect your device without using it, click the tool again.
Note: If you want to use your nearby iPhone or iPad to sign or annotate items, make sure it meets Continuity system requirements. See the Apple Support article System requirements for Continuity on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
When you’re finished, click Done.