Drawing tool in new version of acrobat doesn't stay on after drawing one line.

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September 14, 2023
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the latest version of acrobat has an updated tool bar for annotations. every time you want to draw a line with the freehand tool, you have to go back to the tool bar and click it again. this is un-usable for me as I mark up files by sketching over them with the drawing tool. Is there a work around here? If not can anyone suggest an alternative PDF annotation tool that does comments and freehand drawing?

Correct answer Amal.

Hi @EvanCowan

Hope you are doing well, and thanks for reaching out.

To keep the annotation tool selected, please follow the steps below:

In the Comment toolbar, select the tool you want to use (but don’t use it yet).
Click the Keep Tool Selected icon (Thumbpin icon), as shown in the screenshot below:

For more information, please go through the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/commenting-pdfs.html

~Amal

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jessica_5252

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Hey, I see that this fix works in Adobe, but I am using the online version that is attached through Google drive and there is no pin option?

Amal.

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Hi @EvanCowan

Hope you are doing well, and thanks for reaching out.

To keep the annotation tool selected, please follow the steps below:

In the Comment toolbar, select the tool you want to use (but don’t use it yet).
Click the Keep Tool Selected icon (Thumbpin icon), as shown in the screenshot below:

For more information, please go through the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/commenting-pdfs.html

~Amal