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

[EvanCowan]

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?

[Amal. · Accepted solution]

Hi @EvanCowan 

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

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

1. In the Comment toolbar, select the tool you want to use (but don’t use it yet).
2. 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

[EvanCowan]

Thanks for that. My acrobat looks very different to yours, but there is a Pin icon, which keeps the tools selected. Thanks!

[SB Accounting]

thankyou - this was very helpful.

it was very frustrating before i found the "pin" function from this post.

[LIEW]

I have the same issue. Thank to this, i manage to get it fixed.

[Amal.]

Hi there

We are glad to hear that. Marking a reply or response “Correct” will help future users with the same issue quickly identify the correct answer.

~Amal

[jessica_5252]

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?