Apple Pencil on PDF reader

[darrynstephenRSA]

i have the latest 2018 iPad Pro with gen 2 pencil, my issue is that i cannot seem to use it with acrobat which is so frustrating. There are apps that help but are not very good. I saw an older post that said hold your finger down on a blank area and “freehand” would appear. I don’t get that, only “select all“ or ”copy”  

Please help, without this function my uses for the iPad are almost nil.

Thanks

[Adorobat]

Hi darrynstephenRSA,

As per the issue description mentioned above, you are unable to use apple pencil in acrobat reader on your ipad, is that correct?

Tap pen icon in the bottom-right>comment

Tap pencil icon( in the top bar) and check if that brings freehand tool.

Refer: Working with PDF — Acrobat Reader Mobile App

Let us know if you need any help.

Shivam

[ICT Officer]

Hi there,

I have a similar issue.  I have 2 documents saved to Adobe Reader on my iPad Pro.  When I open the first PDF I can see the pencil icon in the lower-right corner and I can tap on it to see the usual Pencil menu, select the color, etc.  However when I open the second PDF I don't see the blue pencil icon in the lower-right corner so I can't use the pencil to draw.  Why might I see the blue icon for pencil drawing in one document but not in the other?  

[joshuak57819329]

Hello,

I am also having issues with not being able to edit PDFs since updatig to 19.12.00. The blue pencil option only exists on the Welcome PDF that comes pre-installed on the app. See the below screenshot of one of the PDFs I am trying to edit with the Pencil: