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Microsoft

Nov 19, 2019

PDF Inking on Microsoft Edge

Using a digital pen or touch to write directly on PDF files has been one of the top feature asks from Microsoft Edge insiders. We are pleased to announce that inking mode for PDF files has rolled out...

Juergen_Soltau

Iron Contributor

Nov 19, 2019

I miss the possibility to write a note into a PDF with my keybord .....

I don't want to draw my notes!

vygadeka

Microsoft

Nov 21, 2019

Juergen_Soltau glad you brought this up. Writing text notes with keyboard is definitely useful and it is in the pipeline. While we are on that topic, do you like the way you can add text notes on PDFs in legacy Microsoft Edge or is there anything you would like us to change there?

AMoeTech
Copper Contributor
Nov 24, 2019
Hellovygadeka
Perhaps I have been missing something in the legacy Edge as I see no ready way to type in text.
- vygadeka
  Microsoft
  Nov 24, 2019
  Well you can add text notes on top of any text in legacy Edge. Just select a piece of text and you will get an option to add a note. How would you like to change that?
Benoit Lamarche
Brass Contributor
Nov 21, 2019
I like the way it is done in legacy edge and also ability to select and highlight text with the mouse.
- Jude Wong
  Iron Contributor
  Mar 09, 2020
  The inking experience in Edge Classic is still much better. Am currently on Edge Dev 82.0.439.1. Also, the text highlighting feature is sorely missed!
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Mar 09, 2020
    Test highlighting is there.
    highlight a text then right-click and select a highlight color.