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Former Employee

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...

MitchellJP

Copper Contributor

Apr 03, 2020

Elliot Kirk Hi there!

I am really confused by the fact that you mentioned all of the great Edge inking capabilities the team is currently working on rolling out when each of those features were available for over a year on Microsoft Edge before the latest update. I used this on a daily basis to make multicolored notes with different stroke sizes quickly and easily on PDFs on a daily basis in my grad school. This decrease in capabilities with the new Edge update has been very disruptive to my regular note taking process, unfortunately. I was wondering why the update got rid of these capabilities.

vygadeka

Microsoft

Apr 26, 2020

MitchellJP unfortunately, change in the web platform for new Microsoft Edge got rid of the PDF goodness we have in the legacy version of Microsoft Edge. But rest assured that we are building these capabilities back into the new version. You can read about what's coming up for PDF annotations here - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/articles/microsoft-edge-extends-tools-for-the-pdf-reader/m-p/1311892

Do provide feedback on what more you want