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How to draw on a PDF on Windows and save the changes?
I need to mark up a PDF with freehand notes, circles, arrows, and a few simple shapes without changing the original text. When I open the file in a browser on my Windows laptop, the pencil or drawing...
OneNote on Windows is an option if you already have it.
Choose Insert > File Printout to place the PDF pages into a note, then use the Draw tab for pens, colors, thickness, an eraser, and shapes.
Once you’ve finished, use File > Export to export the OneNote page as a PDF. Open the exported file to check that the pages haven’t been cut off or resized unexpectedly.
There is one trade-off: this creates a new PDF from the printout and your drawings. It doesn’t preserve the original PDF’s selectable text, links, or editable annotations, so keep the original file.