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Emphasizing areas in an image with a line

You can emphasize an important area in an image by pointing to it with a line.

To use a line to emphasize an area:

Step 1

If the Annotate pop-up menu isn’t in the toolbar, choose View > Customize Toolbar and drag the Annotate pop-up menu to the toolbar.

Step 2

Choose Line from the Annotate pop-up menu in the toolbar.

Step 3

Drag where you want the line to appear.

Step 4

Change its appearance by doing one of the following:

To make the line thicker or thinner, press the plus sign (+) or minus sign (-).

To add or remove a drop shadow, press S.

To add or remove an arrow from the beginning of a line, press 1.

To add or remove an arrow from the end of a line, press 2.

To change the line’s color, choose Tools > Show Colors.

After you save the image, you can’t edit or delete any lines you added.

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image annotating