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Emphasizing areas in an image with an oval or rectangle

You can emphasize an important area in an image by enclosing it with an oval or rectangle.

To use an oval to highlight 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 Oval or Rectangle from the Annotate pop-up menu in the toolbar.

Step 3

Drag over the area you want to enclose.

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

After you save the image, you can’t edit or delete any shapes you added. If you think you’ll need to edit a shape, convert the image to a PDF document, and then add shapes to the PDF document. You can edit shapes that you add to a PDF document after you save the document.

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image annotating