PDF AnnotatorNo PDF loaded
Saved in this browser

Open your files

Open a saved project to continue with all annotations, strokes and layout intact.

No DOCX loaded

Used for pasted text, plain DOCX annotations and new annotations.

Select Regular, Semibold, Bold, Italic and Bold Italic font files together. Missing faces will not be substituted in editable PDF export.

American Typewriter (system font)
No PDF loaded
100%
Tools
Text
Drawing
✓

Your PDF, ready to annotate.

Choose Open files to load a PDF and optional DOCX.
Read the numbered reference beside your PDF.
Ctrl+click a spot, type an annotation number, and press Enter.

Or hold Alt and click to add your own text.
Tip: corrections stay in their original order.

Start a new session?

Export your PDF first if you need to keep these markings. This clears the current files and annotations.

Bring annotations from any AI

Select the format before loading the DOCX. The app remembers your last selection.

Annotation list / answer key

Write one complete annotation per paragraph. Plain or red paragraphs become red annotations; blue paragraphs become blue teaching notes. Keep headings, tables and instructions out of this file. Use separate paragraphs for answers and notes.

Prompt for your AI

Create a downloadable DOCX annotation list for the attached PDF or source material. Put each annotation in its own paragraph, in placement order. Use this exact structure: PLACE: a concise description of where the annotation belongs; then insert a Shift+Enter line break; then TEXT: the exact text that should appear on the PDF. Use further Shift+Enter line breaks when the annotation itself needs multiple lines. The PLACE information is guidance for the user and must not be part of the annotation text. Do not include headings, tables, bullets, automatic numbering, original questions, duplicated source text, introductions or closing remarks. Do not invent missing information. Do not assign meanings to font colours. Use a colour requested by the user for the TEXT content; otherwise leave the font colour automatic/default.

Keyboard shortcuts

Press ? anytime to reopen this guide.

Place annotations

Ctrl + click
Place an annotation by number
Ctrl + digits
Preview at the pointer; release Ctrl to place
Alt + click
Add new text

Draw

Space + move
Draw without holding the mouse button
U
Choose underline mode
I
Choose free-ink mode

Navigate and move

V
Toggle Move mode
Tab / Shift+Tab
Next or previous annotation
Enter
Arm, pick up or drop the current annotation
Arrow keys
Nudge a selection; otherwise change page or scroll
Shift + arrows
Nudge by a larger step

Edit

Double-click
Edit annotation text in place
Alt + ←/→
Narrow or widen a text box
Delete
Remove the selected annotation
Ctrl+Z
Undo; add Shift to redo
Esc
Cancel the current action

Export PDF

Sign in to use your 3 free exports.

Sign in to export

Your PDF stays in this browser. Sign in once to use your three free exports across devices and private windows.

Your account

Sign in to use your free exports.

Activate your purchase

Enter the licence key from your Lemon Squeezy email. One licence can be active on up to three devices.

Free exports used

You have used all 3 free PDF exports.

Keep your workflow moving.
Purchase PDF Annotator, or activate a licence you already own. Your current work stays saved in this browser.

Already purchased? Enter the licence key from your purchase email.

Purchase access

Sync unfinished work

Not connected

Only your signed-in owner account can sync. Keep this code safe; it is also your recovery key.

Create a new library (first device)

Two versions found

This device:

Cloud version:

Both versions will remain recoverable whichever you choose.

Delete cloud project?

This removes the project from your synced library on every device. Open work and downloaded project files stay on your devices. Deleting open work stops its syncing.