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Marker pen

The marker pen lets you draw freehand over the page: circle a bug, underline a number, point at a misaligned button, then take a screenshot or share your screen.

Using it​

  1. Open the toolbox and click the pen.
  2. Draw on the page with the mouse, a trackpad or a stylus.
  3. Pick another ink (red, orange, yellow, green or blue) or a shape (pen, square, circle or arrow) from the arrow next to the pen. Picking either also takes the pen out.
  4. Click the pen again, or press Esc, to put it away. Your marks stay on the page, and taking the pen out again picks up where you left off.

Shapes​

With a square, circle or arrow picked, drag from one corner (or the arrow's tail) to the other. Hold Shift for an even square or a round circle.

Select, move and delete a mark​

Pick Select from the arrow next to the pen (next to the shapes). Then press on a mark to pick it up, and drag it to move it. A strip over the picked-up mark brings it to the front, sends it to the back or deletes it, and Delete or Backspace deletes it too. Pick an ink while a mark is picked up to recolour it. Esc puts the mark down, and a second Esc puts the pen away (the marks stay).

Each of these is one step in the history, so Cmd/Ctrl+Z undoes it.

Undo and redo​

While the pen is out, Cmd/Ctrl+Z undoes the last stroke and Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+Z (or Ctrl+Y) brings it back. The same two steps are in the History rows of the menu next to the pen.

Clear drawing, the last History row, wipes every mark at once. It is one step in the history too, so Cmd/Ctrl+Z brings the whole drawing back.

Example: circle the wrong price​

The first product's price should show its discount. One loop around it says so faster than a paragraph in a ticket.

A red circle drawn around a product's price

Add a label next to it with the text tool, then save both with the screenshot tool.

Good to know​

  • Marks stick to the page: a circle around a price scrolls away with the price.
  • Putting the pen away keeps every mark. Closing the toolbox, removing the marker from the bar or opening the responsive grids clears every mark and its history.
  • Switching to the text tool keeps your marks, so a circle and its label can be drawn in turns.
  • Screenshots include the marks.
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