On an iPad, tap View options, then turn Smart Annotations off.If you delete the text or object that you've annotated, you also delete the annotation. You can delete an annotation after it's been added. If you're using your finger to annotate, swipe with two fingers.
To erase, tap the eraser, then tap it again to choose one of the erasers:.For iPadOS 13, tap the color well, then either tap a color in the grid or swipe left and create a custom color.For iPadOS 14 and later, tap a preset color or tap the color wheel to choose a custom color.Or use the controls to mix your own colors, then tap the Add button to save the color as a favorite. For iPhone, tap the colored circle, then choose a preset color at the bottom of the Colors screen.Or drag the slider to adjust the opacity. To draw with a different stroke size and opacity, tap one of the drawing tools twice, then tap a new stroke size.Tap one of the four drawing tools at the bottom of the screen: the pen, pencil, crayon, or the fill tool.To draw with Apple Pencil, tap your Pencil on the page. To use your finger, or if you've turned on Select and Scroll, tap the Insert button, tap the Media button, then tap Drawing.You can draw in a document with Apple Pencil (on supported devices), or with your finger. Check to see which languages and regions Scribble supports. * You can change to another supported language in the toolbar if you’ve added the keyboard for the language in Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards. The toolbar also has buttons to indent, format, and align text, as well as to insert page breaks, bookmarks, and more. Drag the selection handles to change the selection. To select text, circle it or draw a line through it.To join or separate characters, draw a vertical line between them.To insert text between words, tap and hold in a text area, then start writing when a space opens.
Tap the Scribble tool in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen, then start writing.Īs you write with Apple Pencil, you can also delete words, insert text, and more:.Or tap in a text box, shape, or in a table cell in a word-processing or page layout document. In a document, tap Apple Pencil in the body of a word-processing document where you want to write.To check the Scribble setting, or to turn it off, go to Settings > Apple Pencil on your iPad. With Scribble, you can turn handwriting into text with an Apple Pencil on a supported iPad.* When you pair an Apple Pencil with an iPad, Scribble is on by default.