{"id":31966,"date":"2024-12-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readcube.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=31966"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:36:34","password":"","slug":"annotation-options-in-the-readcube-pdf-reader","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/readcube.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/help-center\/annotation-options-in-the-readcube-pdf-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Annotation Options in the PDF Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>References within the Reader have several annotation features available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can highlight, underline, strike through, use the draw\/freehand-write tool or add a sticky note. 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