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What are Context Menus, and how do I Use Them?

iAnnotate features six Context Menus, which allow you to execute annotations and document sharing without resorting to Toolbar commands. Each menu contain a related set of commands and can be accessed by tapping a specific part of the screen.

1. Document Context Menu:
Tap the title of the current tab. You can also tap and hold the tab of an inactive document to open its context menu. This menu lets you close, share, print duplicate, or delete a document.


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The Document Context Menu

2. Annotation Context Menu:
Tap and hold any empty space in the document display. This menu lets you add particular annotations (Note, Pencil, Typewriter, Stamp, Bookmark, Photo, Sound Clip, Mark) to a document.


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The Annotation Context Menu

3. Recent Tools Context Menu:
Double-tap anywhere on the document. This menu displays the five most recently used tools from the Toolbar(s).


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The Recent Tools Context Menu

4. Thumbnail Context Menu:
In the Navigation Panel, in Thumbnail view, tap and hold any Thumbnail. This menu lets you share, print, rotate, or add blank pages to a document.


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The Thumbnail Context Menu

5. Select Text Context Menu:
Tap and hold an area of text. To alter the area of text that has been selected, drag the blue handlebars on either end of it.

This menu lets you annotate that text or explore reference resources such as Google Dictionary and Wikipedia. You can also strikeout, highlight, underline, and copy the selected text to the iPad clipboard.

Not all PDFs support text selection, and not all text in all PDF files can be selected. If you are having problems selecting text in a document, verify that it can be selected by using a computer application like Preview or Adobe Reader.


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The Select Text Context Menu

6. Library File Name Context Menu:
In the Library, tap and hold a document’s file name. This menu lets you view Document Information, or tag , duplicate, email or delete it.


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The Library File Name Context Menu