Scriptation lets you draw lines, arrows, ellipses, and rectangles directly on your script, then customize and reposition them — all from the Annotation Toolbar.

Setting a shape's style

After selecting a shape tool, touch or click the Style Palette icon in the Annotation Toolbar to customize the color, opacity, line thickness, line style, and other attributes of the shape:

Drawing the shape

Once your style is selected, use your Apple Pencil, finger, or mouse to touch / click and drag the shape to the size and dimensions you want.

Modifying the shape

With your shape created, touch or click the shape (or two-finger tap on a Mac trackpad) for a palette of additional options:

• Move — touch or click and hold the shape to drag it elsewhere on the page;
• Resize — drag the bounding points;
• Cut / Copy — cut or copy the shape, then touch or click anywhere on the page to display the Paste command;
• Select More… — add other shapes to a group for a batch command;
• Inspector — for style adjustments;
• Save — to make the shape a Saved Annotation;
• Layer — to move or copy the shape to a different Layer;
• Note — to add an Attached Note;
• Trash — to delete the shape.

Adding notes to shapes

Touch or click (or two-finger tap on a Mac trackpad) the shape to display the palette, then select the Note icon:

After typing, copy/pasting, or using Siri or Scribble to enter your note, tap Done:

The shape now displays a Note icon that holds your note:

To open the note, touch or click the annotation to display the palette, then touch or click the Note icon.

What's Next

Using the Style Palette (Inspector)

What are Saved Annotations and how do I use them?

Free Write or Draw

Updated on: 30/05/2026