The Style Palette (also called the Inspector) is where you customize how an annotation looks after you've created it — its color, opacity, order, and type-specific attributes like font, line thickness, or arrowhead style.

After you've created an annotation — such as a text marking, a Text Box, a free drawing, or a shape — touch or click it and tap the Style Palette icon (the color dot) in the pop-up menu:

Different annotation types offer different attributes. For example, a text annotation lets you set the font, a drawing lets you set the line thickness, and an arrow lets you set the arrowhead type.

Every annotation lets you set the color, the opacity, and the order (when annotations overlap). Each annotation's color scheme can be set by choosing from a number of customizable color presets. To set the style before you draw, select a tool, then tap the Style Palette icon on the Annotation Toolbar.

What's Next

An Overview of the Annotation Toolbar
How do I create Color Presets?
What are Saved Annotations and how do I use them?

Updated on: 15/10/2026