Scriptation has four text marking tools on the Annotation Toolbar — Highlight, Underline, Squiggle, and Strikethrough. Each works in straight lines directly on top of your script text:

Configuring the marking

Touch or click the annotation (be sure no other tools are selected) to display this palette:

• Copy — copy the annotation to paste elsewhere; touch and hold (iPad / iPhone) or right-click / Control + click / two-finger trackpad touch (Mac) anywhere on the page to display the Paste command;
• Type — change the annotation type (e.g., highlight to strikethrough);
• Color — change its color;
• Opacity — adjust its opacity;
• Layer — move or copy the annotation to another layer;
• Tag — assign the highlighted text to a tag category;
• Note — add an Attached Note;
• Trash — delete the annotation.

On an iPad or iPhone, touch and hold a piece of text to display selection pins and the standard iOS palette to copy, highlight, underline, squiggle, strikethrough, and create a link:

More commands appear if you tap the right-pointing arrow at the end of the palette.

Removing or changing a marking

The Eraser only works on free-drawn annotations (the Drawing tool and the Freeform Highlight marker). To remove or change a highlight, underline, squiggle, or strikethrough:

1. Make sure no tools are selected on the Annotation Toolbar;
2. Touch or click the marking;
3. Tap Trash to delete it, or tap Type to switch it to a different marking (for example, squiggle to strikethrough).

What's Next

Typing Notes with Text Boxes and Callouts
How can I draw lines, arrows and shapes?
What are Saved Annotations and how do I use them?

Updated on: 08/10/2026