How do I use the Text Marking tools? (Highlight, Underline, Squiggle and Strikethrough)
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 Squiggle or Strikethrough
Since the Eraser tool only works on free-drawn annotations, use this method to remove or change a squiggly line or strikethrough:
- Make sure no tools are selected in the toolbar.
- Tap directly on the squiggly line or strikethrough.
- A menu will appear — tap Trash to delete it, or tap Type to switch it to a different marking (e.g., change a squiggle to a strikethrough).
Undo (two-finger tap, or ⌘Z on Mac) also works immediately after placing any annotation if you want to quickly reverse it.
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: 04/08/2026
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