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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:

📝 NOTE: Underline and Squiggle sometimes share the same icon box, depending on the size and orientation of your device. Touch / click + hold the small triangle next to one icon to reveal the other tool.

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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.

📝 NOTE: Only free-drawn annotations (Drawing and Freeform Highlight) can be removed with the eraser tool. Text markings must be deleted with the Trash icon.

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: 30/05/2026

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