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How does a student annotate a PDF?

Updated July 2026

A student can annotate a PDF in Arthize's private workspace — free, with no watermark. The night before a deadline, a student merges lecture slides with their notes, compresses a scanned reading under the portal's 10MB limit, and annotates the key pages for revision — free, with no watermark on the result.

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A student can annotate a PDF in Arthize's private workspace — free, with no watermark. The night before a deadline, a student merges lecture slides with their notes, compresses a scanned reading under the portal's 10MB limit, and annotates the key pages for revision — free, with no watermark on the result.

More about annotate pdf

Annotations sit on top of the page and don't change the underlying text.

You can highlight, comment, draw and add notes.

Annotated files are ideal for review and feedback.

How to annotate a PDF

  1. 1

    Open the editor

    Sign in and open the PDF editor.

  2. 2

    Add your PDF

    Upload the document to mark up.

  3. 3

    Add annotations

    Highlight text, add comments, draw shapes or leave notes.

  4. 4

    Download

    Save the annotated PDF.

Common questions

How do I annotate a PDF?
Annotating a PDF adds highlights, comments, shapes and notes on top of the page, so you can mark up a document without changing its text. On Arthize it's free with no watermark and processed privately.
Can I highlight and comment on a PDF?
Annotating a PDF adds highlights, comments, shapes and notes on top of the page, so you can mark up a document without changing its text. On Arthize it's free with no watermark and processed privately.
Is annotating a PDF free?
Annotating a PDF adds highlights, comments, shapes and notes on top of the page, so you can mark up a document without changing its text. On Arthize it's free with no watermark and processed privately.

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