Adobe Acrobat Connect

Annotation tools

The host and presenters can use the following tools to annotate the window, application, or desktop they are currently sharing:

Selection tool
Selects an annotation already drawn in the Share pod. Click an annotation to select it, or drag to create a selection rectangle that selects all the annotations within the rectangle. The selection rectangle has eight control points for resizing the selected annotation. Shift-drag a corner control point to maintain the aspect ratio when you resize. Select and drag an annotation to move it. To add an annotation to the selection, Shift-click it.

Pencil tool
Draws a freehand shape or line. You can customize stroke color and stroke weight by using the color picker and stroke weight pop‑up menu at the lower-right corner of the Share pod.

Marker tool
Highlights a portion of the shared screen. You can customize stroke color and stroke weight by using the color picker and stroke weight pop‑up menu at the lower-right corner of the Share pod.

Line tool
Draws a line between two points. You can customize stroke color and stroke weight by using the color picker and line width pop‑up menu at the lower-right corner of the Share pod. To create arrows, use the arrow buttons at the lower-right corner of the Share pod. Hold down the Shift key while drawing to make the line snap every 45 degrees.

Rectangle tool
Creates square and rectangle shapes. You can customize stroke color, fill color, and stroke weight by using the color picker and the stroke weight pop‑up menu. You can use No Fill as a setting for stroke color and fill color; however, you cannot use No Fill for both stroke color and fill color. Drag to expand the shape. To make the rectangle a square, hold down the Shift key while drawing.

Ellipse tool
Creates circle and ellipse shapes. You can customize stroke color, fill color, stroke weight, and transparency by using the pop‑up menus at the lower-right of the Share pod. Drag to expand the shape. To make the ellipse a circle, hold down the Shift key while drawing.

Text tool
Creates a text box. Drag to create a text area where you can type. Press Enter or Return to create multiple lines. You can customize fill color, font face, and font size by using pop‑up menus at the lower-right of the Share pod.

Stamper tool
Creates a check mark, arrow, star, or cross (X) on the screen. A check mark is the default stamp. You can change the stamp image and customize image color and shape size by using the pop‑up menus at the lower-right corner of the Share pod.

Undo
Rescinds the previous action. You can undo the following actions: drawing a shape, moving a shape, resizing a shape, clearing the annotations, and changing a shape’s property. There is no limit to the number of times you can perform this operation in the pod.

Redo
Performs a previously undone action.

Clear
Erases all annotations in the Share pod.

Print
Creates a printed copy of the shared screen, including annotations.