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PlayPosit: Annotating PDFs

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Sections of PDF Annotation Interactivity

The example PDF Annotation Interaction is loaded in a PlayPosit Bulb.

  • The following features are shown throughout the PDF Interaction. Each section will be demonstrated below.

Note: Annotations don't save in the Bulb. Check out "Preserve Annotations on PDF" in the choices below to learn how to save a download to your device.

Image of the PlayPosit PDF Interaction displayed on a PlayPosit bulb. In chronological order, on the top left the Annotation tools are highlighted in red labeled 1. On the top right, the locative tools are shown highlighted in red labeled 2 and the PDF viewing tools at the bottom right are highlighted in red labeled 3. All tool sections have an arrow indicating their location.

Which section do you want to view first?

The basic text editor will give the following options with the selected text:

  • Comment
  • Highlight
  • Underline
  • Strikethrough
  • Copy text
Image of PlayPosit Select Text icon on the left is highlighted red indicating it’s opened. The Select Text option is highlighted in red labeled 1 with an arrow indicating the choice. On the PDF, some text is selected and a basic text editor is shown highlighted in red towards the middle of the interaction labeled 2 with an arrow indicating the options available.
Image of PlayPosit Pan Tool Icon on the left is highlighted red indicating it’s opened. The Pan Tool option is highlighted in red with an arrow indicating the choice.

Note: The comment section will automatically open up where you can find any commentary including references of annotations that involve highlights and underlined sections. From here, you can also add replies to the comments.

Image of the PlayPosit Add Comments tool icon on the left under the Select text tool highlighted in red indicating it’s opened. The Add Comments option is highlighted in red labeled 1 with an arrow indicating the choice. On the right of the image, the Comments section is opened with the reply box highlighted under a comment labeled 2 with an arrow indicating to interact.
Image of the PlayPosit Add Text Comments tool icon on the left under the Select text tool highlighted in red indicating it’s opened. The Add Text Comment option is highlighted in red with an arrow indicating the choice. On the PDF, an example text comment has been placed.

The 3 options include:

  • Highlight
  • Underline
  • Strikethrough

Which are all demonstrated on the PDF document. The colors can be changed to allow differentiation between the points.

Image of the PlayPosit Highlight Selected Text section on the left under the Add Comments Tool highlighted in red indicating it’s open. There are 3 options highlighted in red with an arrow indicating to make a choice. They are highlight, underline, and strikethrough.
Image of the PlayPosit Draw Freehand icon on the left under the Highlight Selected Text tool highlighted in red with an arrow indicating that it’s selected. On the right, the PDF is shown with an example of a freehand annotation of underlining and circling words.

This is where all the comments will be stored from the learner. From here, comments can be found, added, modified, or deleted.

Image of the PlayPosit Comment icon highlighted red on the top right with an arrow indicating that it’s been opened. The comment section is now displayed on the interaction.

The location of where the PDF was found is automatically bookmarked in this section for the convenience of the learner.

Image of the PlayPosit Bookmark icon highlighted red on the top right below the Comment icon with an arrow indicating that it’s been opened. The bookmark section is now displayed on the interaction.

The pages are outlined smaller with an overview to navigate with the scrollbar to the desired section of the PDF.

Image of the PlayPosit Pages icon highlighted red on the top right below the Bookmark icon with an arrow indicating that it’s been opened. The Pages section is now displayed on the interaction.

There are 4 sections in this area, which include the:

  • Current Page Number
  • Total Document Page Number
  • Previous Page icon
  • Forward Page icon
Image of the PlayPosit Page navigation tools highlighted in red on the bottom right of the PDF with an arrow indicating to interact with it.

In the page viewing section, the following options are available for customization:

  • SIngle Page View
  • Two Page View
  • View with Scrolling
  • Fit one page
  • Fit to width
  • Full screen
Image of the Page Viewing options highlighted in red on the bottom right under the page navigation tools with an arrow indicating to interact with the options.
Image of the Zoom in and out icons highlighted in red on the bottom right under the Page Viewing options with an arrow indicating to select when desired.
On the top right of the whole interaction, the 3 dot icon is highlighted in red indicating that it’s been opened. Under Print this file, “Download this file” is highlighted in red with an arrow indicating to select.
Congratulations, you are done!

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