The top toolbar has two general-purpose controls in the middle — a color swatch and a number input — that automatically switch to match whatever tool or element is currently active. Understanding how they connect makes day-to-day adjustments much smoother.

The color swatch: controls color

Clicking it opens a color picker — pick a preset or set any custom color. This one control serves several purposes: text color for added text, highlight color, drawn line color, and rectangle border color.

The number input: controls size or thickness

What this input means depends on the active tool:

Two moments to adjust it

  1. Before adding: switch to a tool, set the color and size/thickness in the top toolbar first, then add content on the page — the new element uses that setting directly.
  2. After adding: use the Select tool to click an existing element, and the top toolbar automatically shows that element's current color and size/thickness — change it directly and it updates live, no need to delete and re-add.

A practical tip

If a document needs several annotations in the same style (say, all problems flagged in red highlight), set the color once before adding them all in a row — much faster than adding each one and going back to fix the color afterward.

Try adjusting color and size to build your own annotation style.

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