Visible by default, hide or reveal the editing bar by choosing View > Hide Editing Bar, (Cmd+Shft+E).
Tools appear in Touch Bar on supported Macs.
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Select Text
Select text to copy or edit with correct text (Working With Text); use this tool to fill interactive PDF forms (Filling Out PDF Forms). This tool is selected by default when a document is opened.
Edit Tool 
Select an image, text box or other object to move, resize, or delete (Editing Images, Formatting Text).
Highlight Text Tool 
Drag over text to apply highlighting, strikethrough and other markup (Markup Text).
Select Rectangle Tool 
Select a region of a page. The region can be copied and pasted, or the page can be cropped to the selected region. (Selecting Part of a Page).
Measurements 
Measure the distance between two objects on the page.
(Measurements).
Hand Tool 
Pan around a document with a click and drag. Zoom in by pressing the Option key, zoom out with Command+Option.
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Note on all following tools
For the Markup, Drawing, and Form Elements tools, you can double-click a tool to lock it on and use it continuously. Clicking the Select (arrow) tool will unlock your choice of tool. To make the continuous use feature automatic, go to Preferences > General. Preferences
Tools remember their last chosen colors and properties.
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Markup Tools 
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Text Tool
Insert a text box. (Adding Text) |
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Scribble Tool
Freehand drawing tool. (Adding Objects: Scribbles, Lines and Shapes) |
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Notes Tool
Add a note to a PDF. (Adding Notes and Comments) |
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Comments Tool
Add a comment to a PDF. (Adding Notes and Comments) |
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Cloud Tool
Add a comment cloud to a PDF. (Adding Notes and Comments) |
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Linking Tool
Add a link to an external URL. (Adding Links) |
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Attachment tool
Attach a file to a PDF. (Attachment tool).
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Audio annotations tool
Add an audio note to a PDF. (Audio annotations).
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Add color to the text, stroke, or fill of these objects using Object Properties (see below).
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Drawing Tools (Adding Objects: Scribbles, Lines and Shapes) |
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Polygon Tool
Draw polygonal shapes |
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Rectangle Tool |
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Ellipse Tool |
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Line Tool |
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Rounded Rectangle Tool |
Add color, stroke style, and stroke weight to any of these objects using Object Properties (see below).
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Form Elements (
PDFpenPro Only;
Creating PDF Forms) |
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Text Field Tool |
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Checkbox Tool |
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Radio Button Tool |
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Choice Field Tool |
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List Field Tool |
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Signature Field |
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Submit Button Tool |
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Object Properties (Adding Objects: Scribbles, Lines and Shapes)
Tools remember their last chosen colors and properties. |
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Object Color
Set the Fill and Stroke color of objects. Pick the font and background color of a text field. |
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Stroke Style
Used for dotted and broken lines. Set the Start and Ending of a line to create an arrow. |
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Stroke Weight
Set the line weight of a scribble, line or border of a text field. |