The arrows and lines are greyed out under the shape style tab of the markup toolbar in Apple Preview

I am attempting to edit a map to show flow of traffic. When trying to annotate the PDF, the arrow and line options are unavailable and greyed out. Why is this the case? Is there something special I need to do in order to use the mark up tool?

Thanks!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Dec 16, 2020 5:15 PM

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Dec 19, 2020 4:21 PM in response to JEUSanchez

Hi JEUSanchez,

We see you're having trouble marking up a PDF. Here's a resource to help make sure you're able to access the features you're looking use: How to edit images and mark up PDFs with Preview on your Mac

We hope this helps.

Have a great weekend.

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The arrows and lines are greyed out under the shape style tab of the markup toolbar in Apple Preview

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