How to arrange annotations in Preview.

When I am editing a pdf document in Preview 11.0 I want to rearrange layers of objects that I have added. I thought that I had previously been able to rearrange the layers of objects added to a pdf document like I do in Pages. Currently all I can find is Window > Bring All to Front. I want to send one layer back or bring another layer to the front.

Mac mini, macOS 11.4

Posted on Sep 24, 2021 3:45 PM

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Meg The Dog

Level 6

13,820 points

Sep 24, 2021 4:12 PM in response to Bob1177

Right click (Control click) on the object to reveal the drop down menu.

MtD

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