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Selecting, Moving, and Resizing Markups

Select mode is the safest way to adjust existing annotations without placing a new markup. It works with drawing objects, measurement markups, count markers, and signatures.

Updated 2026-07-03 · 4 min read

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Selected markups show handles and can also be edited from the Properties panel.

Select a markup

  1. 1

    Switch to Select

    Choose Select from the toolbar or press V before editing existing objects.

  2. 2

    Click the object

    Click a visible markup on the drawing, or choose it from the Markup List if it is hard to target.

  3. 3

    Select several at once

    Use Select All (Ctrl/Cmd+A) or pick multiple rows in the Markup List when you need to act on more than one markup.

Move or resize

  1. 1

    Drag the markup body

    Drag inside the markup to move it to a new position on the same page.

  2. 2

    Drag handles

    Use visible handles to resize shapes, text boxes, count markers, and signatures.

  3. 3

    Check locked state

    If the markup will not move, check whether it is locked — the lock toggle lives in the Properties panel and the Layers panel.

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