With the release of the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, the browser has been getting a lot of new features. Did you know, unlike in Google Chrome, you can use annotation features for PDFs in the new Edge?
- Open your desired PDF file with Microsoft Edge. You can do this by right-clicking on the PDF and selecting “Microsoft Edge” from the “Open with” sub-menu.
- When the PDF opens up in the browser, just below the address bar you can find the annotation tools.
- Look for the Draw and Erase buttons on this bar.
- To draw on your document, just select the pen icon that says “Draw” and start drawing. To undo something you drew, select the eraser icon that says “Erase” and drag over the area you want to erase.
Now, this update is currently in the developer channel. Before coming to the stable version of the browser, this update will be rolled out to beta testers to test for any bugs and glitches. The build number for this update will be 82.0.439.1. Apart from improving the annotation features, Microsoft is also adding minor changes like added support for syncing Tracking Prevention exception settings and a button in the “Settings” menu to set Edge as the default browser. You can check out the entire list of changes right here.
