Annotations

They mark the page. You get the question on the line.

Readers highlight, draw and comment on PDFs in your data room. Questions arrive pinned to the line, Mako drafts the answer, and replies stay in one thread.

Project Falcon

Financials 2025

Financials 2025

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EBITDA, 2025$4.2M
  1. Asim opens Financials 2025 in the room
  2. He picks the highlighter
  3. He highlights the EBITDA line
  4. He circles the figure in his own colour
  5. He writes a note beside it
  6. He asks about the line he marked
  7. The question goes to the room
  8. Mohamed sees it pinned to page 1 and the line

Four things a reader's pen can do

Keep scrolling. Each card settles on the last, the way marks settle on a page.

01

Every tool on one bar

Highlight, pen, line, arrow, rectangle, ellipse and text. Undo and redo anything, and every mark saves as they go.

Saved

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  1. One bar holds every tool
  2. Highlight a line
  3. Draw with the pen
  4. Point with an arrow
  5. Write a note
  6. Every mark is saved

02

Any colour they like

Four inks one tap away, a palette of twelve, or any colour at all. Their last colours wait for them next time.

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Colours

Recent

Pick any colour#3e63dd
  1. A mark in the blue ink
  2. The colours open
  3. A palette colour recolours the mark
  4. Any colour, from the system picker
  5. It waits under Recent next time

03

Private until they ask

Only the reader sees their marks. Nothing reaches you until they choose to send one with a question.

Only you can see your marks

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Send comments

Q&A

Asim Ahmed

They go together, as one question, to the people who shared this room.

  1. Three marks, visible only to Asim
  2. The room sees nothing yet
  3. Asim sends his comments
  4. They arrive together, as one question

04

Questions pinned to the line

Ask about this sends the marked line to the people who shared the room. Several comments go together, as one question.

A

Asim Ahmed

2m ago

Open

Is the 2025 EBITDA adjusted for the one-off costs?

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EBITDA, 2025$4.2M
Draft with Mako
  1. A question arrives, pinned to its line
  2. Mohamed asks Mako for a draft
  3. Mako reads the marked page
  4. The draft cites page 1
  5. Mohamed sends the answer

Under the pen

The small things that make marking feel like paper

Four quiet details, each one a reason readers keep their pen out.

01

  1. Highlight
  2. Ellipse
  3. Text
UndoRedo

Take back any stroke.

Undo steps back one mark at a time, and redo brings it back. Nothing a reader tries is final.

02

Financials 2025

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A phone is a page too.

On a small screen the toolbar folds into one row. One finger draws and two fingers move the page.

03

Today

Financials 2025

Next visit

Financials 2025

Saving…

Saved while they read.

Every mark saves on its own. A reader who comes back tomorrow finds their marks where they left them.

04

Viewer Q&A
Viewer annotations

Let viewers draw private marks on PDFs. Only they see their marks unless they send them with a question.

Yours to switch off.

Viewer annotations sit beside Q&A in each link's settings, and the room's default decides for every link that follows it.

How it works

From the first mark to the last reply.

  1. Share the room

    01

    Viewer annotations are on for every link unless you turn them off, for the room or for one link.

  2. They mark it up

    02

    Highlights, drawings and notes, in their own colours, saved privately as they read.

  3. They ask on the line

    03

    Ask about this sends the marked line with their question. You get the page and the mark it is about, and several comments arrive as one question.

  4. Mako drafts, you answer

    04

    Mako drafts a reply from what they marked and the room's own documents, with the pages it used. You check it and send it.

  5. They reply in the same thread

    05

    Your answer reaches them by email. They read it in Docshark and follow up in the same thread, and the question comes back to you.

Try it

Mark this page yourself.

Pick a tool and a colour, then drag across the page. Undo is right there.

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Questions

Before readers start marking.

Can I see what readers marked?

Marks are private to the reader. You see the ones they send with a question, pinned to their page and line.

Can I turn annotations off?

Yes. Set it as the room's default, or change it on one link. Links that follow the room change with it.

Do marks change the document?

No. Marks sit on top of the page for that reader. Your file, its watermark and its protection stay exactly as you set them.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The toolbar fits the screen, one finger draws, and two fingers move the page.

How does the reader get my answer?

By email, to the address they asked from. They open it in Docshark, see every answer in one place, and can follow up in the same thread. The whole thread stays on the room's record.

Can Mako draft my answer?

Yes. Mako reads what the reader marked and the room's own documents, then drafts a reply with the pages it used. You check it, edit it if you like, and send it. Nothing reaches the reader until you do.

Can the reader reply to my answer?

Yes. They follow up under your answer, in the same thread, and the question reopens in your room's Q&A so nothing slips.

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