Google Docs PDF Annotation Tool Loses Highlights on Save
A user details multiple failures in Google Docs' PDF annotation feature: highlights are erased if not saved frequently, saving itself can delete highlights, saved highlights fully obscure the underlying text, and the highlight tool is overly sensitive alongside inconsistent orientation and zoom limits. Together these make PDF markup effectively unusable on the platform.
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