Markup

Quick Start Guide

Chapter 1 - Overview .............................................................. 4
File Menu .............................................................................4
Viewer Menu ........................................................................5

Chapter 2 - How to Get Files? ................................................ 6

Transfer Files via Cloud Storage ...........................................6
• Connect to cloud storage services (using Dropbox as an example) ...........6

• Download files from cloud storage .............................................................. 6

• Upload files to cloud storage ...................................................................... 7

Transfer Files via iCloud Drive .............................................7

• Download files from iCloud Drive ................................................................7

• Upload files to iCloud Drive ......................................................................... 8

Transfer Files Using iTunes File Sharing ...............................8

Transfer Files via WiFi Connection........................................9

Transfer Files via Kdan Cloud ..............................................9

Open Email Attachments ......................................................9

Import Images from Photo Library .....................................10

Save Safari Web Pages to PDFs ...........................................10

Chapter 3 - How to Manage Files?....................................... 11

Drag to Create a New Folder ..............................................11

Drag and Move Files ..........................................................11

Tap to Rename Files ..........................................................11

Drag to Delete Files ..........................................................12

Swipe to Reveal Shortcuts ..................................................12

Private Folder .....................................................................13

• Set up Your Password ...............................................................................13

Chapter 1
How to Get Files?

• Change Your Password .............................................................................13

Chapter 4 - How to Utilize Annotation Tools? ....................14

Two Main Tips for Markup Tools ........................................14
Delete Annotations ............................................................14

Annotation Summary .........................................................15

My Markups .......................................................................15

Web Highlighter (Kdan ID Required) ...................................16

• Built-in Browser ......................................................................................... 16

• Safari Extension ......................................................................................... 17

Chapter 1
Overview

Chapter 1 - Overview
File Menu

In “Documents” tab, the menu bar provides you with a possibility to

manage you files stored in Markup.

Tap to start or view

Tap to view file list
web highlights
Tap to switch to List View
Tap to create a new file and
gain access to the files in Photo Tap to search files
Library or iCloud Drive.
Tap to create a folder
Account Info
Tap to manage files
Documents tab
Tap to open a file
Kdan Doc tab
Scanner tab
Tap to rename a file

Tap to access your Preview web references

cloud accounts

Converter tab

Tap to view more Tap to reveal shortcuts

essential apps of Kdan Cloud services

Tap to change app settings, including app password,

page scrolling, time interval, photo quality, or brightness.
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Overview

Viewer Menu

Markup provides an easy-to-understand way that you can perform all

actions while reading PDF documents.

Text to speech

Tap to add web Kdan Cloud services

references to the PDF
Viewer mode
Tap to back up annotations More actions
Tap to filter
annotations

Search text to page

Tap to delete all Tap to import
annotations annotations to the PDF Add a sticky note

Highlight text

Underline

Strikeout

Squiggly

Handwrite

Shapes
Add textbox

Signature tool

Stamp tool

Voice recorder

Insert photos
Add hyperlinks

Tap to view pages in

Tap to reveal BOTA list thumbnails (page editor)

Tap to add a bookmark to

Page indicator the current page
Chapter 2
How to Get Files?

Chapter 2 - How to Get Files?

Transfer Files via Cloud Storage

Markup supports various cloud storage services, including Dropbox,

One Drive, Google Drive, Evernote, Box, SugarSync, FTP, WebDav,
and iCloud Drive.

 
• Connect to cloud storage services (using Dropbox as an
example)

1. Tap and then tap “Dropbox”.

2. Log into your Dropbox account and allow Markup to access your
account.
3. After authorization, your account will be saved under the “Accounts”
list. Tap it to view all files stored in Dropbox.

Note: Long tap on the account and tap delete to remove the account from the
list.

• Download files from cloud storage

1. Tap on your cloud account.

2. Find the document and tap it to start
the download process.
3. The file will be saved in the
“Downloads” folder.
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How to Get Files?

• Upload files to cloud storage

1. Go to Document tab and tap “Edit” at the top right corner.

2. Choose the file(s) and tap “Move” or “Copy” on the menu bar.
3. You will see a pop-up window. Then switch to “Network” and choose
the target folder.

4. Tap “Paste” to upload the file(s) you selected to cloud.

 Note: For iPhone users, please select file(s) and tap “Move to Cloud”.

Transfer Files via iCloud Drive

• Download files from iCloud Drive

1. Tap “import” at the top left corner.

2. Tap “Browse” and tap select a file you’d
like from iCloud Drive folder or another
app.
Note: For iPhone users, tap     and tap “Import”
to continue file transferring.
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How to Get Files?

• Upload files to iCloud Drive

1. Go to Document tab and tap

“Edit” at the top right corner.
2. Choose the file(s) and tap “Move”
or “Copy” on the top menu bar.
3. Select a directory in iCloud Drive
section. 

Transfer Files Using iTunes File Sharing

1. Launch iTunes on your computer.

2. Connect your iOS device to the computer via USB cable.
3. Select your device and switch to Apps tab.

4. Scroll down to File Sharing section and find Markup.

5. Tap the app icon. Drag and drop files between your computer and
this app.

 
 
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How to Get Files?

Transfer Files via WiFi Connection

1. Tap   for the “WiFi” transfer mode.

2. Enable the mode and you will get the
address.
3. Enter the address on your web browser.
You will be able to transfer files to your
device wirelessly through the web
browser. 
Note: Be sure that your device and your PC/Mac are under the same IP
address, or you will not be able to connect them.

 
 
Transfer Files via Kdan Cloud

1. Tap     and log in with your Kdan ID.

2. Tap the drop-down menu under each file to
download or upload to Kdan Cloud.

 
  
 
Open Email Attachments

1. Open the mail in your mail app.

2. Select Markup to open in to.
3. A copy will be saved to Markup.

 
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How to Get Files?

Import Images from Photo Library

1. Tap “Import” and tap “Photos” to import

multiple photos from Photo Library.
2. The photo(s) will be saved in the
document list.

Note: For iPhone users, tap     and tap “Import”. Then choose “Photos” to
import a photo.

Save Safari Web Pages to PDFs

1. Open one web page via Safari browser.

2. Tap Export (    ) button and allow
Markup extension.
3. Then tap Download (   ) button on the
right side of the screen to save the web
page to PDF.
4. The PDF will be saved in the Extension
folder within Markup.

 
 
Chapter 3
How to Manage Files?

Chapter 3 - How to Manage Files?

 
For iPad users, Markup supports drag and drop to arrange and mange
documents easily.

Drag to Create a New Folder

1. Long tap on the file you’d like to move.

2. Drag the selected file over the target file.
3. The file will be highlighted with grey. Then
drop the file to create a new folder.

Drag and Move Files

1. Long tap on the file or folder.

2. Drag the selected item to “Folder”
appeared on the upper left corner
3. Drop the item to move it to the target
folder, iCloud Drive, or Network storage.

 
  
Tap to Rename Files

1. Simply tap the file name to rename the file.

 
 
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How to Manage Files?

 
Drag to Delete Files

1. Long tap on the file or folder.

2. Drag the selected item to “Delete”
appeared on the bottom left corner.

  
Swipe to Reveal Shortcuts

1. For iPhone users, tap on the specific file and swipe to left.
2. You will see a menu of shortcuts, including Rename, Copy, Share
Download Link, Export, and Delete.

 
 

 
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How to Manage Files?

 
Private Folder

• Set up Your Password

1. Go to Settings tab (    )and enable “Show Private Folder”

2. Back to Documents tab and tap “Edit” at the top right corner. (For
iPhone users, please tap     to continue the following process.)

3. Tap on the private folder and then set up your password.

 
 
 
 

• Change Your Password

1. Tap “Edit” and tap on the private folder

again to change the password.
2. If you’d like to remove the password
protection, simply keep the new
password field in blank.
Chapter 4
How to Utilize Annotation Tools?

Chapter 4 - How to Utilize Annotation Tools?

Two Main Tips for Markup Tools

1. To annotate PDFs, tap the icon to turn on

the function. Tap again to turn off.
2. For the highlight, underline, strikeout,
squiggly, shape, or drawing tool, long tap
on the icon to change the color/opacity/
size/style.

Note: For iPhone users, scroll the tool bar

horizontally to view more annotation tools. 

 
Delete Annotations

1. Turn off the annotation tool you are currently using.

2. Tap on the annotation and choose “Delete” from the pop-up menu
bar to remove it.
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How to Utilize Annotation Tools?

Annotation Summary

1. Open a PDF file

2. Tap      and tap “Share Via”
3. Choose “Summary” to send annotation summary by email.

 
My Markups

My Markups is an easy way to help you back up annotations. The

annotations will be extracted as a new file. You can import to the
original PDF anytime.

 
1. Open a PDF file. Tap     for “A”, the
annotation summary.
2. Tap     and choose     to back up the
annotations. Or you can tap    to create
a link for sharing.
3. Tap     to import the markup file to the
current PDF.

 
 
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How to Utilize Annotation Tools?

Web Highlighter (Kdan ID Required)

In addition to PDF annotations, Markup enables you to highlight text

from the webs. To sync highlights across devices, you need to sign up/
sign in with your Kdan ID.

• Built-in Browser
1. Switch to “Explore” and tap “Web Browser” appeared in My Web
Markups section. (For iPhone users, simply tap “Explore” on the
main menu bar)
2. Long tap on the web page and then select text that you’d like to
highlight.

3. Tap “Done” to finish highlighting, and the page will be automatically

saved to your Kdan account.
4. All highlighted pages will sync to any other device you’ve connected
your Kdan ID with.

 
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How to Utilize Annotation Tools?

• Safari Extension
1. Open one web page via Safari browser.
2. Tap Export (    ) button and allow Markup
extension to start highlighting web pages.
3. The highlighted page will be also saved to
your Kdan account.

 
 
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