If you routinely share screenshots with your friends and colleagues, there are a couple of tricks you can use to emphasise the important parts of the screenshot. This saves a lot of time for the person viewing the screenshot. Instead of sending an image of a wall of text, you can highlight the relevant sentences or point them out with an arrow. If the screenshot does not contain enough information, you can also add more text to it. In this article, we show you how to highlight, draw, and write on a screenshot on an Android smartphone.
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Table of Contents
Highlight text on a Screenshot on your Android smartphone
Step 1: Take a quick screenshot by pressing the Volume Down and Side Key simultaneously.
Step 2: Go to your phone’s Gallery app and open the screenshot.
Step 3: Hit the Edit icon in the bottom menu.
Step 4: Tap the Smiley icon at the bottom of the screen.
Step 5: Select the Highlighter tool. Choose a colour and adjust the brush size according to your liking.
Step 6: Use your finger or a stylus to highlight a line of text.
Step 7: Hit Save at the top right corner of the screen to save your changes.
Draw or scribble on a Screenshot on your Android smartphone
Step 1: Open the screenshot on your phone’s Gallery app.
Step 2: Hit the Edit icon in the bottom menu.
Step 3: Tap the Smiley icon at the bottom of the screen.
Step 4: Select the Pen tool. Choose a colour, brush size, and the kind of pen you want.
Step 5: Use your finger or a stylus to draw or scribble over the screenshot.
Step 6: Hit Save at the top right corner of the screen when you’re done.
Add text to a Screenshot on Android
Step 1: Open the screenshot on your phone’s Gallery app.
Step 2: Hit the Edit icon in the bottom menu.
Step 3: Tap the Smiley icon at the bottom of the screen.
Step 4: Select Text.
Step 5: Select the font, colour and size for the text.
Step 6: Enter the text. Tap and drag it to the desired spot.
Step 7: Hit Save at the top right corner of the screen when you’re done.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How to highlight a screenshot on Android?
Open the screenshot on the Gallery app, hit the edit icon and select the Smiley icon. Choose the Highlighter tool and use your finger to highlight any part of the screenshot.
How to draw or scribble on a screenshot on Android?
Open the screenshot on the Gallery app, hit the edit icon and select the Smiley icon. Choose the Pen tool and use your finger to draw or scribble on the screenshot.
How to write on a screenshot on Android?
Open the screenshot on the Gallery app, hit the edit icon and select the Smiley icon. Tap on Text and enter the text you want to add to the screenshot.
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Conclusion
This is how you can highlight, draw, and write on a screenshot on your Android smartphone. If your Android smartphone comes with a stylus, you will be able to write on it with ease. If not, decrease the size of the pen to write on the screenshot using your finger. Third-party apps like iMarkup also provide a diverse set of tools to edit screenshots on your Android device.
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