Save pens, highlighters, squiggles on right margin with useful icons
We would really appreciate having little pen icons going down the right edge. However, to really make them effective at expediting our note-taking process, please add variety to the shortcut icon. For example, rather than have both a thick and thin ink pen simply appear as a purple pen icon on the right column, please use some visual representation of thickness or - ideally - some numeric font size value (0.5, 0.7, 1.0 etc) in culmination with a pen specific icon.
This method will allow users the ability to easily access AND RECOGNIZE those saved pens, highlighters, underlines and squiggles. Otherwise, they are prone to selecting one, erasing and then selecting another until they find the pen/font size/ color combo they need.
To take this one step further, being able to then group these together would be very helpful. One setting for classroom discussion on a remote display, another for primary lesson prep and then another personal studies.
Limitations of the LDS.org Annotations Web Service make adding anything beyond the ten colors of highlights and underlining impossible. Further, as we don’t control it, we couldn’t even try to change it, even if we really, really wanted to. Major changes to the app regarding HOW one highlights have already been made (the new context menu and the Annotate ribbon) and are available in the beta version of the app for Windows 10, about which you can learn more at the link below: