User guide

Getting started

Start with a PDF you’d like to mark up. You only need a few tools for your first proof.

Open your first PDF

1. On Home, tap Import in the bottom-right corner, then choose Files.
2. Find your PDF on your iPad, in iCloud Drive, or with another installed file provider.
3. Tap the PDF to import it. You’ll find it in Recently added; tap it to open it.

With your document open, meet the toolbar below and try your first stamp.

The toolbar

The toolbar sits above your document. These are the four tools to know for a first proof. If a tool is hidden, tap More (⋯) to find it by name.

StampsOpen the paw-print panel and drag a mark onto the page.

UndoTake back your last change. Try a mark without worrying.

TextTap T, then tap the page to add your own words.

Export and printSend or save a copy with your marks.

You can explore the complete toolbar reference later. First, open Stamps.

Stamps

Use stamps for the marks you repeat: spelling?, stet, a query, or an exhibit label. Open the panel, pick a stamp, and drag it onto your PDF.

Opening the stamps panel

Tap the paw-print icon in the toolbar to open the Stamps panel. Tap it again to close the panel.

Placing a stamp

Drag any stamp from the panel directly onto the page and drop it where you want it to appear. A ghost preview follows your finger as you drag.

Creating a stamp

Tap the + button at the top of the stamps panel. In the New Stamp dialog:

1. Type the stamp text (e.g. spelling?, stet, EXHIBIT 1)
2. Choose Bold or Italic if needed
3. Select a font and size
4. Pick a colour from the swatches
5. Tap Save

Saving something as a stamp

Text, images, drawings—even a stamp you’ve changed—can become reusable stamps. Select the item on the page, open its three-dot (⋯) menu, and choose Add to Stamps. You’ll find it in the Stamps panel, ready to use again in this document or another one.

Searching your stamps

Use the search bar at the top of the panel to filter stamps by name. This is handy when your library grows large.

Ready to send your marks? Share your proof below. For stamp packs and backups, see Stamps panel options in the reference.

Share your first proof

Once you’ve added a few marks, send a copy or save it to Files.

1. Open Export and print in the toolbar, or find it in More (⋯).
2. Choose Flattened PDF for a finished proof with fixed visible marks.
3. Follow the naming prompts, then use the iOS Share sheet to send your proof via Mail, AirDrop it, or save it to Files.

Your working copy stays in Stampede so you can carry on editing. If the recipient needs to adjust your marks, choose Editable PDF instead.

That’s your first proof. Keep reading to try highlights, comments, and handwriting, or return to your document and give it a go.

Annotations

Use highlights, comments, and text alongside your stamps. Your marks are saved in your working copy and travel with the document when you export.

Selecting text

For a longer passage, press and drag across the text with your finger or Apple Pencil; Stampede selects it as you move. For a shorter selection, press and hold on a word, then drag the handles to adjust the selection. When you lift your finger, a menu appears with annotation options.

Some PDFs contain text that is incomplete, protected, or drawn in a way iPadOS cannot select reliably. If Stampede detects that selection is limited, it shows a warning instead of letting you keep fighting the page.

Annotation types

Changing annotation colour

Tap an existing annotation to select it. A colour picker appears near the annotation — tap any swatch to recolour it. For multi-line highlights or underlines applied in one action, all fragments change together.

Alignment settings

To control how annotations line up, tap an annotation to open its edit cluster, tap More, then choose an option under Global alignment:

• Alignment Guides shows guide lines when an annotation lines up with another object.
• Snap to Annotations automatically aligns edges and centres as you move or resize annotations.

These settings apply to all annotations, including text, stamps, shapes, and drawings. Alignment guides are on by default; snapping is off by default. Changes are saved automatically.

Copy text

After selecting text, choose Copy Text from the selection menu. Stampede copies the selection to the clipboard so you can paste it into another app.

Adding text

For a longer, one-off addition, tap the T button in the toolbar, then tap anywhere on the page to place a text box. A font properties panel lets you set the typeface, size, colour, bold, and italic, and your last-used settings are remembered.

Stamps are usually shorter marks that you use repeatedly, so they can be stored in the handy Stamps sidebar. To save a text annotation as a stamp, tap the annotation once to open its edit cluster, tap the three-dot button, and choose Add to Stamps.

Sticky notes

Sticky notes appear as small page markers until you open them. Tap the marker to read or edit the note, change its colour, copy it, or delete it. They are useful for longer comments that would clutter the page as visible text.

Undo and redo

Annotation actions — adding, moving, recolouring, deleting — can be undone with the Undo button in the toolbar, as can page changes and completed image-editing sessions. Use Redo to restore an action you have undone. Undo history is kept separately for each document.

Drawing and handwriting

The draw tool lets you add freehand ink and shapes directly on the page — useful for circling text, drawing arrows, or adding a hand-drawn mark that doesn't fit a standard annotation type.

Using the draw tool

Tap the squiggle (Draw) icon in the toolbar to enter drawing mode. A drawing toolbar appears with pen, marker, eraser, arrow, and shape options. Draw with your finger or an Apple Pencil.

Drawing arrows

Choose the arrow tool, then drag from the tail toward the point you want to indicate. Stampede generates the arrowhead for you and keeps arrow undo/redo grouped as one action.

Strokes and shapes

Stampede can recognise shapes — draw a rough rectangle, circle, or line and hold at the end of the stroke to snap it to a clean shape. Straight-line detection helps keep ruled underlines tidy.

Selecting and moving strokes

Tap a stroke to select it. A blue resize frame and edit chip appear. Drag the stroke to a new position, use the resize handles to change its size, or delete it. The three-dot menu includes an option to lock the stroke's aspect ratio while resizing.

Saving a drawing as a stamp

To reuse a drawing, tap its stroke to open the edit chip, tap the three-dot menu, then choose Add to Stamps. The drawing is added to your Stamps panel so you can place it in other documents.

Exporting drawings

Drawings export as standard PDF ink annotations, meaning they are fully visible in any PDF viewer and can be edited in compatible apps.

Writing with Apple Pencil

Tap Pencil in the toolbar to write by hand on the page. With Apple Pencil (2nd generation) or Apple Pencil Pro, double-tap the barrel to switch between Pencil and Eraser.

Pencil controls, finger drawing, and saved defaults

To turn on Pencil Writing, tap Pencil in the toolbar. In Scratch Pad, it also turns on automatically when you draw your first stroke. Once it is active, tap the red controls button beneath the Pencil badge to open the floating panel. From here you can turn Pencil Writing on or off, choose a colour and stroke thickness, switch between pen and eraser, and enable Draw with finger.

The live stroke preview reflects your current colour, thickness, and page zoom. Adjust thickness with the Width slider; the number beside it shows the current value.

In Scratch Pad, Apple Pencil can write directly. To draw with your finger, enable Draw with finger and turn on Pencil Writing. Use two fingers to scroll while finger drawing is active. The panel's guidance updates to match your settings.

Keep a preferred setup for future strokes using:

• Save as my Pencil defaults — save your colour, thickness, and finger-drawing preference.
• Restore saved Pencil settings — reapply your saved defaults.
• Restore original Pencil settings — restore the original red colour, 0.7 thickness, and finger drawing enabled, while keeping your personal defaults saved.

Restore buttons are greyed out when those settings are already applied. These actions affect future strokes; existing writing stays unchanged. The panel adjusts its height to fit its contents and closes when you start writing, tap the page, or tap Done.

Signature

Add a handwritten signature to your PDF using Apple Pencil or your finger.

1. Open More (⋯) and choose Signature to open the large signing pad at the bottom of the screen.
2. Sign in Apple Pencil mode to ignore finger and palm input, or choose Finger to sign by touch.
3. Tap Place, then tap the PDF where the signature should go. Drag it to move it, use the corner handles to resize it, or rotate it.

Signing again

Select the signature and tap Sign again on its action chip, or choose Replace signature from its three-dot menu. Draw the replacement, then tap Replace. The selection frame adjusts to fit the new signature. Cancel keeps the original; you can also undo a completed replacement.

Signatures are labelled Signature in annotation search and the errata sheet. They remain editable after you save and reopen an editable PDF.

This adds handwriting to the page. It does not create a certificate-based digital signature.

Reading a document

Once a document is open, the PDF fills the screen with the toolbar running across the top. Stampede uses standard iPad gestures throughout.

Navigation

• Scroll — swipe up and down to move through the document continuously
• Zoom — pinch to zoom in or out; double-tap to toggle between fit-to-width and a zoomed view. To keep the page still while annotating, use Pan lock in the toolbar.
• Jump to first/last page — tap the page indicator at the bottom edge of the screen to access first/last page buttons

Multiple documents (tabs)

Stampede supports having several documents open at once. Each open document appears as a tab in the top-left area of the toolbar. Tap a tab to switch to that document, or tap the × on a tab to close it. If you have unsaved annotation changes, Stampede will ask you to confirm before closing.

Returning to the Home screen

Tap the back arrow (‹) at the far left of the toolbar to return to the Home screen. You can also swipe from the left edge of the screen towards the right. Your document stays open and will reappear in the tabs next time you return.

Reading modes

Reading modes apply a translucent colour overlay to the page, softening the contrast and reducing eye strain during long sessions. Tap the eye icon at the right of the toolbar to choose a mode.

Dark and light mode

The half-circle icon in the top-right corner toggles between light and dark mode. Both modes are fully supported throughout the app. Dark mode is easier on the eyes during long reading sessions and works particularly well alongside the reading modes.

Spell check

Run Spell check to scan the document in one operation. Possible typos are marked with temporary red squiggly lines.

Opening spell check

Tap the underlined Abc icon in the toolbar. A dropdown chip appears with a list of possible typos, and you can select the language there too.

Working through findings

Tap a typo in the dropdown chip to jump to that word in the document. The matching red squiggly line shows where the possible typo is located.

Research panel

The Research panel gives you quick access to reference websites with a single tap, pre-filled with selected text from your document. It's designed for the moments when you need to verify a name, a legal term, or a citation without switching apps and retyping.

Using the Research panel

1. Select a word or phrase in the document
2. Tap Research in the selection menu (or in the toolbar)
3. The panel appears with your selected text pre-loaded in the search field
4. Tap any link in the panel to open that resource in Safari with your search term

Customising your research links

Tap the settings icon in the Research panel to add, remove, or reorder links. You can add any website you regularly consult — legal dictionaries, court databases, terminology references, or house-style guides. Links are organised by category.

Home and Library

Home is Stampede’s quick-access desk — much like a Mail inbox. Use the segmented control to switch between Home and Library.

Recently added

The Recently added view shows every document in the library, including documents already filed into folders, with the newest additions first. Pinned documents stay at the top. This view is intentionally chronological rather than manually sortable, so it is a reliable place to find what was added most recently.

Folders in Home

Use folders in Home when you want to work within a specific group of documents. Create a folder with New folder. To change the order of Home folder tabs, touch and hold a folder tab, then drag it onto another folder. Within a folder, arrange documents by dragging them into position or moving them between folders.

Library

Library is the place for finding and organising the whole collection — more like a filing cabinet with a powerful index. It offers:

• All documents — the full collection
• Recent — documents you have opened and newly saved Scratch Pad copies
• Starred — documents you have starred
• Unfiled — documents not yet placed in a folder

You can search, switch between list and grid, and sort the collection. Folders can be nested. Folder organisation is internal to Stampede; it never moves the underlying PDF files on disk.

Recent can sort by Name A–Z, Date added, or Last opened. It remembers its own sort independently of other Library views. Home’s Recently added remains ordered by when documents were added.

Moving documents and folders in Library

In Library, drag a document onto a folder in the sidebar or folder view to move it there. To reorder folders at the same level, drag one above or below another folder. Drop a folder in the middle of another folder to nest it there. Documents inside a custom folder follow Library’s active sort setting; there is no manual reordering of document cards in Library. For a deliberate document order, arrange them in a Home folder.

Opening and managing a document

Tap a document to open it. Tap the three-dot menu on its document card to access actions for that document.

To create one PDF from several library documents, use Select in Library and follow Combining documents. For the document menu’s Share options, see Sharing from Home or Library.

Selecting several documents

In Library, tap Select, then tap documents to select or deselect them. The selection count updates as you work. Use Select all or Clear to change the selection, Move to choose a folder, or Share to share the selected documents. Tap Actions for Star, Duplicate, Share as ZIP…, Combine…, and Delete. Tap Done to leave selection mode.

Search

Open Search from Home or Library with the magnifying glass. Type a file name, word, or phrase. Search stays on the screen where you started, and results appear as you type.

By default, Search looks across the library and Scratch Pad for file names, saved PDF text, and typed annotations. Use the filter menu and choose File names only to search document names without content.

Reading search results

Results are grouped into Files and Content matches. Each matching file appears once. A content match shows the document name, page, match type, and an excerpt. Tap a file to open it, or tap a content match to open that page and reveal the matching text or annotation. Search remains available when you return to the results.

For long results, drag the result scrollbar with a finger or Apple Pencil to scroll through the list.

What Search includes

Search includes saved content. It does not search unsaved edits, handwriting, or scanned pages without a text layer. Typed annotations on those scanned pages can still match. Select About search for details about what is included, or choose Refresh results in the filter menu if results seem stale.

When the keyboard is open, dismiss it to see more results.

Scratch Pad

Scratch Pad is a reusable workspace for collecting passages from PDFs and adding your own notes and handwriting.

Collect a passage. Select text in a PDF and choose Open in Scratch Pad from the selection menu. Stampede copies it into the Scratch Pad with a citation for the source document and page, then opens the pad at the new passage. The PDF stays unchanged. New passages are added after the last content with a small gap. Stampede accounts for existing passages, annotations, drawings, and Pencil Writing; if there is not enough room, it uses a trailing blank page or adds a page. It does not fill earlier gaps automatically. Collected passages remain selectable, searchable, and copyable text.

Move a passage. With a finger, touch and hold its text, citation, or whitespace inside the passage. A padded floating preview appears. Keep dragging with the same finger, or release and drag the preview. A light insertion line marks a valid position. Other passages stay still while you drag and shift into place after you release. Tap Done, or tap elsewhere on the page outside the preview and its controls, to finish. Tap Cancel to restore the original arrangement.

To move to another existing page, deliberately drag the floating passage towards the reader’s top or bottom edge. Holding it near an edge does not scroll by itself. The passage keeps its formatting and citation. Text markup belonging to it and sticky notes linked to it move with the passage; independent notes and handwriting stay where they are.

If a position is blocked. A red outline and the message “Not enough room here. Try another spot.” show that the passage will not fit. Move it to another position or page. A blocked move cannot be completed; the controls stay open and Stampede gives warning feedback. Rearranging does not create pages automatically or push neighbouring passages onto another page.

Delete a passage or citation. To remove a whole passage, touch and hold it with a finger, then tap Delete passage in the separate row beneath Cancel and Done. Confirm to remove the passage and its citation. To remove only the citation, select text in the citation and choose Delete Citation… from the selection menu, then confirm; the passage stays in the Scratch Pad.

Saving and gestures. Confirmed moves and deletions are saved and can be undone or redone. Cancel discards a pending move. Picking up and dragging passages works with a finger; an Apple Pencil long press does not activate it. A short, gentle finger stroke still selects passage text, and the usual writing, drawing, marking, and editing tools continue to work normally. When collecting a passage opens the Scratch Pad, Pencil Writing is temporarily turned off for browsing; use the Pencil Writing control to turn it back on.

Saving a document copy. In Scratch Pad, open Export and print → Save as Document… to name a copy and choose Stampede, Files, or Share while keeping the pad open. Choose Duplicate as Document… to save a named copy to Stampede and open it in a new tab. Copies saved to Stampede appear in Home’s Recently added and Library’s Recent.

More ways to import

Bring documents into Stampede from Files, a browser, Mail, or another app. Imports are added to Home under Recently added. If you import within a custom folder, the document is also filed there.

Importing from the Import button

Tap Import in the bottom-right corner of Home, then choose Files or Photos.

Import → Files opens the iOS Files picker for PDFs and supported image files. Files also accepts RTF, TXT, and Markdown documents. You can browse:

• On My iPad — documents saved locally, including the Stampede folder
• iCloud Drive — files synced to your iCloud account
• Dropbox, OneDrive, or other providers — appear in the Locations list if you have those apps installed
• Recents — files you've accessed recently across apps

Importing from Safari (or any browser)

If you open a PDF in Safari — from a client portal, publication site, cloud link, or search result — you can send it directly to Stampede without downloading it first. Open the PDF, tap the Share button (the box with an arrow, top-right), and choose Stampede from the app row. Stampede adds it to your library, where it appears under Recently added.

Importing from Mail or other apps

Any app that can share a PDF or supported image — Mail, Photos, Dropbox, Files, AirDrop — can send it to Stampede via the same Share sheet. Look for Stampede in the list of apps. If you don't see it, tap More to find it. Check the saved-file confirmation for any files that could not be added, tap Done, then open Stampede to find the documents in Recently added.

You can also drag PDFs or supported image files from another app and drop them onto Home to import them.

Combining documents

1. Open Library and tap Select.
2. Select at least two documents, then choose Actions → Combine…. Combine is available when two or more documents are selected.
3. In Combine Documents, use the earlier/later arrows under Combined order to arrange the documents. You can add other library documents or remove a document from the list.
4. Tap Create combined PDF.

Stampede copies all pages in that order into a new library PDF and opens it. The original documents remain unchanged. Annotations, Draw, and Pencil Writing are carried into the copy, and imported photo pages remain eligible for image editing. Rename the new document through its document menu if needed.

Combining creates a new document containing every page of the selected documents. To copy selected source pages into the document you are reading, use Pages → Organise → Add pages → From Library.

Organising pages

Open Pages in the reader toolbar to see thumbnails, annotation counts, and navigation controls. Tap Organise to change the page order or add pages.

Moving, rotating, and deleting pages

1. In Pages → Organise, tap thumbnails to select one or more pages. Use Select all or Clear to change the selection.
2. Use Move earlier or Move later to shift the selected pages through the document. Movement uses these buttons.
3. Use Rotate left or Rotate right to turn the selected pages in quarter-turns, or Delete to remove them. The document must keep at least one page, so deleting every page is disabled.
4. Tap Done to leave Organise mode.

Page-associated markup follows its pages. Changes are saved automatically and can be undone or redone with the controls in Pages or the reader toolbar.

Adding pages

First navigate to the reader page where you want to insert pages, then open Pages → Organise → Add pages:

• Blank Page — insert a blank page before or after the current reader page.
• From Library — choose another library document, then choose the pages to copy.
• From Files… — select a PDF or supported image file.
• Photos… — choose a photo to add as a page.

In the source picker, choose the pages you want and insert them before or after the current reader page. The insertion point follows that reader page, regardless of the thumbnails selected in Organise. Source pages are copied with their associated markup; the source document stays unchanged.

Understanding page labels

The main number beneath each thumbnail is its current position in this document. Small origin labels help you trace pages after changes: a moved original page can show Originally page …; imported pages show their source and source-page number; blank and image pages have corresponding labels.

Photos and images

Use photos as pages to mark up, or insert an image into a document. This section covers importing, placing, and editing them.

Importing photos, screenshots, and image files

1. Choose Import → Photos for photos and screenshots, or Import → Files for an image file.
2. Select the images you want to add. Each image becomes a separate, one-page PDF in your library, ready for the usual annotation tools. To gather several into one document, use Combining documents.
3. Watch the loading and import progress, then check the result summary. Tap Open to open an imported document. If you tap Stop, the remaining photos are not imported; those already added stay in your library.

Supported still-image formats are JPEG, PNG, and HEIC/HEIF. Animated or multi-frame images and other formats are not supported; export a supported still image first. Your source photo or file stays unchanged.

If a name is already in use, choose Replace to replace the library copy, Keep Both to retain both documents, or Skip to leave that file out. A partial import result identifies the files that were not added.

Large images may be reduced during import. The working copy, and a later Full image export, may contain fewer pixels than the original camera image. Becoming a PDF does not add selectable or searchable text: image import does not perform OCR. Typed annotations can still be searched.

To adjust or crop an imported photo page, see Editing an image. To share a page as JPEG or PNG, see Sharing a page as an image.

Inserting an image into a page

To add an image, tap the chevron beside T in the toolbar and choose Image. Tap the page where you want it, then choose Photos or Image File and select your image.

Tap an image to select it. Drag the image to move it, a corner handle to resize it, or the rotation handle to turn it. When images overlap, use the three-dot menu's Move Forward and Move Backward actions to change which image appears in front. These changes can be undone and are kept when you save and reopen the document.

You can copy, replace, or delete an image, or add it to Stamps. Images are included in flattened exports.

You can also write or draw over an image: activate Draw or Writing and mark on the page. Your marks are separate, editable annotations saved with the document. Moving or resizing an image leaves those marks in place.

Editing an image

The image editor changes an inserted image or an imported photo-page background. Open it in the way that matches your image:

• Inserted image: tap the image to select it, then choose the contextual Edit image toolbar button or More → Edit image in its selection controls.
• Imported photo page: choose Edit image in the toolbar or More. You can also open it in Pages for the current photo page, or from the photo thumbnail’s context menu. This includes photo pages copied into combined documents.

If you select an inserted image on a photo page, Edit image targets that selected image. Ordinary PDF text pages are outside this editor’s scope; it does not edit every picture embedded in a PDF.

1. Choose Adjust for brightness, contrast, and saturation. Each has a live preview and a relative value from −100 to 100. Use the slider, edit the number, or tap −/+ for single steps. Zero restores that control’s neutral value. Pinch and drag to explore the preview.
2. Choose Crop and drag an edge or handle to change the crop, or drag inside it to move it. Choose Free, Original, Square, 4:3, 3:2, or 16:9. Reset crop restores the full crop area. Crop uses a fitted view to keep its handles accurate.
3. Use Rotate left or Rotate right, or flip horizontally or vertically when available.
4. Use Compare original / Show edits to compare the result, or Reset edits to reset it. On a photo page with markup, the restricted reset action is labelled Reset adjustments.
5. Tap Done to apply the session, or Cancel to discard it. One completed editing session can be undone as one change.

Stampede keeps an app-managed source for resetting edits. For older images or missing sources, the editor may explain that further edits use the current image. Resetting cannot recover detail discarded during an earlier import.

Exporting in detail

For a straightforward finished proof, follow Share your first proof. Here are the full PDF, image, and document-sharing options available in Export and print.

PDF export formats

• Flattened PDF — visible marks are merged into the page for consistent display in PDF viewers. Sticky-note comments remain tappable in PDF output.
• Editable PDF — annotations remain as editable PDF objects. Useful if the recipient needs to adjust them in another PDF editor.
• Flattened + Editable — shares the complete document as two PDFs, one flattened and one editable.
• Annotated Only — exports only the pages that contain annotations.
• Errata Sheet — exports a formatted list of corrections suitable for submission as an errata sheet.

Share Current Page produces a single-page flattened PDF, with sticky-note comments still tappable. It is a separate command from Share page as image.

Naming a PDF export

The named PDF export actions — Flattened PDF, Editable PDF, Flattened + Editable, Annotated Only, and Errata Sheet — open a sheet for the filename and job name. This name is used for the file and the subject line if you share via Mail. Other sharing commands follow their own flow.

Sharing a page as an image

1. Navigate to the page you want, then choose Export and print → Share page as image. If Export and print is hidden from the toolbar, open it from More (⋯).
2. In the image export panel, choose the format, size, and JPEG quality. Check the preview’s actual pixel dimensions and encoded file size.
3. Tap Share image to open the iOS Share sheet.

Photo pages default to JPEG / Large / High. Ordinary PDF pages default to PNG / Full. The output uses the whole current page with its visible crop, rotation, and markup, independently of the reader’s screen zoom.

Sharing from Home or Library

Open the document’s three-dot menu and tap Share. A single editable photo-page document opens the same image export options, with Share as PDF available as an alternative. Multi-page documents, including mixed photo/PDF documents, share as PDF from this menu. To share one page from them as an image, open the document and use Share page as image in the reader.

Sending or saving your export

The iOS Share sheet lets you send the exported file via Mail, save it to Files or iCloud Drive, AirDrop it, or open it in another app.

Toolbar and panel reference

Use this catalogue when you need a particular command. In a narrow window, open More (⋯) to find tools that do not fit in the toolbar.

Resize handle Adjust the space given to the document tabs and tools

Search Search document text and typed annotations

Pages Show thumbnails, annotation counts, and page navigation. Use Organise to move, rotate, delete, or add pages

Undo Undo the last change, including annotations, page changes, and image edits

Redo Restore the last undone change, including page changes and image edits

Stamps Open or close the Stamps panel

Text Tap T, then tap the page to place text. Tap the chevron to insert a sticky note or image

Mark text Instantly highlight a word or passage

Draw Tap the squiggle to open Draw tools, including shapes

Draw shortcut Tap the neighbouring button to activate the last Draw tool you used

Pencil writing Tap the pen to activate Apple Pencil writing. Tap the chevron for Pencil settings

Research Open configurable website links that preload selected text into the target site

Spell check Check the document for spelling errors

Export and print Share PDFs, share the current page as JPEG or PNG, print, or generate an errata sheet

Reading mode Apply a colour overlay to the page

Pan lock Lock or unlock page panning

More Show hidden tools with names and descriptions. At the minimum manual layout, or when all commands are inline, show the complete catalogue. The content adapts as you resize the toolbar

In More (⋯), choose Signature to open a signing pad for Apple Pencil or finger input. See Signature for placing and replacing a signature.

Edit image appears contextually for a selected inserted image or the current imported photo page, in the toolbar or More. If an inserted image is selected on a photo page, it targets that selected image. See Editing an image.

Resizing the toolbar

If you work in Stage Manager or Split View, the toolbar adapts automatically. You can also drag the resize handle between the document tabs and tools to rebalance the space. Your layout is remembered between sessions.

Stamps panel options

You can also open the Stamps panel by swiping in from the right-hand side of the screen, or from the left if you have moved it there. It stays open while you work; swipe it away to dismiss it.

Tap the ⋯ menu button at the top of the panel for additional options:

• Sort A–Z / Sort Z–A — reorder your stamp library alphabetically
• Backup Stamps — export your entire stamp library as a file, useful before switching devices or reinstalling
• Restore Stamps — import a previously backed-up stamp library
• Save to My Pack… — save all the stamps currently in the Stamps panel as a named personal pack. You can add a description and reuse the pack later.
• Stamp Packs… — browse Stampede's built-in packs and your My Packs. Select stamps from a pack, then add them to the Stamps panel.
• Move Panel to Left / Right — flip the panel to the opposite edge of the screen