The Annotations Toolbar button on the Image Viewer main toolbar toggles the display of the Annotations toolbar. With the annotations toolbar displayed, you can select an existing annotation, save changes, or draw a new annotation. Because images in an Image Services (IS) library do not support all annotation types, the annotation tools available in the toolbar depend on whether the image is stored in the Content Engine or in an IS library.
NOTE When you resize the Image Viewer window, the Annotations toolbar also resizes to display the tools in the space available.
The following table lists the annotation types available in Image Viewer. Details on working with each annotation type are in separate topics.
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Tool |
Description |
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Restore |
Returns all annotations in the document to state they were in when last saved. |
Use the Restore button to abandon your unwanted changes. |
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Save |
Saves your changes to the annotations. |
NOTE If you close your Browser without saving changes, your changes will be lost. |
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Select |
Puts the mouse cursor into select mode. Single-click an annotation to select it and display the annotation customization toolbar. |
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Line |
Draws a straight line. Not available for IS images. For more information, see Draw a line. |
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Arrow |
Draws a line with an arrowhead at the beginning point. For more information, see Draw an arrow. |
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Transparent Text |
Draws a text annotation with a transparent background. For more information, see Draw transparent text. |
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Solid Text |
Draws a text annotation with a solid background. For more information, see Draw solid text. |
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Sticky Note |
Draws a sticky note for text. Sticky note text can be more than one line long. For more information, see Draw sticky note. |
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Highlight Rectangle |
Draws a semi-transparent rectangular highlight. For more information, see Draw highlight rectangle. |
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Highlight Polygon |
Draws a semi-transparent polygon shaped highlight. Not available for IS images. For more information, see Draw highlight polygon. |
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Rectangle |
Draws a solid rectangle. Not available for IS images. For more information, see Draw a rectangle. |
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Closed Polygon |
Draws a closed solid polygon. Not available for IS images. For more information, see Draw a closed polygon. |
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Open Polygon |
Draws an open polygon. Not available for IS images. For more information, see Draw an open polygon. |
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Oval |
Draws an oval. Not available for IS images. For more information, see Draw an oval. |
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Freehand Line |
Draws a freehand line in any shape. For more information, see Draw freehand line. |
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Stamp |
Draws one of several predefined text stamps, such as Void or Approved. For more information, see Add a stamp. |
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The Annotation Toolbar button in the main Image Viewer toolbar hides and shows the annotation toolbar. You can also use the Collapse and Expand buttons to hide or show the toolbar.
The Annotations On or Off button at the bottom of the window shows or hides all annotations on the image.