Create annotations

  You must have Author access rights to the document version.

  You must have Append/Execute access rights to the document.

To create annotations

  1. Select a tool from the Annotations toolbar.

  2. Create an annotation in the following ways:

For a highlight, click and drag with the highlight tool to highlight the document area.

For a text note, click and drag with the text note tool to draw a box. Then, at the Text tab, type the text you want in the text box. You can enter up to 700 characters.

You can also select the Style tab to choose the font, background color, and border for the text. You can select any TrueType font except for a special character font such as Marlett, Webdings, Wingdings, etc.

For a free-style line, click and drag with the line tool.

For an arrow, click and drag from end to arrowhead.

For a sticky note, click on the page, and then, on the Sticky Note tab, type a note in the text box. You can enter up to 700 characters.

To read a sticky note, double-click it.

For a stamp, select the stamp tool from the toolbar and click on the image. Then do one of the following:

  • Select a stamp

  • Select New to create a new stamp

  • Highlight a stamp, and then select Edit to modify it.

  • Select a stamp, and then click Delete to remove it from the list of stamps.

  1. Click on the Viewer's toolbar to save your new annotations.

  2. Click Select or press Escape to restore the selection cursor.

Note

Until you save your annotations to the library, your changes are not permanent. You can save annotations as you add them or wait until you exit the document to save them.