Using Annotations

The 'Annotate' Option allows you to add comments of various types on your document.

Warning:
Those annotations are supported and included into the final document when exporting to a PDF format only. Optimal results are rendered with the PDF viewer Acrobat Reader.  Good results with any other PDF viewer are NOT guaranteed.

To access the Annotation Mode

• Click the Annotate icon in Image and Layout Editing toolbar.

OR

• Go to the Page Menu and click on PDF Annotations...

• The right hand column opens on an edition pane to create, edit and manage annotations.  

• The list of annotations. They are displayed per page, showing type and text related. The list allows the selection of one annotation at a time.

• The Remove button deletes the selected annotation.

• A drop-down list allows to select the type of annotation you want to add.

• Below the type's list, a frame containing the edition options. The options depend on the annotation type.

• A Help button that opens the HTML documentation at the relevant chapter and section.

When the annotation mode is active :

• the selection is set on the last annotation created on the page. If the page has no annotation, then the selection is set on the last type used.

• the zone boundaries on the page are no more visible (in the image view).

Note: the Annotation mode is enabled even when no document is imported in Readiris, because an annotation of type watermark can be defined at any time.

Annotation Types

The supported annotation types are:

• Watermark

• Free text

• Sticky note

• Audio note

• Highlight, underline or strikethrough Text

• File Attachment

• Stamp

When saved, all annotations are associated with a creation date and the username of their author.

When a page is modified (rotation, text edition,...), the annotations are kept and repositioned or rotated if needed.

To remove an annotation on a page

From the Annotation Pane:

1. In the PDF Annotation's list, select the Annotation type you want to remove

2. Click on the Remove button.

From the Image View:

1. Right-click on the Annotation. A Context menu opens.

2. Click on the Remove option.

To quit the Annotation Mode

• Click on the cross button () in the upper right corner of the annotation pane.

To export as PDF

Please refer to the specific options for PDF output format.

Warning:
When selecting another format than PDF for export, a warning pop-up window is displayed: Annotations are not supported by other formats than PDF.
The option 'Do not show this message again' can be selected.