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h4. Working with Annotations

The Viewer RI is able to display and add / edit / remove annotations from a PDF document. To view, edit, or delete an existing annotation, first use the Annotation Select Tool to select an existing annotation. Once an annotation is selected:

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* It's properties will be displayed in the Annotations pane of the Utility Panel. These can be edited directly in the Annotations pane.
* It can be moved via dragging it to a new location on the page with the mouse.
* It can be deleted/removed by pressing the{color} {color:}{*}Delete{*}{color} {color:}key, or the {*}Ctrl-D{*}/{color} {*}Cmd-D{*}key (OS X).

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h5. Annotation Quick Tool Bar

h5. Annotation Tool Bar

h5. Annotation Property Pane

To create a new annotation, use the Link Annotation Tool. With the tool selected, the mouse can be used to select a rectangular region on the page that will form the extent of the new link annotation. Once the region is defined, the Annotations pane in the Utility Panel can be used to define its attributes.