Creating and Editing Annotations

Select an annotation type from the list button.

Select an annotation type from the list button. Pick one annotation type and click on the map to place your annotation. According to the type, you require to place one, two or more clicks on the map. Just try and see.

When entering text annotations, clck on a position, then typin the text on the map window. To enter a second line of text, use a soft-return (Shift-Enter). To finish, use Enter.

When entering line, arrow or dimension objects, use the right-click menu to pan, zoom and stop.

Use the select button to select and edit annotations. You can only select one annotation at the time. When selected, edit handles and a circumscribing box appear to help you place your annotation exactly. Click and drag the handles to resize the annotation, or click and drag inside the box to change it's position.

The various Line and Area annotation types allow vertex editing using the vertex edit button. Click and drag a single handle to change a point's position.
The Callout annotation has different handles : click and drag anywhere to move the annotation, click and drag within the textbox to move only the text, click and drag the anchor-handle to move the anchor.

Use the free rotate button to rotate the annotation you selected.
Use any of these rotate functions for a quick turn.
You can reset the rotation by pressing the clear rotate button .

Reset Size tool. This tool will reset the size of the selected annotation object to default on the current scale. Annotation objects are given a default size referring to the scale at time of creation: this size will now be re-applied, with reference to the current scale. Use this tool to align sizes after entry of object on different scales.

Use one of the Nudge functions to move the annotation a single screen-pixel distance in either direction.

Copy the selected annotation object.

Use this function to copy graphic appearance from one object to another.
Select an annotation object from which you wish to copy the graphic appearance. Then select this function and point-click to the object you wish to copy to.

Use this buton to edit the text for the three types of text annotations. A text can be multi-line. Close the window to apply the changes.

Use this button to open the annotation properties function.

Finally, use the delete annotation button to permanently remove the annotation.