Annotations

The settings for the following topics are located in the Annotations area of the Configuration dialog box.

  • Sticky notes
  • Marker width
  • Horizontal marker
  • Freehand marker
  • Rectangle marker
  • Strikethrough
  • Redaction
  • Text notes
Configuration, annotationsAnnotations

Sticky notes

A sticky note is a colored text field that you can place directly on a document to record information. There are five different colors available for sticky notes. The default colors are yellow, green, red, blue, and orange. You can define these colors individually.

Configuration, sticky notes

You can adjust the following settings:

Font: Click Font to open the Font dialog box. You can set the font, font size, font style, font color and permissions for each type of sticky note here.

Color: The Color button opens the Select color dialog box. Use the dialog box to change the color of the respective sticky note.

Permissions: Click Permissions to open the Permissions dialog box. Use the dialog box to define the permission settings for the respective sticky note type.

Marker width

The Marker, Freehand marker, and Strikethrough tools are available in three different sizes (widths). You can define the widths of the markers with the Large marker, Medium marker, and Small marker fields.

Information: The values are about the same as the point size, depending on the font. For example, if you enter the value 12, this corresponds approximately to the width of a line in 12-point Arial font.

Horizontal marker

You can define five types for the Horizontal marker tool. You can define the colors and permissions for each type.

Horizontal markerConfiguration, horizontal marker

Color: The Color button opens the Select color dialog box. Change the color of the respective marker in the dialog box.

Permissions: Click Permissions to open the Permissions dialog box. Define the permission settings for the respective marker in the dialog box.

Freehand marker

You can define five types for the Freehand marker tool. You can define the colors and permissions for each type.

Freehand markerConfiguration, freehand marker

Color: The Color button opens the Select color dialog box. Change the color of the respective marker in the dialog box.

Permissions: Click Permissions to open the Permissions dialog box. Define the permission settings for the respective marker in the dialog box.

Rectangle marker

You can define five types for the Rectangle marker tool. You can define the colors and permissions for each type.

Rectangle markerConfiguration, rectangle marker

Color: The Color button opens the Select color dialog box. Change the color of the respective marker in the dialog box.

Permissions: Click Permissions to open the Permissions dialog box. Define the permission settings for the respective marker in the dialog box.

Strikethrough

You can change the settings of the Strikethrough tool.

StrikethroughConfiguration, rectangle marker

Color: The Color button opens the Select color dialog box. Change the background color of the Strikethrough tool in the dialog box.

Permissions: Click Permissions to open the Permissions dialog box. Define the permissions settings for the Strikethrough tool in the dialog box.

Redaction configuration

The Redaction tool can be used to render texts unreadable.

RedactionConfiguration, redaction

Information: For the Redaction function to be available, some settings must be made in the ELO database. You can find more detailed information about redaction in the documentation ELO Redaction.

Permissions: Click Permissions to open the Permissions dialog box. Define the permission settings for redacting documents in the dialog box.

Text note configuration

You can define five types for the Text note tool. You can set the font, font size, font style, font color, and permissions for each type.

Text noteConfiguration, text note

Font: Click Font to open the Font dialog box. You can set the font, font size, font style, font color, and permissions for each type of text note here.

Permissions: Click Permissions to open the Permissions dialog box. Define the permission settings for each type of text note in the dialog box.

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