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You can access annotation tools in the exhibit window via the IMAGE TOOLS tab, and from the Presentation window via the Annotation Tools Gallery button.

In the main program window, annotation tools are available in the IMAGE TOOLS tab

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in the Presentation window, annotation tools are available via the Annotation Tools Gallery button

During a presentation, annotations made in the exhibit viewer of the main program window can be made to be immediately visible in the Presentation window. Conversely, annotations made in the Presentation window can be made to be immediately visible in the exhibit viewer. However, for this reciprocity to work consistently, the annotation layer to which the annotation was applied must be configured to be visible in both the exhibit viewer and the Presentation window. For more information about annotation layers, see: Annotation Layers.

Annotation tools are available in the main window and in the presentation window. For a list of the Keyboard shortcuts for annotation tools, see: Keyboard Shortcuts. The function of each annotation tool is described here:

Tool	Description
Select	Selects annotations that have been added to the exhibit. Allows you to resize, reposition, and delete annotations.
Crop/Zoom	Zooms in on a rectangular area of the exhibit. Use this tool to draw attention to a part of the exhibit or in conjunction with the Screen Capture tool to create a screen capture. For more information on screen captures, see: Screen Captures.
Tear Out	Creates floating zoom areas that can be resized, repositioned, or closed as needed. Tear outs contains whatever annotations that were applied to the exhibit as well as any that are created as the tear out is open. Dragging the mouse across the face of a tear out creates a highlighted area on the exhibit. The edge of tear outs can be set to smooth or to a ripped effect. For more information see: Tear Out Tool.
Magnifier	Creates a rectangular magnified area that can be moved around.
Pan	Moves the exhibit around in the exhibit window.
Erase	Erases annotations, one at a time.
Highlight	Creates a translucent highlighted rectangle. The default highlight color is yellow but it can be changed by selecting a different color from the Fill Color control.
Arrow	Creates an arrow.
Line	Creates a line.
Pen	Creates a freehand line.
Rectangle	Creates an unfilled rectangle.
Ellipse	Creates an unfilled ellipse.
Redaction	Creates a filled rectangle.
Text	Allows you to type text onto the exhibit. The text box is bordered and can be moved or resized. You can also set the default font and font style. To access font settings, on the FILE menu, click Options, and then click Exhibits. Note that this tool is available in the main program window only.
Line size and Line color	Sets the line weight and color for arrows, lines, pens, rectangles, and ellipses.
Fill color	Sets the fill color for the highlight, rectangle, and ellipse. Sets the background color for text.
Layers	Provides control over the visibility of annotations. For more information, see: Annotation Layers.

1.	On the HOME tab, click the Exhibits taskbar.

2.	Select the exhibit you want to annotate.

3.	Do one of the following:

•	Double-click the exhibit.

•	Select the IMAGE TOOLS tab.

4.	Annotate the exhibit by using the tools in the image toolbar.

1.	In the presentation window, open the exhibit you want to annotate.

2.	Select the annotation tool gallery button.

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3.	Select an annotation tool and then apply the annotation to the exhibit.

1.	On the FILE tab, click Options.

2.	Click Exhibits.

File > Options > Exhibits

3.	Select options for annotation tools needed.

Tool	Options
Image Tool	Select the default image tool as: Highlight, Arrow, Line, Pen, Rectangle, Ellipse, Crop/Zoom, or Tear Out.
Annotation Font	Change the default font, font size, and color of text annotations.
Tear Out	Change the default screen position of tear outs. Change the default edge of the tear out from standard (smooth) to a ripped edge.
PDF Resolution	Increase the resolution of PDF pages. The default value is 96 DPI, with stops at 150, 200, and 300.

Click OK.

You can also access Sanction options from the presentation window. In the presentations window, select the presentation options button.

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You can delete all the annotations applied to exhibit pages in one operation. When you delete multiple annotations in this way, you can choose whether to include or exclude exhibit stamps in the delete operation.

Select the exhibit or exhibit pages that you want to remove annotations from.

1.	Do either of the following:

•	Right-click the selected exhibit or exhibit pages and then click Delete Exhibit Page Annotations.

•	Click the IMAGE TOOLS tab, and then click Delete Annotations.

2.	Click one of the following, depending on what you want to do:

Select this option:	To accomplish this:
Delete All Exhibit Page Annotations	Delete all annotations, including any exhibit stamps.
Delete All Excluding Stamps	Delete all exhibits, but keep exhibit stamps.
Delete Only Stamps	Delete all exhibit stamps, but keep all other annotations.

3.	In the confirmation box, click Yes.

The annotations and/or stamps are deleted.

Annotation Layers

Tear Out Tool

Rotate Pages and Images

Annotating in Real Time

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