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For  increased ease of use of the annotate tool, a touch screen or a pen based screen or pen tablet can increase the ease of use of the tools. Users can add drawing tablets to desktop and laptops for ease of drawing. ( see http://www.wacom.com for desktop pen tablet devices)

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Once the Save and Exit button is selected the new added image elements will be merged to the base image and cannot be undone (removed.)

  Free-Hand drawing tool: With the Freehand tool you can create hand-drawn polygon lines on the image.

1.Select the Freehand tool . The cursor changes to a .

2.Click and hold to place the starting point of your  Freehand line.

3.Drag the cursor to draw.

4.Release the mouse button to stop drawing.

5. To save the shape or line press the ESC key or double click the mouse to save your line drawing.

Line drawing tool:  With the line drawing tool you can create lines.

1.Select the Line tool . The cursor changes to a .

2.Click and hold to place the starting point of your line.

3.Drag the cursor to draw.

4.Release the mouse button to stop drawing.

 Rectangle drawing tool: With the rectangle drawing tool you can create a rectangle over a portion of the image.

1.Select the Rectangle tool . The cursor changes to a .

2.Click and hold to place the starting point of your rectangle.

3.Drag the cursor to draw.

4.Release the mouse button to stop drawing.

Note: that once a rectangle is drawn you can click and drag it with the reposition cursor to a new location.  Users can re-size a rectangle by selecting the re-size points (circles on edge of rectangle) and dragging to resize the image.

Ellipse drawing tool: the

ellipse drawing tool can create circles and ellipses over a portion of the image.

1.Select the Ellipse tool . The cursor changes to a .

2.Click and hold to place the starting point of your ellipse or circle.

3.Drag the cursor to draw.

4.Release the mouse button to stop drawing.

Note: that once an ellipse is drawn you can click and drag it with the reposition cursor to a new location. Users can re-size an ellipse by selecting the re-size points (circles on edge of ellipse) and dragging to resize the image.

Text annotation tool:  the Insert Text tool can add text over a portion of the image.

1.Select the Insert Text tool . The cursor changes to a .

2.Click and hold to place the starting point of your Text Box.

3.Drag the cursor to draw the text box..

4.Release the mouse button to stop drawing.

5.Place cursor inside the rectangle and start typing.

Note: that once an ellipse is drawn you can click and drag it with the reposition cursor to a new location.

 Users can re-size a text box  by selecting the re-size points (circles on edge of the text box) and dragging to resize the image.

Below the thumbnail of the image (left side of screen) additional controls keys are available to control your text.

Users can also add Notes to an image by entering text in the note section of the Image record. (1)

The Pen and Fill Color permits users to pre-define the colors to be used for their annotation tool.  

Prior to selecting your annotation tool select the color you wish to use by clicking the displayed color.  It will display the color picker which can be expanded to more colors by selecting the Define Custom Colors button.

In some situations it may be beneficial to highlight a section of the image by using a rectangle or ellipse tool with a fill color.

The Delete button permits the user to delete an annotation made on the image.

1.Select the item to be deleted

2.Select the delete button