Fax annotation

You can annotate faxes in the FAXmaker viewer. The annotation tools can be found in the annotation menu or annotation toolbar. The following annotation tools are at your disposal:

Annotation Selection Tool

This tool is used to select an individual annotation. Once an annotation is selected, it appears on the screen with a rectangle and eight black "handles" around it; it may be re-sized or moved using these handles. Drag a handle to re-size the annotation; dragging a corner handle will allow you to change both width and height, while dragging a handle on an edge will allow you to change either width or height, but not both. If the handles of an annotation are displayed, you can move the annotation by clicking and dragging any part of the annotation other than the handles.

When an annotation is selected, you can change the style of the annotation from the formatting, line style or color toolbars. For instance, if you select a text annotation, the formatting toolbar will change to show fields for font name, size, and character effects.

You may select multiple annotations using this tool. While holding down the Control key, click on each annotation you wish to select. You may then drag all the selected annotations at once by clicking on any of the selected annotations and dragging them to a new location. Note that you cannot re-size annotations if more than one is selected.

You can delete an annotation by selecting it, and then pressing the Delete key.

Select Region Tool

The region selection tool is used to mark an area of the image for later action. Click and drag to create a rectangle to be acted on.

Once you have the rectangle defined, you may click the right mouse button to pop up a menu of things that can be done with this region, such as Zoom in, zoom out or copy to clipboard.

Sticky-Note Tool

The sticky-note tool is used to put a text note on the fax. You may select the font, font size, and effects from the formatting toolbar.

Click and drag on the image to define the size of the note you want to write; then type the text you want to appear in that note. You may type any text that you wish into this note; you also have the option of editing it later. If you have selected a font, font size, or special effect, it is in force for the entire note. If you change any of these items while editing a note, or while the note is selected, it changes all the text in the note.

Sticky notes are always black text on a yellow background.

NOTE: If there is no text in the note, and you switch away from the note to do something else such as change the text size, or switch to a different tool, the note will be removed. This is to prevent the generation of accidental blank notes.

Whiteout Tool

This tool allows you to white out a region of the image. This can be used to hide certain areas of the text which you don't wish to have visible. Note that the area whited out is always a rectangle.

Hilite Tool

The annotation highlighter tool is used to highlight a section of the fax. All highlight colors are transparent. When you print the image, or save it as a merged file, the highlighted regions will be changed to gray shadings.

Stamp Tool

The stamp tool is used to place bitmap or stamp images on the displayed image. These images are initially contained in files outside of the image you are working on. Stamp files are by default type *.STP, but the program can read many other file formats.

When you select this tool, you will be allowed to select a region of the image where you wish to place a bitmap or stamp annotation. Click and drag to define the region where you want the stamp to be placed. When you release the left mouse button, a menu containing the names of the stamps you used most recently will appear; to place one of these stamps on your image, simply select the name of the stamp from the menu.

You also have the option of defining a new stamp. If you select New Stamp from the menu, you will be asked to select a file for the new stamp. Select a file to insert using the menu displayed. Then, you will be asked for a name to use for the stamp. This is the name that will show up on the menu the next time you select a stamp. If you only wish to use this stamp once, you can select the option Use Only; this places the stamp on the screen and does not save the name in the most recently used stamps list. Alternately, you can select Use And Save for stamps which you use frequently; the names of these stamps will appear on the menu which pops up when you have selected the region for the stamp.

Arrow/Line Tool

The Arrow/Line tool is used to create straight lines, and single and double-headed arrow annotations. You can select the width and color of the lines to draw, and whether the line has simple or filled arrow heads on one or both ends, from the line style and color menu.

To add an arrow or a line to the image, click at one end of the line where you wish the line or arrow to appear, and drag to the other end of the line or arrow. A dotted line will show you where the line or arrow will be placed. When you release the left mouse button, the arrow will be drawn. In all the single-headed arrow types, the first point you select will be the tail of the arrow, and the point at which you release the left mouse button will be the arrow's head.

Rectangle Tool

This tool is used to draw a hollow rectangle annotation. You can select both the line color and the width to draw the rectangle.

Circle Tool

This tool is used to draw a hollow circle or ellipse annotation. You can select the line color and line width to draw the circle or ellipse.

Color Selection

The color selection toolbar can be found in the view menu. Enable it in order to select different colors for your annotations.

The color selection applies to line, rectangle and circle annotations, and to highlights. You cannot change the color of other annotations.

Line Thickness Selection

The line thickness selection toolbar can be found in the view menu. Enable it in order to select different line thickness for your annotations.

I Save your annotations! Your annotations are only made permanent if you select save from the menu.