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setting properties.
6.2.2.2 Editing note and setting properties
Right-click the note icon, a floating item will appear to let you edit the note and
set its properties
Copy: To copy the note to the clipboard and click Edit > Paste to
encapsulate it. Or you can use Ctrl+C.
Cut: To cut the note to the clipboard. Or you can use Ctrl+X.
Delete: To delete the note. Or you can use Delete key on the keyboard.
Set to Background: If there are two comments overlapped, set this
comment to be a background comment.
Set to Foreground: If there are two comments overlapped, set this
comment to be a foreground comment.
Make Properties Default: To save the properties you have set, each time
when add a new note, its original properties will be the saved one.
Lock/Unlock: If there are several comments close together, when you
want to edit one of them, you can click Lock/Unlock to lock other
comments to avoid them being selected. You can cancel the lock status by
re-clicking Lock/Unlock item.
Properties: To set the textbox’s properties.
Right-click the note, select Properties in the popped float item, then
Properties pane will be showed like this,
In Appearance control pane, the note appearance can be set.
Icon: To set the icon type. There are many types icon to choose, such
as Checkmark, Circle, Comment, Paragraph and so on. You can
select one according to your need.
Color: To set the color of the note.
Opacity: To set the opacity degree of the note.
The basic information of the note is in the General pane.
Author: The name of the people who add the comments. The default
name is from the computer. You can enter another name
Subject: The comment’s subject. You can enter another subject to help
you identify the subject
Modified: To record the last modified date and time.
Close: To save properties you have changed and exit the Properties
dialog.
If you want to reserve the properties next time when you add a new note, just
right-click the note icon and select Make Properties Default.
6.2.2.3 Adding comment to the note
We can write the explanation or annotation into the textbox, but we can’t do that
for other three comment tools: note, stamp and drawing. The PDF Editor provides
comment for each comment except textbox for user to write some specification. To
do this, just double-click the comment, and a small commenting window can be
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popped.
For example, double-click the note icon, an commenting window appears which is
always pointing to the note it comments.
Figure 6.8 Note icon and its commenting window
Figure 6.9 Note commenting window
You can enter text into this pop-up window. If the text doesn’t fit this window, the
text scrolls. Or you can also resize the window dragging the lower right box.
To edit a note comment:
Click the commenting area, enter the text. After you have finished, click the
close box or click anywhere outside the commenting window.
The color is the same as the note, so if you change the property of note, the
commenting window will be changed with it.
If the commenting window is closed, next time you want to read it, just double-click
the note icon.
6.2.3 How to add stamp comments
You can add a predefined stamp to your PDF file. The stamp can be a BMP file, JPG
file, TIF file and so on. Every stamp can be added comment as a note.
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6.2.3.1 Adding a stamp
Click the Comment button in the basic toolbar or click Tools > Edit
Comment to open the comment status.
Click Stamp button on the toolbar or click Tools > Comment > Stamp.
Then Open dialog will be popped out.
Figure 6.10 Open a stamp
Select a bmp file or other files, and click Open. For example, open file “Stamp”,
Figure 6.11 Stamp example
The stamp will appear in the default place. You can change its size to fit the
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document page by dragging one of its. Also drag the stamp to anywhere you
like when you let the cursor point to inside of the stamp.
6.2.3.2 Adding comment to stamp
When you add stamp to the PDF document, you can also comment on it.
Figure 6.12 Add comment to a stamp
Similar to adding comment to note, double-click the stamp, a commenting
window will pop up.
Edit the text in the commenting area.
Drag the commenting window to anyplace you like.
Change its size by dragging its corner or edge.
Click the close box on the upper right corner to close the comment. Double-click
the stamp if you want to open its comment.
6.2.3.3 Editing stamp and setting the properties
You can set the properties of stamp. Unlike to those of a note, the color of the stamp
can’t be changed, but you can set its comment’s color.
Left-click the mouse when the cursor is pointing the stamp, don’t loose it, you
can drag the stamp to any position of document pane. Or you can use ←,↑,→ or
↓ key on the keyboard to move the stamp.
Right-click the stamp, a floating item will appear to let you edit the textbox and
set its properties
Copy: To copy the stamp to the clipboard and click Edit > Paste to
encapsulate it. Or you can use Ctrl+C.
Cut: To cut the stamp to the clipboard. Or you can use Ctrl+X.
Delete: To delete the stamp. Or you can use Delete key on the keyboard.
Set to Background: If there are two comments overlapped, set this
comment to be a background comment.
Set to Foreground: If there are two comments overlapped, set this
comment to be a foreground comment.
Make Properties Default: To save the properties you have set, each time
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when add a new stamp, its original properties will be the saved one.
Lock/Unlock: If there are several comments close together, when you
want to edit one of them, you can click Lock/Unlock to lock other
comments to avoid them being selected. You can cancel the lock status by
re-clicking Lock/Unlock item.
Properties: To set the stamp’s properties.
Figure 6.13 Stamp Appearance control panel
In Appearance control pane, set the color, opacity and transparent color:
Color: Set the color of stamp’s comment but not the stamp itself.
Opacity: Change the opacity degree of the stamp to suit your needs by
dragging . The comment’s opacity couldn’t be changed.
Transparent Color: To set the transparent color.
In General control pane, we can view the basic information about the
comment.
Author: The name of the people who add the comments. The default
name is from the computer. You can enter another name
Subject: The comment’s subject. You can enter another subject to help
you identify the subject
Modified: To record the last modified date and time.
Close: To save properties you have changed and exit the Properties
dialog.
If you want to reserve the properties next time when you add a new stamp, just
right-click the stamp and select Make Properties Default.
6.2.4 How to add Draw comments
Another type of comments is Draw. The draw comments include Pencil ,
Line , Rectangle and Ellipse . You can use these drawing tools to
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comment your PDF document.
6.2.4.1 How to use Pencil tool to draw lines
Use Pencil tool to create a line into the PDF document.
6.2.4.1.1 Using the pencil tool to draw lines
Click the Comment button in the basic toolbar or click Tools > Edit
Comment to open the comment status.
Click button on the toolbar. If you can’t see it, you can select it from the
Draw tool menu. Or click Tools > Comment > Draw > Pencil. This time the
shape of cursor changes when you let it move in the document pages.
Figure 6.14 Drawing comment tools
Move the cursor to the place you want to draw the line. Left-click the mouse
and drag it to anyplace you like, and then there appears a line along the cursor
path. If you want to draw more than one line, you can stop your dragging and
move the cursor to another place and repeat to draw another line. The line is
black color when you are drawing it.
The drawn
lines
Figure 6.15 Drawing comment pencil lines
When you finish the drawing, double-click in the end point. Or click Esc key on
the keyboard to exit the drawing.
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Figure 6.16 Comment pencil lines
6.2.4.1.2 Editing the pencil lines
To change the lines’ shape
When you select one of the lines, all of the lines you draw this time can be edited.
You can move them to anyplace and drag the corner or the middle of the edge to
change their length and their distance between each other can be changed
accordingly.
Dragging point
Figure 6.17 Dragging point
Note: You can’t move a single line if you have drawn more than one line. If you
don’t need one of the lines, you should delete all of the lines and redraw it.
To change the lines’ position:
Left-click the line and don’t loose it, you can drag the lines to any position of
document pane. Or you can use ←,↑,→ and ↓ keys on the keyboard to move
the lines.
To edit the line
Right-click the line, a floating item will appear to let you edit the line and set its
properties
Copy: To copy the line to the clipboard and click Edit > Paste to
encapsulate it. Or you can use Ctrl+C.
Cut: To cut the line to the clipboard. Or you can use Ctrl+X.
Delete: To delete the line. Or you can use Delete key on the keyboard.
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Set to Background: If there are two comments overlapped, set this
comment to be a background comment.
Set to Foreground: If there are two comments overlapped, set this
comment to be a foreground comment.
Make Properties Default: To save the properties you have set, each time
when add a new line, its original properties will be the saved one.
Lock/Unlock: If there are several comments close together, when you
want to edit one of them, you can click Lock/Unlock to lock other
comments to avoid them being selected. You can cancel the lock status by
re-clicking Lock/Unlock item.
Properties: To set the line’s properties. See 6.2.4.1.4 Setting pencil lines
properties.
To delete the line
Use one of the following ways to delete the lines:
Click one of the lines and use Delete key.
Right-click the lines, then select Cut or Delete.
Click keyboard shortcut Ctrl+X to cut the lines.
Click one of the lines, then click Edit > Cut or Delete.
6.2.4.1.3 Adding comments to the pencil lines
When you have drawn lines, you can add comments to them.
Double-click the lines, and a commenting window pops out.
Figure 6.18 Adding comment to pencil lines
Edit the text in the commenting area. If the text doesn’t fit this window, the text
scrolls. You can resize commenting window dragging the lower right box or
each edge
Drag the commenting window to anyplace you like.
Change its size by dragging its corner or edge.
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Click the close box on the upper right corner to close the comment. Double-click
the lines if you want to open its comment.
6.2.4.1.4 Setting pencil lines properties
Right-click the lines or its commenting window, the Properties panel will be
opened:
In Appearance control panel, you can set the color of line and its comment, line’s
thickness and opacity:
Color: Change the color of the line, and the commenting window’s color will be
changed to the same with the line at the moment.
Thickness: Set the thickness of the line. The value ranges from 0 to 12.
Opacity: Change the opacity degree of the line to suit your needs by dragging
. The comment’s opacity couldn’t be changed.
In General control panel, we can view the basic information about the line:
Author: The name of the people who add the comments. The default name is
from the computer. You can enter another name
Subject: The comment’s subject. You can enter another subject to help you
identify the subject
Modified: To record the last modified date and time.
Close: To save properties you have changed and exit the Properties dialog. Or
you can click the on the up right corner of the pane to close the Properties.
If you want to reserve the properties next time when you add new pencil lines, just
right-click the pencil line and select Make Properties Default.
6.2.4.2 How to use Line tool to draw lines
Use Line tool to draw lines to your PDF document.
6.2.4.2.1 Using the line tool to draw a line
Click the Comment button in the basic toolbar or click Tools > Edit
Comment to open the comment status.
Click Line tool button on the toolbar. If you don’t have this tool on the
toolbar, select it from the Draw tool menu (see Figure 6.14 Drawing comment
tools). Or click Tools > Comment > Draw > Line.
Move the cursor to the place you want to draw the line. Left-click the mouse and
drag it to anyplace you like, and then there appears a line along the cursor path.
The point you begin the line is called Start point and the point you stop the line
is called End point.
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Figure 6.19 Drawing a comment line
Note: The line you draw with line tool is different from that drawn with pencil tool.
You can only draw a single line once, while the latter can draw multiple lines.
6.2.4.2.2 Editing the line
To change the line’s layout:
Left-click the line and don’t loose it, you can drag the line to any position of
document pane. Or you can use ←,↑,→ or ↓ key on the keyboard to move it.
Drag one of the terminal points to turn the line or change its length.
Figure 6.20 Turn the line and change its length
To edit the line
Right-click the line, a floating item will appear to let you edit the line and set its
properties
Copy: To copy the line to the clipboard and click Edit > Paste to
encapsulate it. Or you can use Ctrl+C.
Cut: To cut the line to the clipboard. Or you can use Ctrl+X.
Delete: To delete the line. Or you can use Delete key on the keyboard.
Set to Background: If there are two comments overlapped, set this
comment to be a background comment.
Set to Foreground: If there are two comments overlapped, set this
comment to be a foreground comment.
Make Properties Default: To save the properties you have set, each time
when add a new line, its original properties will be the saved one.
Lock/Unlock: If there are several comments close together, when you
want to edit one of them, you can click Lock/Unlock to lock other
comments to avoid them being selected. You can cancel the lock status by
re-clicking Lock/Unlock item.
Properties: To set the line’s properties. See 6.2.4.2.4 Setting line properties.
To delete the line
Use one of the following ways to delete the lines:
Click one of the lines and use Delete key.
Right-click the lines, then select Cut or Delete.
Click keyboard shortcut Ctrl+X to cut the lines.
Click one of the lines, then click Edit > Cut or Delete.
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