Annotation toolbar overview

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer includes tools with which you can annotate your files, including adding text and drawing lines on your images. The annotation toolbar is displayed when you open a file you can annotate, which is a fax or a TIFF file. The following table describes the annotation toolbar buttons.

Click this button	Called	To do this
	Select Annotation	Select an existing annotation to adjust the attributes of that annotation, such as color or line width.
	Previous Page	Move to the previous page in a multi-page file, such as a fax file.
	Current Page	Display the current page in a multi-page file. To quickly jump to another page, click the arrow and then click that page number.
	Next Page	Move to the next page in a multi-page file.
	New Freehand Annotation	Draw a freehand line on the current page.
	New Highlight Annotation	Highlight an area, just as a highlighting pen does.
	New Straight Line Annotation	Draw a straight line on your image.
	New Frame Annotation	Draw a box on your image.
	New Solid Rectangle Annotation	Draw a solid box on your image.
	New Text Annotation	Draw a box on your image into which you can type text.
	New Attached Note Annotation	Draw a box on your image, into which you can type a note. This annotation allows you to adjust the background color and font attributes.
	Edit Info	This button has two functions: It either opens the Properties dialog box for the current image or, if you are annotating an image, it opens a dialog box so you can adjust annotation tool attributes such as font and line width. The Properties dialog box shows details about the current image: file size, type, and more; security information; and a detailed summary for that image. If you are annotating the image, you can use annotation tool attributes. For example, if you draw a line using the New Freehand Annotation tool, you can adjust the line width, transparency, and color of the line using the Edit Info button.

Other than the toolbar, there are keyboard accelerators that do not have corresponding toolbar entries. Note that these accelerators may change depending on whether you have an annotation tool selected.

Keyboard shortcut keys, with annotation selected

Action Name	Keyboard Shortcuts	Description
Move left	LEFT ARROW	Move the selected annotation to the left by one pixel.
Move right	RIGHT ARROW	Move the selected annotation to the right by one pixel.
Move left fast	CTRL+LEFT ARROW	Move the selected annotation to the left by 10 pixels.
Move right fast	CTRL+RIGHT ARROW	Move the selected annotation to the right by 10 pixels.

Keyboard shortcut keys, with no annotation selected

Action Name	Keyboard Shortcuts	Description
Pan left	LEFT ARROW	Move the visible portion of the preview to the left by one pixel.
Pan right	RIGHT ARROW	Move the visible portion of the preview to the right by one pixel.
Pan left fast	CTRL+LEFT ARROW	Move the visible portion of the preview to the left by 10 pixels.
Pen right fast	CTRL+RIGHT ARROW	Move the visible portion of the preview to the right by 10 pixels.

Edit annotation properties

Standard Windows Picture and Fax Viewer toolbar overview

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer overview

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