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Ellipse: Ellipse annotations are very similar to Rectangle annotations except that they are oval
rather than rectangular. Select the color, line thickness and line style (solid, dotted or dashed) of
an Ellipse annotation.
Highlighter: Highlighter annotations work like a highlighting pen by altering the color of the
underlying image to draw attention to an area. Select the color of a Highlighter annotation.
Viewing And Hiding Annotations
Although annotations are useful for drawing attention to important features, they may cover-up important
features. LS software allows annotations to be hidden on an image with a single command.
Each Image window keeps track of whether the annotations are hidden or shown for that image, allowing
annotations to be present on one image while hidden on another image.
Note: Annotations are shown automatically when an annotation tool is
selected.
To Show or Hide Annotations for an Image choose View > View Annotations. If this menu option is
checked but no annotations appear, no annotations exist for this image.
Note: To edit an annotation, select the annotation in the image, right mouse click on the
annotation, then select from the menu options to change the annotation. Also refer
to the Formatting Annotations section of this chapter for more information.
Synchronize Size with Image Zoom
The default value for LS is Synchronize size with image zoom making the annotations smaller if the user
zooms out. To keep the annotations the same size regardless of the size of the image, check the Don t
synchronize size with image zoom.
To change this setting go to File > Preferences > Annotations. A Preferences – Annotations
window appears. Select Don t synchronize size with image zoom to enable the text to remain
at the same size.
New Annotation Window
Text annotations allow users to place labels on an image to describe or to name a feature of the image.
Use the New Annotation window to enter the text.
The New Annotation window appears whenever a new text annotation is added. It also appears when a
text annotation is edited, which can be accomplished by double-clicking the text annotation or by
choosing Edit from the shortcut menu associated with it.
The New Annotation window saves the last text entered, making it the default for the next text annotation
to be created. To enter new text, simply start typing and the existing text will be replaced.
Multiple lines of text can be entered as a text annotation. To have the text automatically word-wrapped,
paragraph style, select the Word Wrap check box. To control when a new line is created manually, clear
the check box.
To Edit the Text of a Text Annotation
Double-click the text annotation.
In the New Annotation window, make any changes to text.