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| 1 | +# Annotations |
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| 3 | +You can use annotations to highlight important text the author should change, for example, when you review a document. |
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| 5 | +The PDF Viewer allows you to create text annotations (sticky notes) and text markup annotations (text highlights). All document annotations are displayed in the **Comments** panel. |
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| 9 | +## Create Annotations |
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| 11 | +Use commands on the **Comment** ribbon page to create text markup annotations and sticky notes. Enable the selection tool in the **Text** group and select the text that should have an annotation. Click **Sticky Note** to place the sticky note in a document. |
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| 15 | +You can also add text markup annotations from the context menu. |
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| 19 | +You can change the default settings for annotation tools. Click the drop-down arrow in the corresponding annotation tool in the **Text** ribbon group and specify the color and opacity. |
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| 23 | +## Edit Annotations |
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| 25 | +Double-click the annotation in the **Comments** panel to edit its contents. |
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| 29 | +Right-click the annotation in the document or **Comments** navigation page and select **Properties...** to invoke the **Annotation Properties** dialog. |
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| 35 | + This dialog allows you to change the annotation parameters. Click **Set as Default** to use the new settings as the default settings for all annotations. |
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| 37 | +## Add Replies and Reviews to the Annotation |
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| 39 | +You can use the **Comments** navigation pane to add replies and set review statuses for the annotations. |
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| 41 | +Select an annotation on the pane, enter text in the invoked editor, and click **Reply** to add the reply to the annotation. |
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| 45 | +To specify the review status, right-click an annotation, select Set Status, and set the status. Select None to remove the review status. |
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| 49 | +## Sort and Filter Annotations |
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| 51 | +You can sort and filter comments by page, author, date, type, check and review status. |
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| 53 | +Click the **Sort** button on the **Comments** navigation page to sort annotations and comments. |
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| 57 | +Click the **Filter** button to apply the filter. This filter is applied to the annotations in the pane and in the document. |
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| 61 | +Use the **Search comments..** field to show annotations that contain the search text. |
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| 63 | +## Remove Annotations |
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| 65 | +Right-click an annotation in the document or **Comments** navigation pane and select **Delete** in the context menu to remove the annotation. You can also select an annotation and press the **Delete** key. |
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