Inserting Comments
With Desktop Editor, you can insert a text box with a leading line as an annotation in a document.
Inserting New Comments
This section describes how to insert a comment into a document as a new annotation.
1.
Click 
(Comment) on the ribbon.
(Comment) on the ribbon.Or, click 
(Comment) on the Details Window.
(Comment) on the Details Window.
The properties of the comment are displayed on the Details Window.
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If the Details Window is not displayed, see the following.
This operation can also be performed with the tool buttons on the toolbar. If tool buttons are not displayed on the toolbar of Desktop Editor, see the following to display them.
When you want to insert comments multiple times, double-click
(Comment) on the Details Window. When you double-click the button, it is locked while being selected and comments can be inserted multiple times.Perform one of the following operations to cancel the button selection.
Click the selected button on the Details Window again
Click another button on the Details Window
Click a command on the ribbon
Press the [Esc] key on the keyboard.
You can click
 (Insert Multiple) on the ribbon to insert multiple annotations. For more information, see the following. |
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Configure the properties of the comment.
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[User Name]
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Displays the user name set in [Annotation Properties] in [System Settings]. For information on changing user names, see the following.
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[Font]
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Configure the font of text boxes for comments.
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[Font]
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Select the font to use from the list displayed when you click
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[Font Size]
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Select the font size to use from the list displayed when you click
. You can also enter the font size directly. Font sizes that can be configured are between 3.0 points and 72.0 points. If it is entered directly, you can enter up to a single decimal place. |
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[Bold]
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Makes the string bold.
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[Italic]
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Makes the string italic.
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[Underline]
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Underlines the string.
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[Strikethrough]
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Adds a strikethrough to the string.
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[Font Color]
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Select the font color you want to use from the list displayed when you click
 . When you want to use a color that is not available in the list, select [More Colors]. |
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[Line Style]
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Select the line style you want to use from the list displayed when you click
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[Line Weight]
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Set the line thickness. You can specify a line thickness from 0.25 point to 12.00 point. You can specify a line thickness in units of 0.25 point by using
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[Begin Style]
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Select the style for the beginning of the line you want to use from the list displayed when you click
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[Line Color]
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Select the line color you want to use from the list displayed when you click
 . When you want to use a color that is not available in the list, select [More Colors]. |
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[Shape Fill]
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Select the color of the text box and the arrow that you selected in [Begin Style] to fill with from the list displayed when you click
 . When you want to use a color that is not available in the list, select [More Colors]. |
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The type of line selected in [Line Style] is not applied to the arrow selected in [Begin Style].
If you selected [Cloud (Small)] or [Cloud (Large)] in [Line Style], only the frame of the text box is displayed as a cloud. The leading line and the arrow selected in [Begin Style] are displayed as solid lines.
If you select [More Colors] in [Font Color], [Line Color], or [Shape Fill], the [Color] dialog box is displayed and you can set a color that is not listed in [Font Color], [Line Color], or [Shape Fill].
You can also configure the properties of the annotation with the following commands.
 (User Name Settings) (Font) (Font Size) (Bold) (Italic) (Underline) (Strikethrough) (Font Color) (Line Style) (Line Weight) (Begin) (Line Color) (Fill)If commands are not displayed on the ribbon of Desktop Editor, see the following to display them.
This operation can also be performed with the tool buttons on the toolbar. If tool buttons are not displayed on the toolbar of Desktop Editor, see the following to display them.
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3.
Move the mouse pointer to the Work Window.
The shape of the mouse pointer changes to 
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NOTE
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To cancel the insertion process, do one of the following.
Click
 (Select Object) on the ribbonClick
 (Select Text) on the ribbonClick
 (Grab Mode) on the ribbonClick the command selected on the ribbon again
Click
 (Select Object) on the Details WindowClick
 (Select Text) on the Details WindowClick
 (Grab Mode) on the Details WindowClick the selected button on the Details Window again
Press the [Esc] key on the keyboard
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4.
Click the point to set as the tip of arrow of leading line.
The comment is inserted.
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When a comment is newly inserted, a user name is also inserted in the text box.
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5.
Enter a text in the text box.
6.
Click on the Work Window outside the comment you inserted to deselect the comment.
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To enter a line break inside of a text box, press the [Enter] key on the keyboard.
If the text string is too long to fit in the text box, a line break is automatically inserted.
If there are too many lines of text to fin in the text box, the text is scrolled within the text box, and the last line of the text is always displayed.
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Changing the Content of Comment Text Boxes
This section describes how to edit the content of a comment inserted into a document.
1.
Click (Select Object) on the ribbon.
(Select Object) on the ribbon.Or, follow one of the steps described below.
Click (Select Text) on the ribbon
(Select Text) on the ribbonClick (Grab Mode) on the ribbon
(Grab Mode) on the ribbonClick (Select Object) on the Details Window
(Select Object) on the Details WindowClick (Select Text) on the Details Window
(Select Text) on the Details WindowClick (Grab Mode) on the Details Window
(Grab Mode) on the Details Window
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If the Details Window is not displayed, see the following.
This operation can also be performed with the tool buttons on the toolbar. If tool buttons are not displayed on the toolbar of Desktop Editor, see the following to display them.
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2.
Click the text in the text box to change the content on the Work Window.
The shape of the mouse pointer changes to 
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Change the text in the text box.
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Click on the Work Window outside the comment you edited to deselect the comment.
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To enter a line break inside of a text box, press the [Enter] key on the keyboard.
If the text string is too long to fit in the text box, a line break is automatically inserted.
If there are too many lines of text to fin in the text box, the text is scrolled within the text box, and the last line of the text is always displayed.
For details on how to copy text box content in comments, see the following.
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