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Adds any text annotation on the image and canvas area. Text can be edited in all text annotations by double clicking on the shape. Context menu changes when the text is in edit mode as shown below. Press Escape to come out of the edit mode.

Button Icon	Description	Instance Type	Example Shapes
	Text: Adds plain text without any box. This is useful captions and titles.	Single instance
	Textbox: Adds text in a text box. Text is aligned inside the box.	Multi-instance
	Rich Textbox: Adds RTF annotation. By double clicking the annotation, it opens RTF editor for adding the content.	Multi-instance
	Message Callout: Message is displayed in a box with a pointer to the message source.	Multi-instance
	Arrow Callout: Message is displayed in a box with a arrow pointer to the message source.	Multi-instance
	Multiline Callout: Message is displayed in a box with a multi-line arrow pointer to the message source.	Multi-instance
	Round Left Callout: Message is displayed in an ellipse with a left side pointer to the message source.	Multi-instance
	Round Center Callout: Message is displayed in an ellipse with a center pointer to the message source.	Multi-instance
	Round Right Callout: Message is displayed in an ellipse with a right side pointer to the message source.	Multi-instance
	Text Ellipse: Adds text in an ellipse. Text is aligned inside the ellipse.	Multi-instance
	Cloud Callout: Adds text in a clod shape. Text is aligned inside the shape.	Multi-instance
	Bam Callout: Adds text in an explosion shape. Text is aligned inside the shape.	Multi-instance
	Star Callout: Adds text in a star shape. Text is aligned inside the shape.	Multi-instance

Draws arrow on the image/canvas. All arrows are multi-instance types. Multiple arrows can be drawn with a selection. 

Button Icon	Description	Example Shapes
	Line Arrow: Draws a single/double pointed line arrow.
	Edge Arrow: Draws an arrow with edged point in one end
	Arrow: Draws a broad arrow

Allows drawing freehand lines on an image. If the smart pencil option is enabled, application tries to convert drawn shapes into geometric shapes. For example, if a triangle shape is drawn with a pencil tool, application will convert into Triangle shape with sharp edges as shown on the right hand side below.

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Allows drawing different geometric shapes on the image.

Button Icon	Description	Instance Type	Examples
	Line: Draw a single line. Press 'Shift' button to align line either horizontally or vertically while drawing. This helps to draw perfect horizontal and vertical lines	Multi-instance
	Lines:  Draw multiple connected straight lines using the selected points. When the shape is in edit mode, all points that can be changed are highlighted with rectangular selection point.	Single Instance
	Lines with Interpolation:  Draw an interpolated curve through a set of points.	Single Instance
	Rectangle:  Draws a rectangle with cornered edges. Press 'Shift' button to draw a square while drawing.	Multi-instance
	Rounded Rectangle: Draws a rectangle with round edges. Press 'Shift' button to draw a square while drawing.	Multi-instance
	Ellipse: Draws an ellipse. Press 'Shift' button to draw a circle while drawing.	Multi-instance
	Polygon: Draws a filled polygon connecting the selected points.	Single Instance
	Polygon with Interpolation:  Draws a filled interpolated smooth edged polygon through the selected points.	Single Instance
	Freehand Polygon:Draws a filled freehand polygon. If the smart pencil is enabled, application tries to fit a geometric shape if possible.	Single Instance

Highlights a region on image. Highlight color can be selected from top toolbar or from the properties. See an example below with three different highlight colors.

Blurs a portion of image. This is annotation and can be moved and resized as required. see an example below with number plate and headlights blurred.

Erases a part of the image with white color. Width of the eraser can be selected from the outline width in the top tool bar.

Sticky Note

Adds a sticky note annotation. This annotation is usually used to include a note on the image outside the image to provide comments.

Adds continuous numbering on the image/canvas. Option to reset the numbering is also available in the properties panel.

Counter Circle:  Adds a non-editable circular counter. 

Counter Rectangle:  Adds an editable rectangular counter that has options like cut, copy and paste on right click.

Embeds an image in an annotation from a selected image file. Annotation can be resized as required. In the following, there are four embedded images on the screen. They can be resized and moved around. 

 Timestamp, Rubber stamp and Link annotations are grouped together. All these annotations are single instance annotations.

	Time stamp: Adds Timestamp along with image metadata like categories, creation time, dimensions etc.  User can modify the default template in user preferences. It is an editable text box and is often used for adding image info to the image before sharing.
	Rubber Stamp: Helps to add stamp on the image E.g. Approved by <User-name>. User can modify the default template in user preferences. Stamp is editable.
	Link: Helps to add an URL on image which when clicked directs to web browser in view only interaction mode.

Displays a list of defined web URLs. Click on the links to open images in a browser. Drag and drop Clip art/Images from browser to the canvas. These images will be converted into embedded image annotations. They can also be dropped on toolbar to import and open as a new image in a tab.

Note that not all images available online can be dragged and dropped onto the application. Some images are disabled by authors for downloading. If the image is too large to convert into annotation, a warning message will be displayed. If the image is larger than 250KB, it is better to open it in a new tab by dragging and dropping onto the toolbar. Application will ask for confirmation for downloading the image and display it in a tab. Once confirmed, it will download the image from web and import it into application opening in a new tab. Some images are copyrighted and need to be verified for compatibility before downloading.

Default links can be changed and additional links can be added to this list using User preferences→Clip Art tab as shown below:

Url links can be re-ordered by moving them up or down as required.

Adds a selected vector icon on image and canvas. Recently selected icons along with a set of predefined icons are presented in a popup for the selection. These are font icons. In order to change the color of an icon, font color needs to be changed. It acts as foreground color for icons. Outline and fill color are same as other shapes.

Any icon can be selected and dropped on canvas. Icons can be duplicated using 'Control + D'. Most recently used icon will show-up on toolbox for selection.

A large collection of vector icons, more than 5000, are displayed in an Icon browser. Icons can be copied or dragged and dropped to the image/canvas. MahApps Pack Icon browser is embedded into the application. Various types of icons are displayed in tabs. Free text search can also help to identify relevant icon. Icon browser is shown below: