Annotate a document
In addition to creating and modifying objects and controls on the artboard, you can leave comments and notes on the artboard by using collapsible annotations.
Do one of the following:
To add the annotation to objects on the artboard, select the objects.
To add the annotation to the document, click Select None (CTRL+SHIFT+A) on the Edit menu to clear the selection of all objects.
On the Tools menu, click Create Annotation (CTRL+SHIFT+T). The annotation appears next to the selected objects.
Type your comment in the annotation box.
To exit and collapse the annotation, press ESC, or click outside the annotation box.
Tip:Click a collapsed annotation with the Selection tool
to open the annotation for reading or editing.Tip:Drag an annotation with the Selection tool
to move it out of the way.
On the Edit menu, click Find in Files (CTRL+SHIFT+F).
In the Find What text box, type the text that you want to find.
In the Look In drop-down box, select the range for your search, such as Current Project.
In the File Types, you can speed up your search by selecting XAML (*.xaml) from the drop-down box, because annotations are stored in XAML files.
Click Find.
If the text that you entered can be found, a list of files appears below the Find Options. In the Match column, look for results that begin with "<Anno:Annotation".
If you want to open the document that contains one of the search results, double-click the line in the search results.
If annotations are not visible, click Show annotations
at the bottom of the artboard.Do one of the following:
To copy the text of all the annotations in the active document, on the Tools menu, click Copy Annotations As Text.
To copy the text from an individual annotation, right-click the collapsed annotation, and then click Copy as Text.
You can now paste the annotation text into another document.
If annotations are not visible, click Show annotations
at the bottom of the artboard.Do one of the following:
To delete all the annotations in the active document, on the Tools menu, click Delete Annotations.
To delete an individual annotation, right-click the collapsed annotation, and then click Delete.
