Working With Annotations

Adding Annotations

You can add as many annotations as you need and place them anywhere in an application workflow or sub-workflow.

To add an annotation to a state:

• Do one of the following:
  • Drag Annotation from the Common Items section of the Using the Workflow Palette, and drop it on the target state, which becomes highlighted.
  • Right-click the state, and select Add Annotation.

To add an annotation to a transition:

• Do one of the following:
  • Drag Annotation from the Common Items section of the Workflow Palette, and drop it on the target transition, which becomes highlighted.
  • Right-click the transition, and select Add Annotation.

To add an annotation to a workflow:

• Do one of the following:
  • Drag Annotation from the Common Items section of the Workflow Palette, and drop it on the workflow.
  • Right-click the workflow background, and select Add Annotation.

Customizing Annotations

To move an annotation:

• Drag the annotation to another location.

To resize an annotation:

• Drag any of the points on its border.

To add a connector line:

1. Select the annotation.
2. In the General Tab of the Annotation Property Editor, select Draw connector line.

To apply a system annotation style:

1. Select the Styles heading in App Explorer.
2. In the styles editor, under Annotation Styles, select a defined style.

To modify the background color:

1. Select the annotation.
2. In the Background area of the styles editor, click the paint bucket icon.
3. Do one of the following:
   • Select one of the "theme colors" or "standard colors."
   • Select the default color.
   • Select Transparent.
   • Click More Colors, select a color from the Standard or Custom tab, and click OK.

To add or remove a background image:

1. Select the annotation.
2. In the Background area of the styles editor, select one of the following options:
   • (No image): Remove the current background image from the annotation.
   • New image: Locate an image, and click Open to make it available for selection.
   • Image filename: Select a background image you have already "imported."

To modify the border style and width:

1. Select the annotation.
2. In the Line area of the styles editor, select the border style and width.

To edit the text:

1. Do one of the following:
   • Double-click the annotation.
   • Right-click the annotation, and select Edit Text.
2. Edit the text, and then press the Enter key to record your changes.

To modify the text styling:

1. Select the annotation.
2. In the Font area of styles editor, select the font name, size, and styling.

Finding Annotations

Deleting Annotations

You can delete any annotation from a workflow or sub-workflow.

To delete an annotation:

• Do one of the following:
  • Right-click the annotation, and select Delete.
  • Select the annotation, and press the Delete key.