# Using Cloud Annotations

This section describes how to draw or paste a Cloud annotation. Using this function allows you to draw or paste various cloud shapes of annotations such as an outlined cloud, filled cloud, and transparent cloud.

## Cloud annotation tool button

The cloud option is not available in the annotation toolbar just after installation. You need to add the cloud option to the annotation toolbar. To add this option from the [New] menu in the [Annotation Toolbar Settings] window, select [Cloud].

## Drawing a cloud annotation (When the [Decide shape when pasting] check box is selected)

When the [Decide shape when pasting] check box is selected in Properties of Annotation Tools, a cloud annotation can be drawn using one of the two following methods.

- Drawing while moving the mouse cursor
- Drawing while clicking the mouse button

To select a drawing method, use the [Details] tab in the [Annotation Properties] dialog box.

### Drawing while moving the mouse cursor

Procedure
1.
Select "Cloud" from the [Tool] menu of Viewer or Annotation Toolbar.
The cursor changes to a cross.
2.
Click the starting point of the area you want to enclose in a cloud.
3.
Move the cursor counterclockwise along the area you want to enclose in a cloud.
By default, a circular arc is drawn automatically when you move the cursor 2 cm.
To specify the distance to move the cursor when automatically drawing a circular arc, use the [Details] tab in Properties of Annotation Tools.
4.
Move the cursor closer to the starting point of the area you want to enclose in a cloud frame.
A circular arc is drawn automatically, and the cloud endpoint is closed.
Note

- If you move the cursor clockwise along the area you want to enclose in a cloud, a circular arc is drawn inside.
- Pressing the <Ctrl> key allows you to switch whether to draw a circular arc outside or inside.

### Drawing while clicking the mouse button

Procedure
1.
Select "Cloud" from the [Annotation] menu of Viewer or Annotation Toolbar.
The cursor changes to a cross.
2.
Click the starting point of the area you want to enclose in a cloud.
3.
Click the mouse button along the area you want to enclose in a cloud.
A circular arc is drawn automatically based on the arc length specified in the properties and the interval between click points.
By default, if the interval between click points is less than 2 cm, it is used as the arc length to draw a circular arc.
Note

- While holding down the <Shift> key, you can move a straight line between the previous click point and the cursor position only at the angle in 15-degree steps.
- You can click up to 2560 points.

4.
Double-click at a position just before returning to the starting point.
A circular arc is drawn, and the cloud endpoint is closed.
Note

- If you press the <Esc> key before double-clicking, the cloud is closed using the point where you have last clicked as the endpoint.
- Also, when you click or double-click on the title bar or toolbar of Viewer, the cloud is closed using the point where you have last clicked as the endpoint.

## Drawing a cloud annotation (When the [Decide shape when pasting] check box is cleared)

Procedure
1.
Select "Cloud" from the [Annotation] menu of Viewer or Annotation Toolbar.
2.
Click on a page, workspace, notepad, or graphic to paste it.
The cloud annotation cannot be changed in size.

## Flipping a cloud annotation

You can invert a circular arc of a cloud annotation.
Procedure
1.
Right-click the cloud annotation.
2.
Select [Invert] from [Details] in the pop-up menu.

## Changing attributes

### Common attributes of annotation

You can specify options such as the line color, thickness, and filling for a pasted annotation using the attribute change toolbar and the [Color and line] tab in the [Annotation Properties] dialog box.

### Unique attributes of cloud annotation

The following settings can be configured using the [Details] tab in the [Annotation Properties] dialog box.

- Whether to create a cloud annotation while moving the mouse cursor or while clicking the mouse button
- Length of circular arc

If the length of a circular arc is changed in the properties, the already pasted cloud-type annotation is re-drawn based on the changed arc length.