# Showing or Hiding Annotations

This section describes how to specify whether to show or hide the pasted annotations on documents when displaying or printing them.
You can specify whether to show or hide the annotations pasted onto the pages for each document and binder. If you close documents or binders while the pasted annotations are hidden, then annotations are hidden the next time you open documents or binders.
The following operations cannot be executed when annotations are hidden.

- Annotations cannot be edited. (In edit mode)
- When printing a document, their annotations are not printed.
- If annotations are found in search operation, they will not be in selection state.
- You cannot sign a document. (In edit mode)

Procedure
1.
Select [Show Annotations] from the [View] pop-up menu.
When a check mark is at the left of [Show Annotations], annotations are displayed.