# Using Rectangle Annotations

This topic describes how to paste a rectangle on a page, workspace, or notepad. Rectangle annotations can be pasted with the following styles: outline-only, filled, or transparent.

## Drawing a rectangle

Procedure
1.
Select rectangle annotation from the [Tool] menu or the rectangle annotation button in the annotation toolbar in Viewer. For example, select [Rectangle/Frame: Red 3pt/Fill: None] from [1 Basic].
The cursor changes to the shape of cross.
2.
When [Decide shape when pasting] is selected, drag the cursor across the page, workspace, or notepad annotation to specify the size of the rectangle annotation.
To paste the annotation with the registered shape, click on a desired position in the page, workspace, or notepad annotation.

## Changing the properties

Using the [Rectangle Properties] dialog box or the property toolbar, you can change the color and width of the line and the fill settings of a rectangle after pasting it.