# Creating an Annotation Tool from a Pasted Annotation

This topic describes how to register a pasted annotation as an annotation tool. You can also create an annotation tool from an image that you have copied or cut from a page using [Copy Image] or [Crop Image].

- For DocuWorks documents and DocuWorks binders
  This function is available in the Document View , Split Document View, and Page Sorter and Document (document view) modes of Viewer, by using pointing mode or Flexi mode.
- For DocuWorks containers
  Open a DocuWorks container in Viewer, and use this function in document view, by using pointing mode or Flexi mode.
- In the workspace of Desk
  Use this function by displaying the [Edit Desktop] window in the thumbnail view, and by using pointing mode or Flexi mode.

## Dragging-and-dropping an annotation to Annotation Toolbar to register it

Procedure
1.
Select one of pasted annotations, and drag and drop it onto your annotation toolbar.
The [Add to Annotation Toolbar] dialog box appears.
2.
Set each item, and click [OK].
The corresponding annotation tool is added to the annotation toolbar at the position where you dropped the annotation.

## Registering an annotation tool using [Add to Annotation Toolbar]

You cannot perform the following procedure when the [Annotation Toolbar Options] window is open. This applies even if the window was opened from another Viewer window.
Procedure
1.
Select one of the pasted annotations and select [Add to Annotation Toolbar] from the [Annotations] menu.
The [Add to Annotation Toolbar] dialog box appears.
2.
Select the desired options and click [OK].
An annotation tool is added to the end of the specified annotation toolbar.
You can specify the order of tools within the annotation toolbar and the separators in the [Annotation Toolbar Options] window.

## Moving or copying an annotation tool to the [Annotation Toolbar Options] window

This section describes how to create an annotation tool by copying a pasted annotation. You can also create an annotation tool by moving or copying data such as a bitmap or an image you have cut or copied using [Crop Image] or [Copy Image].
Procedure
1.
Select one of the pasted annotations and select [Copy] from the [Edit] menu.
2.
Open the [Annotation Toolbar Options] window and select the tab to which you want to copy the annotation.
3.
Select [Paste] from the [Edit] menu in the [Annotation Toolbar Options] window.
The new annotation is inserted above the tool that is currently selected in the list. If no tool is selected, it is inserted at the top of the list.
4.
In the properties dialog box for the new tool that appears, specify the properties such as its name, size, and color, then click [OK].
Note

- The name of an annotation tool cannot exceed 79 characters.
- The maximum number of annotation tools that can be registered with an annotation toolbar is 50.
- You can create a paper tool using the same procedure.