# Pasting or Deleting Annotations

## Pasting annotations

How to paste an annotation can differ depending on its type and settings.
Procedure
1.
Select an annotation tool from the [Annotations] menu or from one of the annotation toolbars of Viewer.
The shape of the cursor changes to enter the tool mode.
2.
At the position where you want to paste the annotation, click to paste it, or drag your mouse to define the size of the annotation.
3.
If a dialog for setting properties for the annotation is displayed, set necessary items.

## Pasting annotations continuously

Procedure
1.
Select [Continuous Annotation Mode] from the [Annotations] menu which allows you to add annotations continuously.
To exit the continuous annotation mode, select [Continuous Annotation Mode] again.
2.
Select an annotation tool, then continuously click the positions to which you want to paste annotations.
The annotations are pasted to the clicked positions.
Select another annotation tool to continuously add annotations of that type.
To switch to the other annotation mode, select [Continuous Annotation Mode] or use the appropriate mouse action for selecting tool buttons.
Note

- You can also switch the annotation mode with the mouse actions you use to select annotation tool buttons.

  Mouse action to select a tool button | [Continuous Annotation Mode]
  --- | ---
  Selected | Cleared
  Click | You can add annotations continuously. | You can add only one annotation.
  Double-click | You can add only one annotation. | You can add annotations continuously.

- You can continuously add papers using paper tools in the same way as annotations.
- You can specify the annotation mode selected when a document is opened, by using [When Starting Up] under [DocuWorks Viewer Options] in the [Preferences] dialog box.

## Deleting annotations

Procedure
1.
In pointing mode or Flexi mode, select one or more annotations pasted to a page, then select [Delete] from the [Edit] menu.
You can also delete by pressing the <Delete> key or selecting [Delete] from the pop-up menu that appears when you click the annotation with the right mouse button.
Note
Fixed annotations cannot be deleted. If there are one or more annotations among multiple selected annotations, none of those selected can be deleted.