# Using Date Stamp Annotations

You can paste date stamps annotations.

## Pasting a date stamp

Procedure
1.
Select "Date Stamp" from the [Tool] menu or Annotation Toolbar in Viewer. For example, select [Date Stamp/Black] from [1 Basic].
The shape of the cursor changes.
2.
Click a desired position in a page or in a notepad to paste a received stamp.
If the tool is configured so that properties are displayed at the time of pasting, the [Date Stamp Properties] dialog box appears. You can specify properties.
If configured so that properties are not displayed, the annotation is pasted with the predefined properties.
When [Date] is set to [Manual], the date specified in [Date field] is displayed on the stamp. When [Date] is set to [Auto], the date when you paste the annotation is used.

## Changing the properties

In the [Date Stamp Properties] dialog box, you can modify the date, text strings displayed above and below the date, and color of the date stamp after pasting it.
You can also apply traditional era instead of the western calendar year using [Base year].
You can also change the color of the date stamp using the property toolbar.