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Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Looking at the Work Area Back 50 Annotating images (Photoshop) You can attach note annotations (notes) and audio annotations to an image in Photoshop. This is useful for associating review comments, production notes, or other information with the image. Because Photoshop annotations are compatible with Adobe Acrobat, you can use them to exchange information with Acrobat users as well as Photoshop users. To circulate a Photoshop document for review in Acrobat, save the document in Portable Document Format (PDF) and ask reviewers to use Acrobat to add notes or audio annotations. Then import the annotations into Photoshop. Notes and audio annotations appear as small nonprintable icons on the image. They are associated with a location on the image rather than with a layer. You can hide and show annotations, open notes to view or edit their contents, and play audio annotations. You can also add audio annotations to actions, and set them to play during an action or during a pause in an action. (See "Setting playback options (Photoshop)" on page 490.) Adding notes and audio annotations You can add notes and audio annotations anywhere on a Photoshop image canvas. When you create a note, a resizable window appears for entering text.When you record an audio annotation, you must have a microphone plugged into the audio-in port of your computer. You can import both kinds of annotations from Photoshop documents saved in PDF or from Acrobat documents saved in PDF or Form Data Format (FDF). To create a note: 1 Select the notes tool . 2 Set options as needed: • Enter an author name.The name appears in the title bar of the notes window. • Choose a font and size for the note text. • Select a color for the note icon and the title bar of note windows. 3 Click where you want to place the note, or drag to create a custom-sized window. 4 Click inside the window, and type the text. If you type more text than fits in the note window, the scroll bar becomes active. Edit the text as needed: • You can use the standard editing commands for your system (Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, and Select All). In Windows, right-click in the text area and choose the commands from the context menu. In Mac OS, choose the commands from the Edit and Select menus. You can also use standard keyboard shortcuts for these editing commands. • If you have the required software for different script systems (for example, Roman, Japanese, or Cyrillic) installed on your computer, you can switch between the script systems. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) to display the context menu, and then choose a script system. 5 To close the note to an icon, click the close box. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 50