Setting Defaults

When using annotations in design mode, you can change the default properties by clicking with the right mouse button on an empty spot (a place on the image without any annotations). The popup menu lets you do the following:

Undo the last user action.

Cut, copy and paste objects using the Windows clipboard.

Delete all selected objects.

Select all annotation objects in the container.

Arrange the layering of an object or group of objects.

Lock or unlock objects. See Password Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the default Name properties. See Name Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the default line width and style properties. See Line Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the ROP2 code. See ROP2 Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change whether transparency is used.

Change the transparent color. See Color Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the default fill mode (transparent, translucent, or opaque) and the fill pattern. See Fill Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the polygonal fill mode, which controls which areas are filled when lines cross. See Fill Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the default foreground and background colors. See Color Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the background color used by Note, Redact, or Hilite objects. See Color Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the font selection and font characteristics. See Font Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the Button font selection and font characteristics. See Font Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the metafile to be used by Hotspot objects. See Hotspot Metafile Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the metafile to be used by Encrypt objects. See Encrypt Metafile Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the metafile to be used by Decrypt objects. See Decrypt Metafile Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the default Ruler properties (length, gauge, tic marks, measurement units, precision). See Ruler Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the node properties for objects that have nodes (whether to display the nodes and which nodes to display). See Nodes Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the default Protractor properties (whether to draw the inside or outside angle, how far out to draw the angle, whether to use radians or degrees, which unit abbreviation, and precision). See Protractor Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the default Point properties (whether to use a bitmap, whether to use transparency, transparent color, border color, radius, fill color, fixed size). See Point File Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the default Encrypt properties (key, type (encryptor or decryptor), and location). See Encrypt Dialog Box for Annotations.

Change the default Fixed properties. See Fixed Dialog Box for Annotations.

Set and manage hyperlink properties for an object or group of objects.

The default background color does not affect highlight, redaction, and note objects. To change the default background color for these objects, you have to use the appropriate menu item, such as Redact Background Color.