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Note: This topic is for Document/Medical only.

The Pen and Brush tabs on the Properties pages for many of the annotation objects allow the alpha value to be set to a value from 0 - 255 inclusive. The following figure illustrates four representative alpha values:

The following figure illustrates some of the various pen and brush combinations available for annotation objects:

Back row:

Type: Solid	Type: Hatch	Type: Hatch	Type: Hatch
Fore Color: Black	Fore Color: BurlyWood	Fore Color: Black	Fore Color: Black
Fore Color Alpha: 255	Fore Color Alpha: 255	Fore Color Alpha: 100	Fore Color Alpha: 255
Back Color: N/A	Back Color: Sienna	Back Color: MidnightBlue	Back Color: Teal
Back Color Alpha: N/A	Back Color Alpha: 255	Back Color Alpha: 255	Back Color Alpha: 255
Hatch Style: N/A	Hatch Style: Cross	Hatch Style: Shingle	Hatch Style: Dotted Grid

Front row:

Type: Solid	Type: Hatch	Type: Hatch
Fore Color: 50, 0, 128, 0	Fore Color: 0, 0, 0, 0	Fore Color: Black
Fore Color Alpha: 50	Fore Color Alpha: 0	Fore Color Alpha: 255
Back Color: N/A	Back Color: Tomato	Back Color: White
Back Color Alpha: N/A	Back Color Alpha: 255	Back Color Alpha: 255
Hatch Style: N/A	Hatch Style: Dark Upward Diagonal	Hatch Style: Percent 50