An annotation is a graphic that you can add anywhere on an item in Perceptive Content to show markups or comments without affecting the original image.
For example, you can express your review of an item by stamping it approved, signing off on it using a pen, or adding a check mark. You can also add sticky notes to add small notes to an item object, either inline or as a global comment on the item. In Perceptive Content, you can add annotations on the following file types: TIFF, BMP, and JPG. Not all compression formats are supported.
Each annotation requires an annotation template that is created and customized for any supported annotation type. Security options are also available based on the template. For example, you can create a Stamp template with the following text: Received by Accounts Payable. Your administrator can set the template security so that only users in the Accounts Payable group can use, modify, or delete annotations created using that Stamp template. If your administrator does not grant users in the Human Resources access to view stamps created using that stamp template, those users cannot view, modify, or delete this annotation. Contact your administrator if you need new annotation templates.
You cannot conduct a search based on the content of an annotation, such as Stamp or Sticky Note annotations. However, you can search for an item based on the contents of the item’s Notes pane.