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New PDF Comment 11: Rectangle or Oval Tool
(See Example PDF and Example PDFill Project File  )

Rectangle and Oval comments display, respectively, a rectangle or an Oval/ellipse/Cirlce on the PDF page. You can change the look (color, opacity, border style and so on). When opened, they display a pop-up window containing the text of the associated note to explain each drawing in more detail.

1. Steps on how to create a PDF comment using Rectangle or Oval Tool:

• Choose Comment Menu > Rectangle or Oval Tool

or click the Rectangle or Oval Tool button in the Comment Toolbar

• Hold Left mouse button to create an area of the required size
• The new commenting properties dialog comes up to set options

2. Access the properties:

• Click the Selection button first.
• Click inside the area to highlight it and click Properties Button
• Or, click the edge shadow and double-click again
• Or, Key F4

3. Set the properties:

Here is the list of the properties.

Text String	the content text string to be displayed for the annotation.
Spell Checker	Verify the spelling of words in the text string box.
Author	The author of the annotation.
Subject	Text representing a short description of the subject being addressed by the annotation.
Thickness	The thickness of the border.
Printable on PDF	If clear, it will display and not print onto the page; If set, it will display and print onto the page.
Border Color	The color for the border line.
Border Width	The line thickness of the border.
Border Style	Solid: a solid rectangle surrounding the annotation. Dashed: a dashed rectangle surrounding the annotation. Dash is the line length in point; Gap is the distance in point between the dashed lines.
Border Color	The color for the border.
Fill Color	The background color.
Opacity	The constant opacity value to be used in painting the annotation. This value applies to all visible elements of the annotation in its closed state (including its background and border) but not to the popup window that appears when the annotation is opened. The opacity vary from 0.0 (no contribution) to 1.0 (maximum contribution).
Position (Left, Right, Top, Bottom)	The X and Y coordinate of the box to define the position of the field.
Set this field as default	If set, the new object will have the same properties as this one.

4. Screenshot:

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