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  1. Open a drawing.

  2. Select Edit > Insert > Text PPM All Outputs Graphic.

  3. On the Text Properties dialog, select the General tab.

  4. Type the annotation text in the Caption box. You can type an unlimited number of lines with up to 28 characters on each line.

  5. Select Set as watermark if you want to define the text as a watermark that appears in a layer under other drawing items.

  6. Under Annotation locking, select Lock to item tag to lock the position of the annotation text to the selected item tag. In this case, when moving the item tag, the attached annotation moves with it.

  7. Select Move independently if you want to be able to move the annotation text independently from the item tag that it is locked to. For this option, the software keeps the annotation text locked to the item tag but allows you to move the annotation text too.

    SHARED Tip The Annotation locking and Move independently properties are only available if you first selected an item tag before inserting text.

  8. Select the Properties tab.

  9. In the Horizontal and Vertical lists, select options to align text within the text box boundaries.

  10. Select Show border if you want to display the text box border.

  11. To rotate the annotation text box, in the Rotation box enter a positive value in degrees to rotate the macro attribute or label clockwise (CW). Enter a negative value in degrees to rotate the macro attribute or label counter-clockwise (CCW).

  12. From the Orientation list, select a text box orientation if needed.

    SHARED Tip In the vertical orientation, the software rotates the letters 45° CCW.

  13. Select Font to open a dialog where you can specify the text font, font style, size, effects, color, and script.

  14. Select a blank area on the drawing sheet to position the text.

    SHARED Tip You can select several text boxes by holding the CTRL key while selecting each text box and then dragging the selected text boxes to the required location in the drawing.

  15. Select File > Save.

In order to save an annotation that was added to a manual SLD, make sure that first you select Generate on the Drawing Options dialog and only then save the drawing. This way, the software saves the SLD together with the inserted annotation.