Add Point Annotation

How to add Point Annotation in Java

Point annotation sticks comments to any point in a document like shown at the picture below. 

There is an ability to specify the next fields for PointAnnotation type:

  • Box - defines annotation position at document page;

Follow these steps to add Point annotation to document:

  • Instantiate Annotator object with input document path or stream;
  • Instantiate PointAnnotation object with desired properties (position, page number, etc);
  • Call add method and pass PointAnnotation object;
  • Call save method with resultant document path or stream.

The following code demonstrates how to add PointAnnotation to the document:

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GitHub Examples

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples: