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JavaScript PDF Annotation Library

In WebViewer annotations can be created both through the UI and programmatically.

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Figure 1. Sticky annotation created on a document

Annotations allow users to mark up and comment on PDFs without altering the original authors content.

Apryse SDK Benefits include:

  • Infinite Undo/Redo
  • Support for annotation flattening
  • Support for annotation appearances
  • XFDF Import
  • Export annotations to FDF, XFDF, text, or PDF annotation summary
  • Sticky (Note)
  • Comments
  • Text markup (highlight, squiggly, underline, strikeout)
  • Add shapes (line, arrow, polyline, rectangle, ellipse, polygon, cloud)
  • Cloud annotations
  • Apply freehand ink annotations
  • Signatures
  • Save the annotations into the PDF file
  • File attachments
  • Sound, movie, and 3D annotations
  • Support for custom annotations
  • FreeText, Callout
  • TextHighlight, TextUnderline, TextSquiggly, TextStrikeout
  • Stamp
  • Redaction

Demos

Stamp Annotations
Create Custom Annotation
Annotation Permissions
Measurement Tools
Annotation or Form Flatten
XFDF Annotations

Get started

Importing and exporting annotations
To import and export annotations with a PDF document.

Add annotations
To create annotations programmatically with a PDF document.

Remove annotations
To remove annotations programmatically with a PDF document.

Add custom annotations
To create custom annotations programmatically with a PDF document.

Flatten annotations
To flatten annotations programmatically with a PDF document.

A short introduction to XFDF file format
An introduction to XFDF file format.

Annotation permissions
To control which users can modify which annotations.

Annotation events/triggers
To listen for annotation events and handle various callbacks.

Annotation tools
An introduction to annotation tools.

Custom annotation tools
To customize annotation tools for grouping, enable/disable, style changes, or behaviour enhancement

Customize stamp annotation
To customize stamp annotation tool for standard and custom stamps

Default tool styles
To customize the default annotation style properties of tools.

Add link to annotation
To add a link to an existing annotation

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