Table of Contents:

• Adding Comments with Annotate for Word 2007 v2.0
• Customizing Annotate's content with Annotate for Word 2007 PRO v2.0

On January 1, 2010 11trees.com released version 2.0 of Annotate for Word 2007 PRO. We released a FREE version of v2.0, with the ability to edit 13 buttons, on February 28th 2009.

Annotate for Word 2007 PRO v2.0 makes it easy to update all of the content used by the Annotate toolbar. You can change:

• The labels of groups
• The labels of buttons and drop-downs
• The content that appears when you click a button

Over 240 buttons that can be easily customized, including buttons that add inline text and buttons that add highly legible marginal comments.

Adding Comments to a Document

Annotate for Word 2007 has a number of different ways of adding comments to an open document. Only Annotate for Word 2007 PRO

1. By clicking/selecting the appropriate option from the Annotate ribbon (the Annotate tab is located to the right of the File tab).
2. By adding your favorite options from the Annotate ribbon to your Quick Access Toolbar. You can click the item you want, or press ALT and then the appropriate item number to make a selection. See Microsoft Word 2007 help for more on the Quick Access Toolbar.
3. By pressing ALT, then 'Z' (for the Annotate ribbon), then a value. Pressing 'C' at this point will insert a blank comment into the document.

Customizing the Buttons and Labels in Annotate for Word 2007 PRO v2.0

Annotate for Word 2007 PRO makes it easy to change the content that appears when you click. Here's how:

1. Make sure you are viewing the Annotate ribbon by clicking on the Annotate tab
2. Click the Customize button on the far right side of the ribbon.
   
   •  If your monitor has an unusually narrow resolution, you may have to click a right arrow button to see the right side of the ribbon
3. On the popup "Customize Your Comments" form, find the label or button that you would like to change
   • You can scroll through the list by using the arrow buttons OR enter a specific number to jump to a particular button or label
   • Click here to see the Annotate for Word 2007 PRO v2 comment library to easily navigate to a specific button.
4. Once you've found an entry you would like to change
   1. Change Use default content to "False"
   2. Click the Custom Values tab
   3. Enter a Label, Comment, and optional extended Comment, Textual Reference OR website
5. Continue to edit your database of comments
6. When finished, click Close and Save, then Yes to save your changes
7. Click the Refresh button in the Annotate ribbon to instantly update the content of your buttons and labels

• Notice that the default text is always available, so you don't have to worry about losing the original text and links.
• Notice that you have many, many 'Custom' entries that you can change
• Notice that there is an 'In Text Comments' group of buttons that place selected text into the body of the document rather than a marginal note. These can also be edited and added to.