Table 169 – Annotation types

Annotation type

Description

Markup

Discussed in sub-clause

Text

Text annotation

Yes

12.5.6.4, “Text Annotations”

Link

Link annotation

No

12.5.6.5, “Link Annotations”

FreeText

(PDF 1.3) Free text annotation

Yes

12.5.6.6, “Free Text Annotations”

Line

(PDF 1.3) Line annotation

Yes

12.5.6.7, “Line Annotations”

Square

(PDF 1.3) Square annotation

Yes

12.5.6.8, “Square and Circle Annotations”

Circle

(PDF 1.3) Circle annotation

Yes

12.5.6.8, “Square and Circle Annotations”

Polygon

(PDF 1.5) Polygon annotation

Yes

12.5.6.9, “Polygon and Polyline Annotations”

PolyLine

(PDF 1.5) Polyline annotation

Yes

12.5.6.9, “Polygon and Polyline Annotations”

Highlight

(PDF 1.3) Highlight annotation

Yes

12.5.6.10, “Text Markup Annotations”

Underline

(PDF 1.3) Underline annotation

Yes

12.5.6.10, “Text Markup Annotations”

Squiggly

(PDF 1.4) Squiggly-underline annotation

Yes

12.5.6.10, “Text Markup Annotations”

StrikeOut

(PDF 1.3) Strikeout annotation

Yes

12.5.6.10, “Text Markup Annotations”

Stamp

(PDF 1.3) Rubber stamp annotation

Yes

12.5.6.12, “Rubber Stamp Annotations”

Caret

(PDF 1.5) Caret annotation

Yes

12.5.6.11, “Caret Annotations”

Ink

(PDF 1.3) Ink annotation

Yes

12.5.6.13, “Ink Annotations”

Popup

(PDF 1.3) Pop-up annotation

No

12.5.6.14, “Pop-up Annotations”

FileAttachment

(PDF 1.3) File attachment annotation

Yes

12.5.6.15, “File Attachment Annotations”

Sound

(PDF 1.2) Sound annotation

Yes

12.5.6.16, “Sound Annotations”

Movie

(PDF 1.2) Movie annotation

No

12.5.6.17, “Movie Annotations”

Widget

(PDF 1.2) Widget annotation

No

12.5.6.19, “Widget Annotations”

Screen

(PDF 1.5) Screen annotation

No

12.5.6.18, “Screen Annotations”

PrinterMark

(PDF 1.4) Printer’s mark annotation

No

12.5.6.20, “Printer’s Mark Annotations”

TrapNet

(PDF 1.3) Trap network annotation

No

12.5.6.21, “Trap Network Annotations”

Watermark

(PDF 1.6) Watermark annotation

No

12.5.6.22, “Watermark Annotations”

3D

(PDF 1.6) 3D annotation

No

13.6.2, “3D Annotations”

Redact

(PDF 1.7) Redact annotation

Yes

12.5.6.23, “Redaction Annotations”