Add replacement annotation

Replacement annotation replaces original text with other provided text fragment. Please check the picture below to know how replacement annotation may look like. 

There is an ability to specify the next properties for ReplacementAnnotation type:

• FontColor - color of annotation text;
• Opacity - allows to set annotation opacity;
• Points - annotation positions set by array of points;
• TextToReplace - text that will be replaced 
   

Follow these steps to add Replacement annotation to document: 

• Instantiate Annotator object with input document path or stream;
• Instantiate ReplacementAnnotation object with desired properties (position, page number, etc);
• Call Add method and pass ReplacementAnnotation object;
• Call Save method with resultant document path or stream;

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

//Add replacement annotation to the document from local disk
using (Annotator annotator = new Annotator("input.pdf"))
{
	ReplacementAnnotation replacement = new ReplacementAnnotation
    {
    	CreatedOn = DateTime.Now,
        FontColor = 65535,
        Message = "This is replacement annotation",
        Opacity = 0.7,
        PageNumber = 0,
        Points = new List<Point>
        {
        	new Point(80, 730), new Point(240, 730), new Point(80, 650), new Point(240, 650)
        },
        Replies = new List<Reply>
        {
        	new Reply
            {
            	Comment = "First comment",
                RepliedOn = DateTime.Now
            },
            new Reply
            {
                Comment = "Second comment",
                RepliedOn = DateTime.Now
            }
         },
         TextToReplace = "replaced text"
     };
     annotator.Add(replacement);
     annotator.Save("result.pdf");
}

More resources

Advanced Usage Topics

To learn more about document annotating features, please refer to the advanced usage section.

GitHub Examples

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

• GroupDocs.Annotation for .NET examples, plugins, and showcase
• GroupDocs.Annotation for Java examples, plugins, and showcase
• Document Annotation for .NET MVC UI Example
• Document Annotation for .NET App WebForms UI Modern Example
• Document Annotation for Java App Dropwizard UI Modern Example
• Document Annotation for Java Spring UI Example

Free Online App

Along with full-featured .NET library we provide simple but powerful free Apps. You are welcome to annotate your PDF, DOC or DOCX, XLS or XLSX, PPT or PPTX, PNG and other documents with free to use online GroupDocs Annotation App.