Adding annotations in different types of sources
You can use the same procedure to add annotations in all types of sources—this topic describes the content available for annotating depending on the type of source you are working with.
In this topic
- Annotate text and images in documents
- Annotate text or regions of a page in PDF sources
- Annotate in dataset sources
- Annotate the timeline or transcript in audio and video sources
- Annotate picture regions or log entries in picture sources
- Annotate in externals and memos
Annotate text and images in documents
In documents you can select and annotate:
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Text—a few words or a whole passage
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Images
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Text and images in tables
Annotated text is highlighted in blue and annotated images are outlined in blue. The text of the annotation is displayed at the bottom of the window:
Annotate text or regions of a page in PDF sources
In PDF sources you can select and annotate:
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Text—a few words or a whole passage.
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Regions of a page—click and drag to select a rectangular area of the page.
To switch between text and region selection—on the Home tab, in the Editing group, under PDF Selection, click Text or Region.
Annotated content is highlighted in blue and the text of the annotation is displayed at the bottom of the window:
Annotate in dataset sources
This feature is available in NVivo Pro and NVivo Plus.
In dataset sources you can select and annotate text in codable fields (columns). Refer to About dataset sources for more information about codable fields.
Annotated content is highlighted in blue and the text of the annotation is displayed at the bottom of the window:
Table View
Form View
Annotate the timeline or transcript in audio and video sources
This feature is available in NVivo Pro and NVivo Plus.
In audio and video sources you can annotate:
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A section of the media via the timeline
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Text in the Content column of a transcript (if you have one)
Annotations on the timeline are indicated by a blue bar and annotations in the transcript are highlighted in blue:
Annotate picture regions or log entries in picture sources
This feature is available in NVivo Pro and NVivo Plus.
In picture sources you can select and annotate:
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A region of the picture
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Text in the Content column of the picture log (if you have one)
Annotated content is highlighted in blue and the text of the annotation is displayed at the bottom of the window:
You can change the shading of the annotation on the picture—refer to Adjust Picture Settings (Adjust the region shading used to mark coding, links and annotations)
Annotate in externals and memos
In externals and memos (just like in documents), you can select and annotate text and images—refer to Annotate text and images in documents for more information,