Configuring Annotation Templates

You can manage configurations within the template.

A configuration is a particular set of parameter values corresponding to a particular ID, letting you select a set of values for an annotation in the annotation creation command, instead of selecting each parameter value one after another.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Annotation Templates

Add Configuration to a Template

  1. Select the annotation template to which you want to add a configuration.
  2. From Smart Annotation Templates section of the action bar, click Annotation Template .
  3. In the Annotation Template Definition dialog box, right-click the Configuration list and select Add configuration.
    Configuration <n> is added to the list.
  4. Optional: Rename the configuration.

Remove Configuration From a Template

You can manage the configurations by a rule which is automatically created when a second configuration is added and removed when a single configuration remains.

  1. Select the annotation template from which you want to remove a configuration.
  2. From Smart Annotation Templates section of the action bar, click Annotation Template .
  3. In the Annotation Template Definition dialog box, select a configuration.
  4. Right-click the Configuration list and select Remove configuration.
    Configuration <n> is removed from the list. The previous configuration in the list is selected or the next one is selected if the first one is removed.

Manage Configurations in a Template

  1. Select the annotation template in which you want to manage the configurations.
  2. From Smart Annotation Templates section of the action bar, click Annotation Template .
    If many configurations are defined, a rule icon appears next to the Configuration list.
  3. In the Annotation Template Definition dialog box, click the rule icon.
  4. In the Rule Editor, modify the section corresponding to the index IdxConfig of the configuration you want to define.

    Sections for configuration indexes 1 and 2 are created when rule is created. Other sections for higher indexes have to be manually added.