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4.9.6 Annotating documents and URL objects

Using the Notes feature, BSCW offers a flexible and powerful function to annotate documents and URL objects. Notes may complement description and rating as additional information on these types of objects.

A note is transferred with the object it is attached to when you  | cut |   or  | delete |   this object. A note is not preserved, however, when you  | copy |   ,  | archive |   or  | send |   the object it is attached to.

A document or URL object can have only one note object attached to it as an annotation. Within this attached note object the same functionality as in a "stand-alone" discussion forum is available, i.e., it can consist of one or more sub-notes, possibly arranged in several discussion threads.

  • Click action menu Attach    Note   for a document or URL object to bring up the 'Add Note' form.
  • Choose the type of note, enter a name in the 'Subject' field and enter the text of the annotation.

If a note is attached to an object, this is indicated by the more info  icon in the 'Note' column in a folder listing. Clicking this icon displays the content of the note. If the icon is not diplayed in your folder listing, probably the entry  View    Columns    Notes   is deactivated.


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