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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +id: annotate-documents-online-free |
| 3 | +title: Annotate Documents |
| 4 | +sidebar_label: Annotate Documents |
| 5 | +--- |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Annotate and collaborate on your documents online for free. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## How to annotate documents online |
| 10 | +All documents can be annotated online with our online annotation application by document owner or by sharing documents with annotation permissions for registered users and guest users. Guests are required to enter their name in order to annotate or comment a document. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +### Annotate documents as document owner |
| 13 | +In order to annotate documents online with our free built-in document annotator, follow those steps: |
| 14 | +1. [Login](https://conholdate.app/signin) to your account or [register](https://conholdate.app/signin) if you do not own one yet. It's FREE! |
| 15 | +1. Go to your [dashboard](https://dashboard.conholdate.app). |
| 16 | +1. Click on `Upload` button and upload a document. |
| 17 | +1. Wait until uploading and processing is complete, then click on <i class="fas fa-ellipsis-v"></i> icon and select `Annotate`. |
| 18 | +1. Select required annotation and place it over the document. |
| 19 | +1. When you are done annotating, click on <i class="fas fa-save"></i> icon to save your annotations permanently. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +### Annotate and send documents |
| 22 | +When you need someone to annotate your document, you can share documents with annotation permissions by creating a proper shared link. |
| 23 | +> For signing documents by shared link no registration is required. |
| 24 | +1. [Login](https://conholdate.app/signin) to your account or [register](https://conholdate.app/signin) if you do not own one yet. It's FREE! |
| 25 | +1. Go to your [dashboard](https://dashboard.conholdate.app). |
| 26 | +1. Click on `Upload` button and upload a document. |
| 27 | +1. Wait until uploading and processing is complete, then click on <i class="fas fa-link"></i> icon. |
| 28 | +1. Select `Annotate` from dropdown menu and click on `Create link` button. |
| 29 | +1. When you are done annotating, click on <i class="fas fa-save"></i> icon to save your annotations permanently. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +## Annotation information |
| 32 | +You can check if document has already been annotated, by who, when and what kind of annotations were used. |
| 33 | +In your [dashboard](https://dashboard.conholdate.app) next to all annotated documents you will find <i class="fas fa-fingerprint"></i> icon. By clicking on it annotation information dialog will pop up. |
| 34 | +Annotation information dialog contains following information: |
| 35 | +1. Annotator name (who signed document). |
| 36 | +1. Annotation type. |
| 37 | +1. Annotation date. |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +For example: |
| 40 | +```text |
| 41 | +You have annotated this document with arrow annotation on 20-03-2020 |
| 42 | +Name Surename have annotated this document with distance annotation on 30-03-2020 |
| 43 | +``` |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +## Supported annotations |
| 46 | +1. Area Annotation |
| 47 | +1. Arrow Annotation |
| 48 | +1. Distance Annotation |
| 49 | +1. Free Hand Polyline Annotation |
| 50 | +1. Point Annotation |
| 51 | +1. Text Annotation |
| 52 | +1. Text Field Annotation |
| 53 | +1. Text Redaction Annotation |
| 54 | +1. Text Replace Annotation |
| 55 | +1. Strikeout Annotation |
| 56 | +1. Underline Annotation |
| 57 | +1. Watermark Annotation |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +## Supported formats |
| 60 | +Our free online document annotator supports over 50 document and file formats. |
| 61 | +See [Online Document Annotation](https://conholdate.app/features/annotate-documents-online) page for more information and a full list of all supported formats. |
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