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How to add text annotations in pdf with pdf sdk in C# with ByteScout Premium Suite

Learning is essential in computer world and the tutorial below will demonstrate how to add text annotations in pdf with pdf sdk in C#

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they apply. What is ByteScout Premium Suite? It is the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can help you to add text annotations in pdf with pdf sdk in your C# application.

The following code snippet for ByteScout Premium Suite works best when you need to quickly add text annotations in pdf with pdf sdk in your C# application. Simply copy and paste in your C# project or application you and then run your app! Complete and detailed tutorials and documentation are available along with installed ByteScout Premium Suite if you’d like to learn more about the topic and the details of the API.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace TextAnnotationExample
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to add a text annotation.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";
            // Add page
            Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4);
            pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page);

            // Add collapsed annotation (shown as a tooltip when mouse is over the icon)
            TextAnnotation collapsedAnnotation = new TextAnnotation(20, 20);
            collapsedAnnotation.Color = new ColorRGB(255, 255, 0);
            collapsedAnnotation.Icon = TextAnnotationIcon.Comment;
            collapsedAnnotation.Author = "Mr. Important";
            collapsedAnnotation.Contents = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
            page.Annotations.Add(collapsedAnnotation);

            // Add expanded annotation
            TextAnnotation expandedAnnotation = new TextAnnotation(20, 50);
            expandedAnnotation.Color = new ColorRGB(255, 0, 0);
            expandedAnnotation.Icon = TextAnnotationIcon.Note;
            expandedAnnotation.Open = true;
            expandedAnnotation.Author = "John Doe";
            expandedAnnotation.Contents = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
            page.Annotations.Add(expandedAnnotation);
            
            // Save document to file
            pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");

            // Cleanup 
            pdfDocument.Dispose();

            // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}