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General Annotations � Quick Use Guide

With MorphBank version 2.5, one can Add Annotations to Images. You must be Logged In to do this and select a Group. While browsing Images, click on the (Annotate) icon to annotate an Image. If you are browsing Specimens and would like to annotate an image or images associated with a Specimen, first click on the (Camera icon) for that Specimen. This will result in a screen showing all images (in Browse-Images) for that Specimen.

Click on the to annotate an individual image. If you wish to annotate all of these images, at the top of the page, click on the icon and then select "Copy to a new collection" and click on .

From the Top Menu bar, select Tools>Collection Manager. Here you can name the Collection you created and open it. In your collection you may Annotate an image or all the images or a subset. Again, click on the icon to Annotate a single image. Or if you wish to Annotate a group of images, place a check in the check box of each of those images and select "Annotate Checked Objects" from the Menu at the left of the screen.

There are 4 types of Annotations possible in MorphBank: General, Determination, Legacy and XML. Legacy Annotations are imported (not done on MorphBank); XML annotations will allow other types of data to be imported into Morphbank. General Annotations allow one to make comments about an image.

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General Annotations are used to call attention to specific morphological elements in the image and allow one to place an arrow marker to indicate the feature(s) of interest.

If you have clicked on to annotate an individual image you need to choose Type of Annotation from the drop-down.

• By default, you are in the Determination Annotation Window. Select General Annotation from the drop-down.

At the top of this screen you see Image Record followed by a link to the image you wish to Annotate. Example: Image Record [89289-Viola palmata]. Clicking on the 89289 will open a Viewer screen where you can get a detailed look at the image you are annotating using zoom in/out, and rotate.

Title: Give your General Annotation a title. A good title will include???
Comments: Explain the purpose of your particular GeneralAnnotation here.
Image Label: You may enter text in this field to indicate the significance of the Arrow you've placed.

• Note the to the right of this field. Clicking on the will open an Image Viewer where you may place an Arrow to highlight a morphological character. The x/y coordinates for the Arrow will be saved. If you use Annotation Label field here, it will over-ride the Image Label field.

Date to Publish: default is 6 months from the day you are making your entry. If you wish your Determination to be visible to the public sooner, change the date accordingly.
Submit: click on Submit to complete the entry.

To View your Annotations go to Tools>Annotation Manager.

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