DocViewer is only compatible with specific file types and includes some viewing limitations. The navigation options in the DocViewer toolbar allow you to easily view a submission.

To download a PDF of the annotated submission, click the Download button [1]. Any annotated comments are included in a submission download.

You can move to any page within a multi-page submission using the arrow icons or by entering a number in the page number field [2].

To zoom in and out on the submission, use the Zoom buttons [3].

To view the submission in full screen, click the Full Screen button [4].

To annotate the submission, use the annotation tools.

The Point Annotation tool [1] allows you to leave a comment in a specific place in the document.

To leave a Point Annotation, click the place in the submission where you want to leave a comment [2], and type your comment [3].

To leave a Freetext annotation [1], select a text color from the color panel [2] and select a white or transparent background [3] and font size [4].

Then click the desired area of the submission and type your entry [5]. To save your comments, click anywhere in the page, or press the Enter key on your keyboard. You can move your point annotation by clicking the annotation icon and dragging and dropping.

The Highlight [1] and Strikeout [2] tools allow you to call attention to specific text within a submission.

Select a color in the color panel [3] and click and drag to select text [4].

You can add comments to your annotation by clicking the comment icon [5].

The Draw annotation tool [1] allows you to make freehand drawings and annotations on a submission. Select a color [2] and stroke width [3] in the tool panel.

Click and drag [4] to start a drawing and then click the Check icon [5] to accept the drawn annotation. Move drawn annotations by clicking and dragging it to a new location.

To add a comment to your annotation, click the comment icon [6].

The Area annotation tool [1] allows you to leave a comment around a specific area in the document. Select a color for the annotation [2].

Then use the cross-hairs to create a box around an area within the submission [3] and type a comment in the comment field [4].

You can move an area annotation by clicking the annotation and dragging it to a new location.

To delete any comment or annotation previously mentioned, click the annotation within the submission or click the comment box and click the Delete icon.

Or, click the annotation and press the Delete or Backspace key on your keyboard.

Users can respond to comments and annotations by clicking the comment box and clicking the Reply button.