The Expand command enables you to expand an annotation (see Expanded Mode in the glossary; see also Expanding an Annotation in Annotations: User Operations).

To start the command, right-click on the annotation label in the model and select Expand in the context menu.

• If the annotation is of the Text type (see New Annotation), a dialog box displaying the associated text will be displayed.
• If the annotation type is From file (i.e.:show reference external file in expanded mode), a dialog box displaying the contents of the external document will be displayed.
• If the annotation type is From Internet, a web browser will appear in the expanded annotation’s frame and will load the page or document identified by the URL address.

Related Topics

• An Introduction to Annotations
• The Annotation Entity
• Annotations: the User Interface
• Annotations: Filter and Filter Options
• Annotations: User Operations
• Annotations and Visual Bookmarks
• Annotations in Assemblies
• Printing out Annotations
• Glossary

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