• Create and customize image and text annotations.

Chart preview area
Previews a chart's layout.

Annotation selector
Specifies an annotation to be created and/or customized.

Note that you can select an annotation directly on the chart preview area.

Options tabs
The following tabs are available on this page.

• General
  Specify an annotation's name, adjust its visibility, z-order and layout.
• Anchor Point
  Choose an element to anchor to (chart, pane, or series point), and adjust the corresponding options.
• Shape Position
  Choose an annotation's shape position type (free or relative), and adjust the corresponding options.
• Content
  Depending on an annotation's type (text or image), specify its content.
• Padding
  Specify an annotation's inner indents.
• Appearance
  Adjust an annotation's background color, fill style, shape and connector options.
• Border
  Specify visibility, color and thickness of an annotation's borders.
• Shadow
  Specifies visibility, color and size of an annotation's shadow.