We are glad to announce the launch of a GroupDocs Annotation plugin for Concrete5. This plugin allows you to embed documents to Concrete5 pages. The GroupDocs Annotation plugin adds annotation tools to the documents you embed: perfect for collaborative review. Annotate PDF, Word, or other files, add comments and get reviews in real time. Share documents online and use this platform-independent app to bridge communication gaps between teams.

GroupDocs Annotation facilitates consolidated feedback and saves time on PDF annotation, Word annotation, and Excel annotation.

What is GroupDocs Annotation?

GroupDocs Annotation is a web-based document collaboration application. It helps you review and annotate documents online and is useful for distributed teams. Instead of using emails or marked-up paper copies of documents, collect everyone's comments in one place and resolve conflicting suggestions quickly.

You can annotate PDF, and other types of files, from anywhere as long as you have an Internet connection. GroupDocs Annotation supports most popular file formats and the powerful dashboard gives you access to the following features:

• Add area notes, text notes, and strikeouts.
• Annotate images.
• Interact in real-time.
• Manage contacts and use other GroupDocs apps.
• Helps documentation/marketing teams to produce deliverables on time.

GroupDocs Annotation and a web browser is all you need to annotate PDF and other files.

GroupDocs Annotation lets you add comments to documents, and share both document and comments with your colleagues. For example, share a brochure PDF and ask your colleagues to annotate PDF online. Because it supports so many file formats, GroupDocs Annotation is used for online PDF annotation, online Word annotation, online image annotation and so on.

The GroupDocs Annotation plugin for Concrete5 delivers these features for Concrete5 websites.

Installing the Plugin

It takes only minutes to install GroupDocs Annotation to a Concrete5 website:

1. Save the annotation package folder into the local Concrete5 directory.
2. Go to Dashboard, then Extend Concrete 5.
3. Check that GroupDocs Annotation is listed in the waiting Installation section.
4. Click Install.`
5. Configure settings.
6. Embed the document.

Installing GroupDocs Annotation plugin in Concrete5

Now, share the document online with your colleagues and let them annotate PDF, Word and other files. This facilitates real-time reviewing and saves time and energy.

Annotation sample document display

Refer to Integrating Annotation plugin with Concrete5 for more information.

Reviewing Documents

Individuals review documents in different ways. Some like to add notes, highlight text or draw lines on the document. How you annotate is an individual style statement as well as a habit. GroupDocs Annotation packages all these options together and delivers one powerful tool that lets users annotate the way they find most efficient.

GroupDocs Annotation is software and platform independent. This means that you can collaborate, finalize, and publish documents from within a web-browser. Even better, GroupDocs Annotation is flexible enough to adapt to different requirements. So whether you need to annotate PDF online, or work with Word files online, GroupDocs Annotation works.

If you're unfamiliar with GroupDocs Annotation, try it now. Simply install the plugin and enjoy the benefits of PDF annotation, Excel annotation and many others in a single application. You will see the benefits from day one!

GroupDocs' file compatibility makes it a preferred choice with our customers. GroupDocs provides you with all the document reviewing and collaborating solutions you need.

Your feedback is valuable to us and we are open to your suggestions. Please post your query, problem or suggestion in the GroupDocs Forum or speak to an Online Support Agent. We will keep you posted on all GroupDocs enhancements.

Great news for all reviewers! We’ve introduced the new GroupDocs Annotation user interface to make your document annotation process easier and faster. With these new enhanced UI and features, you are now able to annotate and collaborate on documents quickly.

GroupDocs Annotation is a service that lets you perform document collaboration easily. You and your colleagues can annotate documents and perform document collaboration in real time. You can make suggestions or add the required comments online at the same time, which makes the review process much faster. However, if you prefer a more traditional approach like everyone takes their turn as per the availability, that works just fine as well.

Annotate or perform document collaboration using the enhanced UI

We’re constantly enhancing the look and feel of our apps to add more advanced features to them. This way, we aim at improving user experience at GroupDocs. With this in mind, we’ve made necessary changes to our old Annotation UI and introduced a new improved UI with new efficient features to supplement it.

Annotate and collaborate on documents using GroupDocs Annotation

In this enhanced version, you can find and access all comments in the comments area. You can view comment summary, comment details as well as the document collaboration option just right of your annotated page. Using the invite option, you can invite as many reviewers as required. All you need to do is just share the link directly or invite them through email.

You can print, download or export the annotated document. You can export the annotated document with or without the added comments. Also, you can embed the annotated document to your website and invite others to perform document review on the document.

Familiar annotation tools let you easily annotate documents

We’ve retained the easy-to use annotate tools, such as Text Annotation, Point Annotation, Area Annotation, Polyline Annotation, and Strikeout Text. There is no need to explain about these tools as there are pretty self-explanatory.

Annotate documents using a familiar set of annotation tools

New Features

Newly added are the Typewriter tool and the Watermark tool. Typewriter tool lets you add text to a document. Watermark tool lets you add watermark to all pages of a document. This new watermark feature improves document security.

Newly added features spice up your annotation experience

Conclusion

Addition of two exceptional features (Typewriter and Watermark tool) along with the improved export, print, and download options will take your online document annotation experience to new heights.

So, why wait! Sign in to your GroupDocs Annotation dashboard and experience the new improved UI of GroupDocs Annotation right now. We're open to your valuable feedback and suggestions. Please talk to us using our Live Chat support or official feedback forum. Stay connected with our blog and newsletter to get updates regarding all GroupDocs enhancements.

GroupDocs has introduced its Annotation app plugin for WordPress. Using this plugin, you can now embed GroupDocs' efficient online document annotation app and selected documents to WordPress webpages. After embedding the document, you can annotate the document using GroupDocs' efficient annotation app. You can annotate the embedded documents exactly the same way as you do in GroupDocs website.

Announcing GroupDocs Annotation app plugin for WordPress

GroupDocs Annotation is an efficient online document annotation app that lets you easily view and annotate documents online. Annotate text-based documents or images using its intuitive tools that are simple and self-explanatory. Its online annotation functionality helps you perform document collaboration real-time if you and your colleagues are reviewing the same document.

You can directly install this plugin from WordPress Plugins page. After installation, you need to activate the plugin and configure the API keys in Settings page. You can embed documents using three different methods:

1. Browse and Embed: use the Browse and Embed tab to browse and embed your preferred GroupDocs document from within the WordPress editor.
2. Upload and Embed: use the Upload and Embed tab to upload a new document and then embed it to the WordPress page.
3. Paste Link: use the Paste Link tab to embed a document by pasting the GUID.

Embed the Annotation app and preferred documents using three different methods

Once you embed the document and publish it, you can then directly annotate the document from within the WordPress site.

Annotate your documents exactly as you do in GroupDocs website

GroupDocs Annotation is most useful when you collaborate on documents. You and your colleagues can perform document reviews in real-time by sharing ideas via comments. GroupDocs Annotation lets you instantly view all comments online as they are added or updated. This greatly improves communication, and accelerates document review process. GroupDocs Annotation's intuitiveness and flexibility makes it an ideal solution for all kinds of industries.

Cross-version and cross-platform issues are common during document collaboration. GroupDocs Annotation app’s ability to support all common and business file formats helps you tackle these issues. It is so flexible that you can use it as an online PDF annotator, Word annotator (DOC or DOCX annotator), and Excel annotator, and so on.

Why wait? Install this useful plugin to enjoy our all-in-one online document annotation app as a Word annotator, a PDF annotator, or an Excel annotator, to name a few. To find more information, please refer to our in-depth help documentation, Integrating GroupDocs Annotation Plugin with WordPress.

Your support and feedback are important for us. Talk to us through our official feedback forum or Live Chat support. Stay tuned for our blog and newsletters, which brings you all enhancements happening in GroupDocs.

Good news for Orchard CMS users! We’ve introduced a GroupDocs Annotation app plugin for Orchard. This plugin lets you embed GroupDocs' efficient online document annotation app as well as selected documents to Orchard pages. Once the document is embedded, you can annotate the document using GroupDocs' efficient annotation app. Annotate your documents using easy-to-use tools or perform document collaboration online by sharing documents with your colleagues.

Announcing GroupDocs Annotation Plugin for Orchard

GroupDocs Annotation is a powerful online document annotation app that allows you to view and annotate documents online. You can annotate text-based documents as well as images. Its online annotation functionality makes GroupDocs Annotation a unique tool for document collaboration. Its intuitive dashboard provides you with a simple document annotation workflow. Also, the annotation tools are really simple and self-explanatory. GroupDocs Annotation supports annotation of all business and common file formats. This lets you overcome cross-version and cross-platform issues. GroupDocs Annotation can be used as an online PDF annotator, Word annotator, and Excel annotator, to mention a few.

It’s very easy to install and use this module/plugin with Orchard. There are two ways to install the module:

1. Default installation from the Orchard Gallery: search for GroupDocs Annotation in the gallery and install the plugin directly.
2. Installation using plugin upload: use the Modules tab to browse and upload the plugin from your file directory. After the plugin is uploaded, simply install it by clicking the Install button.

Install GroupDocs' annotation app plugin directly from the Orchard Gallery

Once you complete the installation, create a new content type and add GroupDocs Annotation app as a content part. Configure the required details in the Guid, Frame Width and Frame Height fields. Save and publish to see the GroupDocs' efficient online document annotation app live in action.

View and annotate documents online efficiently in GroupDocs' online annotation app

GroupDocs Annotation is most useful when it comes to document collaboration. You and your colleagues can perform document collaboration by sharing ideas via comments. It lets you work in real-time so that you can instantly view all comments online as they are added or updated. This improves communication, speeds up document reviews, and lets you describe the required changes in real time. Moreover, GroupDocs Annotation's flexibility makes it an ideal solution for various industries.

Simply install this plugin and enjoy our all-in-one online document annotation app as a Word annotator, a PDF annotator, or an Excel annotator, amongst many others. To find more information, please refer to our in-depth help documentation, Integrating GroupDocs Annotation Plugin with Orchard.

We value your support and feedback. Please use our official feedback forum or Live Chat support to talk to us. Connect with our blog and newsletters; we'll keep you updated about all the latest GroupDocs enhancements.

GroupDocs document management suite allows you to view, annotate, compare, assemble, digitally sign and share your documents in the cloud.

As previously been announced, GroupDocs Annotation is one of our flagship applications that take the peer/group-review to a whole new level by providing you and your colleagues an easy way to view and share review comments in real-time. Proof-reading has never been so easy and fun! Be it real-time or traditional way of reviewing the documents, GroupDocs Annotation is all that you require to collaboratively perform a document review at anytime, from anywhere.

A set of cool features makes GroupDocs Annotation one of the best and most affordable PDF annotation tools currently available in the market. Its easy work-flows as well as intuitive user interface make it a breeze to learn and fun to use.

Our Dev Gurus are continuously refining the GroupDocs Application Suite to bring you more exciting features every now and then. More recently, we have added a new feature to GroupDocs Annotation that lets you export the annotated PDF with the comments and annotations in place. These notes, annotations and comments then become part of this new exported file and can be viewed in any popular PDF reader. More excitingly, it supports various types of annotations, such as Text annotation, Area annotation, Polyline annotation etc to suite your requirements. Each annotation is exported with the email address of the reviewer so you know that whose opinion is what. Also it greatly helps in keeping an offline record of all different “reviewed” versions of a particular document.

Fig. 1 : Export PDF files with annotations

The work-flow of this powerful feature is so easy to use that it takes only one click to export the annotated PDF file to your local drive. An automatically generated file downloads to your local machine each time you click the Export button. So you may keep as many versions of an annotated file as you require and make sure that you don't miss any important review comment.

Fig. 2: One-click export feature

We are hopeful that this feature will be very useful for all of you folks whom want to benefit from the true power of collaboration. So why wait?...Please sign in to GroupDocs Apps now to get a first-hand experience. In case you do not have an account at GroupDocs as yet, please sign up.

Please also keep us updated with your valuable feedback by posting your comments, suggestions, questions at our official feedback community. Stay tuned for more at GroupDocs blog.

As you might have seen from our recent posts, we're working hard to change the look and feel of GroupDocs. We're working on the GroupDocs dashboard and we're making changes to GroupDocs Signature. We hope you'll agree that it is all for the better.

Today, I'm writing about GroupDocs Annotation, a service that makes document collaboration easy. With GroupDocs Annotation you can work on a document with your colleagues, all at the same time. You don't have to be online at the same time, making suggestions and adding comments, but you can be. If you're more comfortable with traditional document collaboration, when everyone takes their turn, that works just as well.

GroupDocs Annotation collects all the document collaboration tools that you need together in one handy place. Here's an overview.
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