XPS Annotator is a

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software program for

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that allows users to view, annotate, convert, sign and print XPS documents. The software was first released on 12 March 2009 (version 1.0). It was created by Danang Probo Sayekti of

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Features

Installation

Before version 1.2, the XPS annotator was installed using the

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, and from version 1.20 until the present version (version 1.22) it is installed using

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. The .exe files generated by the Inno Setup are compressed into ZIP format. There are two kinds of files contained in the zip file, the readme.html and the installer files in the form of .exe files.

Annotating XPSs

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documents,

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(XPS) documents support the annotation feature, however, the annotations features in XPS documents are still limited. XPS Annotator has the ability to add

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to these XPS documents. These annotations can include many types of content such as typed text, handwritten notes, or Web links. There are three options users can add: highlight annotations, text annotations and ink annotations. * Highlight annotations: allows user to highlight lines of text or paragraphs. * Text annotations and ink annotations: user can add text notes or ink notes.

Signing XPSs

XPS Annotator also support

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. User can digitally sign or encrypt the XPS document for security or

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, and the supported security certificate is

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Converting XPSs

XPS Annotator the capability to convert XPS documents to image files. XPS Annotator currently supports conversion of XPS documents into several popular image formats including PNG,

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, BMP,

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and

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Other features

* Ability to print document with annotations. * Capability to add document properties. *

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support. * Supports general operations such as print, save, zoom, text search, copy and paste.

Critical reception

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editors give the XPS Annotator a favorable rating.

External links

XPS Annotator homepage

References

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