Select the time span in which you want to place the annotation.
Access the
box by doing one of the following:Either double-click in the Timeline Viewer on the selection at about the height of the tier where you want to enter the annotation.
Or click on
menu, then click on (active tier only).Or use the key equivalent ALT+N (active tier only).
In all cases, the
box appears, e.g.:Do one of the following:
Press the keys CTRL+ENTER (without entering an annotation) to create an empty annotation.
Enter an annotation and then press the keys CTRL+ENTER to save the selection.
It is possible to enter text that contains line breaks. The text entry box automatically displays a scrollbar if necessary.
The
box is automatically preconfigured for the default character set of the tier. If you want to use a different character set, do the following:Right-click in the
box. A pull-down menu appears that displays the available character sets.Click on the appropriate character set. From now on, the characters are entered in the selected set.
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If you are using a third-party keyboarding solution like Keyman, make sure to select the default system language as input language for the tier to be edited (e.g. Dutch if your system language is set to Dutch). |
To switch back to the default character set, repeat the steps above and select the default set from the pull-down menu.
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Only selections on time-alignable tiers can be saved in this way. To save a selection on a referring tier, see Section 5.6.4. |
Save the annotation by doing one of the following:
Use the shortcut keys CTRL+ENTER.
Or right-click in the
box and click on in the pull-down menu.To exit the
box without saving, do one of the following:Use the shortcut key ESC.
Or right-click in the
box and click on in the pull-down menu.An alternative method to get an
box is:Click a time that should become the begintime of the annotation.
Press SHIFT+ENTER.
Click a time that should become the endtime of the annotation.
Again press SHIFT+ENTER.
An
box appears on the selected tier. You can now enter an annotation and save it in the way explained above.