Java tutorial
import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.net.URL; import com.lowagie.text.Annotation; import com.lowagie.text.Chunk; import com.lowagie.text.Document; import com.lowagie.text.Image; import com.lowagie.text.PageSize; import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfAction; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class SimpleAnnotationsAddAnnotationWithoutSpecifyingCoordinates { public static void main(String[] args) { Document document1 = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10, 10, 10, 10); try { PdfWriter writer1 = PdfWriter.getInstance(document1, new FileOutputStream("SimpleAnnotationsAddAnnotationWithoutSpecifyingCoordinates.pdf")); writer1.setPdfVersion(PdfWriter.VERSION_1_5); document1.open(); document1.add(new Annotation("blahblah", "Adding an annotation without specifying coordinates")); } catch (Exception de) { de.printStackTrace(); } document1.close(); } }