# FarPoint.Win.Spread.FpSpread.StartAnnotationMode

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<h1 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_FpSpread_StartAnnotationMode_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.FpSpread.StartAnnotationMode*">StartAnnotationMode Method
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<h4 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_FpSpread_StartAnnotationMode" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.FpSpread.StartAnnotationMode">StartAnnotationMode()</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Starts annotation mode.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public void StartAnnotationMode()</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Sub StartAnnotationMode()</code></pre>
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<h4 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_FpSpread_StartAnnotationMode_System_Boolean_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.FpSpread.StartAnnotationMode(System.Boolean)">StartAnnotationMode(bool)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Starts annotation mode while specifying whether to close figures when a new drawing is started.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public void StartAnnotationMode(bool closeFigures)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Sub StartAnnotationMode(closeFigures As Boolean)</code></pre>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">closeFigures</span></td>
      <td><p>Whether each figure is closed before the next figure is drawn</p>
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<h4 id="FarPoint_Win_Spread_FpSpread_StartAnnotationMode_FarPoint_Win_Spread_AnnotationMode_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.Spread.FpSpread.StartAnnotationMode(FarPoint.Win.Spread.AnnotationMode)">StartAnnotationMode(AnnotationMode)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Starts annotation mode.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public void StartAnnotationMode(AnnotationMode mode)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Sub StartAnnotationMode(mode As AnnotationMode)</code></pre>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="FarPoint.Win.Spread.AnnotationMode.html">AnnotationMode</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">mode</span></td>
      <td><p>An <a class="xref" href="FarPoint.Win.Spread.AnnotationMode.html">AnnotationMode</a> value indicates how the annotation mode works.</p>
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