customize-annotation
Last Update: 2/6/2017
To quickly customize a label added with the Annotation tool , right-click on the label and select Properties.... This opens the Annotation dialog. In the Text tab, click the arrow button to select a built-in format string from the context menu (an Examples sub-menu provides some more complex examples). Alternately, enter a string directly by typing or by using LabTalk Substitution Notation.
Minimum Origin Version Required: 2016 SR0
Beginning with Origin 2017, you can drag annotation labels from point to point. Click the Pointer button, press the ALT key and use the cross-hairs to drag the label to another data point.
For versions earlier than 2016 SR0, Origin provides the option of customizing the annotation through script system.annotation.customlabel$=. After customizing the display form of the label, use the TAB key to toggle the annotation label options, that is, press the TAB key until the status bar (on the lower left of Origin workspace) reads current label: Custom....
Example: The following steps will change the display form of the annotation to Peak is at $(x), where $(x) will be substituted by the x value of the data point.
You can also refer to the video tutorial of Data Annotation Tool Customization for more details.
Keywords:Annotation, Custom label, Custom annotation