How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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How could one add text or arrows to an images?
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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Image>Draw
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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Elk wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:02 am How could one add text or arrows to an images?
In the viewer Image > Draw...
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Many thanks.

Sorry, cannot find it. Is it a menu? Or else? How can I get there?
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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yes, menu in edit mode
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How can I get in the edit mode?
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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Elk wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:39 am How can I get in the edit mode?
Open any image is one way, Edit mode = Viewer mode.
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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Sorry, cannot find such, either after opeining an image nor else.
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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I do not have that menu "Image" here:
Image
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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You seem to be in the Browser not Editor/Viewer...
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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use Tools>open
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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Found.

Why is "Image" missing here?

And why does Tools work?
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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Elk wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:14 pm Found.

Why is "Image" missing here?

And why does Tools work?
The Browser and Viewer have different menus because they provide different capabilities: File browser with some additional capabilities, and Viewer/Editor.
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Re: How could one add text or arrows to an images?

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OK. But it appears hard to find somehow.

Many thanks!