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This article contains information on Annotations in Microsoft Whiteboard and covers the content on how to access this feature.
- Annotation in Microsoft Whiteboard helps you collaborate on things like a design or presentation while sharing your screen in a Teams meeting.
- Everyone in the meeting can begin annotating right away, and collaborative cursors make it easy to view changes made by all participants.
- During your meeting, go to the meeting controls in the upper-middle area of your screen.
- Click on the Start Annotations icon from the meeting controls panel.
![Click to View Full Image Image highlighting the "Start Annotations" icon in the panel](https://atlas.utdallas.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=97fd52e4-bcc9-47fa-b963-50827d7aac5a.png&beidInt=2)
- You will now have the option to set the Annotations settings.
![Click to View Full Image Screenshot of the Annotations settings.](https://atlas.utdallas.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=feaacb75-b8bd-47be-9e83-2c9579471913-thumb.jpg&beidInt=2)
- The red outline around the shared screen will turn blue, and all participants will see the Microsoft Whiteboard tool-set at the top of the shared screen.
- Everyone in the meeting can begin annotating right away. The red pen tool is selected by default.
![Click to View Full Image Screenshot of the Annotations panel](https://atlas.utdallas.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=c6827f28-f972-4066-816f-db080110a64a.png&beidInt=2)
- To begin annotating, choose one of the tools in the Whiteboard tool-set, like Sticky notes and start typing or drawing on the screen.
![Click to View Full Image Screenshot of annotations screen highlighting the sticky notes icon](https://atlas.utdallas.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=db95eec6-bb0e-417a-bc6a-5c183c22c433.png&beidInt=2)
- Collaborative cursors show the names of every participant in the meeting by default.
- To turn off, select the Settings icon.
- Click the toggle next to Collaborative cursors.
![Click to View Full Image Screenshot of the annotations screen highlighting the "settings" and "Collaborative cursors" icons](https://atlas.utdallas.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=99dcb504-7928-4c66-a674-42bc3d46c91c-thumb.jpg&beidInt=2)
- As the presenter, you can turn off annotation for all participants by selecting Stop annotation in the meeting controls at the upper-middle area of your screen.
![Click to View Full Image Screenshot of the Meeting controls panel highlighting the "Stop Annotations" Icon](https://atlas.utdallas.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=8784da50-6c8a-49cf-b816-686d4114331b.png&beidInt=2)