General Instructions for How to Add Features to an Annotation

For GATE 3.1 and 4.0, follow these instructions:

1. You can either scan the text in the GATE editing window or find a particular annotation in the Annotations frame at the bottom of the GATE window. In the latter case, you can scroll and sort by Type and Starting byte number to help you find the correct annotation. You can also use the arrow keys to maneuver.
2. When you have found the right annotation to edit, hover the mouse over it and the annotation frame for it will pop up. If there are two or more annotations covering the text over which your mouse is hovering, then select the type of annotation that you want to edit. Its annotation frame will then open.
3. If the feature you want to specify is not listed in the annotation frame, you can type its name into an empty field at the bottom of the frame that has a yellow letter "C" to its left. Once you hit return after typing in the name, the feature will appear in its proper alphabetized place within the feature list. Look for it and then specify the value. If you expect a drop down list with legal feature values, but it doesn't show up, type in the feature value manually.
4. Repeat the above for each feature that you want to add.
5. Click the Dismiss button in the top right corner of the annotation frame when you are finished.
6. Check that the features for the new annotation now appear under Features for the annotation in the Annotations frame of the GATE window. If they don't show up right away, select a different annotation and the feature list will refresh.

In GATE 2.0, use the instructions below:

1. Find the annotation in the Annotations frame at the bottom of the GATE window. You can scroll and sort by Type and Starting byte number to help you find the correct annotation. You can also use the arrow keys to maneuver.
2. Right click on the annotation, select Edit. The Edit Annotation window will open. (You can also double click on the annotation to edit it.)
3. Select a feature from the Possible features list on the left side of the window and click the << button to move the feature to the Current features list.
4. Set the value for the feature. Depending on the feature, you can either select the value from a pull-down list, or you type in the value and hit [enter].
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each feature that you want to add.
6. Click the OK button when you are finished.
7. The features for the annotation will show under Features for the annotation in the Annotations frame, at the bottom of the GATE window. If they don't show up right away, select a different annotation and the feature list will refresh.