Annotate Database Diagrams

You can put notes into your database diagram, to describe the database diagram and its objects. These can include headings, descriptions of the tables and their contents, and any other information you want to place in the database diagram.

Add annotations to a database diagram

1. Right-click the database diagram.
2. From the shortcut menu, choose New Label. A blank text box appears in the diagram at the location where you right-clicked.
3. Type the annotation in the text box.

Change the font of the annotation

1. Select the text annotation box whose font you want to change.
2. Right-click inside the text annotation box and choose Set Label Font from the shortcut menu.

Note   All text in the text annotation box will be changed to the new font.

Arrange the text annotation in a database diagram

1. Select the text annotation box.
2. Drag the box into position in the diagram.

Note   You can only use the ANSI character set in an annotation; you cannot use Unicode characters.

Tip

You can use annotations to describe the relationships between tables in your diagram. However, you can also generate relationship labels automatically.