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title: "Adding Leaders to a Drawing"
slug: "adding-leaders-to-a-drawing"
updated: 2023-08-04T13:43:08Z
published: 2023-08-04T13:43:08Z
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# Adding Leaders to a Drawing

A **Leader** is a useful annotation shape that enables you to point out and associate text with a specific location.

To add a Leader to a drawing:

1. Click the **Annotation** tab in the *Handset Designer* pane.![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/ff4a7605-e808-49d6-a80f-1e12ca30cb67.png)
2. Click and drag the **Leader** shape onto the drawing element you want to highlight.![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/236d9845-a070-4c93-9711-3c2a2b902caa.png)  
The Leader appears on the page and snaps to the green connection point.  
**Note**: Depending on your *Snap* and *Glue* settings, the front of the Leader snaps to the nearest connection point. For more information on adjusting snap and glue, refer to [*Key Concepts*](/v1/docs/key-concepts).
3. Double-click the text inside the **Leader** text box and enter the replacement text.![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/a9190e33-0135-4d4e-b0f9-74f89b184daf.png)
4. Click the Drawing Page to exit edit mode.