1. A method for annotating an electronic document comprising: embedding annotation information into an electronic annotation object having image data including an annotation; and producing an electronic annotated document using pixel information from the electronic document and the electronic annotation object, wherein said annotation embedded information is used to select corresponding pixel information from one of the electronic annotated object and electronic document to be provided in the electronic annotated document.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the annotating is one of opaque and transparent annotation.