6. The method of claim 5 , the method further comprising: associating the first annotation with the selected portion of text; storing the edited first annotation as a second annotation; and associating the second annotation with the selected portion of text.
6. The method of claim 5 , the method further comprising: associating the first annotation with the selected portion of text; storing the edited first annotation as a second annotation; and associating the second annotation with the selected portion of text. 7. The method of claim 6 , the method further comprising: determining that the selected portion of text is copied by a second user; presenting the second user with a choice of using the first annotation or the second annotation associated with the selected portion of text; and pasting, in response to a paste command from the second user, the selected portion of text into the second electronic document, wherein the pasting includes modifying the selected portion of text based on the second user's choice of the first annotation or second annotation.