Annotation hint display

A computing device to display an annotation hint in conjunction with a document viewed within an application, the computing device comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing an application and causing a user interface associated with the application to be presented to one or more users, wherein the application is configured to:
• identify annotation metadata associated with the document;
• display an annotation hint to the one or more users through the user interface associated with the application in conjunction with a location within the document, where the annotation metadata is located, to indicate the identified annotation metadata associated with the document without invocation of the metadata;
• and
• enable the one or more users to select another annotation hint to replace the displayed annotation hint in response to invocation of the annotation metadata by the one or more users.

A computer readable memory device with instructions stored thereon to display an annotation hint in conjunction with an application, the instructions comprising:

• determining one or more of a status, an amount, and a context of annotation metadata associated with a document processed by the application;
• displaying the annotation hint through a user interface associated with the application near a location within the document, where the metadata is located, in order to indicate one or more of the status, the amount, and the context of the metadata associated with the document without invocation of the metadata;
• enabling the one or more users to select the annotation hint to invoke and display the annotation metadata;
• and
• enabling the one or more users to select another annotation hint to replace the displayed annotation hint in response to invocation of the annotation metadata by the one or more users.