Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(220, 350, 475, 595); PdfAnnotation annotation = PdfAnnotation.createLine(writer, rect, "Cambridge Innovation Center", 225, 355, 470, 590); PdfArray le = new PdfArray(); le.add(new PdfName("OpenArrow")); le.add(new PdfName("None")); annotation.setTitle("You are here:"); annotation.setColor(BaseColor.RED); annotation.setFlags(PdfAnnotation.FLAGS_PRINT); annotation.setBorderStyle( new PdfBorderDictionary(5, PdfBorderDictionary.STYLE_SOLID)); annotation.put(new PdfName("LE"), le); annotation.put(new PdfName("IT"), new PdfName("LineArrow")); writer.addAnnotation(annotation);