Insert a set of balloons into one or more drawing views. Balloons are inserted into the appropriate views without duplicates. You can specify that balloons be inserted when creating new drawing views.
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To insert balloons into a drawing view:
Click Auto Balloon
on the Annotation toolbar, or click Insert,
Annotations, Auto
Balloon.
Set properties in the Auto
Balloon PropertyManager,
then click OK 
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The balloons are placed outside the view border, and the leaders do not intersect.
Once you close the PropertyManager, you cannot open it again to change the layout (Square, Circular, etc.) of the balloons. You can delete the balloons or undo the auto balloon command, then reinsert the balloons.
You can drag a group of balloons or a single balloon.
To specify that balloons be inserted into new drawing views:
Click Tools, Options, Document Properties, Detailing.
Under Auto insert on view creation, select Balloons, then click OK.
To specify the default layout for auto balloons:
Click Tools, Options, Document Properties, Balloons.
Under Auto balloon layout, select one of the formats, then click OK.
Balloons
display an asterisk (*) if: