To accomplish this, you must utilize the "Settings Lockdown" for Laserfiche. You will add the [SETTINGS]DefaultAnnotationState attribute on the "Everyone" group and set it to "0" (which is Public, aka- Normal), then apply the lockdown to the necessary users and/or groups in Laserfiche by placing a "[Lockdown]" attribute on the Everyone group for each user/group to restrict this ability.

The lockdown of that user/group will result in Laserfiche pulling that attribute from the "Everyone" group and ignoring that attribute on the individual or the group.

NOTES:

   - If you attempt to lockdown an individual, but don't lockdown the group they are a part of, then the group attribute will override the lockdown (group attributes override individual attributes), so it is a best practice to lockdown groups, instead of individual users

   - The setting to lockdown the annotations specifically would be the "AnnotationStyle" setting (#3 on the DevNotes page referenced below). So the data within the lockdown attribute would be: "<Group_SID>=AnnotationStyle"

So you would set the following attributes on the "Everyone" group:

"[SETTINGS]DefaultAnnotationState" = "0"

"[Lockdown]<Group_Name>" = "<Group_SID>=AnnotationStyle"

Note: add a separate lockdown attribute to the Everyone group for each user group to be locked down; in this situation, all groups except Administrators, which would result in all users (except Administrators) having their annotations public by default, and them not being able to change that setting.

The reference for the Laserfiche lockdown is here -> https://support.laserfiche.com/devnotes/viewer?name=WebAccess%2FSettings_Lockdown