Creating a highlight summary

[3dupe]

Hello everyone,

is there a possibility to show all highlights in a larger PDF document e.g. in a side bar? I would like to create a higlight summary. I think Citavi and Mendeley are able to do this. Of course, it would be, additionally, great to have a source citation (with page citation if necessary) and a timestamp (like in OneNote, Diigo) under each highlight and sort by source or date and then transfer these highlights to other programs (Google Docs, Notion, ...).

Greetings

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Hello 3dupe,

You can open the Comments Pane (Ctrl + M), order your annotations by type - and then you can see all your highlights listed there.

Alternatively we also have the Summarize Comments feature:

Which would allow you to create a separate file (with various options) for your comments/highlights.

Kind regards,
Stefan

[Evie]

Hi,

I have a follow up question on this topic. I use the search function (ctrl + shift + F) to find information that I need. When I have found it, I use the annotate search result to highlight the found text. But when I use the summarize comments function It only shows me that there is highlighted text, but I doesn't show what the highlighted texts says. So my question is if there is an option to make a summary, like the summarize comments function, of the highlighted text that also says what the highlighted part is?

Best regards,
Evie

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Hello Evie,

You would need to open the Editor's preferences windows (Ctrl + K) -> Commenting and then make sure to turn this option on:

Then once you place new highlights - they would copy the text you are highlighting in them, and when you later make the summary - that text will also be included.

Kind regards,
Stefan

[Evie]

Hi Stefan,

I already had that options turned on, but when I make a summary of the comment it still only show this;

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Can you tell me what I am doing wrong here?

Best regards,
Evie

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Hello Evie,

It would appear like when you "Highlight search results" - the text that is being highlighted is indeed not stored in the annotation as it is when you highlight words manually. I am asking our devs whether that is intentional - and if not - we will make a ticket to correct that.

Kind regards,
Stefan

[Evie]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for the explanation. Can you keep me updated on the developments?

Best regards,
Evie

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Hello Evie,

Certainly - I am still awaiting feedback from my colleagues, but as soon as I have it - I will get back to you here!

Kind regards,
Stefan

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Hello again Evie,

Our devs confirmed that this would need addressing - so I've created the ticket so that we can correctly follow up on this one:
#6847: Editor: Annotate Search Results does not add the highlighted text in the annotation created.



Kind regards,
Stefan

[Evie]

Hi Stefan,

Does that mean that this feature is going to be available in the future? If so, how long is that about to take?

Best regards,
Evie

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Hello Evie,

Yes - it would be available in the future, however for now I do not yet have a time frame. As soon as it is ready - there will be an update in the ticket, and we will post an update here in this topic as well!

Kind regards,
Stefan

[PHK]

Good catch!

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

[Evie]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for the information!

Best regards,
Evie

[Tracker Supp-Stefan]

Hello Evie,

Pleasure to assist!

Kind regards,
Stefan