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Reference Notes & Annotation

Learn how to read, annotate, and organize research papers with Paperguide's integrated note and annotation features to streamline your scholarly workflows.

Paperguide lets you keep your notes, highlights, and comments always attached to the papers you’re reading. No more switching between tabs or hunting for stray annotations.

Highlight Key Points

Visually mark important sentences or figures directly within the PDF, making it easy to revisit key information later.

Add Comments

Attach context-rich comments to sections, helping you summarize, question, or connect ideas as you read.

Annotation Tools Overview

Paperguide integrates several annotation tools into the PDF reading workflow. Here’s how they work together to enhance your research:

Write Notes & Annotate

There are multiple ways to access the notes and annotation view:

  • You can either click on the paper itself and then click "View PDF" button in the Bib tab,

  • Or you can click on the three-dot option on the paper card. Then, click on “notes” in the displayed list.

  • Or click on Notes tab that appears beside AI Summary tab when you click a paper in Reference Manager section

Highlight Text in PDF Notes View

  • You can highlight the text on the PDF by clicking on the “Highlight” button on top. Then drag and highlight the text on the PDF.

  • The highlighted text will be displayed in the right side notes section. You can even add comments or change the color of the highlighted text.

Draw/Snap in PDF Notes View

You can even take a snapshot of an area on a PDF and add it to notes.

  • Select the “Draw” button on top, and the cursor changes to the “+” icon. Then, drag and highlight the area on the PDF where you want to add a note or save as a note.

  • After highlighting, a comment box appears. There you can add your notes or comments.

  • All the notes and highlights will be saved to Notes on the right side.

Edit Notes

To edit the notes already added or highlights made:

  • Go to the Notes section on the right side in PDF view and click on the three-dot icon on the notes you wanted to edit.

  • Then, select the edit option from the option list and edit the content.

Why Annotate Papers in Context?

Keeping notes within the context of the source paper offers several benefits for academic work:

  • You never lose track of which insight came from which article.

  • Revisiting annotated papers later lets you quickly recall the main takeaways and your reflections.

  • Sharing annotations promotes collaboration and transparency within research groups.

  • Contextual organization speeds up writing, referencing, and literature reviews.

Use Paperguide’s note and annotation features whenever you begin reading a new article—consistent in-context habits pay off over time.

Efficient annotation and in-context note-taking streamline every stage of your research, from early exploration to final synthesis.

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Last updated Dec 2, 2025