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How do I highlight and take notes?
How do I highlight and take notes?
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Written by Tamina
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The highlighting and note-taking tools in your webtext can help you stay organized and focus on key points as you read.

When you select a portion of text, a menu will appear. From there, you can highlight the text, copy it, or add a note.

The highlighting and note-taking menu appears below a selected portion of text. The menu includes three highlighting colors and Copy Text and Add Notes buttons.

Highlight

After you’ve selected your desired text, choose a color from the menu to highlight it.

If you’d like to change or remove a highlight, click the highlighted text, then select a new color from the menu or click the X to remove the highlight.

The highlighting and note-taking menu below a highlighted portion of text, with an arrow pointing to the X on one of the highlight colors

Copy text

The Copy Text button allows you to copy the selected text to your clipboard. After clicking Copy Text, the text will be ready to paste wherever you need it. For more on copying and pasting text, visit our article, How do I copy and paste?.

Take notes

To make a note, click Add Note after selecting your text. A box will appear where you can add your note and select a highlight color if you’d like. After typing your note, click Save.

A highlighted portion of text with the note-taking menu open in the right hand margin

To make changes to an existing note, click the note and then click Edit.

The note-taking menu with an arrow pointing to the Edit button

If you’d like to add a note to text you’ve already highlighted, click the highlighted section and then click Add Note.

View your notes

To view all your highlights and notes in one place, click the Tools button in the upper right corner of your webtext and select My Notes.

Arrow pointing to the Tools Menu in the top right corner of a webtext with My Notes option selected

To view your notes in the Soomo app, tap the gear icon to open the Settings menu and then tap My Notes.

On the My Notes page, your highlights and notes are organized by chapter. You can expand or collapse your notes using the arrow next to each chapter name.

My Notes page showing sections of text with notes beside them, organized by webtext chapter and page

Within each chapter, notes are grouped by page. To revisit a specific page, click the page title or use the three-dot menu beside the note.

My Notes page showing a link to a webtext page and the Go to Page option in the three-dot menu

Print your notes

If you’d like to print your notes, access the My Notes page from a web browser, like Chrome or Safari. Use your browser’s print option (File > Print) or press Ctrl+P (Windows) or Command-P (Mac) on your keyboard to open your device’s print menu.

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