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How do I highlight and annotate text in RefWorks?

You can annotate any of your own documents saved in RefWorks. You may be able to annotate documents shared with you if you have been given permission to annotate and/or modify the document. 

To annotate a document, select the reference with the document and click the "Read" button in the viewing pane. The document will display in the reader.   Click the Document Notes icon  from the reader menu and enter your notes. 

Screenshot of RefWorks showing the Document Notes icon.

If you wish to make highlight areas of text, select the text area you wish to make a note for using the Highlight Selected Text icon and select words of text by clicking and dragging through the lines of text.

Screenshot of Refworks showing highlighted text.

To remove highlighting, click the highlighted area until the delete option displays.  Click "Delete Conversation".

Screenshot of RefWorks showing the Delete Conversation link.

You may also click and drag using the Comment icon to highlight the text and associate a comment with it.

Screenshot of RefWorks showing the Comment icon.

You can change the color of your note and the associated highlighted text, edit your note or you can delete your note completely by clicking on the three dots at the far right in the note.

Screenshot of RefWorks showing the Comment options.

A note indicator will also appear to the far right of the selected area and you may access the note in the manner as well. 

Screenshot of RefWorks showing the Note indicator.

Once you type a note, it is automatically saved!




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