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*Note*\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The interface and features of Perusall may change over time without much advance notice. Please check out their \u2018Changelog<\/a>\u2018 for updates, improvements, and fixes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Adding Annotations, Part I<\/a>, provides a quick overview of highlighting and commenting on documents. This instructional sheet provides a deeper dive into the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By default, Perusall will have you highlighting the text<\/em> within the document when the text icon is active at the top of your page:<\/p>\n\n\n

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There is also a way to highlight sections <\/em>of the document by dragging and drawing a box<\/em>. This is good for documents that may not be processed correctly through Perusall and do not allow you to highlight to text, or<\/strong> for images\/diagrams within an article or e-book:<\/p>\n\n\n

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To create a comment, highlight the text or section. On the right hand corner, you will see a chat bubble with your initials next to it. To add text, click on the chat bubble and type your comment. When you are done, press the ‘return’ or ‘enter’ key to save your text. For the example below, ‘Title’ was comment and saved by pressing the ‘return’ key. Below the original comment, Perusall allows the user the ability to add another<\/em> comment to the same highlighted text or section. To edit the original comment, select the word ‘Title’ and the HTML edit box will appear<\/p>\n\n\n

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This HTML box will allow you to customize your comments by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n