7.5. Annotation Summary
Documents lets you view and manage all your annotations in one place so that you could quickly access your most important mark-ups. It is very useful when you want to refer to the specific key points you have emphasized previously. Besides, you can export all your annotations as a separate file to focus on the most valuable things.
How to view the list of annotations and search through them:
- Open a file;
- Tap
at the top right on your iPad or
at the bottom on your iPhone; - Open the Annotations tab on the right
; - Here, you can see all your annotations sorted by page number. You can tap an annotation to jump to the corresponding page;
- To search for a word or phrase within your annotations, please tap the search field and type your query. On iPhone, slightly scroll down to reveal the search field;
- To filter annotations by color, tap the color wheel near the search field and pick a color.
How to export annotations:
- Open a document;
- Tap
at the top right on iPad or at the bottom on iPhone; - Open the Annotations tab on the right;
- On iPad, tap Export at the top right. On iPhone, tap Export Annotations;
- Name the file and select where to save it;
- Choose one of the export options: Annotation Summary saves the list of all annotations as an HTML file while Annotated Pages creates a new PDF file from the pages containing annotations;
- Tap Export.