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Select the exact passage
Keep the sentence or paragraph that made the page worth saving in the first place.
SAVE WEB HIGHLIGHTS
Save the useful part.
Keep the source with it.
Highlight text on any website, save the exact passage with its original page, add a note or folder, and find it again without rereading everything.
✓ Save exact passages✓ Keep the original source✓ Notes, folders & Favorites
Saving a highlight with context
SOURCEreading-notes.examplekept with the highlight
NOTECompare this with Source Byour context stays attached
FROM PAGE TO LIBRARY
Keep the passage instead of hoping the bookmark explains itself later.
The workflow is deliberately short: select, save with context, then find it again when you need it.
02
Add the context you’ll need
Write a note, choose a folder, and save the passage together with its original source.
YOUR LIBRARYRecent highlights
3 savedreading-notes.example
“The useful part is often one paragraph in the middle of a page.”
✎ Use this in the introduction.
Research
journal.example
“Good notes preserve context, not just information.”
Methods
03
Find it by what you remember
Browse your library, folders, and Favorites — then reopen the original page when you need the full context.
WHY NOT JUST BOOKMARK IT?
A URL remembers the page. A saved highlight remembers why you cared.
Bookmarks are useful when the whole page matters. But when one paragraph contains the idea, quote, explanation, or detail you need, saving only the URL leaves you with the same search problem later.
BookmarkA page title and a link
You may have to scan the whole article again.
Saved highlightThe passage + source + your note
You can see what mattered before reopening the page.
Highlight on the original page
YOUR LIBRARY
Everything you kept
⌕ Search highlights, notes or sources
AllHighlightsPagesFavorites
Why rereading feels easier than rememberingreading-notes.example · Research
“The useful part is often one paragraph in the middle of a page.”
✎ Connect this to the literature review.
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Research methods that workjournal.example · Methods
“Good notes preserve context, not just information.”
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FIND IT AGAIN
Your saved highlights become a small library — not another pile of tabs.
Keep useful passages grouped by project or topic. Mark important items as Favorites, save whole pages when you need them, and return to the original source whenever the surrounding context matters.
- Highlights and full pages together
- Folders for projects and topics
- Favorites for important material
- Original source one click away
USE CASES
Useful whenever “I’ll remember why I saved this” turns out not to be true.
Research
Collect passages from several sources without losing where each one came from.
Study
Keep important explanations and examples together while you learn a topic.
Writing
Save the exact evidence or idea you want to return to when you start drafting.
Comparisons
Keep the specific details that matter when you are evaluating options across websites.
PART OF RESEARCH WEB HIGHLIGHTER
Highlights for the source. Sticky Notes for the thought.
Research Web Highlighter also lets you leave page-specific Sticky Notes, save whole pages, use Favorites, and organize everything into folders.
Highlight
→Save with source
→Find again
FAQ
Saving web highlights.
The practical questions before you install.
How do I save highlighted text from a website?
Install Research Web Highlighter, select the text you want to keep, and use the floating Save button. The saved item keeps the passage together with its original source.
Can I add a note to a saved highlight?
Yes. You can add an optional note while saving so you remember why the passage mattered or what you wanted to do with it.
Can I organize highlights into folders?
Yes. Saved items can be placed into folders so material from different projects or topics stays separate.
Can I return to the original webpage later?
Yes. Saved highlights keep their source so you can reopen the original page whenever you need the surrounding context.
Can I save the whole webpage instead of one passage?
Yes. Research Web Highlighter can save full pages as well as selected text.
Does it also support notes directly on websites?
Yes. Sticky Notes are included in Research Web Highlighter for reminders and thoughts that belong directly on a specific webpage.
SAVE THE PART THAT MATTERED
Keep the passage. Keep the source. Skip the rereading.
Save useful text from websites and build a library you can actually return to.
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