Hey Maurice, Yea, thanks, I've been trying to do that, but in an ebook you quickly run out of colors (author's points i agree with, points i disagree with, which would contain: the author's support for the status quo, the author's critique of status quo, and within each critique the authors will make several points..... I've got to keep track of their references I want to look up and terms they define.... I'm sure everyone has run into this problem at times. I run into it with each book.
And not only does one run out of colours (well, distinguishably different shades) but it is almost impossible to keep this all organized as you read. Since you don't know sometimes where an author is going and how you are going to end up categorizing those notes. To be able to go back at the end, create folders, and drag and drop notes would save hours on each book. It's like the difference between trying to make an outline for a book or paper in Word or pages, and outlining in Scrivener. If this is not possible within skim, is there another annotation software that can do it? Or, is there any way to make an app that is it's own notes pane? You create folders and then drag the notes from the Skim notes pane over and it makes a copy. Then, when you click on one, it opens it up in Skim? I'd pay for that ability. Heck, even just the first part - an app that you could export Skim's notes to and organize them in folders would be a great way to preview a document you read a year ago. Is any of this possible? Thanks, Adam On 2011-06-03, at 1:34 PM, Maurice Frankel wrote: > However, as the extract you quote from 2008 suggests, you can allocate each > theme a different color (for highlighting or as the background color to a > text note). You can then sort your notes by color in the Notes Pane (click on > the 3rd column header from the left), which will group all notes on the same > theme together . This sort function was presumably not available at the time > the 2008 post was written. > > > On 3 Jun 2011, at 14:44, Adam Cronkright wrote: > >> I desperately need the ability to group/categorize my notes (mostly labeled >> highlights) into different folders and subfolders in the notes pane. In the >> ebook I'm currently reading as part of my research, I'm up to 59 notes and >> all I've finished is the Preface and the Introduction. Especially given >> that it was an introduction - I know the author will touch on many of these >> things in more detail later, but I don't want to miss anything of importance >> or anything that is more clearly explained the first time around. So I need >> to the ability to go back when I've finished a book, create folders and >> subfolders for certain topics and sub-topics, and then drag and drop my >> highlights and underlines into those folders. This is especially crucial >> when reading ebooks/articles by authors who jump around a lot. I could give >> my notes pane better organization than they gave their book/article. >> >> I found the following post that touches on this, but the guy is just told no >> (I don't know what RFEs are). >> >> Is the feature there and I'm just not finding it? Is there a better feature >> built into skim that I should use instead? >> >> This feature is a game-breaker for me. Any help is appreciated. >> >> Re: [Skim-app-users] Categories (Folders) of notes in the notes pane? >> Christiaan Hofman >> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:15:24 -0800 >> >> On 26 Feb 2008, at 10:49 PM, Bill Mohler wrote: >> >> > Would it be possible or wise to add capability to group notes in the >> > notes pane into "collections" or "folders" with a common theme? I do >> > a bit of this by the tool with which I highlight and the color I >> > choose, but in browsing the notes pane, there is no way to order the >> > notes other than alphabetically, by tool, or by page. All of these >> > are great, but I could make quicker sense of my multi-multi-annotated >> > pdfs if I could arrange them a bit more logically and consider them >> > as groups. >> > >> >> No, you can search the RFEs for the more detailed answer. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. >> Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, >> secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. >> Get your free trial download today. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. > Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, > secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. > Get your free trial download today. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
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