How to use an area of interest in a personal document as a quotation/citation?
Mobile App
- Open a saved HTML or PDF article in the app.
- Select and drag over the portion of text you want to copy.
- When the selection options appear, tap the Copy option to copy the selected text to the clipboard.
- Open the document where you want to paste the text and paste it.
- You can also copy already highlighted text by tapping the Copy button that appears on the highlight. See the product documentation for additional instructions on sharing highlighted text.
Web App
- Open a saved HTML article that contains highlighted text.
- Open the Highlights panel (the list of all highlighted texts for the article).
- On each highlighted text card, click the Copy icon in the top-right corner of the card to copy the entire highlighted text to the clipboard.
- Paste the copied text into your desired document.
- To copy text that is not highlighted, select and drag over the desired portion in the HTML article and press Ctrl + C (or Cmd + C on macOS) to copy, then paste it into your document.
Advisory
Always cite the source of any text you copy into your document.