Upload PDF and Annotations to Diigo | Scribe

    Upload PDF and Annotations to Diigo

    • Brittni Ballard |
    • 20 steps |
    • 60 seconds
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    Knowledge Check: Did you complete Tutorial 1: [Read and Annotate PDFs in Zotero](https://scribehow.com/shared/Read_and_Annotate_PDFs_in_Zotero__4J86A4JhQ4Wh5cE4gwaoVQ)? This guide picks up where it left off.
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    Tip: Diigo is a freemium tool. With the free plan, you can create 5 Outlines. [Learn more about each plan](https://www.diigo.com/premium/pricing_table_details).
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    [Register for Diigo](https://www.diigo.com/sign-up?plan=free).
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    Familiarize yourself with the Diigo dashboard: Once signed in, you default to My Library.
    User highlights the body of the page, which starts a third of the screen down. The left-hand column displays individual tags, and the right-hand column displays the annotations for each source. The top third of the screen is the menu. It includes, from left to right: My Library, My Outliners, My Groups, and Tools.
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    In Diigo Library, click the "+" to the right of the screen
    User selects the plus sign to the far right of the screen, directly beneath the menu
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    Select the Acrobat icon to upload a PDF
    User selects the middle button, which is red button a white square and cursive A in the middle. Other options are: Web Bookmark, Image, and Note.
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    In the pop-up window, click the PDF icon again to select the PDF you just read from its saved location
    User selects the PDF icon to add a PDF
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    Double-click the PDF to "Open"
    User selects the location where the PDF is saved, in this case: The desktop
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    Click the "Share to outliner" field
    User selects the "Share to outliner" drop-down. Other options in this pop-up are: Tags, Share to group, and Read later.
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    Select the Outline you're using for this paper or project
    User selects the Diigo and Zotero Research Workflow Outliner
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    Click "Upload"
    User selects Upload; the only other option is to close the window using the X icon
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    Switch to Diigo Outliners
    Users opens the Diigo My Outliners in a new browser tab, so that the Diigo My Library tab remains
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    Open the Outliner you're working with
    User selects the Outliner they just added a PDF to. Other Outliner are listed with the Updated At date to the right of their titles.
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    The newly-added PDF will be the first item on the outline
    User highlights the title of the PDF article they just added
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    If you click the title, a preview of the PDF will open on the left-hand menu
    User selects the PDF and the left-hand side of the screen displays the PDF with its highlights
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    To add your previous annotations, click to the right of the PDF title
    User clicks the empty white space at the end of the article title
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    To start a new line, press [[Return]]
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    To indent your notes, press [[Tab]]
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    Right click in the new empty line, then...
    User positions cursor at the start of an indented empty line
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    Select "Paste" to paste the Annotations
    User right-clicks then selects Paste to paste the Annotations just created in Scribe 1