Before you can annotate a PDF, you first need to upload it. (RemNote only directly annotates PDFs, websites, and videos, but most other common formats like PowerPoint slides, Word documents, and so on will be automatically converted to PDF when you upload. If you're not sure, try uploading it and see what happens!)
You can upload a PDF in several ways:
From the Create button in the left sidebar, choose Upload & Annotate File. The file will be created at the top level (directly in your sidebar).
Within a folder, click the Upload PDF, PowerPoint, YouTube button:
The file will be created within this folder.
Within an existing document, click the Upload button under the title (you'll need to hover your mouse near the title to see it).
If you haven't typed anything in the document yet, the file you upload and its notes section will replace the current document. Otherwise, it will be created at the top level and linked to this document (you'll click the PDF button here again to open the PDF you upload).
After choosing any of these options, you can either choose a file on your computer to upload, or paste the URL of a file on the web:
In either case, RemNote will grab a copy of the file and store it within your RemNote account so you can access it from any of your devices, then open the file.
The newly uploaded PDF will use the name of the file (on your hard drive, or on the web if you pasted a URL) as its title. If you want to change the name, click on the title in the PDF reader's toolbar to edit it.
Now it’s time to get reading!