Before you can annotate a PDF or generate a study plan with Guided Learn Mode, you first need to upload it.
PDF annotation is a RemNote Pro feature. Free users can upload up to three PDFs in total to try the feature out.
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!
Note: These methods all require an existing PDF file. If you're holding a physical book or document instead, use the mobile app's Scan tool to capture a page with your camera, this creates a new handwritten document rather than a PDF, so you'll use RemNote's regular annotation tools instead of PDF annotation. See Mobile App for details.
You can upload a PDF in several ways:
From the Create button in the left sidebar, choose Upload & Annotate File. You can select where the file will be created (by default, in the Uploaded Files folder available from your sidebar).
Within a folder, click the Upload PDF 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). In this case, the file will be created in the Uploaded Files folder and linked as a source to this document.
Attach directly to a specific Bullet You are not limited to the document title! You can attach a PDF (or other files) to any specific bullet point in your notes. You can do this using one of the following methods:
Zoom In: Zoom into the specific bullet (click on the bullet point), then click the Add source button at the top of the page.
Slash Command: Simply type
/ipdf(or/upload) at the bullet location and select the file from your computer.
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. RemNote will also try to clean up the PDF's title in case it contains inconsistent capitalization, extra symbols, file-name artifacts, or other formatting issues, making the title more human-readable. You can disable this feature at any time in Settings > AI > Disable individual AI features.
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!