Last updated on 15 March 2021
How to take notes on a site? How to highlight a word on a web page?
Questions that come to mind when doing research on the web. In the simple solutions for annotate web pages you can use a small free extension for the Chrome browser: Beanote.
Beanote is a very handy Chrome extension that allows you to highlight, annotate and take notes on a web page.
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How to highlight text in a web page
Once the Beanote extension is installed on your browser, it will offer you new functions when you visit or read a page on a site, the first of which is to be able to highlight text, much like you would with a coloured stabylo. Highlight the chosen word or text with the mouse. beanote displays a context menu with this highlight function.
When you return to the page, you will find the excerpts of text that you highlighted on your previous visits.
How to annotate a web page with Beanote
The way of doing it is the same. When you click on a word on the web page, the context menu in Beanote allows you to highlight or create a small sticky color note. This will allow you to write comments with a word-processing content editor.
When you return to the page, a small icon on the insertion point will indicate that you have left a note on it. With a clci you will be able to open and consult it.
Beanote also allows by highlighting part of the text to launch a search on the Google engine.
Centralize and find all your annotations
Beanote is very convenient to use when doing an online research job. The extension will centralise all your annotations so that you can easily find them.
Rather than creating and adding favorites, by clicking on the extension icon in your browser you will see a list of all the pages on which you have inserted an annotation or highlighted text. With one click, you will be able to relaunch the url and find the page.
The last very useful function, Beanote allows you to export all your annotations and marked pages in Evernote, Word or html format.
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