Annota tutorial
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Annota user guide Powerful Firefox Extension
Navigate to http://annota.fiit.stuba.sk
Click green button “Install Annota Extension”
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You will see balloon message on the upper
left side of the window
Click on “Allow”
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Extension will be downloaded
When warning appears click
“Install Now” button
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Prompt to restart Firefox will appear
Click to “Restart Now” button
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Annota After Firefox starts you can see Annota icon next to address bar
When you click on “A” icon, Annota menu appears
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1. Click on “Annota homepage” in Annota
menu to register
2. Click on “Register” button on top of the site
3. Fill registration form
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Sidebar is a gate to all functions of Annota
extension
To open sidebar
1. click on “A” button
2. navigate to “Show/Hide sidebar”
Alternatively use shortcut Alt + Shift + S
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Sidebar provides
1. Annotation buttons
a) Highlight tool
When clicked, all selected text will be highlighted
b) Bookmark tool
Creates bookmark on document
c) Read it later
Marks document as read later
2. List of tags
3. Note
4. List of highlights
5. Sharing options
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To highlight text:
Click on highlight tool (1) in the sidebar
Select text that you want to highlight (2)
OR
Optionally you can select text first
Right click on selected text and in displayed menu
click on Highlight (3)
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Hover highlighted text (1) and note window will
appear
Type message in textbox area (2)
Save message with Save button (3)
To remove highlight click on the trash button (4)
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To insert notes into PDF files, allow PDF
support in Firefox (version 15 and higher)
1. Navigate to about:config page
2. Click on “I’ll be careful, I propise!” button
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3. Type “pdf” to Search text box
4. Change “pdfjs.disabled” property to false
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You can now open all your PDF documents inside Firefox
You can add highlights and notes to PDF documents
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On Annota homepage (http://annota.fiit.stuba.sk)
you can manage your content
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Through profile menu (1) import bookmarks
from Delicious or export (2) them to file
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1. To manage groups, click on Groups button
in the top menu
2. To create group, click on “Create group”
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1. In new group dialog fill (1)
Name (required)
Description
2. Than click on “Create” button (2)
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1. Navigate to Search tab
2. Use keyword search
3. Click “Join” to ask for subscription
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If someone invites you to group, you can see
invitation in “invitations” tab
Click on approve or reject button
After joining the group, you can share and
see shared bookmarks of other members
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Share using sidebar
In Share to section choose
group to share document with
Than click to “share” button
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If you want to see bookmarks that belongs to
your group navigate to Groups menu (1)
Then go to “My groups” tab (2)
Select from your groups (3)
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You can see shared bookmarks in
Bookmarks tab and group members in
Members tab
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Now you are ready to use
Annota, powerful Firefox
Extension