Preserve highlight/colours when creating note from annotations

NicFern

I use a colour coding system when highlighting and annotating my PDFs, then I generally copy the annotations into my note taking software for further work.

I noticed that when you right click and select 'Add Note from Annotations', the note generated doesn't include the highlight colours used in the annotations, despite the note itself supporting rich text and text highlighting.

Could this be added at some point? It would be lovely if the highlight information could be copy/pasteable as well, but I don't know if that's possible. I've also attempted to get this to work by copying and pasting from the annotation panel in the PDF, but it doesn't copy the highlight context either.

mjthoraval

I noticed that when you right click and select 'Add Note from Annotations', the note generated doesn't include the highlight colours used in the annotations

You can show the annotation colors by using the "Show Annotation Colors" option:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/v0sxma8a6md34fgeowjm.png

The annotation colors are carried to Word if you use the Insert Note tool:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/ozi6ox0wmnuh6wik3376.png

I do not know if plugins can do that also for your specific note taking software.

NicFern

Thank you! That's super helpful. I never noticed that three dot menu!

I tend to use Zotero in stacked mode on my secondary monitor, and at 27 inches, I couldn't see it since it's shunted to the very right of the screen, away from all the other buttons.