Highlight

Here is a basic "how to highlight" tutorial:


Diigo highlights can be used to mark important information on a webpage, just like you'd on paper. Highlighted text or pictures are also automatically "clipped" to the "My Library" section.

With Diigo highlighting and clipping:

  • important information can be highlighted on webpages for easy scanning later.
  • snippets of information can be clipped and aggregated, for sharing, editing or easy search and reference later.
  • you can easily direct others’ attention to the most pertinent information on that page.
  • you can now highlight in multiple colors (yellow, blue, green, pink) on the same page!   New!   (note: see section C below for more info)
Depending on your preference, there are several ways to highlight using Diigo:

A)  Select text & highlight  (note: same as previous V3 method):
  1. Select a block of text first
  2. Click the Highlight button on toolbar, or right-click and hit "Highlight Selected Text"

That's it. That block of text should be highlighted on this webpage and also "clipped" into your "My Library"


B)  Highlighter Pen:  New!

Another way to highlight with Diigo is to turn your mouse into a highlighter pen: 
  1. Click the Highlight button on toolbar (without selecting text first).  When the highlighter pen is enabled, that Highlight button will become a Highlighter to indicate its status change.

  2. You will visually see your mouse becoming a "highlighter pen" (cool, huh?!)   Use the pen to mark up area(s) that you'd like to highlight on a webpage.

  3. When you are all done with highlighting on a page, make sure to click Highlight button again to disable the highlighter pen action

Here is a short video showing the Highlighter Pen in action:


We have received numerous requests from users to allow multi-colored highlights on the same page. Well, we listen :-)  and here is how to do it:
  1. Use the Highlight >> pull down menu to select preferred highlight color.

  2. To change the color for a particular highlight,  first, mouse-over the highlight.  Then the "Highlight Menu" appears.  Scroll down and select a different color.




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