Marking a Note:

Marking a segment of text and placing it on the Personal Notebook is a very simple task involving the same procedures as selecting text in a word processor for cutting or pasting--only you don't see the selected text become highlighted until the selecting is complete as you normally would. Use the following steps.

Click (and hold the mouse button down) on the first word of the passage you wish to mark. Then, keeping the mouse button down, drag to the last word of the passage you wish to mark. Now release and you will see your selection become highlighted, plus you will see a pop-up menu appear with the option to use the Notebook. Select this option, as illustrated below:

The Notebook - Annotating, Selecting, Printing, Deleting Notes:

When the Notebook opens, you will not only see your selection posted to the Notebook, but will also have an opportunity to write your own notes, or annotations, about that selection in your comments field. After you finish typing your own commentary on the note posted, you must click the "Update/Create This Note" button as illustrated below:



As the title of the "Update/Create This Note" button suggests, you may also edit and change your remarks about this posting at any time by retyping and clicking to Update again. There is also a listing of the Topic and other important details about the text selection in the navigable field above the selected text segment. This allows you to navigate from note to note easily by clicking on the selection you wish to see. From the opened Notebook you also have an opportunity to

• Delete the currently active note and its markings (the Delete button at the bottom)
• Go directly to the source text to view the selection in its original context (the Go to Source button at the bottom),
• Sort your notes by various criteria (the Sort Notes button at the bottom)
• Save your notes to a file so they may be opened and printed from your word processor. To print, launch any word processor, then use the File menu to find the Notes file on your hard drive within the PsychAI folder and "open," then choose Print from the File menu of your word processor.
• Close you notebook (using the Close Notes button at the lower far-right of the notebook)

Margin Markings and How to Use Them:

Whenever you select and post a note to your Personal Notebook, the selected text becomes marked by a margin line, as illustrated below:



Also illustrated is the result of clicking on the margin line, which will automatically open a small notepad with the associated text selection and your comment posted.

Accessing the Personal Notebook from the Margin Services Menu:

You may also access your full notebook by using the "Services" menu located in the upper portion of the left margin of any Open Page screen. The popup menu offers several services, including an electronic glossary, find, and color preferences setting in addition to the illustrated Notebook selection:



NOTE: You cannot select-and-post text by using the margin menu, only the pop-up menu that appears when you click-and-drag to select a segment of text.