Export and sending notes

Export a paper

1. Open the paper.
2. Open the export:
   • Mac · iPadChoose … › Export, or press ⌘⇧E. When two panes show different papers, choose which one to export (or both).
   • WindowsAbove the paper, click Export and hand off to writing and choose what to export.
3. Choose where to save it, or hand it to another app.
   • Mac · iPadThe share sheet opens with the files.
   • WindowsChoose a folder or file name. "Saved N files to “…”." appears, and Show in folder opens it.

What you can export

• Mac · iPadAn annotated PDF, plus the paper's annotation archive (JSON) that you can import again later.
• WindowsExport package…: the annotated PDF, the notes, the notes bundle and the archive, into one folder.
• WindowsAnnotated PDF…, Notes as Markdown… (notes.md and notes-bundle.json in CSL-JSON), Figures and tables… and Archive… one by one. The same menu has Copy BibTeX and Copy citation key.

The annotated PDF is a copy with your highlights, sticky notes and handwriting drawn in. The original PDF is never changed.

See also Exporting figures and tables, BibTeX and citation keys and Archives.

Send notes to Mendeley or Zotero

Put your highlights and notes into the paper's notes in your library, where Mendeley or Zotero shows them on every device.

• Mac · iPadMendeley editionChoose … › Send notes to Mendeley.
• Mac · iPadZotero editionChoose … › Send notes to Zotero.
• WindowsMendeley editionIn Export and hand off to writing, choose Send notes to Mendeley.
• WindowsZotero editionIn Export and hand off to writing, choose Send notes to Zotero.

What happens:

• Mendeley editionThe paper's notes in Mendeley are replaced by what you send. Anything you typed there directly is overwritten.
• Zotero editionThe first time, one note is added to the paper in Zotero. Later sends update that same note.