Annotation in Kurzweil 3000 for Windows

Highlighting Text and Adding Sticky Notes

Kurzweil 3000 offers several different types of digital highlighters and two options for adding "sticky" notes to your digital texts. Once you've finished reading and annotating your text, you can export the highlights and notes into a separate study guide document.

Highlighting in Kurzweil 3000

To highlight text, click the first icon to the left just under the File icon (it looks like a highlighter). Pick your color, then choose the text on the page to highlight. Click the icon again to turn off highlighting.

To remove highlighting, click the Eraser icon to the right of the highlighter and select the highlighted text to remove the color. Click the icon again to turn off the eraser tool.

Notes in Kurzweil 3000

   

"Sticky" Notes

These yellow notes can be added to any page margin. To listen to a sticky note, you need to click the text within the box. Here's how to add one to a page.

  1. Click the icon that looks like a page with a pushpin sticking in it, then click where you want the note to appear.
  2. When the yellow box appears, type in your note.
  3. Click anywhere outside the box when you are done typing.

Text Notes

These notes do not have a colored background, and you can add them anywhere on a page. They are read automatically along with the text. Here’s how to add a text note:

  1. Click the icon that looks like a big letter A, then click where you want the note to appear. A thick red line will flash on and off where you clicked.
  2. Start typing your note. Your text will appear in bold blue letters.
  3. Click anywhere else on the page when you are done typing.