ahw wrote:

> I'm learning a subject which is completely new to me. To further that 
> end, I am reading an extremely long document (many hundreds if not 
> thousands of pages long), using Mac 10.3.3 and Safari 1.2.1. Is there 
> a way to highlight certain parts (perhaps a sentence here, several 
> paragraphs there) for future reference? I don't think I want to cut 
> and paste into a new, separate document (using TextEdit or Stickies) 
> because it's very likely that later on I will want some of the detail 
> that is now over my head.
>
> If I were reading it in old-fashioned textbook form, I would use a 
> yellow highlighting pen, and the next time through, I would consult 
> the table of contents to find roughly the right chapter, then look for 
> my yellow marks to find specific topics. Is there a way to do 
> something similar without downloading the whole (huge) text?
>
> In my imagination, this would look something like the way Google 
> highlights your search terms in a cached page, but I don't have enough 
> confidence in my grasp of the material to think that I will remember 
> the exact words or terms to search.
>
> Many thanks,
> Alex Whitman
>
>
>
>
Hi Alex

I would suggest downloading a pdf or html file if they have one 
available. If not, I would cut and paste into AppleWorks depending on 
how badly I wanted the information. After that I would format it using a 
custom style sheet if I wanted to print it out, or add links and 
bookmarks if I were just keeping it in my Mac.

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