I have documents with many hundreds of notes. One feature I have used on occasion is to identify key pages using the bookmark feature. That is hierarchically organizable, so you could use that in combination.
You can also organize externally from the various Skim note exporting options. humanengr >However, as the extract you quote from 2008 suggests, you can >allocate each theme a different color (for highlighting or as the >background color to a text note). You can then sort your notes by >color in the Notes Pane (click on the 3rd column header from the >left), which will group all notes on the same theme together . This >sort function was presumably not available at the time the 2008 post >was written. > > >On 3 Jun 2011, at 14:44, Adam Cronkright wrote: > >>I desperately need the ability to group/categorize my notes (mostly >>labeled highlights) into different folders and subfolders in the >>notes pane. In the ebook I'm currently reading as part of my >>research, I'm up to 59 notes and all I've finished is the Preface >>and the Introduction. Especially given that it was an introduction >>- I know the author will touch on many of these things in more >>detail later, but I don't want to miss anything of importance or >>anything that is more clearly explained the first time around. So >>I need to the ability to go back when I've finished a book, create >>folders and subfolders for certain topics and sub-topics, and then >>drag and drop my highlights and underlines into those folders. >> This is especially crucial when reading ebooks/articles by authors >>who jump around a lot. I could give my notes pane better >>organization than they gave their book/article. >> >>I found the following post that touches on this, but the guy is >>just told no (I don't know what RFEs are). >> >>Is the feature there and I'm just not finding it? Is there a >>better feature built into skim that I should use instead? >> >>This feature is a game-breaker for me. Any help is appreciated. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list Skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
