Making notes and highlighting key parts of your PDFs is super easy and intuitive even on mobile.
Here are the quick steps:
Open Collabwriting on your phone
Go to 👉🏼 app.collabwriting.com in your mobile browser.
💡 Tip: You can add Collabwriting to your home screen and use it like a regular app - here’s how.
Go to Reader
In the left sidebar, tap on Reader
This is where all your uploaded PDFs appear.
Open PDF
Choose one of these options:
Upload your own PDF from your device, or
Paste a link to a public PDF.
Once opened, your PDF will appear in your Reader, ready for highlighting, comments, and collaboration.
Create snippets on PDF
Highlight any text on a webpage.
A shortcut button (small pop-up) will appear next to your selection.
Click "Save Highlight" button to open a quick-save window.
If the native phone menu (Copy/Look Up/Share) covers the popup button, tap once on the highlighted area to bring the Collabwriting button to the front.
From there, you can:
Choose a Topic and a Cluster where you want to save the snippet
Add a comment, tag, or mention someone
Confirm and save, all in a few clicks
🤖 AI Highlighter Suggestions
When you highlight text, you’ll see AI-powered suggestions for: Topic (Cluster) Title, Tags
These suggestions are based on your previous research activity, making it faster and easier to categorize what you save.
