How do I add notes to highlights?

Highlight text on any website with Marqly, then add a note to the highlight — a line about why it matters, a counterargument, a reminder to act on it. The note attaches directly to the highlighted passage, so your thinking stays anchored to the exact text that prompted it, both on the original page and in your Marqly library.

Why note at the moment of capture

A highlight records what mattered; a note records why. Six months later, the “what” is easy to reconstruct — the passage is right there — but the “why” is gone unless you wrote it down when it was fresh. A one-sentence note (“contradicts the retention study,” “use this framing in the pitch”) is the difference between a highlight you can act on and one you stare at blankly.

Where notes live

Notes travel with their highlights. Revisit the page and the highlight is still there with your note attached — markup in context, like marginalia in a book you own. And since highlights sync to your Marqly library, the passage you marked is also available away from the page, alongside the rest of your saves.

From scattered notes to organized research

Notes shine when a project accumulates material. As highlights build up across many pages, pull the related ones together with links into a board — one place holding the sources, the exact passages that matter, and your running commentary on them.

If you haven’t set up highlighting yet, start with how to highlight text on a website, or read the full guide: how to highlight text on any website.