Can I write directly on a PDF in GraphNotes?
No. GraphNotes uses Margin view instead: you highlight a passage and write your notes on it, by hand or typed, and they sit beside the passage. Your PDF file is never changed.
Each highlight is a note of its own, with a link to its page and words, so you can quote it, cite it or connect it to another note. Export with Highlights makes a copy of the PDF that has your highlights and, if you choose, your notes in it.
Last updated November 11, 2026.
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