Reading on Viwoods is more than following the text. It's about what happens in between: the ideas that surface, the questions that form, the moments worth saving. That's when digital note-taking becomes part of the reading itself. With Viwoods Learning, it feels effortless. You can highlight, write, and reflect without losing your place. If you're looking to learn how to take digital notes in a way that feels natural, this is where it begins.
Take Notes While You Read with On-Page Tools
Everything you read on Viwoods can be interacted with directly. Once you open a document, the tools for marking, capturing, and organizing are already in place, built into the page, ready when needed. Below is a closer look at how each function works to support seamless digital note-taking, one step at a time.
1. Annotate Freely with Pen Tools
Taking digital notes on Viwoods often starts with writing directly on the screen. Use the stylus to underline a phrase, sketch a quick idea, or add a comment in the margin. These handwritten notes stay anchored to where they were made, so the context never gets lost.
2. Selection Tool: The Productivity Engine
Select Text You Want to Keep or Understand
When reading, you'll often come across sentences you want to save, terms you don't recognize, or points that need follow-up. The selection tool helps you respond right away. Press and hold on the text to bring up options that support note-taking without leaving the page.
Copy, Translate, or Ask for Clarification
Once selected, the content can be copied into a note, translated into another language, or sent directly to the AI Assistant for explanation. These actions help you build notes from the text itself, adding useful context or preserving important information.
Capture Notes Without Breaking Focus
Every action happens in place, keeping you fully engaged with the material. Instead of switching apps or rewriting things later, you can extract and organize information on the spot. The selection tool supports quick thinking, helping you take notes digitally as you read.
3. Erase and Edit with Precision
When a note needs revision, Viwoods lets you erase directly on the page, removing a word, adjusting a diagram, or clearing space to rewrite a thought. It allows you to update your annotations as your understanding changes, keeping your notes accurate and focused.
4. Reading Notes: All in One Place
All highlights and annotations made during reading are automatically collected in the Reading Notes section of the current book. You can view them page by page, select specific entries, and export the content as a single PDF.
In addition, there's a separate Reading Notes folder under the Learning Section gathering notes from all books you've annotated, each saved by book name. It's easier to review everything you've noted without reopening each original document, and to compile your digital notes for sharing or long-term reference.
5. AI Assistant: Built-in Support While You Read
It doesn't take notes for you, but it helps shape them. When you select a sentence or paragraph, you can send it to the AI assistant to ask for clarification, a summary, or deeper context. It will be useful when you're unsure how to phrase a note, need help understanding a passage, or want to explore an idea further before writing it down.
Access More Note-Taking Flexibility with Annotate and Record
While Viwoods Learning includes its own built-in annotation tools, there's another flexible way to take notes. The Annotate and Record shortcut, part of the Picking Section, works globally across the system and can be invoked inside the Learning Section as well. Let's take a closer look at how it works and why it matters.
1. Annotate Mode
Annotate mode locks the current screen, allowing you to write directly on the page without accidental swipes or scrolling.
Unlike annotation in Learning, which saves notes inside the document and collects them in Reading Notes:
- It captures a full-page screenshot
- Both the content and your handwriting are saved together
- Files are stored in the Picking > Screenshots folder
It's useful when you want to mark something quickly and save a standalone visual reference.
2. Record Mode
Write on a Semi-Transparent Layer
Record mode adds a semi-transparent overlay across the current screen, allowing you to handwrite directly while viewing the background content. It's designed for flexible, open-ended note-taking — useful for quickly writing down thoughts, outlining ideas, or drafting visual notes as you read.
How Notes Are Saved
The system captures only what you input: your handwritten strokes and any screenshots you add. It doesn't store the page behind them. Your writing remains fixed in place, untouched by formatting. All notes are saved directly to the Picking directory under Picking.
Conclusion: When Notes Become Part of the Reading
Digital note-taking on Viwoods AiPaper doesn't always begin with a blank page. In the Learning environment, it unfolds alongside the reading process: highlighting key lines, layering handwritten thoughts, or turning to AI to clarify ideas. Each tool is built to capture thoughts the moment they appear, without breaking focus. What starts as reading naturally evolves into notes, reflections, and deeper understanding.