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Old 06-26-2008, 08:03 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by jerryleejr View Post
As good as this may Sound I have found that even the most advanced search features still consume time sorting thru the results. And I have never been a fan of bookmarking because you end up with so many book marks you forgot which one applied to what you needed. For instance some online classes have open books tests, Could you imagine trying to find information in an Ebook, With the print book you can have open the pertinent chapters and have a little index listed on paper with your notes for certain material covered. And some info you still have to dig for in print. I like the possibilities with digital textbooks I just dont know about the practicality yet.
Actually, this is one area where the Kindle excels. You can highlight areas of text and create annotations using the keyboard. The highlighted text and your notes are copied into a text file which appears in the book selection list as "My Clippings". In this file, the book title and clipping location is given (similar to the page number you might have on your paper index) along with the highlighted text and your notes. You can copy the "My Clippings" file to your computer for editing, printing, etc.

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