Upload and use PDFs
Premium accounts can upload PDFs up to 20 MB to the library and embed them in notebook pages.
PDF uploads let you keep worksheets, textbook scans and handouts alongside the rest of your study material. This is a Premium feature.
Uploading
From My Library, choose Create, then PDF under Import Content. You can also upload from a PDF block while editing a notebook.
- Drag and drop a file, or click to browse.
- Maximum 20 MB per file.
- PDF files only.
- Give it a Display Name.
PDFs are private and only visible to you.
On the free plan the upload dialog explains that PDF uploads are a premium feature and links to pricing.
Where PDFs can be used
- In your library, as standalone items. Filter the library by PDFs to see them all.
- In notebooks, as a PDF block - so a chapter's worksheet can sit in the same page as your notes on it.
Working with them
PDFs are for reading and reference. Unlike texts, a PDF's contents aren't split into sentences, so there's no tap-to-translate or sentence-by-sentence study mode for them.
If you want to study the language in a PDF properly, copy the passage out and import it as a text. You'll get translation, word saving and study mode, and you can keep the original PDF in the same notebook for reference.
In printed notebooks
When you export a notebook to PDF, embedded PDF blocks print as a labelled reference rather than having their pages inlined.