Computer Tricks and Secrets

Short answer: The cleanest way today is a text fragment . Add #:~:text= plus the words you want to the end of a URL, and the browser scrolls to and highlights that exact text. In Chrome you can generate one automatically by right-clicking a selection and choosing "Copy Link to Highlight." I often want to send someone a long article but point them at one paragraph. The old annotation apps I used to recommend have faded, and browsers now do this natively, which is faster and needs no third-party service. What is a text fragment and how do I make one? A text fragment is a special piece you append to a URL that tells the browser which words to find and highlight. The format looks like this: https://example.com/article#:~:text=the%20exact%20phrase The easiest way to create one is not to type it by hand: In Chrome, Edge, or Safari , select the sentence you care about on the page. Right-click the selection. Choose Copy Link to Highlight (Chrome and Edge) or Copy Link wi...