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Extract key quotes from research papers

When preparing research or reports, I often need to quickly find and extract useful quotes from academic PDFs.

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Stefan-Radu Gogolan

Video editor & digital marketing specialist

Date published

March 17, 2026

Setapp Apps used
Step-by-step process

Step 1

Open PDF Search.

Step 2

Search for a key concept or phrase.

Step 3

Browse all matches across your PDFs.

Step 4

Open the relevant page.

Step 5

Copy the quote into your notes or document.

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