Web Highlighter is a light-weight and simple Chrome extension designed to help you capture and organize essential information from…

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June 3, 2024
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Web highlighter Extension

Web Highlighter is a light-weight and simple Chrome extension designed to help you capture and organize essential information from any webpage. Whether you're a student, researcher, professional, or just an avid reader, Web Highlighter makes it easy for you to highlight and save (download) key points from your online reading material. Best of all, it does so WITHOUT COLLECTING ANY OF YOUR DATA, ensuring your privacy.

AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE

Key Features:

Seamless Highlighting:
With Web Highlighter, you can effortlessly highlight text on any webpage. Simply select the text you want to highlight, and Web Highlighter will do the rest. The intuitive interface ensures a smooth and hassle-free experience.

Download Highlights:
Web Highlighter allows you to save all your highlights by downloading them as a text file. This feature is perfect for compiling notes, references, and important excerpts from your web browsing sessions.

No Data Collection:
Web Highlighter does not collect any data from your browsing activities.

User-Friendly Interface:
Web Highlighter is designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind. The clean and intuitive interface ensures that you can start highlighting and saving text with minimal effort.

Who Can Benefit from Web Highlighter?

Students: Highlight important points from online textbooks, articles, and research papers to create study notes and references.
Researchers: Easily capture key information from multiple sources and compile it into a comprehensive document.
Professionals: Keep track of essential data, market research, and industry news without the hassle of manual note-taking.
Avid Readers: Mark and save memorable quotes, passages, and insights from your favorite blogs, articles, and online books.

How to Use Web Highlighter:

Install the Extension:
Download and install Web Highlighter from the Chrome Web Store. The installation process is quick and straightforward.

Start Highlighting:
Once installed, simply browse the web as usual. When you come across the text you want to highlight Click on the extension icon on the top. Then start highlighting, Your highlighted text will instantly appear on the side panel.

Download Your Highlights:
Download all your highlights with a click of the download button. You can download as a text file.

Get Started Today:
Transform your web browsing experience with Web Highlighter. Enhance your productivity, streamline your research, and make the most out of your time online with Web Highlighter.
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Source Manifest.json

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How to download and manually install Web highlighter extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Web highlighter extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Web highlighter extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Web highlighter extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Web highlighter extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Web highlighter extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Web highlighter Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Web highlighter extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Web highlighter extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Web highlighter extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Web highlighter extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Web highlighter extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Web highlighter extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Web highlighter extension file

Select and download the Web highlighter extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Web highlighter extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Web highlighter extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Web highlighter extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Web highlighter extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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