Draw out your ideas, notes, and thoughts anywhere and save them for later with Spade.

Latest Version

Version
4.0.2
Update
January 18, 2024
Size
3.42MiB
Developer
spade.tools
Category
Users
6,000+
Rating
3.75758 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs Extension

★ What Spade Does
Spade puts a powerful toolbar on every webpage that allows you to draw anywhere and mark down important information with a pen, highlighter, and text box. Your imagination can flow uninterrupted on webpages, allowing you to connect your thoughts without having to jot down notes elsewhere. These annotations are saved to the cloud and can be organized into folders on our website. Download annotated web pages as PDFs and share them with with others to help them understand your thought processes. *Everything is FREE to use!*

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★ Spade’s Tools
> Pen (w/ shape detection)
> Highlight
> Textboxes
> Edit Tool (Move and resize annotations)
> Keyboard shortcuts to switch tools, undo, and redo
> Color, font size, and font change

★ Spade’s Features
> Save annotations to the cloud (*)
> Organize annotations into folders (*)
> Annotate PDFs by uploading them to our site (*)
> Export annotations to PDF (*)
> Draw on touchscreen / mobile devices!

★ Our Mission
Stop surfing the web — it’s not a one way street. Instead of being observers on the web, fully interact with it. We want to deliver you a personalized web experience by giving you the ability to capture, record, and share your ideas, notes, and thoughts across the web.

We’d love to have your input! Email us at [email protected] with any feedback you might have!
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Source Manifest.json

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How to download and manually install Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs 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 Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs 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 Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs 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 Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs 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 Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs 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 Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs extension file

Select and download the Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs 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 Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs 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 Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs 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 Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs 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 Spade: Draw on and Annotate the Web & PDFs extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Oleg Shubaly (ID: 000000c48ddeafc0) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 04/13/2023 Unfortunately, annotations and underlines break when changing devices - computers / tablets / phones

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Harsh K (ID: 0000001ff9ae9275) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/07/2023 This is the best highlight and annotation tool that exists. The only question I have is whether it will stay free? Because I can see myself using it a lot, and I don't want to store all the annotations only to later find out that continuing to use the features will require a hefty subscription fee. As of now, 5 stars from me.

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ana gomez (ID: 000000f4dc3f0c31) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/09/2023 Simple, sleek, smooth. It is the best one, but I would give some suggestions. First, if possible, add support for other browsers, like opera and opera gx (on these opera browsers, the eyedropper doesn't work). Second, allow us to connect lines to lines. Thirdly, let us change the font style. Thanks!

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brenna senger (ID: 00000046cd315d1a) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 12/30/2022 Uploading a PDF didn't work at all. It says uploaded, but clicking 'submit' did absolutely nothing. Super upsetting.

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JACOB MARS CABAÑERO DE OCA (ID: 0000006a1b5ce1da) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 11/11/2022 It tells me to log in but when I try to put up the username and password it says invalid name or password I repeated it many times but it wont work and I clearly remember it.