How To Take Notes in an Opera Browser

While most people may be using the more popular Internet browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, other browsers like Opera are making waves through the integration of useful features that these giants do not have. For instance, Opera has its very own notepad that a user can utilize to take notes while browsing the net. This feature is very nifty since you can take notes on the fly without having to shift from browser to word processor.

* Launch Opera. Turn your computer on and wait for it to completely boot. Press the “Start” button on the lower left portion of the screen and look for “Opera” from the list of applications and folders that will be presented. Opera is represented by a red letter “O” icon. Click on this item to launch the browser.
* Copy some texts from a website. Type a website in the address field and press the “Enter” key. Wait for the page to completely load. If there is anything that catches your interest, be it a news article or a line from a story; highlight the text strings using your mouse. You can do this by dragging your cursor over the text strings. Direct your mouse pointer over the highlighted area and do a right click. A list of menu options will be displayed. Select “Copy to Notes”.
* Place your copied text to your notes. Click the “Menu” button on the upper left portion of the Opera browser window. Choose “Notes” from the list of commands. This shall open a new tab on your browser window labeled “Notes”.
* Navigate the “Notes” tab. This window contains 2 columns by default. The left column is where your previously copied text strings are placed. All other text strings that you try to copy from the browser will be added to this column. An icon representing the website where you got the text from is displayed on the left side. The right column, on the other hand, lets you type your personal notes.

* Type your own notes. Click anywhere in the right column of the window and start typing. Notice that whatever you type on the right column is automatically reflected on the left column as well, but represented by a different icon. This is to help you distinguish your personal notes from the ones you have copied.
* Edit your notes. If you would like to edit a note, click the entry in the left column. The full text will be displayed on the right column. Click anywhere in the right column to activate this part of the window. Start typing additional notes or go on and edit an existing one.
* Find a specific text on your notes. In case you already have several notes listed and you are having difficulties tracking each of them, use the quick search function by typing the search parameter on the “Quick find” field on top of the window.
* Organize your notes. Organize your notes if you are conducting research and if you are using several websites as references. Activate a separator by clicking “Add” and choose “New separator” from the menu items. Notice that a line separator will appear on the left column. Click and drag your notes to organize them using several separators.


Optimize the Opera browser installed in your computer by using this feature when taking notes. This is very helpful especially for students conducting research.