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Local PDF: For Local PDFs, the “source” refers to the file path on your computer to where the file is stored. This needs to be correct or else Weava will not be able to locate and open the PDF on subsequent visits. More information about how you update the PDF file path is below.
Online PDF or website: For online PDFs and websites, the “source” refers to the URL of the respective website or PDF you are making the highlights and annotations on. This needs to be correct or else Weava will only be able to show you your previous highlights saved in the sidebar, but not be able to correctly visually render these with colors on the website/PDF you are looking at. More information about how you update the URL is below.
Uploaded PDFs to Weava: Uploaded PDFs to Weava are referenced directly within our database, and there is never a need to update these URLs as it will always render the highlights correctly (a benefit to uploading to Weava).
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