Export multiple annotated documents from a single notebook

Feature Requests
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:mailbox_with_mail: Feature Request: Batch Export of Annotated PDFs from Study Set / Notebook
To the MarginNote Development Team,

First, thank you for your continuous efforts in building one of the most powerful knowledge management tools available on the iPad. MarginNote has become an essential part of my academic and professional legal workflow.

I would like to formally request the addition of a feature that would allow users to:

Batch export all annotated PDFs within a Study Set (Notebook) with a single command or menu option.

:mag: Current Limitation:
Currently, users must manually export each document within a Study Set one by one. This is particularly inefficient for legal professionals, researchers, and students who work with dozens of documents in a single project.

:white_check_mark: Proposed Solution:
Implement a “Batch Export” function under the Export menu, allowing the user to:

Select a Notebook or Study Set

Choose “Export All Annotated PDFs”

Optionally include:

MarginNote annotations flattened or embedded

Corresponding summary/mindmap attached

Export destination (iCloud, Files, etc.)

:dart: Use Case:
In my case as a legal professional, each case file may include court rulings, contracts, evidence, and legal commentary—easily 10–30 files per case. MarginNote’s organizational capacity is excellent, but exporting each document manually is time-consuming and error-prone.

This feature would:

Greatly improve efficiency

Help reduce human error

Enhance professional use of the app in law, medicine, and academia

I believe this feature aligns with MarginNote’s philosophy of deep reading and high-efficiency knowledge structuring, and would be highly valued by the legal, academic, and research communities.

Thank you for considering this request.

Sincerely,
[Johann, Legal Professional | Costa Rica]

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Hello, thank you for using MN and sharing your suggestions with us. We will definitely convey your feedback to the developers. I’d like to further inquire: besides hoping to add an option for processing “export as multiple PDFs,” would you also like to have the ability to merge and export all PDFs in the study set?

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Yes, this feature would be extremely useful, especially in legal and academic workflows. Here are a few recommendations for its implementation:

:heavy_check_mark: Functional suggestions:
Both combined and batch options:
Ideally, users should be able to:

Export all PDFs individually in batch

Export a single merged PDF that includes all documents in the study set

Custom document order:
Allow users to define the order in which documents are merged (by title, date, or manual drag-and-drop).

Preserve all annotations:
The merged PDF should include all highlights, handwritten notes, comments, and excerpts.

This would be extremely valuable for lawyers, notaries, educators, or researchers who need to deliver structured reports or archive complete, annotated files.

Thank you again for your attention and openness to user feedback.

Sincerely,
Johann
Legal professional, Costa Rica

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