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In my opinion, Sente could have done better here by offering a dedicated reading view that gets rid of the toolbar and simplifies the user interface (e.g., better integrating the quick tags box).Īdding reference in Sente is pure joy, as most PDFs these days will be automatically identified when you are adding them to your database.

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The full screen mode in lion is simply the same window taking up the whole screen. I have this one open all the time, as assigning tags is the preferred method in Sente to organize your library (see below). In the screenshot above you also notice a floating QuickTags box. However, this is also one of the main reasons why Sente has a steeper learning curve than other apps. One of the biggest strengths of Sente is its focus on tagging as a way to organize your library. Sente’s user interface is a little cluttered, but full with useful information once you got used to it. Here is a look on Sente’s main window ( click to read short version of this post):

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Because of the latter, you are only able to view one PDF at a time, which is a major grievance for me, as I would prefer to open two or three PDFs next to each other and read them side-by-side. Unfortunately, it is not possible to re-arrange the tabs or to open tabs in their own window.

In order to read a paper, you can open it in a tab. The library tab displays your collections (sorted in various ways), the content of the active collection, the attachment, and an info plane that can show your notes, tags, and a preview of how this paper would be cited. Sente’s main window is a little cluttered on the first view and not as minimalistic or playful as you are used to from other Mac apps (e.g., Papers), but don’t let this deter you from testing out this app. The main window: Less eye candy, more power bar This way you make most the use of the better multi-tasking features of your Mac, while at the same time you have the convenience to read your PDFs on the couch with your iPad.

If you are rocking both a Mac and an iPad, it makes most sense to have both apps and to use the Mac app as the main tool for adding, organizing, annotating, and citing your PDFs, and the iPad app to read, annotate, and tag your PDFs on the go. In fact, you can synchronize your library across any number of Macs and iPads around the world (including all annotations, tags, and customizations), which is a great benefit if you are working with (Mac- or iPad-using) co-authors. You can sync your database between your devices through the Sente cloud, so your iPad does not have to be on the same wireless network as your Mac.

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Sente is available for the Mac ($90 for a full academic license, $35 for a limited undergraduate edition) and for the iPad (now free for small libraries, but power users will need a subscription starting at $20 a year).

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To keep the current review of Sente for Mac somehow manageable (Sente’s user manual stretches over 316 pages, just to give you an idea), it only covers the most basic functions: how to add a PDF (or reference more generally), how to organize your references, what annotations are supported, and how you can insert in-text citations and bibliographies into your write-ups.įirst, however, let me describe briefly the Sente ecosystem. As I mentioned in the previous guide to annotating PDFs, there are right now two contenders in a neck-to-neck race of offering the best, multi-device PDF management system: Sente and Papers. If you are reading a lot of journal articles (and chances are you do if you are in university), it makes sense to invest in a tightly integrated ecosystem that allows you to organize and annotate your PDFs seamlessly on the Mac and the iPad. But are we good at cutting it? How many times have you searched for “that perfect paper” you have read just a few weeks ago!? Or have you ever almost missed a submission deadline because compiling the bibliography “took a little longer”? Finding, reading, annotating, and citing journal articles is our daily bread as academics.

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