Handwriting on digital paper provides the focus needed for active document review
Import reports and drafts to annotate directly on a textured, paper-like display
Writing by hand helps you absorb information and think more deeply
Instantly convert your handwritten notes into structured text and clear action items
reMarkable Paper Pure, our best black and white paper tablet, is made for active reading and reviewing. It’s built around the proven benefits of handwriting, which stimulates the brain in ways typing on a keyboard never could. And with digital powers that free your notes from the page, your work moves freely from pen to laptop.
How to use reMarkable Paper Pure to review documents
reMarkable Pure Pure offers a space for uninterrupted thought and active reading. You can import content to your paper tablet, then annotate and review documents directly on the page.
Thanks to handy software features, all your highlights, and margin notes can be instantly summarized and distilled into next steps.
Importing documents to your paper tablet
Getting important documents, such as web articles, reports, and your own typed drafts, onto your paper tablet is quick and easy.
reMarkable Paper Pure supports PDF, JPG, PNG, and EPUB files. Drag and drop them onto your paper tablet with the reMarkable web app. Or, download the Read on reMarkable add-in for Google Chrome or Microsoft Office, which adds a one-click importing option to those apps.
You can even integrate your paper tablet with popular cloud storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive, and import them directly from your paper tablet — no laptop needed.
Use “Convert to Notebook” when you import files, and reMarkable Paper Pure turns them into paper tablet-native text documents, perfect for reading and marking up with a pen.
Here’s a bonus tip: If your thinking process starts on your paper tablet, try the dozens of built-in note-taking templates on reMarkable Paper Pure. If you subscribe to Connect, you can find hundreds more planners and workbooks from a community of experts at Methods.
Active reading and annotating
Once your documents are on your reMarkable Paper Pure, you can use your pen to review and annotate, giving you a chance to slow down and reflect on what you’re reading. This also helps your brain absorb and remember more. When your mind’s not running on autopilot, you’re able to think more deeply about what you’re doing.
Annotating by hand naturally limits how much you can write, which encourages you to focus your attention and decide what matters most. This makes handwriting better for conceptual learning than typing does.
Writing on the textured, paper-like surface activates fine motor skills and strengthens neural connections, which is great for learning and memory. By underlining important information or adding margin notes for follow-up, it’s also easier to find your way back to certain parts of the text that stood out to you. (And if you forget where you wrote something down, relax. All your handwritten notes are searchable.)
Move your work forward
When you’re ready to move your work forward, the digital tools on reMarkable Paper Pure can help you turn your messy scribbles into structured, meaningful text.
With “Convert and share,” AI works in the background to summarize your notes and interpret your highlights, margin notes, and annotations. In seconds, you’ll receive a link to a browser tab where your handwriting has been converted to text and turned into action items.
You can save your notes in a format that is easier to read and digest. Or forward to others, for follow-up or to build a shared understanding.
Get started with reMarkable Paper Pure
With reMarkable Paper Pure your ideas move easily from pen to laptop, and back again, without interrupting your workflow.