You should look at '[Mendeley][1]' which is primarily a Dropbox for the scientific Community. The Mendeley Desktop Application has Tabbed PDF-Display and you can Highlite Text. In the Screenshot you see two PDF's open in the Tabs and i have highlighted some Text at random to show. The Desktop Software is free and you get 500 MB Space for sharing, like Dropbox you can expand that space with a premium (paid) Account. ![Screenshot showin PDFs in Tabs and some random Text highlighted][2] [1]: http://www.mendeley.com/ [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/T1D1N.png