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There are numerous threads about the several high-quality inking/note-taking apps available. Quite a few of the apps have very responsive developers striving to meet the requested needs of their users. This thread hopes to capture most requested features of the "ideal" inking/note-taking app for all those developers to consider incorporating to their respective products.
I'll break the features into categories, and encourage others to do the same (and to add categories that I fail to include). I'll begin with the feature I consider to be most sorely lacking from all apps so far.
CROSS-PLATFORM INTEGRATION
1. Notes/notebooks are in a format that can be accessed/edited natively without conversion/import/export from Android and PC, minimally, and from iOS/Mac optimally.
2. In lieu of "native" format integration, the app allows a "one-button" default export/import option, essentially a "quick-save" and a "quick-load" button.
Quick-save feature: Allow me to open a note, add some on-the-fly content, hit the "quick-save" button, then find it moments later on my PC synced via Dropbox. (I want to be able to do this without having to click through multiple file saving/export/location options each time, probably by setting up my default file type/location, etc., and having the title auto-generate with a time-stamp or similar.)
Quick-load feature: Similar, but in reverse. The quick-load button will automatically open (and "import" if necessary) the default file in my Dropbox that I use for ongoing notes at my PC. The goal is to hit one button and have my most recent file of ongoing notes from my PC open, without going through the whole import routine/screens. (And after editing on my GNote, I would hit the "Quick-save" button to easily make the updates available on my PC again.)
NOTE CONTENTS
1. Easily incorporate ink, typed text, drawings/paint, images, imported files, etc., on the same page of a note. (Freenote is strong on this as well.)
INKING EXPERIENCE
1. Ink directly on the page at any location.
2. Option to ink in large strokes via an input panel that captures the ink and then scales and inserts it in a straight line at the indicated cursor point (This is currently one of Freenote's most distinctive features; 7Notes has similar but less well-developed functionality.)
3. Optional palm rejection
4. Configurable stylus button (LectureNotes does a great job with this already)
5. Configurable list of default pens
6. Ink format allows for OCR/text-searchable export to Evernote
NOTEBOOK EXPERIENCE
1. Both a GUI-based and a menu-driven ability to switch between notebooks. I want to be have a screen that shows all my notebooks with spiral-bound notebook icon or similar, but also want to be able to switch from one notebook to another through a drop-down menu available from any page.
DRAWING/PAINTING EXPERIENCE
1. Palette of default shapes/objects to draw into the note. (LectureNotes does this well.)
2. Palette of painting brushes tools with their names/key features listed beside them for those of us that don't recognize them from icon only!
LAYOUT/VIEW
1. Ability to view 2 pages from different notebooks side-by-side for ease of copy and pasting between them; ideally able to lass & drag from one to the other.
2. "Floating" settings: Ability to resize the window so that the app floats. The goal might be to "float" my preferred note app over top of another app in the GNote's split-screen mode. Example: I have the browser and S-Note open on my GNote. But I prefer Freenote, so I have the option to "float" it over top of S-note, so that I can access Freenote with the browser still open beside it.
That's what I have off the top of my head. I hope others of you will add to this list, and that developers of ALL the great inking apps will add their insights as well to explain which features are or are not feasible and why.
JC
I think you covered it pretty well. One thing that's also important is a user-friendly interface-easily understandable and customizable.
I would like to see some if not all of the following features, I know some of them may be big asks but ideas can be taken from the examples:
It would be good if we can have a secure folder for private notes i.e. minutes of meetings that have sensitive information , ideally industry standard encryption.
Handwriting conversion at a later time similar to 7Notes / OneNote
Sharing notes for collaborative working in a format that other apps can read for editing.
Interface needs to be as clean as possible with only essential tools showing as and when needed.
Create our own templates or import from the community using the app.
That's it due now!
For me, PDF import is probably the most important feature.
I'd like to see more apps with the ability to transcribe your handwriting into typed text. That's why I haven't used any other note taking app besides S-Notes. I use that feature all the time. I write in my own handwriting but the output is much cleaner and I can fit more notes onto one page.
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I'd like to see more apps with the ability to transcribe your handwriting into typed text. That's why I haven't used any other note taking app besides S-Notes. I use that feature all the time. I write in my own handwriting but the output is much cleaner and I can fit more notes onto one page.
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Have you tried 7notes? This app does what you have described and for me personally, I feel that it is more accurate than the Samsung handwriting keyboard. If you use the 7Notes app that comes built in for taking notes, you can write in your handwriting and have them converted into text at a later time.
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Have you tried 7notes? This app does what you have described and for me personally, I feel that it is more accurate than the Samsung handwriting keyboard. If you use the 7Notes app that comes built in for taking notes, you can write in your handwriting and have them converted into text at a later time.
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No I haven't tried it because I wasn't aware of it. I'm going to give it a try tomorrow and I'll post back with my results. Thanks for the suggestion!!
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Have you tried 7notes? This app does what you have described and for me personally, I feel that it is more accurate than the Samsung handwriting keyboard. If you use the 7Notes app that comes built in for taking notes, you can write in your handwriting and have them converted into text at a later time.
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7notes is only useful for a couple of words at a time.
What's needed is the ability to convert handwritten notes at a later time. ( aka "S Memo" feature - Handwriting to text).
This should be a basic requirement in all worthwhile handwritten note-taking apps.
I'd add the following "wishlist" (dreamlist) items:
INKING EXPERIENCE
Possibility to select ink (words, sentences) with a free-hand lasso (LectureNotes has it and it's a great and very useful feature) to be moved-resized-rotated-copied-deleted(-edited?).
Possibility to insert text boxes with the additional option to edit them at a later time. With S Note you can insert text in a box but you can't edit it later, i.e. to change a single word (correct me if I'm wrong).
Math formula recognition and translation into a typographic form, like in S Note, and, in addition, possibility to edit the "formula box" at a second time (i.e. for making some correction).
Possibility to use layers (many apps, including Lecturenotes have it, but S Note hasn't)
ANDROID OS INTEGRATION
Possibility to create small note widgets.
In practice a note app that could include all the best features of LectureNotes and S Note would be rather close to my "Holy Grail" note-taking app
I would like an ability to select diagram only template, that can be saved as SVG or VSD format.
Ability to open and edit existing onenote documents.
Cross-platform integration is key for me.
Saving notes in a bitmap image (png, bmp, jpg etc) or pdf format, is completely unacceptable.
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7notes is only useful for a couple of words at a time.
What's needed is the ability to convert handwritten notes at a later time. ( aka "S Memo" feature - Handwriting to text).
This should be a basic requirement in all worthwhile handwritten note-taking apps.
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I am not sure if I understood your comments but I have made some screen shots to show how the notes can be written and then converted at a later time.
If what you meant by a "couple of words at a time" when converting the handwriting then you are correct in your description. The words are converted as you proof read what has been written in your handwriting and you make corrections along the way so what you end up with is your handwritten notes, converted to what was intended.
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I am not sure if I understood your comments but I have made some screen shots to show how the notes can be written and then converted at a later time.
If what you meant by a "couple of words at a time" when converting the handwriting then you are correct in your description. The words are converted as you proof read what has been written in your handwriting and you make corrections along the way so what you end up with is your handwritten notes, converted to what was intended.
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Thank you for the time/effort in generating the attached screenshots. Much appreciated.
What I had in mind was to be able to scribble/write all over the screen like we do on regular paper.
This would give me better control of the use of the page space and afford me speed.
Then in editing/formatting at a later time, convert the handwritten notes to text, and drag&drop to place it wherever on the page.
What 7notes has appears to have been a keyboard replacement (alternate input method) designed for regular tablets/phones that do not have a digitizer, hence the writing window area limited to the bottom of the screen (with the text then placed at the Cursor position).
I hope I have been able to clearly express myself.
So i have been looking for a note taking app that does as much of the fallowing as possible.
~ Supports having multiple organized Note books (easy UI preff)
~ Supports In line stylus writing and drawing, as well as being able to type it.
~ Allows tot to input PDFs (homework) and write on them.
~ Wont go woonky when i put my palm on the screen when i write.
~ Have a sort of organized notebook appeal.
Optional plusses...
~ Overlay : Be able to bring up a sort of window within other apps to jot a quick note
~ Less than 20 bucks.
~ Cloud storage over multiple devices.
~ Insert pictures from camera
Firstly, i want to say i have been researching for one for a LONG time.
I have tried Ever note, Gnote, GroovyNotes(best-ish for the ui), writepad and a bunch of randoms.
I think ever note just about does it all, but the way the ui is set up is annoying and i find it to be less effective in quick navigation versus Groovy notes, but you can put picture in line with your notes. Ever notes stylus stuff i find kinda useless seeing i have to use skitch and it only just inserts a picture.
Another app that i kinda liked was antipaper, but it was just to simple, but its ability to write and type on the same page was AMAZING!!
If there is an app out there than can pull off what im looking for, or maybe 2 apps together, i would want it asap. Also developers that might see this, i would invest in a persont hat thinks they could make this work. I truly thing that if you could make microsoft word, with notebooks(like one note) and be able to write on your notes, and input pictures and PDFs, i would pay atleast 15-20$.
PS i know there are a lot of posts like this, but i had to get my request out there.
Notes:
Moto-xoom
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Edit:
Never mind, im buying a galaxy note 10.1 as soon as i sell my xoom.
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
AW: App for serously annotating PDFs.
Unfortunately you did not mention Which apps you already tested and did not find useful .
I'm sure that the Combination of your wish list Will lead to no result .Currently Im happy With ezPDF reader but Im also teting iAnnotate .
l like the Idea of saveing the annotation In a separate file . This Would also enable annotation for protected files.
Have you tried Lecture Notes. You can divide pages to create the extra page you wish. You can add multiple layers for annotating, drawing etc. and each layer is saved as a separate file.
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Another vote for lecture notes. Every time I tell myself it can't do something and I will try another app, I figure out how to do it or the new feature is released. You will not be disappointed.
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Another vote for lecture notes. Every time I tell myself it can't do something and I will try another app, I figure out how to do it or the new feature is released. You will not be disappointed.
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Whilst I love LN, I think it is nowhere near useful for any serious PDF work.
The software is brilliant in importing PDFs, and I think that is a great functionality for ripping off bits of PDF documents and including them in handwritten notes. On the other hand LN does not (and it is not supposed to) handle PDF documents in their native format. It simply transforms them into bitmap images. When you export the notebook back to PDF the result is 6-8 times larger than the original (could be less, depending on the type of document) and it has lost all the vectorial and text content. Besides, LN struggles to import anything that has more than 100-150 pages and contains lots of objects.
I do quite a lot of proof reading of PDFs of technical publications, and I find that my note is a fantastic tool for annotating draft publications, despite having a desktop PC with a very large screen in front of me. I do not need the features requested by the OP, because the tablet is my secondary instrument and I can always go back to my PC for more complicated things. So far the most comprehensive software that I found for annotating PDFs is ezPDF, followed by Adobe Reader. I also bought LN, but that helps me in different things.
What MouseTheLuckyDog is looking for is probably an Android port of Adobe Acrobat, but I doubt we will ever see one, at least in the short term.
Floating Draw
MouseTheLuckyDog said:
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
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It allows you to write on any doc or screen on your tablet.
I don't know if this is of any use but my workflow is using Zotero within Firefox on the desktop. There is also another zotero extension that I use to sync the pdfs to dropbox, and from there onto my note via foldersync. I then read and highlight using ezpdf, then import back into zotero and this extracts all my highlighted text.
Ezpdf reader
MouseTheLuckyDog said:
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
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Have you tried this. I am I use it for work and it gives me everything I need.
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It allows you to write on any doc or screen on your tablet.
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Editors Note: The app in question is "floating draw".
So next time I open the doc willl I see the annotations there?
I've been looking for app with similar requirements. Only apps I found that allow you to export to PDF without converting everything to images are Adobe Reader and EzPDF. Adobe has a bit limited functionality (could use an eraser or full touch rejection mode), but I think it's still the best choice available - EzPDF does everything I need, but its small icons are extremely uncomfortable.
I use Mantano. .
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ezPDF all the way...
also see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083668
Maybe iannotate pdf...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.branchfire.iannotate
i use both ezpdf and mantano i like them both
Hi guys, I created a note taking app... hey! don't run away! This one is different, really.
I started developing a note taking app following my personal wishlist:
- Offline access.
- Option to sync the notes with my computer, but hopefully using.
- Read the notes easily with any text editor.
- Simple formatting.
- Simple organization with tags and folders.
So I started developing Capsa Notes, and then, as a former ORG-Mode user (not a power user though), new ideas came into my mind.
Capsa Notes saves your notes in plain text in your device. So if you want to read them without using Capsa Notes, it's OK. And if you add a new text file in the Capsa Notes folder, you will see the note in the app. The notes can have simple formatting using Markdown, so you can easily add bullets, numbered lists, titles, etc. It has a nice Markdown editor with buttons for the most common format options. And has Dropbox sync out of the box.
If you want a quick introduction, here's a video:
Capsa Notes is intended to be as simple as the user wants. I mean, if you want basic features, there they are, and you will be using it in no time. But also it has some advanced features that makes Capsa Notes like a simple (not fast, sorry) non-relational database, flexible enough to use it for... well almost anything I guess, it has a lot of possibilities.
I use it to store recipes, keep a log of the wines I've tasted (and then remember if it was good or not, or which type statistically I like the most), quick reminders, todo lists, shopping lists, write ideas for short stories...
Basic use
The notes are plain text files with the .md extension.
So in my desktop computer I can add a note in my Dropbox folder, and I'll have it on my device as soon as it has been synchronized.
Notes can have tags. Tags are saved directly in the text file, so you don't have to worry if you take the note somewhere else, as the tags will still be there. Then you can filter the notes by tags using the sliding drawer, where the used tags are listed.
Now, the folders: Capsa Notes uses folders in a slightly different way. Each folder must be associated to a note. So basically, in Capsa Notes, folders are notes that can contain subnotes (in fact, the folders are called Capsas for make the differentiation from a standard folder). In the app you don't have to do anything special, just create a note and then attach a folder to it using the action menu. Then you can add subnotes (and subnotes to each subnote if you want, and so on). If you want to manually create a Capsa (that is, a note with a folder attached), create a note, and then create a folder with the same name as the note without the extension. That's it.
You can import websites in Capsa Notes, they will be converted to Markdown (I created this project for that purpose, if someone wants to contribute, is more than welcome), and has a simple article extractor based on Boilerpipe for retrieving the main content.
Your notes can be shared as a plain text file from the app, and also as a html file. If the note contains images, the image will be reduced and encoded in the HTML file.
You can create templates too, so in case you want to add always the same note structure with minor changes, you will be prompted with a dialog asking for the fields you defined in the template (check the video for an example).
Advanced use
Notes can have variables. You add the variables defining them with a dollar sign and then the variable value. For example $milk 2 means that the variable milk will have a value of 2. Variables can be text (if you want to use spaces, surround the text with quotation marks), numbers (you can use periods) or dates (in ISO 8601 format).
The variables can be used for queries, so you can create customized lists based on these variables (list the notes that have $date lower than today). Capsa Notes has a simple query editor.
Queries can be inserted inline with the text too. So you can have a note with a lot of subnotes, and then have in the text, for example, the total sum of the variable $price displayed in the main note. For adding a query, surround it with ${ and }. Queries format is very similar to SQL with some differences, you can check a simple reference here.
Capsa Notes also have Tasker integration (only in the full version). So you can trigger a task if a query matches a certain condition, or assign a Tasker variable the result of a query, and then do whatever you want with it in Tasker.
And that's it mostly. I hope you like it, keep in mind it's still in beta, but stable enough for daily usage (at least for me).
TODO
Widget for quick note creation
Widget for capsa/folder view
Password protect notes (I have to figure out a lot of stuff first)
Speed improvements
Custom CSS on notes
So the links!
For Android 4.0+
Basic version
Full Version
(the only difference is that this one has Tasker support, in the free version there are no ads, no asking for rating, no nagging)
Google+ Capsa Notes Community
I hope you enjoy it! Stay tuned for updates.
I just found the app 30 mins ago while i was browsing google play for outliners/note taking apps.
My first impression of it is very good so i googled it and this thread showed up, even better.
I like the idea of the structure and everything being easily modifiable with text editor on computer.
I will migrate my notes and use it for a couple of days and see if it fits me as good as it looks.
Nice work so far.
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I just found the app 30 mins ago while i was browsing google play for outliners/note taking apps.
My first impression of it is very good so i googled it and this thread showed up, even better.
I like the idea of the structure and everything being easily modifiable with text editor on computer.
I will migrate my notes and use it for a couple of days and see if it fits me as good as it looks.
Nice work so far.
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I'm glad you liked it. This las couple of weeks I've been really busy, so I'm focusing primarily on bug fixes. In a couple of hours an update should be live. If you have any questions or suggestions, please let me know.
Cheers
Nice, i look forward to the update.
So far i like it very much.
I've actually written down some suggestions as i tested it this morning (ofcourse i wrote them in your app )
If someone was having issues when adding images in notes with a filename containing non ASCII characters, it should be solved in the current version.
Also a couple of crashes when trying to move or delete a note before it was fully loaded.
Here are some stuff i wrote down as i tested it. I've found one minor bug, i have some suggestions and then some bigger suggestions that i imagine will take some time to implement (if you choose to).
Buggs:
"Loading note..." is stuck when created a new entry (not after editing).
Suggestions:
Making a "home" button to quickly navigate back to the start position, pehaps placed in the toolbar.
Adding so swiping works like this: List -> Note -> Home (or up one step).
Maybe add something on the front page that displays how the hierarchy looks for the notes with folders?
Something like "3 sub folders, 15 notes" just to get a quick overview.
Adding something to be able to delete notes without entering the notes one by one and pressing menu button to get the option.
Being able to mark several notes for deletion at the same time.
Adding a button like a "trash can" next to the "check" symbol when creating/editing to cancel or escaping without saving.
It would be nice to be able to change the width separator on split view.
It would be great to be able to scale the markdown bar. I for example use the galaxy note 3 and the icons are unneccessairly big on these big devices.
It would be nice to set your own colors for notes and folders.
Being able to set a real title for the note/folder that also becomes the file/folder name, instead of automaticly assigning it.
The move note, delete note and attach new folder under the menu button could maybe be icons on field that says "Notes" and take you one level up for quicker access.
When viewing a note, swiping left/right to change notes in the folder.
Big suggestions:
Being able to chose to have your kind of documents (.md) or just using it as a smart text editor with ".txt" extension.
Perhaps set this option when creating a folder so every note beneath it is formatted like that.
And maybe a selection if you want to use your header or not in the note?
When accessing the sidebar inside a note it would be nice to see the wole hierarchy, like a navigational tree.
Maybe with shortcuts so you can jump inside the navigational tree.
Adding alternatives for sorting notes in folders. Like created/edited/alphabeticly/tag (the usuals) acending/decending. And having "own" as well when you want to manually sort them.
This one is alittle bit linked to the suggestion to be able to choose a costum filename.
Support for handwritten notes? Nothing fancy like handwriting recognitions, but maybe like a simple "paint" function and saving them as pictures in the notes.
That's a lot of suggestions, thanks!
BTW, the loading note bug should be solved by now.
I will review the suggestions and get back here with what can be done, what is more unlikely, and what is incoming, thanks again!
Yes well its just suggestions, i hope you find something you like
I actually still got that loading bug. The note loads as it should but the text bubble is still there. Not a big problem though.
I've started using the app more frequently now, replacing my other note apps to get a deeper feel for it and i like the style so far. I use an app to sync the Capsa folder with my computer over wifi and then use notepad++ with an explorer extension to get tree viewing, so far it works great.
I like the open format of the app so far. Just a couple of suggestions and a question.
- The option of font size for notes is a welcomed addition. The font on the home screen didn't change. Could that be an option also?
- The insert date button uses the date dial which doesn't tell you what day of the week you are selecting. Google Keep and a few other apps use a calender date picker, which is much more functional.
Then the question: where are the .md files stored? I found some in /sdcard/Capsa Notes, but they all aren't there. I use Dropsync to synchronize with Dropbox and some files (mostly shared notes from other apps) aren't there.
I love that it's as complex as I want it to be and I can simply save notes directly into it (if I can find out where they're stored).
Good Notes!
Hi,
I'm searching for a note-taking app for a long time now and yours looks very, very promising!
My suggestions (and my needs) are as follows:
Folders
just plain folders in the root where you can put your notes in. At the moment the folders have to be attached to a note? a bit confusion. Maybe the folders could be Tabs on top of the screen just below the navigation.
Image Sizes
Images are Fullscreen in a Note, that is slow, even on my Quadcore Sony Tablet Z. maybe there should be an option how big the images should be displayed in a note (in percent) or if it should be full size or just with a thumbnail and clickable, which then displays the image.
Note Linking
why not have wiki-like notes-linking to other notes
Inline Links
Clickable inline links for URLs, maybe phone numbers, google maps coordinates, e-mails and other notes (note-linking)
Draging Notes
well, I think the draging notes function is IMHO not that usefull as they are just for sorting notes. Would'nt it be cool if the notes can be draged to a folder with that function.
Sorting
A small button on the top of the screen with sorting modes: Alphabet, Creation Date, Modification Date and Reversing the current Sort option
Searching
The most important point for a lot of notes, to find them fast. I'm missing a search field just on the top header. And an instant search would be really great to see the matching note titles, tags, note-text while you type. Maybe an option field nearby where we can choose what so search (tag or title or text or all of them)
Import
For new users with a lot of notes a import function would be great. I would suggest the easiest way would be a CSV or plain text import option via local or dropbox file should do the work.
Sync Options
Forgot to mention Sync options: small manual Sync Button on the main screen and a sync intervall in the options (1h, 3h, 5h, 1d, on change, on note save, etc.)
I think your app has really great pontential in the note-taking apps, because the dozens of apps which are available mostly have 2 or 3 of the features that would be great, but not all the mentioned, but you getting very close already now! Please go on and enhance your app. Would really appreciate this! :good:
I just bought the payed version to help you a bit to further develop your truly great app!
Greets,
Patrick.
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I like the open format of the app so far. Just a couple of suggestions and a question.
- The option of font size for notes is a welcomed addition. The font on the home screen didn't change. Could that be an option also?
- The insert date button uses the date dial which doesn't tell you what day of the week you are selecting. Google Keep and a few other apps use a calender date picker, which is much more functional.
Then the question: where are the .md files stored? I found some in /sdcard/Capsa Notes, but they all aren't there. I use Dropsync to synchronize with Dropbox and some files (mostly shared notes from other apps) aren't there.
I love that it's as complex as I want it to be and I can simply save notes directly into it (if I can find out where they're stored).
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If you are not using Dropbox Sync within the app, the notes should be available in /sdcard/CapsaNotes. But you must be sure that you are not using the Dropbox option within the app.
About the date picker, I will look for a nicer solution, probably a calendar would be more useful. Let me know if you find your notes in the folder!
Hello, I am on summer vacation. In some promotional videos, the actors/actresses seem to know many undocumented features of the 10.1 2014 and 12.2 PRO. I would like to learn more about the Note PRO 12.2 and be a proficient user of the device. What is the best way to do that? I bough the device for pdf annotation, pdf viewing, productivity, etc. Thanks.
Have you downloaded the user manual in PDF?
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Youtube and Google are your best options. As an example, search Youtube for "galaxy note pro tips" and you'll find a few videos dedicated to the device. Ultimately there's no one-stop-shop for proficiency on a single device other than the instruction manual. Even then, an instruction manual will not cover 3rd party software that you're free to install in order to improve your workflow. Video guides on youtube will only cover features that are important to the creator of the video, not necessarily to all users, so ultimately a series of detailed searches are the best way to learn.
Avoid general searches and start using the software in order to find it's limitations so that you can search in detail for solutions. For example instead of searching generically for "how to annotate pdf on a galaxy note pro" search for "annotate pdf adobe reader android" if you use adobe's pdf reader or "annotate pdf ezpdf android" if you use ezpdf. For third party software you can add "galaxy note" to your searches to see if that helps narrow down specific workflows for s-pen based devices but it's not necessary to specifically search for the note pro.
I know this isn't the answer you were looking for but if any of us spew out our own workflows it may not mean much if we use software you're not intending to use or purchase.
As for PDF annotation specifically, I've found it to be cumbersome to do on Android for MY SPECIFIC NEEDS so I've given up on it. The PDF documents that I review/comment on are often large/complicated and end up overtaxing the various PDF apps I've tried (and I've tried nearly a dozen different top rated ones) to the point that I give up. That's just me though and everyone else has different needs. Best way to start is try a couple of PDF programs to see what software looks good to you and then search/ask specifically how to annotate using your favorite software package.
There are a few tweaks I needed to get my note pro working like it should (in my mind). Basically, in the Google play store, there is a person that made the ability to add most apps available for multi window. To me, that is huge. AEON TIME. Search for that in the play store. Multi window app manager.
Second, to help me, I got an additional pen. Yes, it's way more expensive. But I need a real feel pen in my hands. Just works for me and maybe will give an idea. Got it from Amazon. Called bamboo pen. Wacom able. But works perfectly for us too. Has a cap.
I used my note pro for true multitasking this summer. Those were two steps that made my note pro work better for me. Good luck.
Get a different launcher. TW is all fun and well, and MagUX may look fancy, but it's severely limited and incredibly heavy. Get Apex or Nova, this gives you a thousand more options. You won't loose any overlying functionality (like the Spen.). The only thing that wont work are the TW-only S-widgets (S-note, S-calendar(Use Today instead).) (And ofcourse the MagazineUX screen. )https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher.pro & https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher (Both are nearly identical vanilla-Android launchers, so pick whichever you like best. Personally, I prefer Apex.)
While you're at it, look into Zooper Widget. There's no real way to describe it accurately, but it allows you to make your own widgets from scratch, with nearly every bit of information possible. (There are also thousands of templates for you to start from, both in the app and in the play store, a lot of them free. Those don't work on the free version of ZW though.) It lets you see a ton of information, from calendar appointments to free RAM to location to network strength, in one widget. (Or twenty, whatever you like.) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zooper.zwpro
Get a different pen. I've got the Wacom Bamboo Feel stylus for Note. It doesn't improve writing recognition, but it feels a thousand times more like a pen (has a cap with a clip and everything.). It uses the same Spen tech (the Spen is Wacom), so no incompatibility. And yes, it has the button.
Adobe Reader allows you to write on PDF's. (Who'd have thought. Did anyone try that?) It's not perfect (it never is), but at least you don't have the import-export hassle. For PDF viewing, Perfect Viewer (free comic reader) has a (free) PDF plugin. It's a comic reader that's used to massive files, so less issues handling big files. (.cbr is usually much more heavy than .pdf). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rookiestudio.perfectviewer & https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rookiestudio.perfectviewer.pdfplugin
Don't forget you get a 1 year Evernote Premium subscription with any Note device. Nifty little app for notetaking, and it does handwriting now.
And also don't forget you get Hancom Office with this. (Galaxy Apps, not Google Play.). It's a lot like Office.
Get Swiftkey. (Free now) Tons faster, more options and it has the nice little trick of remembering your sentences in the suggestions. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey
Another app i've found to be quite useful is Sidebar Pro. It adds an overlaying sidebar on top of everything else that you can pop up with a swipe, and you can swith to and close apps in it as well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mohammad.adib.sidebar
As for what they do in the 'It can do that' ads, I've yet to discover how they do half of that.
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Get a different launcher. TW is all fun and well, and MagUX may look fancy, but it's severely limited and incredibly heavy. Get Apex or Nova, this gives you a thousand more options. You won't loose any overlying functionality (like the Spen.). The only thing that wont work are the TW-only S-widgets (S-note, S-calendar(Use Today instead).) (And ofcourse the MagazineUX screen. )https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher.pro & https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher (Both are nearly identical vanilla-Android launchers, so pick whichever you like best. Personally, I prefer Apex.)
While you're at it, look into Zooper Widget. There's no real way to describe it accurately, but it allows you to make your own widgets from scratch, with nearly every bit of information possible. (There are also thousands of templates for you to start from, both in the app and in the play store, a lot of them free. Those don't work on the free version of ZW though.) It lets you see a ton of information, from calendar appointments to free RAM to location to network strength, in one widget. (Or twenty, whatever you like.) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zooper.zwpro
Get a different pen. I've got the Wacom Bamboo Feel stylus for Note. It doesn't improve writing recognition, but it feels a thousand times more like a pen (has a cap with a clip and everything.). It uses the same Spen tech (the Spen is Wacom), so no incompatibility. And yes, it has the button.
Adobe Reader allows you to write on PDF's. (Who'd have thought. Did anyone try that?) It's not perfect (it never is), but at least you don't have the import-export hassle. For PDF viewing, Perfect Viewer (free comic reader) has a (free) PDF plugin. It's a comic reader that's used to massive files, so less issues handling big files. (.cbr is usually much more heavy than .pdf). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rookiestudio.perfectviewer & https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rookiestudio.perfectviewer.pdfplugin
Don't forget you get a 1 year Evernote Premium subscription with any Note device. Nifty little app for notetaking, and it does handwriting now.
And also don't forget you get Hancom Office with this. (Galaxy Apps, not Google Play.). It's a lot like Office.
Get Swiftkey. (Free now) Tons faster, more options and it has the nice little trick of remembering your sentences in the suggestions. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey
Another app i've found to be quite useful is Sidebar Pro. It adds an overlaying sidebar on top of everything else that you can pop up with a swipe, and you can swith to and close apps in it as well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mohammad.adib.sidebar
As for what they do in the 'It can do that' ads, I've yet to discover how they do half of that.
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Great suggestions! I actually have some questions for you since you seem to be an experienced user of this device;
I've asked other users on which app allows you to have the capability of making your own annotations to files such as .pdf or .doc and etc (similar to the screen write feature of the s-pen). But do you know of an app that can open up those files and you can edit it from that app itself?
And also, I've recently bought my Note Pro and I was wondering how I can retrieve my Evernote Premium subscription? Thanks in advanced!
SketchySean said:
Great suggestions! I actually have some questions for you since you seem to be an experienced user of this device;
I've asked other users on which app allows you to have the capability of making your own annotations to files such as .pdf or .doc and etc (similar to the screen write feature of the s-pen). But do you know of an app that can open up those files and you can edit it from that app itself?
And also, I've recently bought my Note Pro and I was wondering how I can retrieve my Evernote Premium subscription? Thanks in advanced!
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As far as annotating word files goes what you're asking for is impossible, the word file .doc format doesn't support having comments in graphical layers regardless of whether they're bitmap or vector based. On the PDF side it's possible and there's many different software options but each has its own features so its best to try them out.
I'm currently using qPDF and find it to be ok for annotation of PDF files of small to medium size and complexity so long as all i'm looking for is to jot down a few notes or highlight areas.
SketchySean said:
Great suggestions! I actually have some questions for you since you seem to be an experienced user of this device;
I've asked other users on which app allows you to have the capability of making your own annotations to files such as .pdf or .doc and etc (similar to the screen write feature of the s-pen). But do you know of an app that can open up those files and you can edit it from that app itself?
And also, I've recently bought my Note Pro and I was wondering how I can retrieve my Evernote Premium subscription? Thanks in advanced!
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To be honest I haven't much experience with PDF annotations on a tablet. What I do, I do in OfficeSuite Pro. I'm the designer, not the editor, so I'm on the Adobe Indesign end of the annotation cycle. In theory Adobe Reader should work, but I can't get it to save without an account.
Open up Evernote. Usually it pops up straight away. If it doesn't, open up the 'Explore Evernote' option, it should be in the list. (Icon looks like a horn).
Annotating Word Documents
SketchySean said:
I've asked other users on which app allows you to have the capability of making your own annotations to files such as .pdf or .doc and etc (similar to the screen write feature of the s-pen). But do you know of an app that can open up those files and you can edit it from that app itself?
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I just answered your question today in the post titled "File Editor App." My post within there is called "How to Scribble Notes" (not sure if this is the correct way to link but try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-pro-12/help/file-editor-app-t2830386).
You will be very happy.
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I just answered your question today in the post titled "File Editor App." My post within there is called "How to Scribble Notes" (not sure if this is the correct way to link but try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-pro-12/help/file-editor-app-t2830386).
You will be very happy.
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Pretty cool, didn't think that it would default to having the graphical element on top of text like that.
I stand corrected!
canezila said:
There are a few tweaks I needed to get my note pro working like it should (in my mind). Basically, in the Google play store, there is a person that made the ability to add most apps available for multi window. To me, that is huge. AEON TIME. Search for that in the play store. Multi window app manager.
Second, to help me, I got an additional pen. Yes, it's way more expensive. But I need a real feel pen in my hands. Just works for me and maybe will give an idea. Got it from Amazon. Called bamboo pen. Wacom able. But works perfectly for us too. Has a cap.
I used my note pro for true multitasking this summer. Those were two steps that made my note pro work better for me. Good luck.
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Thanks but I cannot find AEON TIME by searching the google store. Could you please check?
hajime_android said:
Thanks but I cannot find AEON TIME by searching the google store. Could you please check?
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You should find it from HERE