It seems I have tried all of the major PDF annotation apps and one thing seems odd to me. It seems that there isn't one where a tool you are using remains persistent.
For example if i want to use the highlighter, the moment I am done highlighting a section the highlighter tool turns off and i have to click it again to highlight another passage.
So if i am going through a textbook or article and want to highlight passages I am interested in I have to keep clicking the highlighter icon over and over again. Its hard to imagine the developers made it this way on purpose but they all seem to do this.
Am I missing something? Is there some way to make the highlighter tool remain on?
Thanks.
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I think that's exactly how they're designed. The problem being, is that I don't think there are any Pdf apps designed to be used with the pen. For instance, lecture notes allows you to write with the pen and scroll with your finger. That's what we need in a PDF app. A Setting where a finger will not create an annotation-- but will work for scrolling and zooming-- and the pen will annotate but not scroll or zoom. Hopefully more apps will appear that are optimized for use with the pen.
Well we can import pdf files into Snote and mark them up there. You just dost habeas the typical markup tools.
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Hi,
I use Lecture Notes to put notes onto pdf files.
First I cranked up the import quality in settings.
Go to notebook overview and import pdf as new pages.
Add another layer, that way markup can be added and deleted without deleting through the pdf.
For highlighting I use a yellow custom pen and adjust to fat with tweaked alpha and softness.
Hope this helps.
arjag said:
Hi,
I use Lecture Notes to put notes onto pdf files.
First I cranked up the import quality in settings.
Go to notebook overview and import pdf as new pages.
Add another layer, that way markup can be added and deleted without deleting through the pdf.
For highlighting I use a yellow custom pen and adjust to fat with tweaked alpha and softness.
Hope this helps.
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Nice! Thanks. Much better. Have you figured out a way to import screenshots into LN? I tried last night and couldn't get it to work right.
toenail_flicker said:
Nice! Thanks. Much better. Have you figured out a way to import screenshots into LN? I tried last night and couldn't get it to work right.
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hey, that Kno textbook app that comes preloaded loads pdfs much faster than snote and the highlight tool remained persistent while flipping pages for me. You could give that a shot?
I figured out how to get the snaps into LN. Don't know why it wouldn't work last night.
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Well we can import pdf files into Snote and mark them up there. You just dost habeas the typical markup tools.
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The guide says I can import and you say S Note can import but there is no option to import on my Note 10.1 S Note. What am I missing?
When you first open the app hit the menu button then import.
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It seems I have tried all of the major PDF annotation apps and one thing seems odd to me. It seems that there isn't one where a tool you are using remains persistent.
For example if i want to use the highlighter, the moment I am done highlighting a section the highlighter tool turns off and i have to click it again to highlight another passage.
So if i am going through a textbook or article and want to highlight passages I am interested in I have to keep clicking the highlighter icon over and over again. Its hard to imagine the developers made it this way on purpose but they all seem to do this.
Am I missing something? Is there some way to make the highlighter tool remain on?
Thanks.
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I was just messing around with ezpdf and have just discovered that you can do the above! If you look at the annotation toolbar in ezpdf, you will notice that the same tool is highlighted twice e.g. the highlight text icon, the only difference being that there is a small "c" below the tool icon.
If you click on the highlight text that has the "c" on it, you can continue to highlight different parts of the text until you click the done arrow, this feature can be used with any of the tools that have the "c" shown on the tool. You can also customise the tool bar to show only the tools that you will be interested in.
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I was just messing around with ezpdf and have just discovered that you can do the above! If you look at the annotation toolbar in ezpdf, you will notice that the same tool is highlighted twice e.g. the highlight text icon, the only difference being that there is a small "c" below the tool icon.
If you click on the highlight text that has the "c" on it, you can continue to highlight different parts of the text until you click the done arrow, this feature can be used with any of the tools that have the "c" shown on the tool. You can also customise the tool bar to show only the tools that you will be interested in.
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Oh really? Thanks I'll try that.
Yes it works. Awesome
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Oh really? Thanks I'll try that.
Yes it works. Awesome
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With this forum and its members, the Galaxy Note tablet and the right apps and knowing how to use them and discovering new features, the Note 10.1 for me is on a daily basis becoming the ultimate productivity tool. So far, I have not been tempted by any other tablet which is extremely rare as I constantly update my devices. At home or at work, I can't put it down as there is something useful that the note can do better or more conveniently than my other devices.
Does anyone know if there is a way to do highlights on a PDF that is not OCR'd? EZpdf and Iannotate only allow the highlighter to be used on OCR'd documents.
I have a lot of scanned documents that have handwritten notes, and I'd like to be able to highlight those things. Essentially it would be like drawing ontop of the PDF with the highlighter tool, much like the pen tool.
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Does anyone know if there is a way to do highlights on a PDF that is not OCR'd? EZpdf and Iannotate only allow the highlighter to be used on OCR'd documents.
I have a lot of scanned documents that have handwritten notes, and I'd like to be able to highlight those things. Essentially it would be like drawing ontop of the PDF with the highlighter tool, much like the pen tool.
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Lecture Notes will let you do that.
crazeco said:
Does anyone know if there is a way to do highlights on a PDF that is not OCR'd? EZpdf and Iannotate only allow the highlighter to be used on OCR'd documents.
I have a lot of scanned documents that have handwritten notes, and I'd like to be able to highlight those things. Essentially it would be like drawing ontop of the PDF with the highlighter tool, much like the pen tool.
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In ezpdf, you can use the freehand tool and go into its options, choose the colour you want to highlight in and then make the opacity lower and choose the pen size. This will allow you to highlight none OCR'ed documents.
Can anyone recommend a PDF app that I can use on Android to delete individual PDF pages(not PDF files, and individual pages within a PDF)
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I'm having some trouble finding a good freeware EPUB e-book reader. Any suggestions?
Freda by Jim Chapman http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581247
I use mobipocket. (www.mobipocket.com)
What rat_2665 said, Freda has got the be the best.
It's very versatile, enabling you to change the colours of the backgroud and text, font size and type. Especially great at night when you can change the background to black and the text to grey for easier reading (for me at least)
+1 for Freda, and rotate apps make it more flexible too, easier to hold and flip thru pages one handed.
As far as text color goes, I prefer to mimic the Kindle with gray background and black text. I've read for 4 hour sittings with no eye strain.
+1 to the freda suggestion!
Freda rotarion
Bimboy said:
+1 for Freda, and rotate apps make it more flexible too, easier to hold and flip thru pages one handed.
As far as text color goes, I prefer to mimic the Kindle with gray background and black text. I've read for 4 hour sittings with no eye strain.
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Jep Freda rules but what app do you use for rotation BsB dident work for me.
update; sorry i am a bit stupido. rotate can be controlled true the options of Freda . +2 for Freda
Try HTC eReader
Only problem is limit of 20 books.
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Only problem is limit of 20 books.
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That's 20 books on the bookshelf = recently read. I've got literally hundreds of books in my ebook folder, and Freda finds them no problem.
Freda is a superb program.
Not sure what a Epub reader is, but if your just looking to read books on the phone. The best in my opinion would be Isilo (my first post, but the web addy is just isilo dot com) Uses two programs, one on the phone, and another on the computer to convert txt or webpages and other formats so the phone can read it. The program is very neat, can adjust font, size, color, full screen, auto scroll. Hope this helps.
get freda..........version 2.0 is out !!!!!!!!!!!!
Another one for freda, superb on HD2 , make sure that you change the tap settings so that at least one takes you back to the main menu for the program, I kept having to shut it down using taskmanager, before I worked that one out lol
Hmmmm.
Don't seem to be able to read ePub files on my HD2 with Freda...
Am i doing something wrong???
When i try to open one, freda's fileread light (lower right corner) keeps flickering with activity, but even after 10 minutes it's still buzzy......
TCBR (TequilaCat Book Reader), and going ti check about freda as advised
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Hmmmm.
Don't seem to be able to read ePub files on my HD2 with Freda...
Am i doing something wrong???
When i try to open one, freda's fileread light (lower right corner) keeps flickering with activity, but even after 10 minutes it's still buzzy......
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That flickering light at the bottom right means that Freda is trying to calculate the pagination (that is to say the layout of the words on the pages). If it's still going on after ten minutes, there must be a problem with the book, or a bug in the code.
Please could you email me (1) the book file (2) Freda's log file (normally in /program files/freda/logfile.txt) and I will see if I can fix the issue. You can reach me at [email protected] .
Thanks.
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That flickering light at the bottom right means that Freda is trying to calculate the pagination (that is to say the layout of the words on the pages). If it's still going on after ten minutes, there must be a problem with the book, or a bug in the code.
Please could you email me (1) the book file (2) Freda's log file (normally in /program files/freda/logfile.txt) and I will see if I can fix the issue. You can reach me at [email protected] .
Thanks.
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I just send the logfile and the ebook
Book Reader
+10 for mobiPocket
combination desktop and phone app allows you to convert any file to a book you can read and add bookmarks to-- when updating to PC it copies your book marks to continue reading-- and vice versa PC to phone does the same
DANKE
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Freda by Jim Chapman http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581247
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Super Programm das fehlerfrei funktioniert :good::laugh:
Thanks a lot
Hello all
I was wondering if someone had encountered an application that would facilitate signing documents on our tablets?
Ive tried printing to PDF or JPG and using something like Picsay pro to annotate the document but its a bit round about and picsay only saves a really low resolution image.
I was hoping there was something I could use that could allow me to open a document that may be in word, PDF etc. and sign it using a stylus or finger. I dont care if it has to be converted into a flat image as I am basically just emailing back a signed image anyway.
My current use is NDAs. I get sent them and am expected, print, sign, scan and return. If I could use my TF to do that then not only could I save trees but I could do this anywhere I got cell signal.
There's an app for that: Fill and Sign PDF's
Only works with PDFs that have form fields apparently. Most of these are just going to blank documents that were scanned to PDF.
What I can do is either convert the file to a PDF or just an image and what i need is an image annotator that can handle large files. But currently everything scales it down to being useless.
Id love something that could do it in one fell swoop but I think that is asking too much. Just convert a word/pdf/etc to a flat file that can then be annotated and emailed back as an image/pdf.
I use repligo pdf for document signing. Great app.
Ive gotten close with just the office app but one issue I am having is I recorded a signature but whenever I make a transparent GIF or PNG it shows all wonky on the transformer, just solid black.
Is there a way to get transparent images to display properly?
Give this a look. if you want to be able to sign on a PDF and have a crystal clear finished document.
at least watch the video.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cerience.reader.app&feature=search_result
worth the investment for business purposes.
By far IMO the best one i have tried.
Thanks, I think I finally got there with your suggestion, its not the most elegant in all cases but it works.
For straight PDFs I can open relpligo. When they come in as Word documents I went ahead and bought Adobe's PDF creator to convert them to PDF and then sign them in repligo. This works because this means, if they are in word, I can fill out any fields in Polaris, convert to PDF, sign and then send back without ever having to touch a full featured computer.
There is a free app called SIGNificant. You open a PDF document and you can set an area for the signature. HOwever, everytime you sign, you need a WiFi connection or the document won't be saved.
Is there an app for stylus drawing on a4 paper with zoom features because clearly would be difficulty to write and see the whole page?
I really need this feature rather than making small notes...i suppose blank page pdf in qpdf might sufficr but atm the free.draw icon only lets you draw for a few seconds? n e 1?
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one thing i have noticed is that when you print the s memos you can select a4 and they look ok (ish) when printed out...
hmm well i guess its worth a try, but i cant be scanning them all to my main computer again. Im going to be testing soon what file format s memos are saved in and then see if its possible to convert to pdf. reason is, i need the 'memos' on my main computer.
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hmm well i guess its worth a try, but i cant be scanning them all to my main computer again. Im going to be testing soon what file format s memos are saved in and then see if its possible to convert to pdf. reason is, i need the 'memos' on my main computer.
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*.jpg format. Why convert to pdf?
hmm. jpeg is ok then it can go straight to word. the point is though s memo isn't good at all for zooming in and out and then writing with the pen as if it were a real a4 page so i was looking for a different app. ill have to test jpeg convertion of them to word tomorrow as i cant shuitdown my pc to re-install and get kies running today. long story
but ill try the zoom in s memo again
There's an app called handwrite though I've not tried printing. Bit hard in beginning because of features
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Bengaz said:
*.jpg format. Why convert to pdf?
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JPG looks like crap on vector/text (since the compression is hard). Use PNG.
holgalee said:
There's an app called handwrite though I've not tried printing. Bit hard in beginning because of features
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Gave the wrong app name, it should be Freenote.
Hi,
I would like to ask if a new not yet perfect feature is working also on the gnote10.1.
Its the scroll by hoovering with button pressed.
In Setting-Input the two last options have to be enabled for it.
If you like it or have other ideas for it maybe we can collect them here to show them to the developer.
My idea would be to have the scrolling option without showing the hoovering dot and
having a sense for "flinging" then pen, so with more speed you scroll more pages....
Regards
Splotz
considering that the tab has a hover indicator built in, which is a small grey dot, i would prefer to be able to scroll without the lecture notes hover icon as well.
also, does anyone else have issues with odd strokes coming up less than straight(like a squiggly lightning bolt).
I posted to your question in the other thread.
+1
New Update, cant try it atm.
Somebody found out what changed ?
ratindahat said:
considering that the tab has a hover indicator built in, which is a small grey dot, i would prefer to be able to scroll without the lecture notes hover icon as well.
also, does anyone else have issues with odd strokes coming up less than straight(like a squiggly lightning bolt).
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I am experiencing the same thing when I am drawing. Is it a software thing ? Or is the screen bad .? Maybe a warranty issue ???
l don't think so. It's more a hardware issue but, probably not repairable. Just check this thread out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1861992&highlight=ruler
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l don't think so. It's more a hardware issue but, probably not repairable. Just check this thread out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1861992&highlight=ruler
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different problem than what i was talking about. The issue i am talking about should be filterable in software if we can figure out how.
ratindahat said:
different problem than what i was talking about. The issue i am talking about should be filterable in software if we can figure out how.
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Is there somewhere a screenshot of the issue posted?
splotz said:
Is there somewhere a screenshot of the issue posted?
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squiggly line example
@squiggly line, hardware or software issue
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squiggly line example
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Looks like if the tip gets not quick enough to his "zero" position sometimes..
Did you try to change the tip or to see if something is bend or stuck so ?
Yes, tried all hardware variations including another penabled pen. I think it is a mixture of hardware and software possibly.
I received a couple of reports concerning strange `squiggled´ lines when using LectureNotes on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 devices. So far, only this device seems effected. It is not clear what is causing this problem, but I agree with ratindahat that it is probably a mixture of hardware and software.
I just uploaded v1.16.8 into Google Play in which there is a second input `filter´, namely to optionally discard coordinates `between´ input events sent by the Android system (which are called `historical input events´ in Android terms). In the filter input settings dialog, this is the first option, as this `filter´ is applied first, and the Ramer-Douglas-Peucker filter that is available since v1.16.3 is the second option, as this filter is applied second. Actually, these `historical´ events *should* be used, and not using them rather elaborates on the symptoms and does not solve the underlying problem, but I received some positive feedback from Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 users so that you might wish to try this new `filter´.
I will try to get a hand on a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 device to investigate this further (and hopefully find a work-around concerning the stylus button, too).
Migrating from S-Note to LectureNotes
As others in this thread I prefer LectureNotes to S-Note.
However, I've discovered LectureNotes just recently and in the meantime I have created several notes in S-Note.
What is the best way to migrate all my notes from S-Note to LectureNotes?
Export as a pdf then import pdf?
I tried that but then I have to go note by note.
Is there a way to export/import in bulk?
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@linattuale: I do not know about the export side, but you can import all pages of a PDF file at once in LectureNotes. If you wish to do more than that, you will have to create a ZIP archive similar to the one that LectureNotes creates upon backup the notebooks board or when sharing a folder, and import this ZIP archive. This is not particularly complicated, but it requires that you convert your PDF files to a set of PNG files and ZIP them together in the right fashion, which is probably better done outside the Android world in batch-style.
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@linattuale: I do not know about the export side, but you can import all pages of a PDF file at once in LectureNotes. If you wish to do more than that, you will have to create a ZIP archive similar to the one that LectureNotes creates upon backup the notebooks board or when sharing a folder, and import this ZIP archive. This is not particularly complicated, but it requires that you convert your PDF files to a set of PNG files and ZIP them together in the right fashion, which is probably better done outside the Android world in batch-style.
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How do you import all pages of a pdf? I can only ever seem to have it import one page.
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@linattuale: I do not know about the export side, but you can import all pages of a PDF file at once in LectureNotes. If you wish to do more than that, you will have to create a ZIP archive similar to the one that LectureNotes creates upon backup the notebooks board or when sharing a folder, and import this ZIP archive. This is not particularly complicated, but it requires that you convert your PDF files to a set of PNG files and ZIP them together in the right fashion, which is probably better done outside the Android world in batch-style.
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Great, thank you,
half of the job is now easy!
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Nefariouss said:
How do you import all pages of a pdf? I can only ever seem to have it import one page.
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You have to go to "Notebook overview", where you can select "Import PDF as new pages".
@Nefariouss: As linattuale wrote, you can do that in notebook overview, the resolution and margins can be adjusted in the app's import settings.
Is there an app that will recognize note taking and convert it to text that can be stored?
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Is there an app that will recognize note taking and convert it to text that can be stored?
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Look at 7note
Mikerla said:
Look at 7note
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+1 Brilliant app!
I have literally tried every note taking app that exists, and the best one by far that I have come across is LectureNotes. It does not convert handwritten to text, or resize the notes that you write like supernote (comes stock with infinity), but the format of the writing is the perfect size (regarding the page and the writing), and the features it has are out of this world. I have used it for a ton of classes. I will have a ppt running and on specific slides that instructors comment on, I can take a screenshot of it and then add it to my note page. You can make pages and pages and then export them to PDF. If you prefer text, you can type also. Seriously, check it out. It also works with an app called recorded lectures that will synchronize audio playback with your writing with the audio recorded during while you were writing.
@Turin87: Many thanks for your kind comments. In case `resize the notes´ refers to writing large on the display and getting your notes scaled down and inserted at a `cursor´ position, note that LectureNotes has an input method called `input zone´ that does that.
Of course, are you the dev? And thanks for letting me in on that. I have actually become accustomed to the format of just simply writing on the paper. It actually feels more authentic as though I was really taking notes on a real notepad. And there isnt the issue with having to wait for the resizing to happen.