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Hello guys,
I got the G tab as a gift. I hated the UI so now I am using ZPad Clean ROM. PDF I have tried a number of PDF readers I have used and all have given me the same problem. While scrolling, the file is blank. It takes about a second for the text to load. I thought that since my books are around 10-100 MB, it must be a problem with the file. I have tried plain text PDFs which are not even a page long and I have the same problem.
Does anyone know a way around this problem?
Thanks!
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Found a perfect reader. Loads even the big PDF files easily!
EZ PDF reader
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I use Adobe pdf reader and it works fine. I'm also pretty sure ezpdf is not free so you should probably remove the link.
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I use Adobe pdf reader and it works fine. I'm also pretty sure ezpdf is not free so you should probably remove the link.
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Its in the marketplace, free, and works like an official version should.
Only drawback is using file browser to open the file. No native file browser built into the app.
Is it possible to read pdf books in a e reader? If so, which e reader is best for reading pdfs. I have some pdfs of books that I would like to read on my phone using an e reader. I can use adobe acrobat but I have to zoom in and zoom out which is a pain in the butt.
Thanks.
p.s. Im not sure if these pdfs are specially made for e-readers. I would love to have an e-reader which can conveniently display normally created pdf books as well.
sLiKK said:
Is it possible to read pdf books in a e reader? If so, which e reader is best for reading pdfs. I have some pdfs of books that I would like to read on my phone using an e reader. I can use adobe acrobat but I have to zoom in and zoom out which is a pain in the butt.
Thanks.
p.s. Im not sure if these pdfs are specially made for e-readers. I would love to have an e-reader which can conveniently display normally created pdf books as well.
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I had this issue when i was using a small screen windows mobile phone. My fix was to convert the PDF to text. That way it was more easy to view. Then i would create a .epub file that most e readers use, (with the exception of the ones who need to feel special) this way pages get formatted to a small screen and are a bit easier to read then the pdf.
Also this site may help
http://ebook.online-convert.com/convert-to-epub
Try ezpdf from market.
^+1.. ezpdf is pretty good.
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I had this issue when i was using a small screen windows mobile phone. My fix was to convert the PDF to text. That way it was more easy to view. Then i would create a .epub file that most e readers use, (with the exception of the ones who need to feel special) this way pages get formatted to a small screen and are a bit easier to read then the pdf.
Also this site may help
http://ebook.online-convert.com/convert-to-epub
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So I convert my pdf and then view them in Google reader or kindle reader etc??
yes, use a converter and you can view it in Google reader which has worked pretty well for me
How do you open it in Google Books. I cant seem to find where it stores e books.
depends if they are text based or image based pdf's. Also if they are technical books (i.e. containing diagrams etc) then it can be problematic.
Most readers try and do a re-flow and don't display high-image content well. Some readers also allow image/reflow choice which solves that problem.
If its just text based books then the world is your oyster and choices are massive. If not then there are less.
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try the reflow (in foxit reader) or similiar function in the pdf reader. u can read well
I wanted to ask how do I open a pub file in google books?
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sLiKK said:
I wanted to ask how do I open a pub file in google books?
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If I can recall a .pub file is embedded with something that makes it unique to a specific reader. Such as nook or kindle readers.
I know that in order for me to get a book into a reader I usually have to find the default folder and just copy the book over. Try to find a folder that says something gbooks or Google books, open it and see if it has some of your downloaded books in it. If it does just paste your books here, trial and error works for finding which file types are recognized.
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thanks for the info!
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.
mitchellvii said:
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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mitchellvii said:
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.
HasC said:
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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mitchellvii said:
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)
Hello, I recently dumped my Ipad 2 for the Gnote 10.1 and am running into a small problem. Im a military pilot and have a TON of flight manuals, all annotated, highlighted, and bookmarked up with Iannotate for easy studying.
I have found Iannotate for Android, lacking and want to try EZPDF or Repligo (right now i have Repligo). Repligo will not open any document annotated with Iannotate. Neither will Snote. infact only the Android Iannotate and the Adobe Reader app will open them.
I cant be the only person seemingly locked into this now (i really dont want to have to re-do all of this).
Has anyone found a solution? the error I keep getting is " Error opening file. It appears to be damaged."
I have tried opening to Adobe.com, then redownloading (after a new annotation in hopes to put it in a universal Adobe format, but that didnt work).
Any Ideas?
In IAnnotate, you might try going to settings and choosing the 'email w/annotations'. Email to yourself and then open those in your new pdf reader. I use Mantano. Just an idea.
edit: I just tried that and did not have much success. I was able to open it up in IAnnotate and see all the annotations but when opening it up in EZPdf, Mantano, Moon Reader and Adobe reader, only the document showed w/o annotations. EZPdf wouldn't open it at all, saying it was corrupted.
I'm thinking it's something with IAnnotate not being able to save or flatten the annotations with the pdf/doc that is preventing it from being opened or viewed by another reader. idk. Maybe someone else has figured this out. Good question, tho.
Yeah... its only some documents. I have gotten a couple to work. so im starting to think it may only be a certain type of annotation, one that may not carry over. Havent decided on the best reader yet.. gonna check out Mantano or EZ now.. Repligo isnt all that super (it is better than Iannotate though)
You can add my vote for ezpdf
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Try flattening the annotations.
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What is are your favourite note taking apps.
I've not voted on this yet as i discovered a few interesting apps when compiling the list of options that I wish to try out first
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Awesome Note shouldn't be includedhere, it doesn't even have native handwriting recognition.
Papyrus is very good to me, just easy to use , quick UI, with S-pen support, finger eraser, and even multi-window support.
notes mobile has flaws, but the recognition is the best I've used.
I prefer Evernote for general notes taking and Skitch for annotations. I'll use S-Note if I want to use the pen for hand writen notes or drawing, and export to Evernote if it's something I want to sync to other devices.
Quil'is UI is too chunky, like trying to use a WIMP app, where as S-Note is uber-optimized for using the S-Pen. Sometime I'll try Papryus again or Lecture Notes but honestly, I've little need to since S-Note works beautifully.
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Spidey01 said:
I prefer Evernote for general notes taking and Skitch for annotations. I'll use S-Note if I want to use the pen for hand writen notes or drawing, and export to Evernote if it's something I want to sync to other devices.
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I just got my Note but wasnt sure how to export my notes within S-Note to Evernote....is there a specific way to do this or are you just sharing the note via text to Evernote? Thanks
I feel sad that I'm still on S-Note.
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Syncing s-note to evernote is a PITA. In snote settings under accounts you will see evernote as an option if you have the app installed but AFAICT this sync doesn't work as one would expect, So, I personally prefer to just do my note writing directly in Euernote even though templates are not an option. If you want You can export/share an snote as a pdf to evernote but it isn't an automatic sync.
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I just got my Note but wasnt sure how to export my notes within S-Note to Evernote....is there a specific way to do this or are you just sharing the note via text to Evernote? Thanks
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Syncing s-note to evernote is a PITA. In snote settings under accounts you will see evernote as an option if you have the app installed but AFAICT this sync doesn't work as one would expect, So, I personally prefer to just do my note writing directly in Euernote even though templates are not an option. If you want You can export/share an snote as a pdf to evernote but it isn't an automatic sync.
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You have to use the Share via or Export menu options (open note -> hit menu key; or long touch on a note (share via only)). On the main menu of S-Note you can also Import and Export.
Attempting to import or export will ask a format and for a source: My Files (their file manager), Google Docs, Evernote. It makes a Notebook and stack called Samsung_S_Note. At least for the S-Note/S-Memo formats (.snb) you can't even open the file in Evernote web and the app sees it as an attachment (${note name}.snb). I haven't experimented with PDF/Image export/import yet.
Really I think the best sync is probably the Samsung account, and a periodic export to somewhere else so that you have a backup in case Samsung screws up and clobbers your data.
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Interestingly image file export results in just saving it to shared storage (e.g. /sdcard). Exporting as .snb and sending it up to Evernote, when I download it (after finally getting the web client to load the note files), I see a file path for a PNG file if I open it in vim, asking the Linux file utility it claims it is an OOXML file! As in what Microsoft Office 2007+ uses. Using the unzip utility:
Code:
$ file Download/King\ Foo\ sword\ and\ shield.snb
Download/King Foo sword and shield.snb: Microsoft OOXML
$ unzip -l Download/King\ Foo\ sword\ and\ shield.snb
Archive: /home/terry/Download/King Foo sword and shield.snb
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1261 2020-14-28 13:58 [Content_Types].xml
293 2020-14-28 13:58 snote/_rels/master.xml.rels
721 2020-14-28 13:58 snote/_rels/snote.xml.rels
1202 2020-14-28 13:58 snote/styles.xml
824 2020-14-28 13:58 snote/settings.xml
1518 2020-14-28 13:58 snote/snote.xml
1787 2020-14-28 13:58 snote/master.xml
1295 2020-14-28 13:58 snote/font.xml
359 2020-14-28 13:58 docProps/app.xml
750 2020-14-28 13:58 _rels/.rels
181743 2020-14-28 13:58 snote/media/fImage1817433.png
58269 2020-14-28 13:58 snote/media/fImage582696.zdib
4069 2020-14-28 13:58 snote/media/snb_thumbnailimage_001.jpg
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roustabout said:
notes mobile has flaws, but the recognition is the best I've used.
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Totally agree. I've tried them all and I think this is the best one....
Chale
Should add Handrite note Notepad Pro to your list. I have it but not used it very much however there are many here in the threads that seem to really like it.
Chaleman said:
Totally agree. I've tried them all and I think this is the best one....
Chale
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Searched "notes mobile" in play store and couldn't find it. Is that the correct name?
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Searched "notes mobile" in play store and couldn't find it. Is that the correct name?
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Sorry. Here's the link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visionobjects.notesmobile
MyScript Notes Mobile...
Chale
I like the combination of simpleaf and quickpic for quick memos.
I love s-note but it takes a few steps to make memos readable by other apps.
It cant do funcy stuff like snote but it puts out jpegs as they are, which is very versatile.
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Sorry. Here's the link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visionobjects.notesmobile
MyScript Notes Mobile...
Chale
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It is not compatible with N5120
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my favorite note taking apps and how I string them toether.
HI, I already posted this to one of the forums about whether or note to get a note 8. I thought it could be of help here since note taking apps are the title. Most forums list usefull apps but here is how I string up all my usefull apps together for actual note taking...
I've been using the note 8 for a while now and if what you want is work and note taking...it's just perfect: here's my set up for note taking:
1) With multiwindow on...
2) EVERNOTE on the left panel (window). --yep EVERNOTE supports MULTIWINDOW hurray!!!!
3) Lecture notes on the right panel(window)
4) Audio Master Floating....floating around.
I know evernote has skitch but switching between this and the main app loses valuable time when you're taking down notes. it's much easier to jot down text on evernote and scribble into lecture notes (side by side)...then if you're done with the lecture, you can just export the entire lecture note scribble onto evernote and everything get's synchronized...plus if you don't wanna export to evernote...that's fine too since images are really a lot of data to upload.
I know evernote also has a built in recording function but again switching between that and the actual text app again loses valuable time, Audiomaster floating is fast, pumps up the voice recording volume (if the speaker is far) and you can save the audio under various formats...and it can record while you write....I know lecture notes has an audiorecorder as well but as I said, it's much faster to have all three options available instantaneously while taking down notes and that's all made possible by...the note 8.
final APPS:
5) ES file explorer, camera ace on your android phone and FOLDER SYNCLITE:
--SET up es file explorer as an FTP server on your phone or tablet and assign a folder to store all your lecture pics (to be taken for a particular lecture) using camera ace on your phone. Then set up folder sync lite to synchronize those folders between the note 8 and you're android phone...voilia...no more flailing around the large note 8 to take pictures,,,you can take pics with your camera phone (less bothersome) and synchronize it striaght to your note 8 to annotate powerpoint slides captured directly from the phone but edited more efficiently on the larger screen of the note 8 (no internet requiring drop box or other cloud storage service required). This one I haven't had the chance to do yet...But I believe it is possible...
I know all these individual apps are already available on other devices...but none of these even come close to the sheer..."multitasking behemoth" that is the note 8. Actually, the "behemoth" would be the note 10 (which is also great for that size category) so this would make the note 8 the porsche....really easy to slip into a large enough coat pocket (side pockets of course)....."
The rest of my original post, I removed cuz it was more about the note 8 as a gadget....this part was for the note taking apps.
Thanks for the heads up on Audio Master Floating.
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ProjectER said:
HI, I already posted this to one of the forums about whether or note to get a note 8. I thought it could be of help here since note taking apps are the title. Most forums list usefull apps but here is how I string up all my usefull apps together for actual note taking...
I've been using the note 8 for a while now and if what you want is work and note taking...it's just perfect: here's my set up for note taking:
1) With multiwindow on...
2) EVERNOTE on the left panel (window). --yep EVERNOTE supports MULTIWINDOW hurray!!!!
3) Lecture notes on the right panel(window)
4) Audio Master Floating....floating around.
I know evernote has skitch but switching between this and the main app loses valuable time when you're taking down notes. it's much easier to jot down text on evernote and scribble into lecture notes (side by side)...then if you're done with the lecture, you can just export the entire lecture note scribble onto evernote and everything get's synchronized...plus if you don't wanna export to evernote...that's fine too since images are really a lot of data to upload.
I know evernote also has a built in recording function but again switching between that and the actual text app again loses valuable time, Audiomaster floating is fast, pumps up the voice recording volume (if the speaker is far) and you can save the audio under various formats...and it can record while you write....I know lecture notes has an audiorecorder as well but as I said, it's much faster to have all three options available instantaneously while taking down notes and that's all made possible by...the note 8.
final APPS:
5) ES file explorer, camera ace on your android phone and FOLDER SYNCLITE:
--SET up es file explorer as an FTP server on your phone or tablet and assign a folder to store all your lecture pics (to be taken for a particular lecture) using camera ace on your phone. Then set up folder sync lite to synchronize those folders between the note 8 and you're android phone...voilia...no more flailing around the large note 8 to take pictures,,,you can take pics with your camera phone (less bothersome) and synchronize it striaght to your note 8 to annotate powerpoint slides captured directly from the phone but edited more efficiently on the larger screen of the note 8 (no internet requiring drop box or other cloud storage service required). This one I haven't had the chance to do yet...But I believe it is possible...
I know all these individual apps are already available on other devices...but none of these even come close to the sheer..."multitasking behemoth" that is the note 8. Actually, the "behemoth" would be the note 10 (which is also great for that size category) so this would make the note 8 the porsche....really easy to slip into a large enough coat pocket (side pockets of course)....."
The rest of my original post, I removed cuz it was more about the note 8 as a gadget....this part was for the note taking apps.
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I think the built-in Polaris Office with is the annotation feature is even better than the Lecture Notes app.
I use it to take add notes directly to the PowerPoint or sometimes I open a blank word worksheet in Polaris to take handwritten and/or text notes.
A great app for annotating PDF's is EzPDFReader.
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