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Notes - On the seventh day, God didn't create a note app

Sorry for the title...
Anyway, this is my last try. I've been looking very hard for a note-taking application that does what I want, which is quite a lot, I suppose. I've narrowed it down to this:
Support for text and handwritten notes
Ability to include a photograph, taken directly with the camera or from storage
Search function. If you can search handwriting, even better!
Format text
Pictures, ink and text should all be visible at the same time when looking at a note.
My top candidates are
PhatPad/PhatNotes - What I'm currently using. Ink and text are separated and when inserting a picture in text-mode places it as an icon and when inserting in ink-mode it's used as background for all pages
Evernote - Would be perfect, but you can't see your notes... Has all the features, but you need an internet connection to look at them (very ridicules). Don't know about releases prior to 3.x though?
I know this been asked before, but I just can't find any, and this is my last attempt. If people here doesn't know about one, then there really isn't one. Peace of mind is priceless, so I will sell my PDA to buy the app if I have to.

College Notes

Any of you use this phone for taking notes during college?
I'm looking for a nice app to take college notes (something like ms paint, because standard android drawing apps won't let you draw straight lines)
Please share your experience!
Jeroen

Skitch or Smart Diagram
Skitch and Smart Diagram both allow drawing of lines. I think both are free, although the free SD version has a limit on document numbers.
Skitch has the advantage of a free-form note and integration with Evernote (a beautiful app if ever there was one).

phatpad is also another paid app and works well with the Note.
If you go to their website, you can try it free for 24hrs by downloading the apk.

I'm not a student but there are apps like Soonr Scribble, ezPDF and iAnnotate that allow drawing and scribbling on top of your documents, etc. Then there are also Mindjet, and Epistle. Would like to hear what others have to say!

There is also FreeNote in the market. But after initial enthusiasm I uninstalled it. But others may like it better that I did.
I found/tried Phatpad yesterday. It is great because you can freely place everything everywhere: Text, scribbled notes and graphics. You can edit everything if you reopen a document, which you cannot do with Skitch (which would be a great app otherwise). Phatpad allows to lasso-select and move parts of the document around. That's a rare find for android 2.3 apps.
All in all it's a well composed app.
But ... it's very buggy. And for the prize (which otherwise would be absolutely justified) it's too buggy IMO.
If you can wait for ICS there are a few free-note-taking apps for 3.0 and higher which look very promising.

I am getting a note to use in my college courses and I am going to load up ICS right away and use "antipaper HD" or something along those lines. I tried it out on my nexus and it looks very promising. You get to keep separate notebooks and everything.
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I used Mindjet just to create a brainstorm for my dissertation. I need to reinstall Evernote really as I find that handy. It may not be relevant for you, but Dropbox is handy for sharing files.

I wanted something that enabled drawing on GDocs stuff, just like you can draw on their website version. Now THAT would be something. I take notes for college too with the Note, but i keep whatever i have to draw separate from the main stuff in gdocs.
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Do you guys know of any notebook/note app that enables auto zoom? Lecturenotes and Antipaper requires you to manually advance to the next part when you zoom in so can anyone tell me if there's an app that moves automatically when you've reached end of paper? Thanks guys!!

What are some good apps for note taking and diary?

I am itching to use my new Note for extensive note taking and writing, but I haven't come across any apps like penultimate on the iPad. I'm through and through an Android user but I have to admit the apps on iOs are much more polished. sNote is good but if anyone knows a really polished note taking app, please let me know.
I spent quite a bit of time yesterday looking for a diary app but almost all the apps are typing-based and the ones for inking seem not very mature. Can someone suggest a really good diary app with date, weather, etc. added to that day's entry, allows entry with the sPen and is visually appealing?
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Not sure about weather but have a look at FreeNote and Papyrus. if you search this thread few people have recommended it and provided some good comparison.

Try `jotter´ its not too mature but its worth a while.
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Try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intulon.android.jotter
Not sure if there's a free version of it

Evernote is the best appp for you
Hi there,
I have the best answer for you-EverNOte- All know how to take notes and share across platforms
-To use it as a Diary
- Create a new note book -my diary
- you can add notes and sort by date of creation
- hanwriting can be added by skitch and if you dont want to type you have swype or touchpal key pads
- you can add location data as well
- modify the date of creation by using the evernote PC app, of you want to create diary for any other date
- add as many pictures and videos you want
- use evercalendar for a calendar view
- share your diary with your loved ones
- see it anywhere, anytime and across almost all platforms
- The update gives it a sleek appearance
- you can also sort by tags
rgds

dentalguru said:
Hi there,
I have the best answer for you-EverNOte- All know how to take notes and share across platforms
-To use it as a Diary
- Create a new note book -my diary
- you can add notes and sort by date of creation
- hanwriting can be added by skitch and if you dont want to type you have swype or touchpal key pads
- you can add location data as well
- modify the date of creation by using the evernote PC app, of you want to create diary for any other date
- add as many pictures and videos you want
- use evercalendar for a calendar view
- share your diary with your loved ones
- see it anywhere, anytime and across almost all platforms
- The update gives it a sleek appearance
- you can also sort by tags
rgds
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the only thing stopping me from using evernote is the missing s pen functionality (pressure sensitive) , at least when i last used it a few months ago..
otherwise its a great app , best note taking...

incisivekeith said:
I am itching to use my new Note for extensive note taking and writing, but I haven't come across any apps like penultimate on the iPad. I'm through and through an Android user but I have to admit the apps on iOs are much more polished. sNote is good but if anyone knows a really polished note taking app, please let me know.
I spent quite a bit of time yesterday looking for a diary app but almost all the apps are typing-based and the ones for inking seem not very mature. Can someone suggest a really good diary app with date, weather, etc. added to that day's entry, allows entry with the sPen and is visually appealing?
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Notes mobile is the best app you will find imho

SKITCH
Goodm7sn said:
the only thing stopping me from using evernote is the missing s pen functionality (pressure sensitive) , at least when i last used it a few months ago..
otherwise its a great app , best note taking...
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Hi
there is an evernote add on skitch that lets you take notes using S-pen
also the page of skitch is almost infinitely big,
you write in the entire page pinch shrink and whola you have a lot more space...

I think it depends on what your note taking process is (or what you want it to be).
I tried every note taking app I could find and decided Freenote+ was the best for me.
I made a demo video of it here which might help give you an idea of how I use it.
But that was when I was on GB. Now I'm on ICS, I need to find some time to check out some of the other apps that I couldn't use before...

For me, LectureNote is the best.
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Depends on what kind of note taking you are trying to do. LectureNote is a really good app for notetaking and seems like it would be perfect for a student.

You could also try Quill.

+1 for Lecture Notes on ICS. Has even succeeded with rendering my beloved fountain pen obsolete ;-)

Calendar/planner app for S Pen with day view writing functionality

I’m looking for a calendar/planner app which allows writing with S Pen on the day view pages – just as one can write on a paper organizer.
Samsung stock S Calendar would be perfect for me, but it only allows writing with S Pen on the monthly view. Maybe such functionality will be added in future, but for now it lacks this basic feature (which is pretty odd in my opinion).
Do you know of any calendar/planner app which allow writing with S Pen on the day view pages? Unfortunately I couldn’t find any yet. I’d be grateful for recommendations. Thank you in advance.

Three is a special version of the Franklin Planner on Samsung Apps which might do what you want. As far as I remember, it is available in a trial version as well.
EDIT: Sorry, just checked on Samsung Apps and the one I was referring to seems only to be compatible with the Note 10.1

If someone is interested, I found today an application named Fit Tight Planner (S Pen GN2). I'm not sure if it is compatibile with note 8.0 though - I'm going to ask an author about it and eventually will give it a try.
EDIT: Yesterday at last I found some time to buy and try out the Fit Tight Planner app. Few days ago I also asked an author about my concerns regarding compatibility with note 8.0 and he proved to be a very helpful guy.
Anyway, the app is just what I was looking for. It allows writing on the day view pages and also has the month view where I can see if any notes were made on specific day. App works fine with note 8.0. Of course there's always place for improvement: automatic increasing the size of a page when it's filled with text (biggest issue), better graphics (maybe skins?) and more text editing options would be nice and I hope the author will add them soon. As a conclusion, I can surely recommend this app, expecially for people who need the functionality of the paper planner/organizer in their note 8.0.

How to be a proficient user of Note PRO 12.2?

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
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Yes

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.

ShadowLea said:
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.

Ruqayyah said:
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