Hi,
I thought using S note for note taking on pdf's would be great but it turns out that the program, in general, is note suited for how much studying I actually want to do.
First off, after importing pdf's, the SNB note file is extremely large compared to the original pdf size. For whatever reason, this just does not seem to be necessary. They should make a program that just reads pdf's directly and allows me to take notes on it, add pages, etc...
For example, I have a 14mb pdf file that turned into a 655mb SNB file. THis is absurd. S note is apparently only for small pdf's or taking lecture notes. I actually want to take notes on large pdf files.
Actually it seems like all the other problems I'm having with this software is related to this particular issue. Sometimes it will try to import a pdf, but at some point during loading (very slowly I might add) it will do one of 2 things: 1) freeze up 2) finish and start loading the snb note, but there is no snb note to be loaded so all that importing was for nothing
Is there a program better suited for taking notes on pdfs that has similar functionality as s note but is more robust?
Give LectureNotes a try. It takes a while to get used to it after switching from snote, but it's worth it. It has an amazing amount of functions and works great with pdfs. It also supports layers, so you can keep the original pdf intact and write&erase freely without disturbing the bottom layer.
For taking simple notes on pdfs there is Acrobat Reader. For more special things I recommend EZPDFReader.
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Does Papyrus read PDF's? Otherwise, I think it's a fantastic note app.
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Lecture notes, seconded
I use it everyday in a college setting. Can't be beat.
I use both lecture notes and payrus
Payrus when I need different types off page type since I can have the same in lecture notes.
Both have great point and both missing one thing the other covers.
Best way to see which is best to you is try
LectureNotes give you a demo while payrus is free but you need to pay for extra features.
Gud luck
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I use ezpdf and find it to be all around excellent.
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Does any note apps (other than Snote, thats what I use now) allow you to import PDF's? I didn't see that feature in Lecture Notes. I'm an Econ major and we have PDF's provided by the professor. I've been importing them to Snote. I don't care how big the files are. If anyone has ever done things in photoshop, you do a tiny edit on a 5mb image and then it becomes a 100mb image. I understand what it takes to edit a document and the Snote content is creates is separate of the PDF (meaning you can delete and edit infinity). Though having 64GB of space is necessary though.
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Does any note apps (other than Snote, thats what I use now) allow you to import PDF's? I didn't see that feature in Lecture Notes. I'm an Econ major and we have PDF's provided by the professor. I've been importing them to Snote. I don't care how big the files are. If anyone has ever done things in photoshop, you do a tiny edit on a 5mb image and then it becomes a 100mb image. I understand what it takes to edit a document and the Snote content is creates is separate of the PDF (meaning you can delete and edit infinity). Though having 64GB of space is necessary though.
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Yes it allows you to import PDFs and then export them after editing. I think you need the pdf add on program (free) before it will handle them though. Ive just done a full year at uni using my note as my note taker and pdf editor with lecture notes and its never failed me. I import my PDFs before or at the start of the lecture, edit them during then export and upload to dropbox at the end.
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Does any note apps (other than Snote, thats what I use now) allow you to import PDF's? I didn't see that feature in Lecture Notes. I'm an Econ major and we have PDF's provided by the professor. I've been importing them to Snote. I don't care how big the files are. If anyone has ever done things in photoshop, you do a tiny edit on a 5mb image and then it becomes a 100mb image. I understand what it takes to edit a document and the Snote content is creates is separate of the PDF (meaning you can delete and edit infinity). Though having 64GB of space is necessary though.
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Just as someone said above you have to install a pdf reader from the same developer as LectureNotes (acadoid) before it'll work and it's free. Then you open the pdf file just like you will with any pdf reader and select LectureNotes. Make sure that you aren't in any notebook while doing this though since it's sometimes just inserts the first page then (at least for me).
If you like to insert a blank page between you just press the hand icon and insert page before/after current page. And by the way, you might want to make sure that you import the PDF on a different layer than the one you use for notes since erasing will erase the pdf as well if it's in the same layer.
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@Axel_: If a notebook is open, you open/view a PDF file (or an image) and select LectureNotes as target app, LectureNotes assumes that you want to import it into the open notebook.
The URLs of PDFView are https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.pdfview and http://www.amazon.com/Acadoid-Developer-PDFView/dp/B00CPR4L6K/.
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@Axel_: If a notebook is open, you open/view a PDF file (or an image) and select LectureNotes as target app, LectureNotes assumes that you want to import it into the open notebook.
The URLs of PDFView are https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.pdfview and http://www.amazon.com/Acadoid-Developer-PDFView/dp/B00CPR4L6K/.
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Yes and that's what I like as well, however usually when I'm trying to import a multiple page PDF and have a notebook open it only import the first page ad an image using the procedure you're choosing. I don't get the option "select what pages you like to import" etcetera.
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@Axel_: This is not the topic of this thread, but I am a bit puzzled. I just double-checked, when I view a PDF file using LectureNotes or share a PDF to LectureNotes and I have a notebook open, LectureNotes brings me back to this open notebook and I get asked which page I wish to import, as it should be; if the PDF file contains only one page, there is no such question, as it would be redundant, and the first (and only) page is directly imported.
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@Axel_: This is not the topic of this thread, but I am a bit puzzled. I just double-checked, when I view a PDF file using LectureNotes or share a PDF to LectureNotes and I have a notebook open, LectureNotes brings me back to this open notebook and I get asked which page I wish to import, as it should be; if the PDF file contains only one page, there is no such question, as it would be redundant, and the first (and only) page is directly imported.
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Yes that's the "problem", it asks what page and not what pages to import. And if you like me have lectureslides of usually like 5 or 10 pages, I can't se why I would like to import them individually. On the other hand, sometimes I like to import a page of a book so selecting what pages (including just one, like when you export the pdf without any book open) would be better to me.
So as usual, it's not as much a bug as it is a matter of personal taste
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@Axel_: Maybe you know that, but if you want to import multiple pages at once, close the notebook first and then view/share the PDF file. In this case, LectureNotes will ask you want to do with the PDF file: import PDF single page, import PDF as new pages into an existing notebook, or import PDF as new notebook; choose the second option and select the notebook. Alternatively, open the notebook in notebook overview and import the PDF file there.
The point is that when importing a single page, LectureNotes allows you to manually scale, rotate, and place it, which is done in the notebook content view, whereas multiple pages are automatically placed using the margins in the app's import settings, which is done in notebook overview. This is why you are asked about the page when importing a PDF file in notebook content view, whereas you are asked about the pages when importing a PDF file in notebook overview.
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@Axel_: Maybe you know that, but if you want to import multiple pages at once, close the notebook first and then view/share the PDF file. In this case, LectureNotes will ask you want to do with the PDF file: import PDF single page, import PDF as new pages into an existing notebook, or import PDF as new notebook; choose the second option and select the notebook. Alternatively, open the notebook in notebook overview and import the PDF file there.
The point is that when importing a single page, LectureNotes allows you to manually scale, rotate, and place it, which is done in the notebook content view, whereas multiple pages are automatically placed using the margins in the app's import settings, which is done in notebook overview. This is why you are asked about the page when importing a PDF file in notebook content view, whereas you are asked about the pages when importing a PDF file in notebook overview.
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I know, and that's why I told the guy in this thread to close the notebook first
I still can't se why one couldn't get that feature iff one selected import one page only. But the reason I don't get the feature as it is now might be because I use the "press pen button and lasso" feature on the note if there's a part of a page I like to import.
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Anyone know of a way to convert several files from SNB to PDF (or even JPG) all at the same time?
I am trying to integrate all of my S Note stuff into evernote, and would like to do it quicker than 1 file at a time.
Wait... there's a way to convert them 1 at a time?
How?
Menu and then select export. You have to be in the document.
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Or out of the document, you can long press its name/ thumbnail. S Note will then present you with several options of what you want to do with the file, including Export (to pdf/ jpg).
I am astonished that S Note lets you sync your snb (note format) files to evernote, but doesn't think to automatically convert them to jpg or pdf for you before doing so. Basically that just means you have an unreadable snb file in evernote (since evernote doesn't read snb files) until you convert it yourself from within the app, thus making S Note syncing it for you in the first place pointless.
S-Note for Windows
There's an S-Note for Windows that will let you sync with Evernote or your Samsung account and do things like export to PDF, which will presumably be faster than doing it on an Android device.
I'm a new XDA commenter so I can't post a link, but you can find the S-Note download on the Samsung website.
Hope that helps - sure helps me!
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Or out of the document, you can long press its name/ thumbnail. S Note will then present you with several options of what you want to do with the file, including Export (to pdf/ jpg).
I am astonished that S Note lets you sync your snb (note format) files to evernote, but doesn't think to automatically convert them to jpg or pdf for you before doing so. Basically that just means you have an unreadable snb file in evernote (since evernote doesn't read snb files) until you convert it yourself from within the app, thus making S Note syncing it for you in the first place pointless.
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I didn't find this so much of a problem. In the Web version of Evernote, you can read the S-Note files just fine. The pages are displayed as images. Of course what you say is true in the Evernote Android app - pretty annoying.
Imported some pdf files for my Spanish class so I could annotate but it is missing the Images that are on the pdf. Doesn't happen with ezpdf or lecture notes. Anyone else have this issue?
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I have a lot of problems with imported PDFs too.
- '≠' is displayed as '='
- On some pages the last line is missing
- some images aren't displays or not correctly
- vertical text is not displayed.
I already wrote to the samsung support and it would be great when you and as many other people as possibly tell this samsung too, so hopefully it will be fixed with JB.
PDF import issues
I found that if I scanned documents on a large office printer/scanner/fax machine and then imported that file into s-note, the pages would all be blank. I could open these files with any PDF app and everything was there. I then opened those scanned files with Adobe on my PC and printed them into a new PDF file using PDF reDirect and then imported them into s-note and everything was good.
To sum up... It could be a problem with the software that created the PDF document. PDF reDirect is a free utility that you can download from any reputable download site and then recreate your document into a new PDF that will work with s-note.
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I have a lot of problems with imported PDFs too.
- '≠' is displayed as '='
- On some pages the last line is missing
- some images aren't displays or not correctly
- vertical text is not displayed.
I already wrote to the samsung support and it would be great when you and as many other people as possibly tell this samsung too, so hopefully it will be fixed with JB.
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Yes I have reported this to them hopefully they address our issues.
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It would be the killer app for me if it exists... that is the app that has all three components here:
1) Handwritten notes w/ notebooks and/or page tagging
2) Support for S-Pen and ability to use an S-Pen only input mode.
3) Sync to PC (or use dropbox/Evernote to sync) and be able to view notes on the PC. I want to not have to export my notes but just keep notebooks in sync so that when I'm done writing on the tablet the notes on the PC are updated and get updated everytime I make changes instead of having to export to PDF or another format.
I'm not sure if any of you have used Livescribe paper/pens/software but if they could reproduce that kind of functionality with OTA syncing that would be incredible! Still occasionally use my Livescribe pen but would rather than be fully using my Note 10.1 for everything.
Anyone know of something that does it all? I've used Quill, LectureNotes, S-Notes and others but still haven't found something that can do all three. Any ideas or suggestions?
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It would be the killer app for me if it exists... that is the app that has all three components here:
1) Handwritten notes w/ notebooks and/or page tagging
2) Support for S-Pen and ability to use an S-Pen only input mode.
3) Sync to PC (or use dropbox/Evernote to sync) and be able to view notes on the PC. I want to not have to export my notes but just keep notebooks in sync so that when I'm done writing on the tablet the notes on the PC are updated and get updated everytime I make changes instead of having to export to PDF or another format.
I'm not sure if any of you have used Livescribe paper/pens/software but if they could reproduce that kind of functionality with OTA syncing that would be incredible! Still occasionally use my Livescribe pen but would rather than be fully using my Note 10.1 for everything.
Anyone know of something that does it all? I've used Quill, LectureNotes, S-Notes and others but still haven't found something that can do all three. Any ideas or suggestions?
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I use Quill and it syncs with Evernote.
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I use Quill and it syncs with Evernote.
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So you can make edits in Quill, they are automatically updated to Evernote and you can view those files on your PC?
I see an export option in Quill but not a sync option but maybe I'm missing something.
When you find the trifecta, please let me know. My current system is using LectureNotes and syncing to Dropbox. I am also manually exporting to pdf and saving in OneNote to keep it up to date in case MS blows everything away with a fully functional android app.
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So I've been using LectureNotes which works in the following instance.
1) Install a sync program, I use Dropsync, to sync local folders on a schedule or automatically with Dropbox and setup a folder for sync with Dropbox.
2) Setup LectureNotes to use this folder (or just setup Dropsync to point to the LectureNotes folder)
3) Notebooks create folders in that folder. Each page for the notebook is a PNG file. If you use single layer notes then you can obviously view this file elsewhere. Notes with more than one layer use multiple files so obviously that can complicate things.
I like to use lecture notes to take a "scanned" image of a handout and put it on one layer and then write text on top on another layer so this doesn't work for that but it does work for simple notes. I can't view the PNG files on the tablet for some reason but have no problem opening them on my PC.
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I've been using EzPDF for quite a bit, and their new "palm rejection" seems to simply ignore my hand and go with the S pen, which I do like.
Do you guys have any other apps you use for annotating pdfs?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
For smaller pdfs and pure annotating importing to LectureNotes is the best to me, it's simply the best note taking app there is out there and if you really want to annotate in your pdfs the functionality is just outstanding. For annotating straight into the PDFs I switch between iAnnotate and ezPDF, ez is better for annotating but iannotate is way better in handling pdfs and especially books of 500+ pages. The old Acrobat reader isn't to forget either, but for annotating there are better apps.
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For smaller pdfs and pure annotating importing to LectureNotes is the best to me, it's simply the best note taking app there is out there and if you really want to annotate in your pdfs the functionality is just outstanding. For annotating straight into the PDFs I switch between iAnnotate and ezPDF, ez is better for annotating but iannotate is way better in handling pdfs and especially books of 500+ pages. The old Acrobat reader isn't to forget either, but for annotating there are better apps.
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I do use LN for taking notes, but is there way to get the indexed pdf text imported as a text layer? I'm hoping to be able to do a search and find after I annotate.
I'll look into iAnnotate, thanks for the suggestion!
Also a LN user. Flattening the file for printing led me to the application. Indexing is my next stop.
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I use EZpdf for quick changes, it works well and also supports the multi window feature. For big edits, lecturenotes is the most powerful and the only program ill use for actual note taking.
PDF text in Lecture Notes?
So I use a pdf of a textbook, and take notes directly on there.
I have been using LN for this purpose, but I really wish the text was still there as text, not as part of the image.
Is this anyhow possible?
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So I use a pdf of a textbook, and take notes directly on there.
I have been using LN for this purpose, but I really wish the text was still there as text, not as part of the image.
Is this anyhow possible?
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I don't think it's possible since that's not how the app imports the PDF. However, maybe you could ask the developer since he's so awesome. If it were possible, I'd love to buy a LN-pdf editor app that allows this to happen (or maybe even a LN-pdf editor that can link to Mendeley or something).
Hi folks, I've taken a few handwritten notes, several pages long each, using the stylus on my note Pro. When these files are uploaded to Evernote and I try to view them on my desktop computer, the resolution appears very low and they are unreadable. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Yep it sucks.
What I've done is just given up on Evernote for now and I'm using Papyrus along with enabling the premium features in Papyrus which allow full use of tools, PDF export and cloud sync. With the PDF export function I'm able to push notes to Evernote for syncing. The cloud sync to Dropbox also works great with the only downfall being the extremely long sync durations of 12 hours which means you have to go into settings and manually force sync if you need something right away.
Other than that the Papyrus note application is great.
Hi, and thanks for the idea, I'll look into Papyrus premium.
What a pain though...
Is there a way to export high rez versions of the notes I have taken already with the Samsung note app?
I've been using Note Anytime and sending the files through email. I'm disappointed with Evernote..
You could use lecture notes with pdf exports.
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Hi folks, I've taken a few handwritten notes, several pages long each, using the stylus on my note Pro. When these files are uploaded to Evernote and I try to view them on my desktop computer, the resolution appears very low and they are unreadable. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Hi, I used to have the same problem, but I found a workable solution since I really do like the S Note / Evernote combo: When you have finished with your note, save it, give it a usable name, and then use the S Note built in Share option, and simply share it to Evernote using pictures (haven't tried the PDF option, or any other, yet). You'll get beautiful high res images in Evernote! And you can do that with all your existing Notes as well!
Hope this helps, good luck!
You can do the same with LectureNotes, there is also an option for directly exporting into Evernote but I haven't tried it.
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You can do the same with LectureNotes, there is also an option for directly exporting into Evernote but I haven't tried it.
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Instead of using S-Note (which really is unusable when opened in Evernote on a Mac), think about using the new handwritten note function of Evernote for Android. It does not have the same functionality but the handwritten notes are stored in high resolution. You get perfectly readable large notes in Evernote on a Mac.
Why share to ever note from s note? Ever note sync is built in.
You may need to share S-view files because if you simply sync them to Evernote then the files are unreadable on a computer, due to low resolution.
I tried sharing from S-view, selecting PDF and clicking Evernote, and presto it worked like a charm, synced automatically and very readable.
I also tried the sharing an image file via email and the resolution appeared to be a bit better but the file size was significantly larger, plus you need to merge the .png files into a pdf, adding another step. I would only use this when resolution is of utmost importance.
Thanks for the assistance of the above posters, I hope this helps others to figure out what is best for their needs.
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You may need to share S-view files because if you simply sync them to Evernote then the files are unreadable on a computer, due to low resolution.
I tried sharing from S-view, selecting PDF and clicking Evernote, and presto it worked like a charm, synced automatically and very readable.
I also tried the sharing an image file via email and the resolution appeared to be a bit better but the file size was significantly larger, plus you need to merge the .png files into a pdf, adding another step. I would only use this when resolution is of utmost importance.
Thanks for the assistance of the above posters, I hope this helps others to figure out what is best for their needs.
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You could get the s Note pc application. Then view the files natively, Snote Sync stores 2 files in ever note. one for the galaxy to read and the other that sucks
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nsiti said:
You may need to share S-view files because if you simply sync them to Evernote then the files are unreadable on a computer, due to low resolution.
I tried sharing from S-view, selecting PDF and clicking Evernote, and presto it worked like a charm, synced automatically and very readable.
I also tried the sharing an image file via email and the resolution appeared to be a bit better but the file size was significantly larger, plus you need to merge the .png files into a pdf, adding another step. I would only use this when resolution is of utmost importance.
Thanks for the assistance of the above posters, I hope this helps others to figure out what is best for their needs.
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Thanks, that's good to know and very annoying!