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I wanted to create a thread listing for applications which can make use of S-Pen. Please discuss/review the various apps which you have used and maybe other folks can benefit from this. This could assist people who are considering to get this Tablet.
There was a contest for S-Pen applications before Note10.1 was launched. That contest was meant for Note. But since both have same resolution, I think the apps should work normally also for Note10.1.
You can find all the applications developed during that contest here: http://galaxynotespenchallenge.com/submissions
I have heard good things about applications like Papyrus. Other guys may give us more details if they have used other applications.
Samsung have this new contest now with total prize money of $4 million. This sounds quite decent.
Details here: http://www.smartappchallenge.com/eng/main.do
Please share good apps that are dedicated for Note/S-Pen.
cheers!
EDIT: I am adding some of the recommended apps that you guys mentioned in the thread. Hopefully new adopters will find it useful to take full advantage of the S-Pen capabilities.
LectureNotes
Adobe Reader
Soonr Scribble
Autodesk SketchBook Pro
Autodesk SketchBook Mobile
ezPDF
Papyrus (Beta)
FreeNote or FreeNote+
Quill
LayerPaint
TVPaint (Beta)
RepliGo PDF Reader
Lecture notes... Lecture notes... Lecture notes.
The note 10.1 + lecture notes has replaced my paper notebook finally. I recommend exploring treats like custom pencils etc. It's an excellent app.
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I dón't know if it already exists but an application that I would find very interesting for the note family is an score writing one. I mean something like the windows program Sibelius that allows you to write a professional looking score and it has the possibility to export it as a midi file. I think that the S-pen would make the writing much more easy that it is in a PC. In fact the note could probably the most ideal way to actually write an score. And, you know, you could use the lemma "you need a note to properly write a note" .
BigStuart said:
Lecture notes... Lecture notes... Lecture notes.
The note 10.1 + lecture notes has replaced my paper notebook finally. I recommend exploring treats like custom pencils etc. It's an excellent app.
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Wow no kidding. What a great app. Much better than s notes imho
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Any chance for S Pen apps for eBooks?
Do Google Books, Nook, etc. lock their books so that only the corresponding "official" app can open the eBook? I'm wondering if there's any prospect of a third-party developer creating an app that allows us to mark up an eBook with the S Pen, or if we're at the mercy of those official eBook providers.
In theory Google Books offers eBooks in PDF format, but that seems to be a rare option, at least for books published recently.
Regular old everyday Adobe Reader works very well for annotating PDF files with the s-pen.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.soonrscribble&hl=en
Soonr might be worth trying out. Probably test it out once my kids get done with my tablet. lol.
According to the description: " It works with any type of file, on any mobile device or computer, across teams, across networks, and across the globe in real-time. Whether you’re working on spreadsheets, presentations, proposals, expense reports or just taking notes, Soonr Scribble on the Samsung Galaxy Note is the annotation solution you’ve been searching for."
Great post man. I just got my Note and I am interested in other S Pen apps as well.
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Try the stock "S Suggest" app. I have found a lot of cool S-Pen friendly apps there. :cyclops:
Did somebody tried evernote
And Autodesk sketchbook ?
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Did somebody tried evernote
And Autodesk sketchbook ?
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Autodesk Sketchbook, on the "Phone" Galaxy Note, works great for sketching. I imagine it will be even better on a 10 inch screen. As for Evernote, works just the way it does on all other phones/tablets.
I'd recommend ezPDF for pdf annotation. I had previously been using qPDF but I decided to try ezPDF and its much better. The only thing its that qPDF, unlike ez, allows you to flatten the whole page rather than individual elements, if that's something that maters to you. I emailed the ez dev and he said it would be implemented soon, but until then I still use qPDF just to flatten the whole page.
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Regular old everyday Adobe Reader works very well for annotating PDF files with the s-pen.
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ezPDF works better.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwidWRrLmFuZHJvaWQucmVhZGVyIl0.
Tried them all, but this is my fav. :good:
Lecture Notes is imo the one with best development speed.
Did someone try Quill from Volker ?
It does Vektoring (different to Lecture Notes) and is very quick.
More S-pen apps http://www.sammobile.com/2012/08/23/galaxy-note-10-1-gets-more-s-pen-apps-from-samsung/
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More S-pen apps http://www.sammobile.com/2012/08/23/galaxy-note-10-1-gets-more-s-pen-apps-from-samsung/
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only for UK owners? The Samsung apps I have dint show any of those at all or for free.
Just released, wait.
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http://youtu.be/U-c4DI2Tr5Y <- This is Lecture Notes on the Note 10.1. It has a ton of settings and is fully compatible with the S Pen (pressure sensitivity and all). Unfortunately the button on the S Pen isn't customizable (I Would have liked it to be a shortcut for the eraser). It only works as a shortcut (click + drag down) to open the options menu in the upper right corner.
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Lecture Notes is imo the one with best development speed.
Did someone try Quill from Volker ?
It does Vektoring (different to Lecture Notes) and is very quick.
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I had a Thinkpad Tablet for the past year, just switched to the amazing GNote.
Quill is a great app. It was literally developed by Volker by asking daily feedback on the Thinkpad Tablet forum, and releasing lots of updates. He did an absolutely amazing job with it.
But, my favorite inking app is Freenote. The down side is that it is not intuitive to figure out all the features. But, if you like Microsoft OneNote, I think Freenote is the closest thing to it on Android at the moment. Freenote lets you switch between ink/paint/text on the same note; lets you pinch zoom on an object (picture/text/ink) to make it larger, then ink it and pinch zoom back out, and the new ink is smaller relative to the object; powerful use of tags to make "to dos" or calendar entries or web bookmarks, etc., across all your notes, then to see all these scattered to dos/calendar entries/etc. in one view by clicking on that tag.
The thing I most love about Freenote though is that it lets you use a writing area at the bottom of the screen, similar to the Windows Tablet Input Panel that you can dock at the bottom. So, I can tap my cursor anywhere on the page where I want the ink to go, then just write the words very large in the writing area at bottom, and Freenote inserts them in a straight line at the cursor point at an ink height you can adjust in the settings. I love this feature because I have bad handwriting, but if I write ridiculously large in the writing area, it comes out legibly, quickly!
JCHP
Did you try 7notes with mazec? It does the same thing as free note, but it is a keyboard you can use like that on any note app. I even used it with Color Note. If an app uses a keyboard, I'm pretty sure you can use this app/keyboard to do HWR with it.
I'm really starting to consider this tablet, but in my courses, I need heavy math usage, and would like to know a few things:
First of all, I have the "engineer's handwriting," meaning my handwriting is very clear (on paper at least, haha)
Assuming this, how well is the recognition for more complicated math formulas?
Can it do matrices? Can it recognize hats/vectors or other accents of a variable?
Also, when you "save" it onto the note pad, does it:
-act like an image
-act like actual text on the document
-or both?
Likewise, how would you rate the customization of how the formula is represented, if any.
Lastly, can it be set so that the equation is recognized and formatted into LaTex notation?
I've taken some looks on YouTube, but I only find integrals, sums, and that sort, and not much of higher level stuffs.
If there are any math students here, how would you rate the use of this tablet for math notes?
Thanks!
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I'm really starting to consider this tablet, but in my courses, I need heavy math usage, and would like to know a few things:
First of all, I have the "engineer's handwriting," meaning my handwriting is very clear (on paper at least, haha)
Assuming this, how well is the recognition for more complicated math formulas?
Can it do matrices? Can it recognize hats/vectors or other accents of a variable?
Also, when you "save" it onto the note pad, does it:
-act like an image
-act like actual text on the document
-or both?
Likewise, how would you rate the customization of how the formula is represented, if any.
Lastly, can it be set so that the equation is recognized and formatted into LaTex notation?
I've taken some looks on YouTube, but I only find integrals, sums, and that sort, and not much of higher level stuffs.
If there are any math students here, how would you rate the use of this tablet for math notes?
Thanks!
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Post a sample of your notes and I'll try it out later tonight
You're probably not looking for this, but I take notes using LectureNotes. It basically saves it as an image, so no need for handwriting recognition and whatnot.
But here is a not-great, not-bad part of my notes:
http://imgur.com/a/I1Kur
It's normally saved in .png files in LectureNotes which you can then turn into PDFs, but I rather not upload my whole notebook so I only select what could be termed the most average parts of my notes. My notes look better now, now that I've learned a little more about how to use the app (there's a LOT you can customize), but this is how you can expect it to look when it's not great but not bad.
If you can replicate this, then I can assume it works well with the more complicated things.
Also, by image I mean an image within text. I prefer that it is represented as in text and not a whole page as an image.
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The formula recognition is mainly just for light work, I just use lecture notes and it's perfect, Easy to erase mistakes, copy and paste, move formulas and equations around, drawing shapes and stuff with multiple layers and what not. Snotes sucks for engineering/ math notes, but lecture notes is amazing. Import and export pdf's and cut out parts of books and paste into a note
Excuse my bad handwriting but this is done on the note with snote also the notebooks save as text you can grab an image from the text but you can also easily modify whatever you write on it
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@bigdragon
Looks good. But I meant formula match. Lol. Thanks though.
Honestly, if it can do matrices, then I think it can do almost anything. I read that matrices is the hardest to recognize into latex by recognition.
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Formula Match
Angry Sprint Customer said:
@bigdragon
Looks good. But I meant formula match. Lol. Thanks though.
Honestly, if it can do matrices, then I think it can do almost anything. I read that matrices is the hardest to recognize into latex by recognition.
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I did what I could I am still getting used to it myself
I love taking notes on the Note 10.1. I mainly use the shape and normal handwriting mode for my notes. i use shapes for tables and graphs, otherwise I use the handwriting mode. I don't like using the OCR or math modes because they are not easy to modify or undo.
Angry Sprint Customer said:
@bigdragon
Looks good. But I meant formula match. Lol. Thanks though.
Honestly, if it can do matrices, then I think it can do almost anything. I read that matrices is the hardest to recognize into latex by recognition.
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I tried doing the notes you uploaded but it just can't do it for the stuff in the square brackets. It also got bogged down by the time I finished the first column.
edit: also failed to recognize teh Q R C type symbols.
Finally: Keep in mind that I'm on an older version of S Note (Android 4.0.4 build XWALG4) so I don't know if it has improved with newer versions of 4.0.4 like XWALI4 or jelly bean.
This is my attempt, did the brackets and stuff fairly easily but don't know anything about these formulas so they may not be what was desired.
Thanks a lot for trying the sample. I'm sure it can do the doubleR/Q/C but wasn't absolutely sure about matrices (the elements in the bracket). If it can't, that's a bit unfortunate because linear and abstract algebras need matrices quite a lot. Nonetheless, I'm pretty impressed but I will wait after next semester until I decide on a tablet. Again, thanks for your input. =)
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This is my attempt, did the brackets and stuff fairly easily but don't know anything about these formulas so they may not be what was desired.
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You're missing half of the matrix, I tried for around 5-6 minutes to get all four quadrants of the matrix but I couldn't.
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
AW: App for serously annotating PDFs.
Unfortunately you did not mention Which apps you already tested and did not find useful .
I'm sure that the Combination of your wish list Will lead to no result .Currently Im happy With ezPDF reader but Im also teting iAnnotate .
l like the Idea of saveing the annotation In a separate file . This Would also enable annotation for protected files.
Have you tried Lecture Notes. You can divide pages to create the extra page you wish. You can add multiple layers for annotating, drawing etc. and each layer is saved as a separate file.
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Another vote for lecture notes. Every time I tell myself it can't do something and I will try another app, I figure out how to do it or the new feature is released. You will not be disappointed.
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GETCASHMONEY said:
Another vote for lecture notes. Every time I tell myself it can't do something and I will try another app, I figure out how to do it or the new feature is released. You will not be disappointed.
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Whilst I love LN, I think it is nowhere near useful for any serious PDF work.
The software is brilliant in importing PDFs, and I think that is a great functionality for ripping off bits of PDF documents and including them in handwritten notes. On the other hand LN does not (and it is not supposed to) handle PDF documents in their native format. It simply transforms them into bitmap images. When you export the notebook back to PDF the result is 6-8 times larger than the original (could be less, depending on the type of document) and it has lost all the vectorial and text content. Besides, LN struggles to import anything that has more than 100-150 pages and contains lots of objects.
I do quite a lot of proof reading of PDFs of technical publications, and I find that my note is a fantastic tool for annotating draft publications, despite having a desktop PC with a very large screen in front of me. I do not need the features requested by the OP, because the tablet is my secondary instrument and I can always go back to my PC for more complicated things. So far the most comprehensive software that I found for annotating PDFs is ezPDF, followed by Adobe Reader. I also bought LN, but that helps me in different things.
What MouseTheLuckyDog is looking for is probably an Android port of Adobe Acrobat, but I doubt we will ever see one, at least in the short term.
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MouseTheLuckyDog said:
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
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It allows you to write on any doc or screen on your tablet.
I don't know if this is of any use but my workflow is using Zotero within Firefox on the desktop. There is also another zotero extension that I use to sync the pdfs to dropbox, and from there onto my note via foldersync. I then read and highlight using ezpdf, then import back into zotero and this extracts all my highlighted text.
Ezpdf reader
MouseTheLuckyDog said:
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
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Have you tried this. I am I use it for work and it gives me everything I need.
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It allows you to write on any doc or screen on your tablet.
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Editors Note: The app in question is "floating draw".
So next time I open the doc willl I see the annotations there?
I've been looking for app with similar requirements. Only apps I found that allow you to export to PDF without converting everything to images are Adobe Reader and EzPDF. Adobe has a bit limited functionality (could use an eraser or full touch rejection mode), but I think it's still the best choice available - EzPDF does everything I need, but its small icons are extremely uncomfortable.
I use Mantano. .
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ezPDF all the way...
also see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083668
Maybe iannotate pdf...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.branchfire.iannotate
i use both ezpdf and mantano i like them both
Guys as a medicine student and a newcomer to galaxy note Im lookin for an app that allows me to write with the S pen on a PDF files.
Take notes on the PDFs durig the lecture and so on.
Can u suggest some please?
EzPDF Pro.
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IAnnote PDF works quite well, and with direct (tho oddly) Box support. I've found using DropBox with it works better.
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IAnnote PDF works quite well, and with direct (tho oddly) Box support. I've found using DropBox with it works better.
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I thought iAnnotate wasn't supported on Android? Or at least not updated for like a year and missing a bunch of features?
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Lecture Notes is one of the best I've come across so far. I'm a business student and everything is done via pdf. l exclusively bought a note 10.1 for that purpose and lecture notes has been fantastic.
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Lecture Notes is one of the best I've come across so far. I'm a business student and everything is done via pdf. l exclusively bought a note 10.1 for that purpose and lecture notes has been fantastic.
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Yea me too as a student i will only use this tablet for learning purposes. I wonder if i should flash some custom rom so i can tweak it only for writing and reading.
I wanted to try the trial version of LectureNotes, but i dont know how to import my PDF files there and take notes on them.
I bought the Repligo thou but one thing that annoys me is that when i write it detects also my fingers and cant disable them..
@kris234: LectureNotes cannot directly handle PDF, it needs a free helper app PDFView (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acadoid.pdfview or http://www.amazon.com/Acadoid-Developer-PDFView/dp/B00CPR4L6K/) to convert the PDF file to its own format. Restart LectureNotes after installation, then there will be additional menu entries and the PDF import settings will be accessible.
I'm also a surgeon, and using EZPDF pro for more than a year. And it's more than perfect. You can easily write notes, add notes and photos. Underline and highlights. Can open Campbell Orthopedics in few swconds ( > 1GB, ~5000 pages )
Also you can save all your annotations and sync it with other devices.
Highly recommend this
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I thought iAnnotate wasn't supported on Android? Or at least not updated for like a year and missing a bunch of features?
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I'm not sure which features are explicitly missing for you. For my needs, however, it seems to be working just fine. The last update was November 5 of this year (2013)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.branchfire.iannotate
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I'm not sure which features are explicitly missing for you. For my needs, however, it seems to be working just fine. The last update was November 5 of this year (2013)
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Spell your words completely, and use punctuation. It confuses people when you use "u" and "ur" and "dat", or when you wrongly use "there/their/they're/your/you're".
Be nice. Don't be rude, just move on to another post without leaving a comment. We are not 7 years old.
And PLEASE, do not ask for the "best" anything. We all have our preferences.
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Interesting. For so long it was December of 2012 as the latest update. I'll look at it again, thanks.
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FoxIt
I just noticed that a version of FoxIt is available.
I haven't had much chance to try it out though.
Lecture Notes and ezPDF are definetely the major apps for dealing with pdf.
Wenn I`m reading books or stuff like this where I just make some single notes on a page I use ezPDF. For a lot of lectures I need to write pages of notes in the pdf script, for this lecture notes is much more efficient.
Recently I tried PDFmax, which is rather new and buggy. Sometimes it crashes and thereby damages the file (ezPDF could still read it but PDFmax no more), but it is way much faster than ezPDF, on my device at least twice as fast!
IMHO Ezpdf is still the best. But it is slow as hell. I think even adobe reader has that facility. Am also a medicine postgraduate so it helps me a lot. For chm files though hyreader is the best till now.
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Well thanks guys, i have bought lecture notes , ezPDF, repli go, but all of them has their + and - ... For example Lecture notes takes time to Import a PDF file, and i cant see how can i highlight or how can i set up a highlighter.
On the other site ezPDF is good it loads faster, but the options there are reduced but i vote ezPDF
Thanks again!
@kris234: In LectureNotes, you can use one of the custom pencils as highlighter, choose your favorite color and line width and an intermediate opacity.
I would go further with LectureNotes and PDF editing/anotating. Once you import the PDF, you can set different layers to, for instance, highlight and anotate. They can be in separate layers. All what you want to do. Also, I like the ability of importing pictures, screenshots/screen areas from the brower or any other program into the PDF if necessary as a way to enrich the contents of the already imported pdf.
Needless to say, you can export the final product afterwards in PDF again.
Im in grad school too and use it for lots of stuff. EzPDF is nice as well, though I haven't tried adding content to the pdf. The highlight and anotation works flawlesly. On tip, dont forget to flatten all annotations before copying the PDF to the computer or send it to somebody else, the file will not be readable. Once all annotations/highlights are flattened then is ok.
Hope this helps
I've always had mixed results with pen input on anything other than s-note. Using repligo, I love the direct cloud storage support, but after a few lines of annotations, it starts to bog down a bit and pen input degrades. So I still use s-note, but importing and exporting and syncing to dropbox is a pita. I wish apps like lecture notes and ezpdf didn't make you get so many add on apps and just made one app. It gives me a cluttered and not fully developed feeling when I have to get extentions all the time.
Edit: my main use is also pdf annotating. Damn grad school.
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I also advise EzPDF Pro. It's the best one.
Hello, I am on summer vacation. In some promotional videos, the actors/actresses seem to know many undocumented features of the 10.1 2014 and 12.2 PRO. I would like to learn more about the Note PRO 12.2 and be a proficient user of the device. What is the best way to do that? I bough the device for pdf annotation, pdf viewing, productivity, etc. Thanks.
Have you downloaded the user manual in PDF?
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Youtube and Google are your best options. As an example, search Youtube for "galaxy note pro tips" and you'll find a few videos dedicated to the device. Ultimately there's no one-stop-shop for proficiency on a single device other than the instruction manual. Even then, an instruction manual will not cover 3rd party software that you're free to install in order to improve your workflow. Video guides on youtube will only cover features that are important to the creator of the video, not necessarily to all users, so ultimately a series of detailed searches are the best way to learn.
Avoid general searches and start using the software in order to find it's limitations so that you can search in detail for solutions. For example instead of searching generically for "how to annotate pdf on a galaxy note pro" search for "annotate pdf adobe reader android" if you use adobe's pdf reader or "annotate pdf ezpdf android" if you use ezpdf. For third party software you can add "galaxy note" to your searches to see if that helps narrow down specific workflows for s-pen based devices but it's not necessary to specifically search for the note pro.
I know this isn't the answer you were looking for but if any of us spew out our own workflows it may not mean much if we use software you're not intending to use or purchase.
As for PDF annotation specifically, I've found it to be cumbersome to do on Android for MY SPECIFIC NEEDS so I've given up on it. The PDF documents that I review/comment on are often large/complicated and end up overtaxing the various PDF apps I've tried (and I've tried nearly a dozen different top rated ones) to the point that I give up. That's just me though and everyone else has different needs. Best way to start is try a couple of PDF programs to see what software looks good to you and then search/ask specifically how to annotate using your favorite software package.
There are a few tweaks I needed to get my note pro working like it should (in my mind). Basically, in the Google play store, there is a person that made the ability to add most apps available for multi window. To me, that is huge. AEON TIME. Search for that in the play store. Multi window app manager.
Second, to help me, I got an additional pen. Yes, it's way more expensive. But I need a real feel pen in my hands. Just works for me and maybe will give an idea. Got it from Amazon. Called bamboo pen. Wacom able. But works perfectly for us too. Has a cap.
I used my note pro for true multitasking this summer. Those were two steps that made my note pro work better for me. Good luck.
Get a different launcher. TW is all fun and well, and MagUX may look fancy, but it's severely limited and incredibly heavy. Get Apex or Nova, this gives you a thousand more options. You won't loose any overlying functionality (like the Spen.). The only thing that wont work are the TW-only S-widgets (S-note, S-calendar(Use Today instead).) (And ofcourse the MagazineUX screen. )https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher.pro & https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher (Both are nearly identical vanilla-Android launchers, so pick whichever you like best. Personally, I prefer Apex.)
While you're at it, look into Zooper Widget. There's no real way to describe it accurately, but it allows you to make your own widgets from scratch, with nearly every bit of information possible. (There are also thousands of templates for you to start from, both in the app and in the play store, a lot of them free. Those don't work on the free version of ZW though.) It lets you see a ton of information, from calendar appointments to free RAM to location to network strength, in one widget. (Or twenty, whatever you like.) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zooper.zwpro
Get a different pen. I've got the Wacom Bamboo Feel stylus for Note. It doesn't improve writing recognition, but it feels a thousand times more like a pen (has a cap with a clip and everything.). It uses the same Spen tech (the Spen is Wacom), so no incompatibility. And yes, it has the button.
Adobe Reader allows you to write on PDF's. (Who'd have thought. Did anyone try that?) It's not perfect (it never is), but at least you don't have the import-export hassle. For PDF viewing, Perfect Viewer (free comic reader) has a (free) PDF plugin. It's a comic reader that's used to massive files, so less issues handling big files. (.cbr is usually much more heavy than .pdf). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rookiestudio.perfectviewer & https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rookiestudio.perfectviewer.pdfplugin
Don't forget you get a 1 year Evernote Premium subscription with any Note device. Nifty little app for notetaking, and it does handwriting now.
And also don't forget you get Hancom Office with this. (Galaxy Apps, not Google Play.). It's a lot like Office.
Get Swiftkey. (Free now) Tons faster, more options and it has the nice little trick of remembering your sentences in the suggestions. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey
Another app i've found to be quite useful is Sidebar Pro. It adds an overlaying sidebar on top of everything else that you can pop up with a swipe, and you can swith to and close apps in it as well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mohammad.adib.sidebar
As for what they do in the 'It can do that' ads, I've yet to discover how they do half of that.
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Get a different launcher. TW is all fun and well, and MagUX may look fancy, but it's severely limited and incredibly heavy. Get Apex or Nova, this gives you a thousand more options. You won't loose any overlying functionality (like the Spen.). The only thing that wont work are the TW-only S-widgets (S-note, S-calendar(Use Today instead).) (And ofcourse the MagazineUX screen. )https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher.pro & https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher (Both are nearly identical vanilla-Android launchers, so pick whichever you like best. Personally, I prefer Apex.)
While you're at it, look into Zooper Widget. There's no real way to describe it accurately, but it allows you to make your own widgets from scratch, with nearly every bit of information possible. (There are also thousands of templates for you to start from, both in the app and in the play store, a lot of them free. Those don't work on the free version of ZW though.) It lets you see a ton of information, from calendar appointments to free RAM to location to network strength, in one widget. (Or twenty, whatever you like.) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zooper.zwpro
Get a different pen. I've got the Wacom Bamboo Feel stylus for Note. It doesn't improve writing recognition, but it feels a thousand times more like a pen (has a cap with a clip and everything.). It uses the same Spen tech (the Spen is Wacom), so no incompatibility. And yes, it has the button.
Adobe Reader allows you to write on PDF's. (Who'd have thought. Did anyone try that?) It's not perfect (it never is), but at least you don't have the import-export hassle. For PDF viewing, Perfect Viewer (free comic reader) has a (free) PDF plugin. It's a comic reader that's used to massive files, so less issues handling big files. (.cbr is usually much more heavy than .pdf). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rookiestudio.perfectviewer & https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rookiestudio.perfectviewer.pdfplugin
Don't forget you get a 1 year Evernote Premium subscription with any Note device. Nifty little app for notetaking, and it does handwriting now.
And also don't forget you get Hancom Office with this. (Galaxy Apps, not Google Play.). It's a lot like Office.
Get Swiftkey. (Free now) Tons faster, more options and it has the nice little trick of remembering your sentences in the suggestions. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey
Another app i've found to be quite useful is Sidebar Pro. It adds an overlaying sidebar on top of everything else that you can pop up with a swipe, and you can swith to and close apps in it as well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mohammad.adib.sidebar
As for what they do in the 'It can do that' ads, I've yet to discover how they do half of that.
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Great suggestions! I actually have some questions for you since you seem to be an experienced user of this device;
I've asked other users on which app allows you to have the capability of making your own annotations to files such as .pdf or .doc and etc (similar to the screen write feature of the s-pen). But do you know of an app that can open up those files and you can edit it from that app itself?
And also, I've recently bought my Note Pro and I was wondering how I can retrieve my Evernote Premium subscription? Thanks in advanced!
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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!
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As far as annotating word files goes what you're asking for is impossible, the word file .doc format doesn't support having comments in graphical layers regardless of whether they're bitmap or vector based. On the PDF side it's possible and there's many different software options but each has its own features so its best to try them out.
I'm currently using qPDF and find it to be ok for annotation of PDF files of small to medium size and complexity so long as all i'm looking for is to jot down a few notes or highlight areas.
SketchySean said:
Great suggestions! I actually have some questions for you since you seem to be an experienced user of this device;
I've asked other users on which app allows you to have the capability of making your own annotations to files such as .pdf or .doc and etc (similar to the screen write feature of the s-pen). But do you know of an app that can open up those files and you can edit it from that app itself?
And also, I've recently bought my Note Pro and I was wondering how I can retrieve my Evernote Premium subscription? Thanks in advanced!
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To be honest I haven't much experience with PDF annotations on a tablet. What I do, I do in OfficeSuite Pro. I'm the designer, not the editor, so I'm on the Adobe Indesign end of the annotation cycle. In theory Adobe Reader should work, but I can't get it to save without an account.
Open up Evernote. Usually it pops up straight away. If it doesn't, open up the 'Explore Evernote' option, it should be in the list. (Icon looks like a horn).
Annotating Word Documents
SketchySean said:
I've asked other users on which app allows you to have the capability of making your own annotations to files such as .pdf or .doc and etc (similar to the screen write feature of the s-pen). But do you know of an app that can open up those files and you can edit it from that app itself?
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I just answered your question today in the post titled "File Editor App." My post within there is called "How to Scribble Notes" (not sure if this is the correct way to link but try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-pro-12/help/file-editor-app-t2830386).
You will be very happy.
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I just answered your question today in the post titled "File Editor App." My post within there is called "How to Scribble Notes" (not sure if this is the correct way to link but try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-pro-12/help/file-editor-app-t2830386).
You will be very happy.
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Pretty cool, didn't think that it would default to having the graphical element on top of text like that.
I stand corrected!
canezila said:
There are a few tweaks I needed to get my note pro working like it should (in my mind). Basically, in the Google play store, there is a person that made the ability to add most apps available for multi window. To me, that is huge. AEON TIME. Search for that in the play store. Multi window app manager.
Second, to help me, I got an additional pen. Yes, it's way more expensive. But I need a real feel pen in my hands. Just works for me and maybe will give an idea. Got it from Amazon. Called bamboo pen. Wacom able. But works perfectly for us too. Has a cap.
I used my note pro for true multitasking this summer. Those were two steps that made my note pro work better for me. Good luck.
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Thanks but I cannot find AEON TIME by searching the google store. Could you please check?
hajime_android said:
Thanks but I cannot find AEON TIME by searching the google store. Could you please check?
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You should find it from HERE