Reading PDF without zooming in portrait mode - Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is reading PDF without zooming to make the text appear bigger in portrait mode possible ?
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Maby changing DPI of your app, of course if you are rooted. Or checking settings of that app you are using, if theres some option to change font size?
Edit: There's an option to select font scale on AppSettings, if you have that installed

Are you using a PDF reader that supports cropping pages so that none of the portrait screen is wasted on page margins (ezPDF Pro , Mantano Reader Premium, eDroid Pro)? It will of course depend on what you are reading; some technical journals (e.g. Science) have small text in their printed versions.
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Reading this page in PerfectViewer (With PFD Plugin) shows the regular body text as 9.5pt, without zoom.
For me, that's perfectly readable.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0uQtkik3Q63Z0JUZDdnc1laNTg

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[APP] PDF Viewer update

I needed a PDF viewer for my own purposes, and the closest I could find was Maciej's PDF Viewer (=apv) app on the market. It was open source, and so I made a bunch of changes that I wanted or needed. Anyway, I now have a pre-release for version 0.3.0, which include a bunch of enhancements since Maciej's 0.2.9 release.
Here it is.
New features:
- speed optimizations
- page number display
- options including: full screen, reverse video, various tweaks, page with volume keys
- overhauled file selection: added icons for directories, added home directory option
- better font rendering
Now I posted pre-release 0.3.0 pre 2. Includes a monochrome feature to save memory and a zoom-to-width feature which I think people will find handy.
Sounds like you know what your doing. Not had a chance to test your app yet, but does it have the functionality to add bookmarks and highlight text?
Gonna try it out now, thanks!
No, there is no annotation, sorry. Just reading.
Its really nice with open source alternatives. Im gonna try it out.
I think i will love this. thanks bud
I haven't tried it yet but it would be great if you could add zoom to a fixed percentage
the reason I want that is some pdfs have huge fonts for the page numbering and while technically fit to width is working, there's still a fair amount of room on the sides. Obviously this should be sticky. A bonus would be it would remember the setting by filename
Works good, one option I'd love to get is fixed scrolling like with browsers
sark666 said:
I haven't tried it yet but it would be great if you could add zoom to a fixed percentage
the reason I want that is some pdfs have huge fonts for the page numbering and while technically fit to width is working, there's still a fair amount of room on the sides. Obviously this should be sticky. A bonus would be it would remember the setting by filename
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Zoom settings are indeed remembered by filename.
You can also adjust how much the zoom buttons zoom by. If you set that to 5% or 10%, you can do zoom-to-width and then press the zoom button once or twice.
Eventually, I'd like it to detect the real edges of the text.
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Works good, one option I'd love to get is fixed scrolling like with browsers
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I couldn't figure out how to implement that. Moreover, I find it's poorly implemented in the browser--it locks much better on my device into horizontal movement than into vertical movement!
Instead, there is a "vertical scroll lock" option. This locks the scrolling to be only vertical, unless you make a serious (1/5 screen width) swipe left or right which temporarily unlocks horizontal scrolling.
I`ve just tested this app for half an hour with a bunch of PDFs littered in my Desire. This is without exaggeration the best pdf-viewer I´ve seen so far.
Very useful:
- zooming in steps as little as 5% because most PDFs were made for monitors or printing and not smartphones
- inverting the screen for reading at night or low-light conditions. It also saves power on my screen to read white text with black background.
- and it´s FAST
What I miss:
- an option to forget about the layout of a PDF, so I can only get the pure text. This would be very useful for PDFs designed for magazines with a columned layout, which is a pain to read on a handheld computer.
Keep up the good work
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I`ve just tested this app for half an hour with a bunch of PDFs littered in my Desire. This is without exaggeration the best pdf-viewer I´ve seen so far.
Very useful:
- zooming in steps as little as 5% because most PDFs were made for monitors or printing and not smartphones
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Remember, too, that if you set the 5% zoom option, you can still long-touch the zoom buttons for a 2X zoom.
arpruss said:
Remember, too, that if you set the 5% zoom option, you can still long-touch the zoom buttons for a 2X zoom.
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Wow, haven´t noticed that - that´s quite useful.
Originally I thought of requesting a feature to remember the place where I closed the document because I´m used to open things in the ES explorer.
Then I stumbled through the built-in file explorer - feature implemented
Maybe an FAQ or a short manual would be useful ...
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Wow, haven´t noticed that - that´s quite useful.
Originally I thought of requesting a feature to remember the place where I closed the document because I´m used to open things in the ES explorer.
Then I stumbled through the built-in file explorer - feature implemented
Maybe an FAQ or a short manual would be useful ...
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There is a wiki on the project page. You can add a FAQ.
It's a great light app and it has some cool features which I miss on other apps. But my primary feature for PDF readers is smoothness.
It would be great if it would be working as smooth as Documents To Go (their PDF reader). By smooth I mean smooth rendering and scrolling. Also it won't hurt to have multitouch zooming.
I know it's easy to demand and hard to do but at least there are ideas what should be present in the next versions.
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It's a great light app and it has some cool features which I miss on other apps. But my primary feature for PDF readers is smoothness.
It would be great if it would be working as smooth as Documents To Go (their PDF reader). By smooth I mean smooth rendering and scrolling.
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That's largely a matter of speed, and it's going to be hard to improve that, except by expending a lot of memory for caching and background rendering.
Also it won't hurt to have multitouch zooming.
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I agree, but it is a finicky feature to implement correctly and hence requires a multitouch device for debugging. I don't own one. Moreover, there are potential patent issues.
I've just posted 0.3.0 pre 13. This unfortunately has a new bookmark database, not compatible with previous versions, so people will lose their per-document settings. I am hoping this is the last such loss--the new format will make code maintenance easier and is easily upward expandable.
New features/fixes in pre 13:
- store horizontal offset in per-document settings
- better restore of zoom if orientation has changed
- fix round-off error which resulted in occasional horizontal one-pixel-width errors
I would also like to mention the color feature in your app is really great! Now I can read without hurting my eyes in the dark and it saves batter as well. Great feature indeed!
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That's largely a matter of speed, and it's going to be hard to improve that, except by expending a lot of memory for caching and background rendering.
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hmmm what if you make the memory size for caching an option in the settings for users to choose their optimum size? Do you believe that this would make any speed improvements?
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I agree, but it is a finicky feature to implement correctly and hence requires a multitouch device for debugging. I don't own one. Moreover, there are potential patent issues.
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I see it's kind a hard/expensive to make this feature possible. Darn US laws on patents :-/ don't know if in EU is the same for Android apps but for C++ and other programming languages, there are no e-patents.
Keep on your great work!
PS: I'm using HTC Desire (CM7 rom)
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I would also like to mention the color feature in your app is really great! Now I can read without hurting my eyes in the dark and it saves batter as well. Great feature indeed!
hmmm what if you make the memory size for caching an option in the settings for users to choose their optimum size? Do you believe that this would make any speed improvements?
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Maybe, but it would need a smarter pre-render queue than we currently have. I experimented with making one, but my attempts were buggy so I got rid of them.
Tell me which scrolling pattern you'd like to be faster? Currently the app (in render ahead mode) is optimized for ebook reading: you read a page, and while you read the page, the next one is rendered and shows up instantly when you flip pages (I generally do that with the volume-down key) or scroll vertically to it.
Unfortunately, there seems to be a bug somewhere, perhaps only on devices with larger screen resolutions (it works fine on my 854x480 Archos, but I am told that it doesn't work on a 1280x960 screen), which makes the next page not show up instantly.

[Q] Browser text reflow

The GT 7.0 plus is my first Honeycomb (HC) tablet (all my other phones and tabs have Gingerbread (GB)).
Unlike in GB, I notice on my GT7+, text does not reflow in the browser after I zoom in and double-tap (the so-called "manual reflow" method). Instead it just pans out (zooms out) to overview again.
I already googled this and found older posts about Froyo having this problem. I also found new posts from people who just bought the latest Galaxy Tab 2 having the same problem. I wonder if this is a Samsung problem or HC problem.
Yes I have the "Auto fit page" checked in the stock browser. I also tried Dolphin browser (my default browser) which has the same problem.
Try opera
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Yes Opera auto text reflow works - but it is not as fast and smooth as the stock browser or Dolphin.
I don't understand why auto text reflow does not work in the stock browser, though there is an option to enable / disable it.
Stock browser reflows the text but only when using the double tap zoom.
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Yes I know text reflow with double-tap zoom - but double-tap zoom only zoom to a fixed level.
In my original Galaxy Tab and all other Gingerbread phones and tablets, when I pinch-zoom-in to any random zoom level, then double-tap, text will reflow in that particular level of zoom.
Use boat browser and never look back.
That reflow may not work always, depending on the site, figures or objects.
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Handy note app - ultimate note taking app!

I have just discovered a beautiful note taking app that possibly can replace a number of the ones available on the market.
The app is called Handy note and gives you compete control over your notes amongst numerous other functions. The only downside is that it's not free to try so you'll have to take my word for it or use the 15 minute refund window (extremely cheap to buy though). With a bit more development, it probably can replace S-notes. I'll list the pros and cons to help highlight key features and will link to the app for those interested.
Pros - app currently can do
° Text entry via chosen keyboard
° Freehand text entry with smoothing applied (makes your handwriting look much nicer)
° Two writing panels, when you enter handwriting and reach the end of the first panel, you start writing in the second panel while the first one transfers writing to screen, this allows continuous writing without having to wait for words to transfer.
° Everything you do can be repositioned anywhere on the screen as easily as selecting the desired area and sliding it to where you want it positioned i.e. you want to move text, handwriting or drawings to a different section just select correct tool and area you want to reposition and drag your S-pen to the desired position.
° Number of text editing options such as bullets, numbering, font size choice etc.
° You can insert pictures and shapes, loads to choose from within the app such as arrows, circle, box, smilies etc
° You can insert date, time etc and change the way it looks too
There are tons more features, too much to list.
Cons - not available (yet, possibly the developer may include in future updates)
° Could not see an option to import pdf's
° Could not see an option to increase page size of needed
° Notes are saved automatically, does not have a save button
° Portrait mode only at present - Now landscape mode available!
° pdf export done as images so any typed text cannot be highlighted using a pdf editor using highlight function - you can always edit the text from within the app
I have only listed some features of the app above as I have only been using for about 30 minutes, there are still lots to discover and I think I will request from the developer some of the cons I have listed above to be addressed. Will truly make this app perfect if they can implement them.
As it stands though, the app is still fantastic and runs super smooth on or Notes and is really worth a try for those who take a lot of notes.
Below is a screen shot I have taken to show only a tiny bit of what the app is capable of doing. If you do try the app and find any useful features that I have not listed, reply to this thread and I'll add to the list of pros or cons for that matter.
Link to app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appbody.handyNote.google&hl=en
HasC said:
I have just discovered a beautiful note taking app that possibly can replace a number of the ones available on the market.
The app is called Handy note and gives you compete control over your notes amongst numerous other functions. The only downside is that it's not free to try so you'll have to take my word for it or use the 15 minute refund window (extremely cheap to buy though). With a bit more development, it probably can replace S-notes. I'll list the pros and cons to help highlight key features and will link to the app for those interested.
Pros - app currently can do
° Text entry via chosen keyboard
° Freehand text entry with smoothing applied (makes your handwriting look much nicer)
° Two writing panels, when you enter handwriting and reach the end of the first panel, you start writing in the second panel while the first one transfers writing to screen, this allows continuous writing without having to wait for words to transfer.
° Everything you do can be repositioned anywhere on the screen as easily as selecting the desired area and sliding it to where you want it positioned i.e. you want to move text, handwriting or drawings to a different section just select correct tool and area you want to reposition and drag your S-pen to the desired position.
° Number of text editing options such as bullets, numbering, font size choice etc.
° You can insert pictures and shapes, loads to choose from within the app such as arrows, circle, box, smilies etc
° You can insert date, time etc and change the way it looks too
There are tons more features, too much to list.
Cons - not available (yet, possibly the developer may include in future updates)
° Could not see an option to import pdf's
° Could not see an option to increase page size of needed
° Notes are saved automatically, does not have a safe button
° Portrait mode only at present
° pdf export done as images so any typed text cannot be highlighted using a pdf editor using highlight function - you can always edit the text from within the app
I have only listed some features of the app above as I have only been using for about 30 minutes, there are still lots to discover and I think I will request from the developer some of the cons I have listed above to be addressed. Will truly make this app perfect if they can implement them.
As it stands though, the app is still fantastic and runs super smooth on or Notes and is really worth a try for those who take a lot of notes.
Below is a screen shot I have taken to show only a tiny bit of what the app is capable of doing. If you do try the app and find any useful features that I have not listed, reply to this thread and I'll add to the list of pros or cons for that matter.
Link to app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appbody.handyNote.google&hl=en
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Thanks for the recommendation.
Have you tried Freenote? It does everything you listed above as a "Pro," even the two-panel input. Like LectureNotes, it also gives options for customization to the point of becoming confusing, but is a very powerful note-taking app. That's my major gripe with it-- there is a steep learning curve. But once I figured it all out, it became my "go to" note-taking app.
JC
jchammerpants said:
Thanks for the recommendation.
Have you tried Freenote? It does everything you listed above as a "Pro," even the two-panel input. Like LectureNotes, it also gives options for customization to the point of becoming confusing, but is a very powerful note-taking app. That's my major gripe with it-- there is a steep learning curve. But once I figured it all out, it became my "go to" note-taking app.
JC
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I have tried freenote and my biggest gripe is that it is not very intuitive. I did manage to get used to its functions but this apps user interface is more intuitive and seems more polished. I will recommend this for those who do not want to fiddle about with too many options and want something that just works with minimal set up and a less busy screen.
Thanks for your feedback.
HasC said:
I have tried freenote and my biggest gripe is that it is not very intuitive. I did manage to get used to its functions but this apps user interface is more intuitive and seems more polished. I will recommend this for those who do not want to fiddle about with too many options and want something that just works with minimal set up and a less busy screen.
Thanks for your feedback.
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Yes, I have the same gripe with Freenote, but have come to terms with it since it offers suck flexibility. But I still find myself trying to remember how to do something I've done before, because its not intuitive.
You inspired me to start a thread for users to contribute to a feature list of the "holy grail" of note-taking apps. I'm hoping to get the users and devs from all the good apps to comment collectively. We'll see...
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Yes, I have the same gripe with Freenote, but have come to terms with it since it offers suck flexibility. But I still find myself trying to remember how to do something I've done before, because its not intuitive.
You inspired me to start a thread for users to contribute to a feature list of the "holy grail" of note-taking apps. I'm hoping to get the users and devs from all the good apps to comment collectively. We'll see...
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Sounds good to me, it would be really brilliant if someone can come up with a notepad that has all the key features that people use and not have to go to different apps to carry out different functions. At present, the lecture notes developer seems to be the most keen developer who actively makes changes to use requests and requirements.
I hope the thread will be well received and we get the ultimate note taking app as a result.
HasC
Do you have any updates on this app now that you have had this for a few days. Has your opinion changed.
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HasC
Do you have any updates on this app now that you have had this for a few days. Has your opinion changed.
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To be honest, what you are paying for this app and what you are getting far outweighs the fact that it does not have a trial version.
The app has not crashed and runs really smooth, works very well with the S-pen and most definitely has a premium feel to it. Usually an app with the features this one offers should be priced about 3-4 times higher. The best aspect of the app is the tools layout and how easily the document can be re arranged, very intuitive.
To get a feel, try the app for about ten minutes and refund if you don't like the feel of it, that's what I did and stuck with it.
After the above and to answer your question, I would conclude with, my opinion has not changed after using more extensively and I would recommend the app as an optional note taking app, it may not be a daily driver in all scenarios though. Would probably use it for designing simple presentations and information booklets / guides instead of having to use Polaris etc
HasC said:
To be honest, what you are paying for this app and what you are getting far outweighs the fact that it does not have a trial version.
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To get a feel, try the app for about ten minutes and refund if you don't like the feel of it, that's what I did and stuck with it.
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I took the $0.99 plunge for this app. I think it is worth that much at least for anyone wanting a fairly full-featured but easy-to-use note-taking app.
It might be the most intuitive note-taking app I've seen so far. It is pretty quick to switch between text, ink, graphics, and paint-- even within a single line on the page.
And it allows exporting to PDF or PNG, and to email or Dropbox, with a minimal of clicks, which I like.
The operation of the layers can be confusing, though. I almost returned it for refund because opened a blank page from one of the templates, and did a whole page of ink and graphics to test it. When I finished and hit the button to switch back to the page view, it appeared that all my ink and graphics were gone. It took me a few minutes to figure out that the layer in which I had done my work was only sized to about a third of the total page size, even though the editing view for that layer allowed me to write/paint the full length of the screen. Long story short, I "found" my work by resizing that layer to be the length of the screen, which revealed what I had written. But I initially thought that it had failed to save my work.
This may replace Freenote as my go to note-taking app.
EDIT: Second gripe: Only works in portrait orientation for now.
jchammerpants said:
I took the $0.99 plunge for this app. I think it is worth that much at least for anyone wanting a fairly full-featured but easy-to-use note-taking app.
It might be the most intuitive note-taking app I've seen so far. It is pretty quick to switch between text, ink, graphics, and paint-- even within a single line on the page.
And it allows exporting to PDF or PNG, and to email or Dropbox, with a minimal of clicks, which I like.
The operation of the layers can be confusing, though. I almost returned it for refund because opened a blank page from one of the templates, and did a whole page of ink and graphics to test it. When I finished and hit the button to switch back to the page view, it appeared that all my ink and graphics were gone. It took me a few minutes to figure out that the layer in which I had done my work was only sized to about a third of the total page size, even though the editing view for that layer allowed me to write/paint the full length of the screen. Long story short, I "found" my work by resizing that layer to be the length of the screen, which revealed what I had written. But I initially thought that it had failed to save my work.
This may replace Freenote as my go to note-taking app.
EDIT: Second gripe: Only works in portrait orientation for now.
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Glad you like it and also the fact that you didn't lose your work. I think the way the layers are handled on this app are its biggest strength, it gives complete flexibility to where you can position or reposition every aspect of the output.
It is definitely a steal at the price it is going for.
Ps - the portrait mode was listed as a con, hopefully will be available for landscape in a future update.
HasC said:
I think the way the layers are handled on this app are its biggest strength, it gives complete flexibility to where you can position or reposition every aspect of the output.
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I agree it is a strength... now that I figured it out! I read some of the reviews on the Play store, and I think a few others had the same problem, as i saw comments to the effect that edits were not saved once the editor was closed. I would guess they also had edits that weren't showing because the layer was sized too small outside the edit view.
If you aren't sure what I mean-- do a full page of scribbles in a layer that is only sized for a portion of the page. When you leave the editor, you will only see the part of your scribbles in the layer boundaries, even though your notes are still captured within the layer via edit mode.
JC
I emailed the developers to ask about landscape viewing. They responded below, and said some updates should be released this week.
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We well know the landscape requirement. It's in our developing plan, but it really take time to implement.
By the way, the next release will be in this week. Some new features will be available.
1. Share page to Facebook, MMS and others.
2. A setting center for set default fonts and others.
3. Recover built-in resource in case of deleted by mistake.
We keep developing Handy Note to match user's requirement.
JC
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Pen recognition
I started using this tool as recommended and Liked it a lot.
There´s only one problem Im experiencing. Sometimes, when Im writing a text, there are some pen recognition issues.. that makes me having to write some letters again.
Don´t know if Im being clear...
Im using latest Jelly Bean Rom (LI1) posted on the development forum. Don´t know if it´s the Rom or the App.
I only have this issue with this app, though.
Anyone experienced that??
Thanks.
Luciano.
lucianolsp said:
I started using this tool as recommended and Liked it a lot.
There´s only one problem Im experiencing. Sometimes, when Im writing a text, there are some pen recognition issues.. that makes me having to write some letters again.
Don´t know if Im being clear...
Im using latest Jelly Bean Rom (LI1) posted on the development forum. Don´t know if it´s the Rom or the App.
I only have this issue with this app, though.
Anyone experienced that??
Thanks.
Luciano.
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Hey, there, Luciano. I have been using this app only two days. So far, I have not had that issue. It captures all my pen strokes just as smooth as butter.
I am completely 'stock.' Maybe that makes a difference?
JC
jchammerpants said:
Hey, there, Luciano. I have been using this app only two days. So far, I have not had that issue. It captures all my pen strokes just as smooth as butter.
I am completely 'stock.' Maybe that makes a difference?
JC
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I agree with the comments above as I am not having any issues with it either.
Thanks for the update regarding the improvements to come.
Thanks
HasC said:
I agree with the comments above as I am not having any issues with it either.
Thanks for the update regarding the improvements to come.
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Yeah.. It´s probably some compatibility issue between the App and the JB ROM.
Thats unfortunate, because I really liked the smoothiness and speed of the JB over ICS.
Maybe I will revert to the stock rom.. although the problem is not too bad, maybe I can live with it.
Thanks guys!
The latest update to this app allows you to really easily rotate text and pictures. All it needs now is landscape mode and a choice of paper sizes.
output quality
Trying out several notetaking apps to see if I could find a Onenote-like app (typing, handwriting, easy editing, sync, searchable notes), so I tried this one out as well.
I agree that it's very nice, especially the flexibility with text and handwriting (you can even write text and handwriting in the same box, alternating words). I had some minor issues for improvement though:
1. I tried it on my phone, and chose the smallest font size (12) to be able to write at least a decent number of words on the page. But when I then exported to evernote, I could hardly read the text (handwriting was even worse) because of the low image quality. Not sure if this is an issue on a tablet but I really want my notes to be readable and searchable. So it would be nice if you could choose different export image qualities.
2. Did you find a way to resize the handwriting (in handwriting mode, not the freehand) after it was written? With text, you can simply resize the font of a selection, but I couldn't do this with handwritten text.
3. Highlighting is only possible in freehand mode, but then if you reposition the textbox the highlight doesn't move with the text as it's in another layer. I didn't try so I don't know if this could be solved by grouping objects, but it would be nice to have a highlighting option that changes the actual background of the text and automatically moves with the text.
4. the already mentioned missing page size setting.
Other than this, I found it to be a pretty nice note taking app, too. If only they added a desktop client that could edit the notes too...
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Trying out several notetaking apps to see if I could find a Onenote-like app (typing, handwriting, easy editing, sync, searchable notes), so I tried this one out as well.
I agree that it's very nice, especially the flexibility with text and handwriting (you can even write text and handwriting in the same box, alternating words). I had some minor issues for improvement though:
1. I tried it on my phone, and chose the smallest font size (12) to be able to write at least a decent number of words on the page. But when I then exported to evernote, I could hardly read the text (handwriting was even worse) because of the low image quality. Not sure if this is an issue on a tablet but I really want my notes to be readable and searchable. So it would be nice if you could choose different export image qualities.
2. Did you find a way to resize the handwriting (in handwriting mode, not the freehand) after it was written? With text, you can simply resize the font of a selection, but I couldn't do this with handwritten text.
3. Highlighting is only possible in freehand mode, but then if you reposition the textbox the highlight doesn't move with the text as it's in another layer. I didn't try so I don't know if this could be solved by grouping objects, but it would be nice to have a highlighting option that changes the actual background of the text and automatically moves with the text.
4. the already mentioned missing page size setting.
Other than this, I found it to be a pretty nice note taking app, too. If only they added a desktop client that could edit the notes too...
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1. I would also like different export qualities. What i just tried as an experiment was to export the notes into another app called lecture notes. This could be a potential workaround for resizing the document to a more readable size. If you have made all your edits on handy notes, export to the app and use the cut tool and resize.
2. Unfortunately, i could not find a way to resize handwritten notes after writing and again the solution/workaround would be to export to lecture notes and resize the selection or part that is too small.
3. Yep, tried it this morning and could not find a way to move the highlight. I did notice that there was a layer option but could not get it to do anything, ideally we should be able to flatten the highlight behind the text. I tried to group the objects but could not select the highlighted section.
For a possible workaround you could :
Create your notes and once you are happy with the format, do your highlighting and export or alternatively, send the notes to lecture notes, resize and highlight using the functions within lecture notes and export as a pdf.
I think at present the way things are, we need to use multiple apps to achieve the desired end results or one of the developers takes these issues into consideration and facilitates them within their app.
I think i will email the developer of Handy notes to this thread and hopefully he/she/they can improve the app with the suggestions.
I have requested the developer of lecture notes to see if text handling can be done in the manner of handy notes as he is working on text input improvement for his app which currently is the most feature rich note taking app on android (my opinion).
Edit: just realised for highlighted text, if you select the freehand tool used to do the highlight, there is a scissor icon towards the right that can be used to select the highlight and reposition to wherever you have moved the text. If you change the font size from what has been highlighted, it won't match up.
Ive been using this for a few days now and find it really good. Password protect notes and abilty to change covers.
Also you can download an extra resource pack thats full of templates, covers etc here
Because it is no longer compatible with my TF101 with Android 4.1.2? I can not use it! please update ....

[Q] Gingerbread browser anyone?

Just switched from android 2.3 to 4.0
On 2.2 the Internet browser used to auto-wrap text on zoom - so like for this forum i could pinch to zoom and any text would automatically zoom and wrap to screen size (to avoid panning)
Also noticed it would only scroll EITHER up/down OR left/right whcih made it really easy to scroll down a column of text without it wandering all over
On 4.0 it has 2 default browsers (incl Google Chrome) and neither behave like this - I have to either set font size in settings or double-click to zoom the browser but neither will wrap the text so it can be read easily - crap actually
Dunno whether auto-zoom-text-wrapping (Black berry used to call it "columning" text) is an attribute of the OS or browser
So in the first instance I'm just looking for the 2.3 gingerbread browser - so if anyone can give me the name of the browser I'll try and install it thanks
JethroUK said:
Just switched from android 2.3 to 4.0
On 2.2 the Internet browser used to auto-wrap text on zoom - so like for this forum i could pinch to zoom and any text would automatically zoom and wrap to screen size (to avoid panning)
Also noticed it would only scroll EITHER up/down OR left/right whcih made it really easy to scroll down a column of text without it wandering all over
On 4.0 it has 2 default browsers (incl Google Chrome) and neither behave like this - I have to either set font size in settings or double-click to zoom the browser but neither will wrap the text so it can be read easily - crap actually
Dunno whether auto-zoom-text-wrapping (Black berry used to call it "columning" text) is an attribute of the OS or browser
So in the first instance I'm just looking for the 2.3 gingerbread browser - so if anyone can give me the name of the browser I'll try and install it thanks
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It wouldn't work with ICS most likely anyway. I'd look for a browser on the market with that feature.
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The feature about which you are talking about is already there in Opera Mini for Android.
Kainth said:
The feature about which you are talking about is already there in Opera Mini for Android.
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Actually isn't - but did discover sometime later that it is in Opera Mobile (not Mini)

pdf app allowing inverted text background color (for printing)

Hello,
I'm currently trying to print a pdf but this pdf has white text and black background, resulting in crazy consumption for the printer. I also need to print it 4 slides per page. I found an app(samsung mobile print) for my note 8 allowing me to do the 4 s p/page. (connecting it with USB port)
But I still didn't find any android app allowing to modify the pdf and change the background color to white. I can do it on my computer with the adobe printing option but not on my phone! And I won't access to desktop always so that's why I need some help here.
list of app tried : xado, ezpdf, adobe, pdf editor, etc...
Thx in advance
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