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Guys, I read my local paper on my bus journey home each day, it's usually over 40 pages and can be 30-110Mb in size (depending on adverts and photos)
I've tried all the free readers and the only one that works without crashing is the free office app that came with the Tab, however this doesn't have a way to jump a few pages, for example, if I'm on page 20 and nearing home I want to jump to the back page to read the sports pages before I get off, with the office app I have to swipe right to the end
Is there anything out there that can handle the paper and also be able to jump around pages (and preferably, one that is nice to look at and maybe even animates turning pages!)
if anyone has any paid PDF viewers, can you try the paper and let me know how it handles it? (todays happens to be the smallest so far at 21Mb though I'll be putting tomorrows there in 16 hours so it depends when you read this as to which you download)
www.maffmace.co.uk/YEP.pdf
Thanks
EzPDF reader is my favorite, does everything you need and is updated frequently by the developer.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/ezpdf-reader/udk.android.reader
Unfortunately there is no PDF annotation tool available for Android yet...
I've been using RepliGo Reader to handle some of my larger PDFs and find it satisfactory. It has a nice Reading View, supports Bookmarks, lets you go to any page you want, and select text for copying to another app. If the PDF has been set up properly, selecting the Bookmarks option shows a Table of Contents for fast moving around larger documents. It even handles the Adobe DRM files, which is one of the main reasons I use it. So far it has opened everything I have thrown at it, which is not the case with some of the other PDF readers I have tried. There is no fancy page animation, just a solid and usable app.
daniel.weck said:
EzPDF reader is my favorite, does everything you need and is updated frequently by the developer.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/ezpdf-reader/udk.android.reader
Unfortunately there is no PDF annotation tool available for Android yet...
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I've tried that, it doesn't like large PDF's
Maris_ said:
I've been using RepliGo Reader to handle some of my larger PDFs and find it satisfactory. It has a nice Reading View, supports Bookmarks, lets you go to any page you want, and select text for copying to another app. If the PDF has been set up properly, selecting the Bookmarks option shows a Table of Contents for fast moving around larger documents. It even handles the Adobe DRM files, which is one of the main reasons I use it. So far it has opened everything I have thrown at it, which is not the case with some of the other PDF readers I have tried. There is no fancy page animation, just a solid and usable app.
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I will give that a go, thanks
I'm currently reading a graphically-rich 12MB book with 740 pages, and RepliGo Reader really lacks the zoom + navigation features that make the reading experience acceptable. On top of that, large books take *ages* to load, the font kerning is often wrong (weird character spacing), and the page refresh logic is really distracting (transition from blurry bitmap to fine text in scalable vector graphics mode).
That's why I recommended the cheaper, but more full-featured ezPDF Reader.
I hope you eventually find what you need
Cheers, Dan
daniel.weck said:
I'm currently reading a graphically-rich 12MB book with 740 pages, and RepliGo Reader really lacks the zoom + navigation features that make the reading experience acceptable. On top of that, large books take *ages* to load, the font kerning is often wrong (weird character spacing), and the page refresh logic is really distracting (transition from blurry bitmap to fine text in scalable vector graphics mode).
That's why I recommended the cheaper, but more full-featured ezPDF Reader.
I hope you eventually find what you need
Cheers, Dan
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can you try it with the newspaper I've linked to?
I've just uploaded todays which is 40 pages and 65Mb (av 1.6Mb per page) which is about normal each day and will be more challenging than a book that's on average 0.016Mb per page
the pages in the 20's are most difficult as they have adverts and classifieds in them
www.maffmace.co.uk/YEP.pdf
ezPDF is one of the best I've used so far
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tried them all, repligo is the fastest page render by far.
bubblebob said:
ezPDF is one of the best I've used so far
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tried them all, repligo is the fastest page render by far.
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how do they cope with the paper I've linked to above?
that's all I'll be using it for
www.maffmace.co.uk/YEP.pdf
mmace said:
Guys, I read my local paper on my bus journey home each day, it's usually over 40 pages and can be 30-110Mb in size (depending on adverts and photos)
I've tried all the free readers and the only one that works without crashing is the free office app that came with the Tab, however this doesn't have a way to jump a few pages, for example, if I'm on page 20 and nearing home I want to jump to the back page to read the sports pages before I get off, with the office app I have to swipe right to the end
Is there anything out there that can handle the paper and also be able to jump around pages (and preferably, one that is nice to look at and maybe even animates turning pages!)
if anyone has any paid PDF viewers, can you try the paper and let me know how it handles it? (todays happens to be the smallest so far at 21Mb though I'll be putting tomorrows there in 16 hours so it depends when you read this as to which you download)
www.maffmace.co.uk/YEP.pdf
Thanks
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Have you tried the Adobe Android app?
Might also want to look into turning it into an epub. Download Calibre for your PC/Mac, let it do the conversion, and can even be setup to automatically pull down news sources and convert them to the format of your choice, and sync them to your device of choice.
Just to reiterate a bit, Calibre rocks.
For epub readers, I'm really fond of Aldiko. And Perfect Viewer is also a nice app for CBZ, PDF, etc (though the UI could use a bit of work).
mmace said:
how do they cope with the paper I've linked to above?
that's all I'll be using it for
www.maffmace.co.uk/YEP.pdf
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I downloaded the paper and tried it with the free Adobe Reader app from the Market and it works fine. All graphics and text are there. If you use the "Continuous Scroll" you can quickly scroll through a birdseye view of the pages until you find the one you want to view. The "Fit to Screen" view does what it says and a double-tap on an article or text area will zoom it to an easily readable size. It also supports pinch to zoom if you need a different size. Long-pressing the screen brings up a scrollbar across the bottom and some other options.
RepliGo Reader also renders all but the very first page for some reason, but it is a paid app, and for a newspaper, the Adobe Reader does just as nice a job for free.
I tried to take screenshots of the various menu options and choices, but neither app will let me create one. No such thing as a long-press on the back button because they immediately go back until they exit.
Hope this info helps.
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Have you tried the Adobe Android app?
Might also want to look into turning it into an epub. Download Calibre for your PC/Mac, let it do the conversion, and can even be setup to automatically pull down news sources and convert them to the format of your choice, and sync them to your device of choice.
Just to reiterate a bit, Calibre rocks.
For epub readers, I'm really fond of Aldiko. And Perfect Viewer is also a nice app for CBZ, PDF, etc (though the UI could use a bit of work).
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Hi, I've tried the official Adobe Reader and it never even renders the 1st page, it just crashes the Tab after a minute or 2 of trying
I will look into the ebook thing, thanks
Maris_ said:
I downloaded the paper and tried it with the free Adobe Reader app from the Market and it works fine. All graphics and text are there. If you use the "Continuous Scroll" you can quickly scroll through a birdseye view of the pages until you find the one you want to view. The "Fit to Screen" view does what it says and a double-tap on an article or text area will zoom it to an easily readable size. It also supports pinch to zoom if you need a different size. Long-pressing the screen brings up a scrollbar across the bottom and some other options.
RepliGo Reader also renders all but the very first page for some reason, but it is a paid app, and for a newspaper, the Adobe Reader does just as nice a job for free.
I tried to take screenshots of the various menu options and choices, but neither app will let me create one. No such thing as a long-press on the back button because they immediately go back until they exit.
Hope this info helps.
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I've tried the official one and it had trouble loading any pages at all and crashed each time
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Just to reiterate a bit, Calibre rocks.
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Or not. I have a few PDF books i bought from Manning, and Calibre fails flat on face on those files. Yes, it does convert them - but all pictures are destroyed during the conversion and because of the signature at bottom of every page, it makes the final epub file even worse.
Only if there would be a reader which could read both epub and pdf formats in one app.
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Or not. I have a few PDF books i bought from Manning, and Calibre fails flat on face on those files. Yes, it does convert them - but all pictures are destroyed during the conversion and because of the signature at bottom of every page, it makes the final epub file even worse.
Only if there would be a reader which could read both epub and pdf formats in one app.
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I just tried it to convert today's 120Mb paper to an 80Mb ePub, just uploading it now to test
Trying to import todays paper into Aldiko and it's said "Importing Books..." for over 20 minutes now, it;s only an 80Mb book, I think this software has failed at the first hurdle
Any other "decent" ePub readers out there?
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Hi, I've tried the official Adobe Reader and it never even renders the 1st page, it just crashes the Tab after a minute or 2 of trying
I will look into the ebook thing, thanks
I've tried the official one and it had trouble loading any pages at all and crashed each time
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Sorry these apps didn't work for you. I didn't have any crashes using the link you provided with either app on my Tab (T-Mo version, not rooted). I'm out of ideas at this point. I even tried it on my Nexus One and had no problems. Sorry.
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Sorry these apps didn't work for you. I didn't have any crashes using the link you provided with either app on my Tab (T-Mo version, not rooted). I'm out of ideas at this point. I even tried it on my Nexus One and had no problems. Sorry.
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maybe it's because yesterdays paper was so small?
can you try again now?
I just uploaded today's which is 120Mb
www.maffmace.co.uk/YEP.pdf
Hope it's not my Tab
I've also done an ePub, www.maffmace.co.uk/YEP.epub which is 80Mb
Converting a PDF with rich column layout (like newspapers or magazines) into an EPUB is a terrible idea. EPUB is designed for reflowable text, not for pixel-perfect ("fixed layout") documents.
I noticed that ezPDF provides "intelligent" navigation features, to automatically move from one column to the next, in order to mimic the human reading flow (eye movement). Unfortunately some PDFs (including the 60MB example kindly provided in this thread for testing) are badly formatted and do not indicate the correct reading flow.
By the way, this unfortunate mediocre PDF encoding is the main cause for awful EPUB conversions. The misuse of typesetting tools in the publishing industry results in pretty poor content quality, structurally-speaking (because the emphasis is on visual appearance, not raw content organization).
So, the best course of action is to continue testing PDF readers (in depth, not just superficially => use previous/next navigation features, double-tap zoom with column scroll-locking, pinch/stretch zoom for fine margin adjustments, placemarks / bookmarks, etc. etc.).
Some PDF reading apps are better maintained than others on the Market. There may be opportunities to report bugs or request features.
Cheers, Dan
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I just uploaded today's which is 120Mb
www.maffmace.co.uk/YEP.pdf
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LOL, even my modern laptop struggles to browse this PDF smoothly
I don't expect a mobile device to offer a smooth reading experience
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I've also done an ePub, www.maffmace.co.uk/YEP.epub which is 80Mb
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Don't bother. EPUB conversion is not satisfactory for this kind of PDF content (as I explained in the post above).
Cheers, Dan
daniel.weck said:
Converting a PDF with rich column layout (like newspapers or magazines) into an EPUB is a terrible idea. EPUB is designed for reflowable text, not for pixel-perfect ("fixed layout") documents.
I noticed that ezPDF provides "intelligent" navigation features, to automatically move from one column to the next, in order to mimic the human reading flow (eye movement). Unfortunately some PDFs (including the 60MB example kindly provided in this thread for testing) are badly formatted and do not indicate the correct reading flow.
By the way, this unfortunate mediocre PDF encoding is the main cause for awful EPUB conversions. The misuse of typesetting tools in the publishing industry results in pretty poor content quality, structurally-speaking (because the emphasis is on visual appearance, not raw content organization).
So, the best course of action is to continue testing PDF readers (in depth, not just superficially => use previous/next navigation features, double-tap zoom with column scroll-locking, pinch/stretch zoom for fine margin adjustments, placemarks / bookmarks, etc. etc.).
Some PDF reading apps are better maintained than others on the Market. There may be opportunities to report bugs or request features.
Cheers, Dan
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the 60Mb one was "created" by myself, each page sent to the printers is around 4Mb, I then put them all together in 1 file and then "print" to a PDF file at 72dpi and A6 page size to reduce the file size
If you download the 120Mb one today, that one is the original files just merged into 1 PDF
I cannot test PDF readers in depth because most don't even open large PDF's like todays
I am considering buying one of these but would like to try it out in a store before I buy it. Does anyone know of a US retailer that stocks them?
I am mostly curious about the following things:
1) How good is it for taking notes in college/university classes? Can you rest your palm on the screen while using the stylus?
2) Is there a way to view the notes taken on pdf on a computer?
3) Is it pretty solid feel wise? Or does it feel like it will fall apart after a couple years?
4) How much bloatware comes on it and is it hard to remove via rooting?
5) Does the screen go dark enough for comfortable reading in dimly lit rooms?
Thanks for the info.
the notes are great, I use Quill, as it works nearly perfect, in the app i have turned on pen input only and jot tons and tons of notes all day long.
You can export the notes to various files, while im not sure about PDF there is certainly a format that can be read on your desktop
Like all lenovo products i've had its built to last like an enterprise system should be. as long as you take care of it it will last a long time past EOL
Bloatware isnt too bad, theres still some stuff lenovo managed to get into the system pretty deep (like the status bar wheel widget thing.) but its never bothered me that much as it only comes up at the home screen.
screen brightness works great in dim rooms, i tend to read books by a small lamp in bed most of the time with minimal strain.
I purchased mine from lenovo direct so I dont know about any local retailers.
Thanks for the info. However when I asked about notes on PDFs I should have clarified a bit. I was asking about their PDF viewer that lets you take notes on the PDF document and weather that can be exported to something useful.
Also I thought of one more thing: If I have my notes backed up with something like spideroak, can the notes be converted on a computer? I ask because I am worried about taking a semesters worth of notes on it then having it die and there being no way to read them without getting a new tablet.
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Thanks for the info. However when I asked about notes on PDFs I should have clarified a bit. I was asking about their PDF viewer that lets you take notes on the PDF document and weather that can be exported to something useful.
Also I thought of one more thing: If I have my notes backed up with something like spideroak, can the notes be converted on a computer? I ask because I am worried about taking a semesters worth of notes on it then having it die and there being no way to read them without getting a new tablet.
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ezPDF allows you to fill out pdf forms, underline, strikeout, and add freehand drawings as well as circles/squares/etc. It should do what you're looking for.
https://market.android.com/details?id=udk.android.reader&feature=search_result
and if you have the file saved as a pdf on your sd card you should be able to open it with any pdf reader (pc or otherwise).
The quill note taking app he mentioned allows you to export your notes to sdcard pdfs
Thanks for the info.
One last thing: has anyone used connect bot or another ssh client on this? I am curious if the keys on the keyboard folio such as escape quotes tild and whatnot all send the proper characters. I had a bluetooth keyboard for my N1 a while back that sent some weird unicode characters for the quotes making terminal usage very difficult.
https://market.android.com/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sshdroid&hl=en
I have used SSH droid with WINSCP worked like a charm, I'm by no means an experienced user with SSH, i just used it to dig around the file system.
SSH droid is a server for the android device, I am asking about using a client on the android device.
My bad, I left my brain at home today... I will test it for you this evening and let you know if the client works with the keymapping
Cool thanks, I look forward to hearing your results.
Update: I just ordered one, so if its too much of a bother don't worry about testing the connect bot thing. My shiny object syndrome overwhelmed my frugal side. Can't wait to get my hands on it.
It works like a charm tested with Moba SSH home 1.22 and connect bot, all the keys from the folio map properly and I haven't seen anything odd at this point, also SSH'd into a couple of Access points over my VPN at work with the TPT to test as well.
Congrats on the TPT! you're gonna love it!
Unfortunately the keys do not map properly, escape is still connected to "back" in the android os and ctrl is connected to "menu". Does anyone know if there is some way to map these to their proper functions?
Thanks
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Well i know the Kno is on here and you can do it on that, but is there any other apps? The kno crashes which sucks. Im looking for an eBook reader/pdf reader that you can actually write on the pages, mainly for SAT tests that are in pdf format, itd be great to be able to write on them and then circle the correct answer. and then have a answer key on the split screen to see if its right. Maybe someone will have any ideas?
x2x3lit3x2x said:
Well i know the Kno is on here and you can do it on that, but is there any other apps? The kno crashes which sucks. Im looking for an eBook reader/pdf reader that you can actually write on the pages, mainly for SAT tests that are in pdf format, itd be great to be able to write on them and then circle the correct answer. and then have a answer key on the split screen to see if its right. Maybe someone will have any ideas?
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Try "iAnnotate PDF" from the Play Store.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387624
EZ PDF also works for annotations but unfortunately split screen only works with the proprietary Samsung apps.
Scotlac said:
EZ PDF also works for annotations but unfortunately split screen only works with the proprietary Samsung apps.
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I also recommend EZ PDF, it's really good for annotating PDFs and is generally quite fast too. It's even almost usable for drawing on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 with a finger or a capacitive stylus but I'm anxious to see how it works with the Note.
Repligo works great
Actually the latest version of Adobe Reader for Android works great to annotate.
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EZpdf andrepligo seems to be top contenders and I really like repligo... Very versatile..
I have not tried the adobe reader.
x2x3lit3x2x said:
Well i know the Kno is on here and you can do it on that, but is there any other apps? The kno crashes which sucks. Im looking for an eBook reader/pdf reader that you can actually write on the pages, mainly for SAT tests that are in pdf format, itd be great to be able to write on them and then circle the correct answer. and then have a answer key on the split screen to see if its right. Maybe someone will have any ideas?
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S note has option Too import pdfs. However mine crashes every time I try it...
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S note has option Too import pdfs. However mine crashes every time I try it...
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Mine's doing ok with importing & exporting PDF's, but it's a hassle to go through this process every time. Any chance there's a way to make Android recognize S Note as a possible default program for opening PDFs? Currently, Android only gives me the options of Kno and Polaroid Office.
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Actually the latest version of Adobe Reader for Android works great to annotate.
Sent from my awesome Note 10.1
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I haven't used Adobe Reader myself, but those who have reports it doesn't have palm rejection, whereas ezPDF does. Since you use it maybe you can confirm or reject the report about Reader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844336
Well after 2 weeks of testing, I think I have to make the decision to use LectureNotes as my primary note taking application rather than SNote. It was tough becuase I would much prefer to use the native note taking app, but here are my reasons why in case it helps anyone else make their decision. To give a background and level set, I have been a tablet pc user for many years and have grown very dependant on OneNote for taking customer meeting notes. I always felt that using a tablet with a pen allowed me to still connect with my customers rather than typing notes. I went paperlass many years ago when I quickly realized that old notebooks could not be referenced on the road and scanning was just not something I wanted to spend my time doing.
On to my reasons.
1. I have found LetureNotes to be much more customizable than SNote.
a. You can select which buttons are on the menu bar, each one individaully
b. You can do away with the silly (imo) icons that respresent the notebooks and have a simple list which is much faster when you have a lot of notebooks and sub-notebooks
c. You can literally pick each feature that you want to use or not - system bar, page numbers, zoom bars, pencil box
d. You can set it to revert back to the pen after a single use of the eraser, zoom, or cutter
2. I have found it to be much more like OneNote in that you can do the following
a. You can lasso tect with either a box or customer loop and move that text around on the screen - important when needing to re-organize you notes during a meeting so that they make sense later
b. You can add a date/time stamp into your notes to remind you later
c. You can erase with either the eraser or you can use the undo/redo buttons to move backwards and forwards thru your penstrokes.
3. There are more levels of organization. SNote only allows you to go 5 notebooks deep. I am note sure how far LN goes, but I think in my test notebook I had at least 10 notebooks deep which is more than I would ever need
4. You can add a page to a note with a single click
5. This is huge - you can set lecture notes to keep the screen on even after the tablet has locked itself. I am forced to use a PIN lock in order to access my work email. If I am in a meeting with a customer and had to unlock the screen if it locked up that would be onconvenient. It also allows it to stay on at my desk in case I have to pick up up quickly for an unexpected phone call.
6. Last thing I can think of for now is that I have swapped 3 emails with the developer for help and suggestions. I also tried this app about 6 months ago with my HTC Flyer and find it to be much better now. Probably a lot to do with the device, but I think it has also improved greatly.
I know a lot of people already like LN and many would say that the splitscreen of Snote outweighs all those things. I only hope that being able to use other apps in splitscreen mode will come in the future.
Just wanted to share incase that helps anyone else.
Yes LectureNotes is great but:
You can't import pda files for markup.
You can't type.
You can't link notes to calendar events.
You can't do split screen.
I feel that Snotes will get better with every OTA. Still, for just taking notes in class, Lecture Notes is a fine option.
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You can type but You have to hunt it in the menu to do so. Overall lam sticking with snote for many reasons. I'm not the avid writer that the OP is and I consider myself more 50/50 between writing and typing, or hopefully this tablet will help me to get to 50% writing!
So from my usage snote is a much more user-friendly and functional app for me.
Per a thread I posted about Polaris and Dropbox enabling me to ink the same document on my tablet and PC, I am trying out Word documents as notebooks. Here's that thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856691
I am also an avid OneNote user, and FWIW, I have found Freenote to be the closest app experience to it. It is packed with features. But it is also not intuitive, and even having used it for a while I still sometimes forget how to do things that should be simple.
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Yes LectureNotes is great but:
You can't import pda files for markup.
You can't type.
You can't link notes to calendar events.
You can't do split screen.
I feel that Snotes will get better with every OTA. Still, for just taking notes in class, Lecture Notes is a fine option.
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Typing is coming. Dev is working on it.
Split screen - meh. Don't currently care for it much. Needs work.
I'm sure the dev with do the pda import thing too, and if not, there are other avenues.
All you have to do is ask and the dev addresses it. Best CS I ever saw except for Amazon. Way better than Sammy.
mitchellvii said:
Yes LectureNotes is great but:
You can't import pda files for markup.
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Do you mean PDF files, the paid version can import pdf and mark up. It can also batch import as pages. Even better, can mark up on a different layer.
I cranked the quality settings for importing pdf files to improve results.
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Could someone enlighten me on how to import pdfs. I can't seem to figure it out.
Nm: figured out I needed an add on.
Nefariouss said:
Could someone enlighten me on how to import pdfs. I can't seem to figure it out.
Nm: figured out I needed an add on.
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On LN can I set a black background with white pen? I know it is odd but it is actually much easier for me to write on and read white pen on black background like a blackboard and chalk. Can we import .pdf's or images as backgrounds?
One benefit of using LN is that it frees you to run CM10 without worrying about losing Snotes.
How does LN doe at syncing with Evernote? Snotes does that very poorly.
Just gave LN a try for a little while. I found the inking to be quite hit and miss. Very often it would not detect the beginning of my pen stroke. Also i didnt find the pen marks to be a smooth and antialiased as in Snote.
I just dont want to give up Snotes system wide integration and im not one of these people who thinks cm10 is so amazing i am willing to sacrifice functionality just to have it.
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Double-check your settings option. I have no problem.
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arjag said:
Do you mean PDF files, the paid version can import pdf and mark up. It can also batch import as pages. Even better, can mark up on a different layer.
I cranked the quality settings for importing pdf files to improve results.
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Thanks. I don't use it so I forgot it was there.
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mitchellvii said:
On LN can I set a black background with white pen? I know it is odd but it is actually much easier for me to write on and read white pen on black background like a blackboard and chalk. Can we import .pdf's or images as backgrounds?
One benefit of using LN is that it frees you to run CM10 without worrying about losing Snotes.
How does LN doe at syncing with Evernote? Snotes does that very poorly.
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There is a blackboard mode under settings. You can also import any png or jpg.
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Just gave LN a try for a little while. I found the inking to be quite hit and miss. Very often it would not detect the beginning of my pen stroke. Also i didnt find the pen marks to be a smooth and antialiased as in Snote.
I just dont want to give up Snotes system wide integration and im not one of these people who thinks cm10 is so amazing i am willing to sacrifice functionality just to have it.
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It was like that for me, too, until I went into Settings and turned on Pen-only input.
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It was like that for me, too, until I went into Settings and turned on Pen-only input.
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Thanks I'll give that a try maybe it will make it better.
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LN is great for syncing because it saves pages individual not in a big file, so you don't have to transfer the whole document, only the modified/added pages. The only thing i miss is a 100% zoom button and the possibility to import from clipboard like snote does.
LN allows you to back up your files to any cloud service (dropbox). It breaks the pages into individual files, which is not ideal, but at least I can view the files on my pc. The back up is also very fast.
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Ive been trying to like LN, I just dont. Just something about the way the pen write bugs me. Who knows.
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mdalacu said:
LN is great for syncing because it saves pages individual not in a big file, so you don't have to transfer the whole document, only the modified/added pages. The only thing i miss is a 100% zoom button and the possibility to import from clipboard like snote does.
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You can import from clipboard in LN.
toenail_flicker said:
There is a blackboard mode under settings. You can also import any png or jpg.
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For engineer style drawings I like blue background with white pens.
Makes me feel like I am on MythBusters
I have made a Templates folder and have all sorts of templates like notes/engineering/graph/yellow legal pad (with pdf background)
I have a month at a time diary with pdf background and put home stuff on layer 2 and work stuff on layer 3 so I can choose what to view.
For syncing I am using dropsync to send my pages to dropbox. best solution I have found so far.
So you are importing a blue background, then, as your solution? I like your folder of templates idea. Hope you don't mind if I borrow it?
toenail_flicker said:
So you are importing a blue background, then, as your solution? I like your folder of templates idea. Hope you don't mind if I borrow it?
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Of course not, go right ahead.
For engineering type drawing I am just setting the background to blue with the notebook settings.
For legal pad I used a pdf I got a open office template for from here opened with openoffice (actually libreoffice) and exported to pdf
For calendars I went to here and made a month at a time.
To make a new notebook from a template without pdf inside simply tap "+" and then tap on the "template" at top and choose.
To make a new notebook from a template with a pdf inside, long press the template notebook and choose duplicate notebook.
For the current month and notes I long press notebook and "Create Shortcut", a trick I found; because opening the main shortcut takes you back to your last location. make a shortcut and rename the file it points to and now you have a shortcut that always goes to the top notebook board. (little pop up winge, but that is ok)
Hope that helps.
P.S. I have been in touch with Markus and he is very helpful.
arjag said:
Of course not, go right ahead.
For engineering type drawing I am just setting the background to blue with the notebook settings.
For legal pad I used a pdf I got a open office template for from here opened with openoffice (actually libreoffice) and exported to pdf
For calendars I went to here and made a month at a time.
To make a new notebook from a template without pdf inside simply tap "+" and then tap on the "template" at top and choose.
To make a new notebook from a template with a pdf inside, long press the template notebook and choose duplicate notebook.
For the current month and notes I long press notebook and "Create Shortcut", a trick I found; because opening the main shortcut takes you back to your last location. make a shortcut and rename the file it points to and now you have a shortcut that always goes to the top notebook board. (little pop up winge, but that is ok)
Hope that helps.
P.S. I have been in touch with Markus and he is very helpful.
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Question: Where you able to move the section of the application that stors your notes into DropSync so that when you make a change it automatically syncs that to Dropbox?
Markus told me about that option when I was trying to see if he would be able to get a sync to Evernote, but I am unsure how to get it done. I went into My Files and found the dropbox folder and the LN folder. I tried creating a new folder in the dropbox folder that way to see if it would show up in my dropbox, but it did not work.
Is tehre a way to have LN sync anytime you make a change to a file?
Also, if you created a template in PDF, how does that work? Everytime you open it you are annotating a pdf file and it saves itself again like that? I would love to have PDF files of all my LN's in my dropbox with the same folder tree.
Thanks.
I am using my Galaxy 10.1 in the field for work to fill in a pdf that I have created with Adobe X pro(desktop). I can use this form on my tablet with no problem, however, the generic adobe reader will not allow me to save it or send a copy directly out from the tablet. After I exit the reader I am able to send out the template(and others are able to read my work), but when I open the template back up for the next job, I have to clear all of the data and start over. I have spoken with some friends that have I-pads and they say they have a "Flatten" option which saves all the work that they have done on the pdf, and then they are able to send it.
Any help on this situation. Basically I am needing a program to perform work on a pdf with save and send options. pdf reader, read and fill, quick office, and any other one I have searched for on PlayStore are worthless.
Galaxy 10.1
And 4.0.4
Ker 3.1.10
I use EZPDF to markup PDF files that I review with acceptable results for ME. However I do not use forms much at all.
With EZPDF if I'm going to mark a PDF up and I want to preserve the original I have to be sure to save-as first and then do my markups. I do have the option though to do that.
Similarly Quickoffice Pro HD works well too.
I believe both may be paid applications but they're worth the price IMO.