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I was going to toss this on page 22 of working apps, but thought someone who wanted to improve their reading experience may want a separate thread. I apologize if it is not the right place. So, those of you who rooted their nookcolor, what is your best ebook reader (you do still read on it, right)?
I have 3.
Moon+Reader
BN (the one it ships with)
I still like this a lot, but it needs to support customized font color and brightness
Kindle
Some of amazon's books are still cheaper. Now we have the best of both worlds.
I love Moon+For the books it opens (does not handle all drm well)
Moon+Reader works well. The free version works wonderfully. I am having issues with paid apps right now, but as soon as that's resolved, I will posted about the paid version.
-Excellent fonts (can use any font, color and background combination actually)
-Can read many formats including epub
-Custom brightness down to 0
-Wonderful page turn effect
-It can even read some b&n purchased books, but not all.
The purchased version supports multitouch.
Have fun,
Leko
Moon+Reader in Market? can't find
please post. thx.
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please post. thx.
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Look for "Moon+" and you should find it.
Aldiko works well too.
There's a free version and a paid version - Aldiko Premium (well worth the $)
I'm using that for my epubs instead of the B&N reader.
Here is a link if you do not have the market up and running.
HTML:
moonreader.zip
Aldiko is good too.
~Leko
P.S. Sorry for the HTML box. I am posting this from dolphin on my Nook.
Aldiko Premium for me.
Sent from my nookColor
Nobody uses FBReader?
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Nobody uses FBReader?
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Ya know, I get tired of answering the same thread multiple times, so I missed this one I guess...
I exclusively use FBReader. I don't like the stock reader, it's extremely slow on my own epubs, and not enough options, such as grey on black for night reading.
FBReader has all the options I need, and it's fast, flexible. If he'd put a mechanism to sync into it, nothing could touch it IMO. It's not pretty like Aldiko but who cares, I don't stare at book covers, I read.
New update on aldiko seems to make it better with more functionality. It now can read any ePub and PDF off the sd card. This includes drm.
Not sure what extra features the premium gives? Anyone know
I like the Kindle apps ability to change the background color to sepia and adjust the font size. the stock B&N reader really needs that feature. What I'd really like to see is an app come along that would actually use a scan (or alternate between 2 or 3) real scans of book paper as a background and overlay the text over that. I think that would be cool. even a light 4 level gray fractal noise pattern would be interesting, and i think maybe easier to read.
Or maybe I'm just nuts...
- Will.
So, I just checked out Aldiko again (used it on my Eris and was not impressed; that was an old version though). It is really nice. I got it to own BN drm content. You need to use your name and cc# (the whole number) as the login and password respectively.
Then, you are in.
I think the paid and free are the same but you support the Dev with the paid.
Moon+ has better note taking features (full annotation and export)
But for nook books, Aldiko is amazing.
It's dictionary feature is nice too.
~Leko
Aldiko is it for me!
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WillCameron said:
I like the Kindle apps ability to change the background color to sepia and adjust the font size. the stock B&N reader really needs that feature. What I'd really like to see is an app come along that would actually use a scan (or alternate between 2 or 3) real scans of book paper as a background and overlay the text over that. I think that would be cool. even a light 4 level gray fractal noise pattern would be interesting, and i think maybe easier to read.
Or maybe I'm just nuts...
- Will.
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Didn't RTFM did you? The stock reader has different colors, fonts, spacing, etc. Tap the middle of the screen.
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Didn't RTFM did you? The stock reader has different colors, fonts, spacing, etc. Tap the middle of the screen.
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Fonts and spacing yes. Colors, IMHO, no. The buttons are there, but they are all a version of black and white. Kindle's sepia is truly sepia. It is kind of like annotationsBN says they're there, and they are. Until you want to get them off. BN's reader is good, but all the above suit my needs better at the moment.
~Leko
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Fonts and spacing yes. Colors, IMHO, no. The buttons are there, but they are all a version of black and white. Kindle's sepia is truly sepia. It is kind of like annotationsBN says they're there, and they are. Until you want to get them off. BN's reader is good, but all the above suit my needs better at the moment.
~Leko
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I was responding to the guy saying the B&N reader had no options Has FEW options, but does have some.
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So, I just checked out Aldiko again (used it on my Eris and was not impressed; that was an old version though). It is really nice. I got it to own BN drm content. You need to use your name and cc# (the whole number) as the login and password respectively.
Then, you are in.
I think the paid and free are the same but you support the Dev with the paid.
Moon+ has better note taking features (full annotation and export)
But for nook books, Aldiko is amazing.
It's dictionary feature is nice too.
~Leko
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Where did you enter the info for BN - I see no screen for this - only for Adobe DRM. The dev for Aldiko also states that it will NOT read BN DRM'd books?
Sorry the sentence was a bit run on perhaps, but I meant specifically the background-to-sepia that the Kindle has. I'd actually like more color selections, but thats just me. probably.
- Will.
In order to open BN docs,
-Download a book.
-open aldiko.
-go to the home button top left on the screen.
-click on sdcard and navigate to the book.
-open the book.
-it will ask for login and password.
-your login is the name on the card.
-your password is the full credit card # on your account.
Click go or whatever (I forgot the button), and the book will open. You should only have to do this once.
Have fun.
~Leko
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I was responding to the guy saying the B&N reader had no options Has FEW options, but does have some.
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Khaytsus,
I see. Sorry about that. I wish it had more. If it did, I probably would not have rooted. For me, this is first and foremost a reading device. Though, I love all the other things I have going too. If they added better options today, I am not sure I would go back.
The version of aldiko I downloaded from the market did not have highlighting. Is that correct? Also, the text selection using long press and slide was very choppy and imprecise. Selecting text is much smoother on moon+ plus highlighting is a breeze.
Hey all, i have been using Perfect Viewer for my mangas but i was wondering if if we have any sort of clone of Komik for HC available for our CM7?
I have tried also JJcomics and ACV...
Thanks
The best one is Manga watcher application. I LOVE IT for my Naruto
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The best one is Manga watcher application. I LOVE IT for my Naruto
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i'm looking for somehting for reading off-line, my manga files ... and not online
But thanks for the suggestion!
MangaWhat free has always been my fav, offline save to sd, its changed a lot in the last 6 months or so and i like it even more now.
Mango is the best, at least, from my point of view.
http://mango.leetsoft.net/install-android.php
Definitely Mango.
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I will try !
I'm hooked on a manga called Gantz. It's a really original story I think.
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Definitely Mango.
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I have mango and mangawhat always seem smoother and less buggy. Mango definitely beats mangawhat with its flashy interface but I think mangawhat has better functionality.
I like the comic reader mobi 2.2 for comic on cbr and mangawatcher for the manga
PPViewer is the one I use with CBR/CBZ files and it covers my needs. Could use a few navigation tweaks but it's good other than a few minor nitpicks.
I'm comfortable reading with zooming/moving for most comics though so that could be something. Also, Mango's not on the market anymore it seems.
Just installed Droid Comic Viewer and it seems to work well
It really depends on what you want for it. If you're downloading and putting the manga onto your tablet on your own, ACV is easily the best you'll find. Also the least buggy. Otherwise, Manga Watcher and Mango will definitely be the only workable alternatives that I've found that don't bug out at some point.
I tried ACV, it has problems opening big .CBR/.CBZ files.
Perfect Viewer is still the best for 2.2+
Komik Reader would be ideal, but it's 3.0+ Only.
I haven't really tried anything else, but Perfect Viewer is great once you learn the shortcuts and dig into the settings a bit. You can zoom, fit horizontally, fit vertically and do next/previous issue without ever bringing up any kind of menu or UI.
There's a new player in town.
https://market.android.com/search?q=Comic+rack&so=1&c=apps
I've been using Comic Rack for Windows for a while now to organize my comics, I love it. I just DL'ed the app so I'm not too sure on how it performs.
http://comicrack.cyolito.com/
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I haven't really tried anything else, but Perfect Viewer is great once you learn the shortcuts and dig into the settings a bit. You can zoom, fit horizontally, fit vertically and do next/previous issue without ever bringing up any kind of menu or UI.
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What i'm looking for, and believe other too, is one that could fit the entire manga on our screen, avoiding zoom in/ou all the time... i'm using Canti to trim the jpgs, but it would be nice to have some reader that could do that or some zoom lens as found on MOBI Reader... Mobi reader shows a good future, but the UI is buggy and it stays abover your page.. really weird
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What i'm looking for, and believe other too, is one that could fit the entire manga on our screen, avoiding zoom in/ou all the time... i'm using Canti to trim the jpgs, but it would be nice to have some reader that could do that or some zoom lens as found on MOBI Reader... Mobi reader shows a good future, but the UI is buggy and it stays abover your page.. really weird
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Unless I really want to look at some detail, I don't do any zooming in PV. "Fit vertical" in portrait mode has the same effect as trimming the side margins for most titles (though the only manga I've been reading on my NC is Naussicaa--otherwise, Western comics), giving you the full page and a usually readable size. If not, "fit horizontal" will display the full page in portrait mode, and turning the NC on its side will automatically expand the panels to pretty much actual size. I generally use a combination of these methods without really thinking about it, which is easy and fluid because of the way FH/FV are mapped to the upper right and upper left areas of the screen, respectively.
Because of the way the ratio of our screens relates to the ratios of various comics, some combination of H/V fit and P/L orientation will get you pretty much what you're asking for any given page, but no one of those combinations is going to work for every page of practically any title. It makes more sense in this case to program the user to decide which is best.
Im currently reading manga using 8Manga App recommended. You guys can download from below
8Manga app v2.8 android (150729) Final
download link: http://www.8manga.com/app/manga.apk
8Manga app v1.3 ios download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/8man...l=zh&ls=1&mt=8
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Im currently reading manga using 8Manga App recommended. You guys can download from below
8Manga app v2.8 android (150729) Final
download link: http://www.8manga.com/app/manga.apk
8Manga app v1.3 ios download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/8man...l=zh&ls=1&mt=8
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Awesome.. 8manga is a nice manga reader app!
Wondering how I could add notes to the side of a PDF. As in the area on the PDF itself is cluttered and full so adding notes directly on it isn't possible (attached a screenshot to show what I mean). Would love to be able to add an area to the side of each page to add notes (so push the actual page over to the left and have the right area for notes)
So any app capable of this? or anyway to add some extra blank area to the right of all my PDF pages which would allow me to put freewriting and text boxs on it?
Try sign my pad from the Market. I believe it has what you're looking for.
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Try sign my pad from the Market. I believe it has what you're looking for.
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hmmmm, not sure if it fits the bill. Looking at it in market seems to only be for signing pdfs and not so much note taking/annotating.
I have the program, it does allow you to add text/notes to the PDF.
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I have the program, it does allow you to add text/notes to the PDF.
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Interesting. Do you have ezpdf? are the annotating options similar to what you could find there?
No I dont have ezpdf so I cant compare the two, sorry.
No prob, thanks for the suggestion.
Just downloaded it for a test run and doesnt seem like its a viable option. Even importing and organizing my pdfs would be a huge pain and it keeps a portrait sized view even in landscape mode, along with other things.
Sorry it didn't work out for you.
hah i'm a med student too... i know exactly waht you're looking for. re-print the pdf's in adobe from your computer.
on adobe acrobat x for pc:
open up pdf in adobe (or any other pdf viewer i guess)
print to adobe pdf
under page handling, page scaling: multiple pages per sheet
select 1 by 1 or 1 by 2, etc whatever you want for margins. this should give you a margin on each side of each slide. play around with these features to get what you want, if possible.
there should also be an option to print the notes lines to the right of the slide when you print. either that or it's a powerpoint feature.
as for actual note-taking on the TFP, try ez pdf or repligo reader. the sticky notes work if all else fails, but text boxes should work on the sides there.
if only the pdf apps had callout boxes... :\
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hah i'm a med student too... i know exactly waht you're looking for. re-print the pdf's in adobe from your computer.
on adobe acrobat x for pc:
open up pdf in adobe (or any other pdf viewer i guess)
print to adobe pdf
under page handling, page scaling: multiple pages per sheet
select 1 by 1 or 1 by 2, etc whatever you want for margins. this should give you a margin on each side of each slide. play around with these features to get what you want, if possible.
there should also be an option to print the notes lines to the right of the slide when you print. either that or it's a powerpoint feature.
as for actual note-taking on the TFP, try ez pdf or repligo reader. the sticky notes work if all else fails, but text boxes should work on the sides there.
if only the pdf apps had callout boxes... :\
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Awesome thanks! this looks very promising.
I am using expdf for notes (or at least plan to at this point) but I have found my text boxes and free hand annotations won't show outside the pdf's "image". If in your way I can basically extend the right side of the image as a blank area that would be amazing! The stickies look like they will work but it would definitely be nice to be able to read the notes while still able to see the slide.
Going to give this a shot and report back soon.
edit. looks like I need to get adobe acrobat x since I only have adobe reader. Will give this a shot tomorrow. I am assuming standard is fine for this task?
I use stickies with repligo reader. I find it to be much faster, ezpdf lags on page turns while repligo is super smooth.
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So playing around with it I think I found an even better way to do it.
Instead of doing the multiple page option what I did was put page scaling to None
Then unchecked auto-rotate and center
then went into page setup and changed the paper from letter to legal.
This puts the image competely on the left hand side with a large margin on the right hand side for notes (although I could see sometimes wanting margins on both sides for maybe taking notes and putting arrows to things in the slide, but just check auto-rotate and center and then you will have 2 smaller margins on each side, with little space on top)
So this way is pretty sweet because it gives you the large margin on the right side for notes, plus the aspect ratio is basically the same as the primes screen!
But there is a bit of an oddity with this process right now. When I saved it, it saved and all my slides were upside down. They were in the right order but all were upside down for some reason. Figure this should be able to be fixed somehow (tried rotating the page in adobe acrobat and then "printing" but that didn't work, guessing there's something I need to change in the printer settings). And even if not you can rotate 180 degrees in ezpdf easily enough (which puts the margin on the left side, not a big deal).
Thanks again for the heads up, this is really going to help taking notes on this thing!
edit. if there is some way to ungray that margins box in my first attached pic, then could maybe even modify it some more.
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I use stickies with repligo reader. I find it to be much faster, ezpdf lags on page turns while repligo is super smooth.
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I would prefer to not use stickies if at all possible just because it would be nice to see my notes right beside the slides as opposed to only being able to see one or the other, just like if I was doing it by hand.
I checked out repligo and while it does seem faster then expdf and it doesn't seem to have a good way to organize a bunch of different classes lecture notes within it. Also the toolbar to select either a free note or text box etc keeps hiding itself and I don't see a setting ot keep it up (and even then have to go through a pull down menu to select one).
Mantano reader
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Wondering how I could add notes to the side of a PDF. As in the area on the PDF itself is cluttered and full so adding notes directly on it isn't possible (attached a screenshot to show what I mean). Would love to be able to add an area to the side of each page to add notes (so push the actual page over to the left and have the right area for notes)
So any app capable of this? or anyway to add some extra blank area to the right of all my PDF pages which would allow me to put freewriting and text boxs on it?
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I would recommend mantano reader free, it allows heaps of options, i specifically use the highlight option, which you can then add a sticky to... Give it a go and see if you can use it
Oo, thought i couldnt add pics, anyway... here you are
This reader is really not laggy at ALL! which is great for my large texts...
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I would recommend mantano reader free, it allows heaps of options, i specifically use the highlight option, which you can then add a sticky to... Give it a go and see if you can use it
Oo, thought i couldnt add pics, anyway... here you are
This reader is really not laggy at ALL! which is great for my large texts...
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Thanks I will check it out. Ezpdf really isn't that bad for lagging (although haven't opened up any super big pdf's on it yet), and it is really nice and easy for highlighting, sticky notes, text boxes, free hand and everything like that which is awesome. But ill check out mantano and see how that one stacks up!
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edit. if there is some way to ungray that margins box in my first attached pic, then could maybe even modify it some more.
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try manually increasing margins?
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Its grayed out and not letting me manually change them. Not sure how to ungray them so I can do that, or if there's any other place to do it.
Would be nice to use that, but really just changing the page size to legal and pushing the image over to the side looks like it will be just fine for me. Gives a good sized blank space to the right for any notes
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Its grayed out and not letting me manually change them. Not sure how to ungray them so I can do that, or if there's any other place to do it.
Would be nice to use that, but really just changing the page size to legal and pushing the image over to the side looks like it will be just fine for me. Gives a good sized blank space to the right for any notes
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oh, now i see what you mean. it's probably because of the paper layout you chose. try making a custom one...
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oh, now i see what you mean. it's probably because of the paper layout you chose. try making a custom one...
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The only custom size option is somehting like "post script custom size" option and it somehow doesn't allow me to choose any sizes or margins which is weird.
Just figured this out. Download foxit reader and under print, select Custom Scale and print to like 75%. #Win.
So I noticed on my note 3 that S-Notes is way better than it was on the Galaxy note 10.1 and Galaxy Note II. There are more useful templates and more useful features (mainly, syncing with more services like dropbox and evernote).
As people get more experience, can anyone tell me which service they prefer? I'm split because I prefer LectureNotes for its power and the Cornell Note-taking template. But the S-note app is better integrated into touchwiz and has more powerful options now with automatic evernote and dropbox syncing.
For me i think it will be down to the S-note's ability to flawlessly import pdf's and annotate it
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For me i think it will be down to the S-note's ability to flawlessly import pdf's and annotate it
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For that purpose I think EzPdf is way better than S-Note, at least if you want to make a workflow of annotated pdf's.
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For me i think it will be down to the S-note's ability to flawlessly import pdf's and annotate it
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what do you mean when you say annotate, because honestly lecturenotes does it flawlessly. you can import and then write on it, type on it, draw on it, insert pictures on it, basically everything you can do on a normal blank paper.
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what do you mean when you say annotate, because honestly lecturenotes does it flawlessly. you can import and then write on it, type on it, draw on it, insert pictures on it, basically everything you can do on a normal blank paper.
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yea, i've heard but im not sure what the widget looks like, the looks of the s note's widget looks pretty nice, like something i'd dedicated a whole home screen to
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yea, i've heard but im not sure what the widget looks like, the looks of the s note's widget looks pretty nice, like something i'd dedicated a whole home screen to
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i've never used the widget before, but i'm going to fix that right now and fill you in.
ok:
i'm just assuming here but still; i'm gonna assume that S-note has a widget where if placed on a homescreen you can simply type in without opening the app itself. lecturenotes from the few tests i just made can't do that. you can either have a "widget" (really an app icon) that can open to a particular page that you specify or you can have one that just opens lecturenotes, i see nothing that would allow you to edit without opening the app itself. definitely not something worth dedicating a homescreen to....
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what do you mean when you say annotate, because honestly lecturenotes does it flawlessly. you can import and then write on it, type on it, draw on it, insert pictures on it, basically everything you can do on a normal blank paper.
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Can you highlight and add sticky notes?
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Can you highlight and add sticky notes?
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You can use the pen to highlight or underline, but no sticky notes. You can however create a text box and write in any notes, but that's as close as you can get.
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You can use the pen to highlight or underline, but no sticky notes. You can however create a text box and write in any notes, but that's as close as you can get.
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How do you highlight?
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I got frustrated with S Note and ditched it. I'm using Lecture notes now and really like it. The main thing that killed S Note for me was the way the notes were organized. Felt very cumbersome and non-intuitive. I wish they had left the UI for browsing folders and notebooks the same. Or maybe I just had too much trouble transferring my old notes into it.
Anyways I was wondering if anyone knew how to quickly expend a single page in lecture notes. I know I can go into the settings and change it that way, but I'd like to be able to do it on the fly and on a page by page basis instead of a global modification of the page length.
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How do you highlight?
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I'd imagine you just select the marker tip with whatever color, then change the opacity between 10% and 40%. Whatever you're comfortable with. At least that's how I had done it in the old 10.1 model.
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gina nailed it, on how to highlight.
gina$zanboti said:
I got frustrated with S Note and ditched it. I'm using Lecture notes now and really like it. The main thing that killed S Note for me was the way the notes were organized. Felt very cumbersome and non-intuitive. I wish they had left the UI for browsing folders and notebooks the same. Or maybe I just had too much trouble transferring my old notes into it.
Anyways I was wondering if anyone knew how to quickly expend a single page in lecture notes. I know I can go into the settings and change it that way, but I'd like to be able to do it on the fly and on a page by page basis instead of a global modification of the page length.
I'd imagine you just select the marker tip with whatever color, then change the opacity between 10% and 40%. Whatever you're comfortable with. At least that's how I had done it in the old 10.1 model.
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to expend a page? you wanna know how to quickly use up a page? don't understand what you're asking but i'll cover a few bases.
to quickly add a page click the "+" on the top right or if you're using a keyboard just press the down arrow.
to delete a page you click onto the page and open menu and delete it from there. deleting isn't as simple as adding unfortunately..
@ChrisNee1988: There is no built-in highlighter, as tastes concerning highlighters differ widely. As described by gina$zanboti, you can make one of the custom pencils to act as a highlighter, choose your favorite color and width, an intermediate alpha, and enable `draws behind other colors´. To quickly change to the highlighter, you can show the pencil toolbox (select `Show pencil toolbox´ in the `pencil´ menu, can be moved around by click-and-hold and setup in the app's tools settings; a single click on a pencil sets the pencil and a double-click on a custom pencil brings up the custom pencil settings) or assign it to your stylus button (in case your stylus has a button).
@gina$zanboti: I am not entirely sure whether I understand correctly. LectureNotes' pages have a fixed size.
Does LectureNotes have handwriting to text conversion? I have been using MyScript Notes Mobile which does do this but it begins to get laggy after 2-3 pages in terms of the screen delay from writing to on screen. When I used LN, it's near instant which is awesome and I really like it overall but converting to text is really big as I export QC scripts a lot.
My problem with snote is that importing removes searchable test which is a big no-no for me. Otherwise I'd probably use it. I am using it for free hand notes and like it for that.
@TheBigSaxon: There is no handwriting recognition in LectureNotes, but there are several soft keyboards that provide this functionality (meaning that you write with stylus and the keyboard app does as if you typed it).
tstsubi the
So, if your main storage for notes is Evernote, what is recommended as the front end for capture of notes, including handwriting recognition. Don't want to get locked into s note or lecture notes for the actual storage - just looking for advice on the best way to recognise handwriting, capture info etc, and sync seemlessly into Evernote.
any thoughts?
Is there any way in S Note to do a vertical page to imitate a sheet of paper like lecture notes can?
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Is there any way in S Note to do a vertical page to imitate a sheet of paper like lecture notes can?
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Yes, there is a portrait template of ruled paper. Or you can use the default landscape ruled paper template, and then just rotate the tablet into portrait mode and it should rotate the page as well.
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Here is my 2 cents in using snotes and others working with pdfs
Things I like about snote:
Keeps the use of pressure sensitivity. This is something very special about our spens and I like the feel. I want to keep it when I'm writing.
This might sound stupid but this makes the writing feel the most realistic and not so machine like.
Once I'm in the editing mode I stay in the editing mode. Unlike ezpdf and lecturenotes where I have to hit the pen to start writing again and hand/back to scroll. I found this really annoying. For people annotating it may not be an issue but if you're actually taking notes and such it's a pain.
All the other special tricks with spen work in snotes well because it was made for it.
Negatives:
It has to import pdfs...This was the worst. It can't just open it as a pdf and start editing. Probably creating image type files. Not sure how lecturenotes imports pdfs because it's not available for the trial version. I imported a 200+ page pdf and it took longer than expected but now that
I have an expected time frame I may be able to deal with it.
Since it's not keeping the integrity of the pdf it can screw up some things while importing.
I'm a math guy and it screwed up a few notations here and there.
Scrolling...call me lazy but continuous scrolling is beautiful. Although I didn't like the fact that you can't be in between pages in ezpdf. While scrolling and you let go the page will automatically place itself so you see either the previous page or next page on the screen (depending on how far you let the split go past the screen).
Snote's scrolling is swipe or hit arrow right at bottom of screen. Swipe right is too slow. Animations are nice but unnecessary when turning the page. I usually like keeping the writing area in the middle of the screen. Also a reason why I want to be able to put the bottom of the page in the middle. But my hand being in the middle i think its annoying to go down to hit the right arrow. Just me being an annoying *****.
Hope this helps someone out there. =)
Edit: realized I was missing the add on to import pdfs for lecturenotes.
With short use it has a lot that I wanted. Now I dont know what I should use...
Edit 2 played with settings and im purchasing it now
@aznxkpx88: There is no need to alternate between `pencil´ and `hand´ mode in LectureNotes: You can scroll/zoom outside the `hand´ mode if you enable `allow two fingers scrolling/zooming´ in the app's input settings. Since you seem to use an S-pen (in which case you should enable `use stylus (hardware detection)´), you can also enable `allow one finger scrolling´ and scroll with one finger.
The constrain on the maximal number of pages per notebook in the trial version applies also to PDF imports.
The toolbar got a refreshed look, and text rendering seems faster when zooming in/out.
Also got the OLD s-note pen/colour palette as an annotation tool now,
but it craps out half the time, and its processing time is slowwwwww.....
But it shows that the devs are "noticing" the samsung note line up, so maybe we'll get better optimization for this tab soon !
I dunno forum rules about "advertising",
but its on sale for $0.99 right now, which i think is a great pick up ~
Yeah, i just bought it, been looking for a replacement for adobe reader for a while now. This might be the one..
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I've used EZpdf for quite some time now. I use it extensively When reading pdfs, annotating and studying. Really like the "new" interface. I've moved onto to using more and more Epubs but when I need to read pdfs this is the one I rely on.
Just a hint for ezPDF
Maybe you know this already, but:
ezPDF has three drawing modes: Freehand, Drawing, and Drawing (SPen).
Of these, I find that freehand works best. But, it is not so easy to set pen width.
The method I use is this: first draw something. (click on icon in toolbar, draw, click on left arrow to confirm the annotation).
Then select it, click properties, and set the thickness (I use 1.0). This will also set the thickness for future annotations.
(You can also edit the toolbar by clicking on the 'x', and choosing edit.)