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[Q] Note taking

Hey,
I just ordered my nexus 7 and I'm going to use it in school to take notes, with a keyboard case.
What app should I use to take notes, where I can type and also draw things with a stylus?
Thanks

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880328&highlight=note+app

Lpuboy87 said:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880328&highlight=note+app
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Yes I saw that thread, but I am looking for something that is not recognizing my handwriting but an app where I can type and make drawings at the same time.
Thanks for your input anyways.

Try whiteboard text app. It's for making notes, and a second screen let's you draw, and the drawing is inserted into the note.
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pblum3 said:
Try whiteboard text app. It's for making notes, and a second screen let's you draw, and the drawing is inserted into the note.
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Thanks, could you link me to the app in the play store, as there are a couple of them.

I use evernote to take notes in class. However there is an addon for it called sketch that allows you to insert drawings into notes.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLmV2ZXJub3RlLnNraXRjaCJd

[Q] Need recommendation for pdf app

I want a pdf app that lets me write and erase writing with a stylus. I own a duo 11 and the reader app only lets me write stuff and not erase anything which is a pain.
Thanks in advance!

Huh? The PDF app ("Reader") fully supports the eraser end of my stylus. It will only erase writing, and you have to directly cross over the link you want to erase (which is hard for small dots), but it works. I've used it to sign documents and stuff.

GoodDayToDie said:
Huh? The PDF app ("Reader") fully supports the eraser end of my stylus. It will only erase writing, and you have to directly cross over the link you want to erase (which is hard for small dots), but it works. I've used it to sign documents and stuff.
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My stylus doesn't erase anything at the end but there is a bottom which i click and it shows the eraser sign but doesn't erase anything! I'm using the stylus that came with the duo11

i use foxit reader but that is a desktop app

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i use foxit reader but that is a desktop app
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Nah it just doesn't cut it. Microsoft word 2013 is good for note taking but i need to write my notes on pdf. Is there a way to integrate the two formats?

thekiller99 said:
Nah it just doesn't cut it. Microsoft word 2013 is good for note taking but i need to write my notes on pdf. Is there a way to integrate the two formats?
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So what you are saying is that you want an editable pdf instead of a word doc
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goldflame09 said:
So what you are saying is that you want an editable pdf instead of a word doc
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The inking option on word 2013 is amazing with the eraser function. I just want a pdf app that lets me do what word does because converting pdf to doc doesn't work because some pages get messed up.

thekiller99 said:
The inking option on word 2013 is amazing with the eraser function. I just want a pdf app that lets me do what word does because converting pdf to doc doesn't work because some pages get messed up.
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I'm sorry to say but I don't of any PDF app that does what you want. You may want to try a Google search if you havent already
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retract my earlier statement. found this
Nitro PDF

[Q] Evernote update

I've got question for note 3 owners who use evernote and s-note.
I've read that note 3 has some really great features as far as s-note and evernote integration goes such as s-note note preview in evernote or s-pen hover preview of the note in evernote.
I would like to know whether these features keep working after the update of the evernote app. It would be shame if it stopped working, as it happened with youtube and scrapbooker integration.
Thanks,
Lucas

I use these heavily, and love them. It all works fine with the latest app update.

Thank you. That's great.
Another thing crossed my mind.
Is it possible to search through all evernote notes using s-finder or only the ones that were created using s-note?
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Meaven said:
Thank you. That's great.
Another thing crossed my mind.
Is it possible to search through all evernote notes using s-finder or only the ones that were created using s-note?
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You can set S-Finder so it also searches Evernote. I just checked. I also did a search and S-Finder also pulled up results from Evernote. So for your question: Yes S-Finder finds notes you created on the phone as well as the Evernote database.

Thank you very much. That resolves my doubts. Now I'm sure it is worth to jump from s4 to note 3
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I knew it would save to Evernote but I can't figure out how to get it to see other things in the database
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Does drag and drop actually work?

Hi. Not sure if anyone has asked before, but does anyone able to make the drag and drop feature on multi window work on their Note 3?
It's like I tried to drag a picture from chrome to my message (in default messaging app) and it only copied the link of the webpage.
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kura123 said:
Hi. Not sure if anyone has asked before, but does anyone able to make the drag and drop feature on multi window work on their Note 3?
It's like I tried to drag a picture from chrome to my message (in default messaging app) and it only copied the link of the webpage.
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You have to press the little blue circle will bring up a menu of it

I just pressing the button and it doesn't as well...
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kura123 said:
I just pressing the button and it doesn't as well...
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I'm not sure but i think that Chrome doesn't support this feature,
I know that Chaton and Gallery do support it,
I've managed to drag and drop pictures from the gallery to Chaton,
I didn't need to press the little blue button.
Also, i think their stock file manager supports it as well.

It works long enough in the shop to convince you to buy it.
Then you take it home to use it.
Then you find out it's a gimmick because it only works with a few SAMSUNG apps.
There are a million more people who use what'sapp & Chrome than ChatOn & the stock browser.

kura123 said:
I just pressing the button and it doesn't as well...
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Thanks! It works for me when I tried with Gallery and Chat On.
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PowerPoint annotation app besides Polaris

Hello, I've been using Polaris office for more than a year on both my note 2 and note 10.1. It has crashed on me many times and lost a lot of work coz of that. Is there any other app which is capable of drawing on ppt? Really appreciate thanks!*
As a student I do a lot of annotations. For pdf I use ezpdf works really well except some unintuitive features. For word doc I use Polaris.
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Try kingsoft, or officesuite
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Thanks, but I've both, they claim to allow free hand drawing but I am unable to find the function. Kingsoft version 5.8 and officesuite 7.3.1510. Am I missing something?
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I dont know but you can try google's Quickoffice
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I've tried that but it doesn't have annotation features, it's functions are even less than other free apps :/
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I think Polaris is the only one that actually allows good annotation on ppt although the eraser kind of sucks.
I've found that any ppt with the file ".pptx" will cause EXTREMELY LONG SAVING and sometimes, just crash with the reason of not enough memory or something.
So what I've been doing for class is downloading the pptx to my computer and converting it to Word document 2003-07 so it would have a ".ppt" file. Any amount of handwriting I do to the .ppt file gets save very quick and stays. The ppt I use usually have 80+ slides.
Is this how you've been doing it with polaris? I also have quickoffice and officesuite in my tablet just for multiple viewing of ppts but none really allows me to annotate other than polaris.

Yes exactly my sentiments. I faced the problem of taking very long to save and sometimes crashing, but did not notice if it was pptx. Thanks for the advice I'll give it a try! The eraser really sucks lol. I tried the Polaris version 5.0 but doesn't work well with note 10.1. Guess I have to stick to Polaris then.
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Microsoft does have an office for android app. I'm not sure what if any features it has for powerpoint or if it's any better than any other app just because it's from Microsoft, but it might be worth checking out if you haven't already. I believe you need to have a qualifying subscription to office 365 to use it though. I think you can setup a trial subscription if you don't have one. Since you are a student I believe you can get a 4 your subscription for $80 that will give you the full office suite on up to 5 computers plus mobile devices so definitely an option if you find that the app is useful.

I've tried it, Ms office for android would never be any good because it would be against their interest by provide true productivity on android instead of Windows tablet.
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And do you need to keep the ppt format? If not you could print it in pdf format and manipulate it with SNote, ezPdf or RepliGo, for example.