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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] nokian95ita:
I have create a notebook and wile I wrote I recorded the audio of conversation with record function. My question: is there a way to listen the recored file and write other word in the notebook?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=1222801]nokian95ita[/MENTION]: `Notebook replay´ currently open the notebook as read-only.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] goolasso:
pdf import and index

Hello a couple of questions:

1)

When I import a pdf on lecturenotes seems that I loose the index.

Is there a method to import a pdf with the index as well?

2) on the imported pdf I'm not abel to search. If I use th "find on text layer" function it doesn't find nothing

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] erikk3:
Hey, been using this app for note taking since the start of this semester and I'm loving it so far.

Couple things:

When adding blank pages to a document, is there a way to add the page to right after the page you're currently working on? As in instead of appending it to the end, just inserting it. The reason for this is that as of now when I add a blank page, I have to stop my audio recording to go into notebook overview and move the blank page to the desired position, and then start a new audio file.

A highlighter tool would be a nice addition.

Is there a way to make blank pages look like graphing paper? Very nice for writing in a straight line, etc.

These are just some things I've noticed that my friends who use Notability on iPads have access to, so it'd be great to see them implemented in Lecturenotes.

Also, I can't get my writing in Lecturenotes to look as smooth as it does in the Snote app. I've experimented with the filters a bit, but it's just not where I'd ideally like it to be. Does anyone have tips on using the filters? I even notice that my writing in the input zone looks better than it does when it gets reproduced, so I'm hoping that there's an easy fix to this.

Thanks,

Erik
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=6321397]goolasso[/MENTION]: When you import a PDF file into LectureNotes, it gets converted into LectureNotes own format and is not searchable anymore (the `find in text layer´ search the text layer, not imported material). If it is important for your that the PDF file structure is conserved, you need to use a PDF viewer app.

[MENTION=6378184]erikk3[/MENTION]: 1. To insert a page before or after the current page, use the corresponding items in the `hand´ menu; there is also a `insert page´ icon which is disabled by default and can be enabled in the app's menu settings.

2. There is no built-in highlighter, as tastes concerning highlighters differ widely. You can make one of the custom pencils to act as a highlighter, choose your favorite color and width, an intermediate opacity, 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).

3. There a numerous custom paper pattern examples, one example is called `double-checkered´, which should be close to what you call `graphical pattern´. To use one of the custom paper pattern examples, open the notebook settings, click on `custom´ paper pattern, this will bring up the JavaScript editor. In the main menu, select `Use template´, this will bring up the custom paper pattern overview displaying all examples. Select one of the examples by clicking on it, this brings you back to the JavaScript editor and you see the corresponding JavaScript code. Click on the `back´ button and confirm that you wish to use this code, this brings you back to the notebook settings. Click on `OK´ to use the new settings.

4. To get rid of the strange `tails´ that some Samsung devices produce, enable the pressure filter in the app's input settings with a threshold of 5% or so (whether you enable `enforce lifting´ is a matter of taste, most user disable that).

To smooth the handwriting in general, enable the `Savitzky-Golan filter´ with order 5 or 7 (a higher order should not be necessary), and try whether enabling `discard coordinates between Android events´ improve the handwriting further.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Supertod:
End of stroke flick.

I've noticed when lifting the stylus off the screen it occasionally creates a stroke in a random direction about 2mm relative to the screen size - is there an option to ignore the last part of an input (say 1ms)?

PS absolutely love this app - wouldn't survive uni without it.

EDIT: Disregard this, saw post above.

SECOND EDIT: Tried pressure threshold as suggested but I still get the tails.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] erikk3:
Customer service done right. Thanks a ton.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5369157]Supertod[/MENTION]: Which threshold did you try? Increase the threshold in 5% steps, at some point the `tails´ should disappear.

If this does not help: Which device/stylus/Android version do you use?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Supertod:
Threshold is at 20% now - occurrence of tails has reduced but still every few strokes. Have to apply more pressure to write though which isn't great as it keeps missing strokes. I'm using a Note 10.1 [2012] on CM12 Temasek edition with a 'Wacom Bamboo stylus feel'.

Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
Hey,

Installed your app just to give it a shot, and... damn, is it real? It is soo much better than the S note, which I used to find a really great app.

I think the delay of getting something on screen is smaller, that on Snote. This is a just huge surprise, as it feels much easier and better to use your app.

I love erasing with my finger, scrolling with two. Soon I am not be able to live without it. There is a problem with not seeing what you erase however. Could you do something about it, like a popup nearby, showing what is under my finger? Like you could see in left screenshot?

And, that is all I miss from a functional side of app, it is the best right now.

But one more thing is a miss for me. Say it is unpretty. I mean, while taking notes, it is fine. But open menu, and it feels somehow not really enjoyable. Of coarse it does what it should but, making it a bit more material designed, as well as adding some nice looking accents, would be fantastic!

How I find it - add now folder or notebook is ugly, and options are not really clear. It just is not user friendly, you could try to make it more clear.

Also clicking on cover while adding new one, gives me just 3 or 4 different presets of colors, and that could be more ;)

Again,

Thank you for great, great app, and hope you take my suggestions under consideration ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION]: Many thanks for your kind comments, I am glad to hear that you like the app.

Where should the zoomed area be shown? In any case, you can zoom the whole page in LectureNotes.

There is a pencil toolbox which allows to select pencils visually.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
I think the best place for suck a zoomed area is above finger, and if finger is placed near top edge, then it should go into centre of text. I think best example is how cursor is being moved in iphones

Thank you if you are considering this.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] slamorte:
Hello! I really dig that you added an option in this update to have a "thicker" pencil toolbox.

I would find it very useful to have a thinner toolbox as well. I have the icons set to "smaller" which gives me 24 pencils/tools in an 8X3 grid. It would be nice to have an option to have a single line (1 column) toolbox option to save space and have a larger writing surface while being able to keep the toolbox open. With the icons set to "smaller", I would have enough room to have all 24 pencils/tools down the landscape side of my Galaxy tab. This would be a great feature for me.

Thanks for all your work on this - truly great app!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=757579]slamorte[/MENTION]: Many thanks for your kind comments.

Interesting idea, I noted it down.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] oberbrunner:
Best tablet for Lecture Notes in 2015?

Lecture Notes is the main app I use on my tablet. I use it as my primary notebook; it's wonderful. Now that my original Galaxy Note 10.1 (pre-2014 edition) is getting ancient, I'm looking to replace it. What's the best Android tablet for running LectureNotes? What are people happy with these days? Hopefully running Lollipop but I'm OK running custom ROMs as well. The main thing I want is good handwriting/drawing capture, so active digitizer is really important. 10 or 12 inch, anything is OK with me. I was really hoping Samsung would come out with a a 2015 model of the Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC, but they didn't. :) Suggestions?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] GrandAdmiral:
Why get rid of it? If you're not rooted, you need to do so and flash one of the Lollipop ROMs. It's brought mine and others' back to life.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] oberbrunner:
Well, other than the old low-res screen... and I'd like to have an excuse to get a shiny new one... :) Yes actually I think your idea is good. (My phone is a N5, lollipop, rooted -- just put 5.1 on it so I'm comfortable with adb and fastboot and all that.) I've been resistant to fooling with the Note 10.1 so far because I was worried about whether custom ROMs would have full S-Pen support with pressure and so on. Do they? Maybe that's the way I should go.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mmcnulty:
Lecture Notes and OCR

Is there anything that can be done with Lecture Notes to improve OCR recognition? That is, is there a custom background out there that can be set that would improve that? Evernote has their OCR feature, and in conjunction with that they sell paper notebooks that are supposed to have a special dot pattern to improve the recognition of handwriting.

I don't know much about the topic, so for all I know that dot pattern wouldn't help because of something about the way Lecture Notes creates/saves pages and markings on it.

Any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated. Obviously handwriting has drawbacks, and LN's makes up for a lot of them, but some way to improve OCR recognition would remove one of the biggest remaining problems for me.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] MAO2200:
I would like to ask a small but great feature for me: bookmarks.

Having to do with the Italian legislation that amount within lecturenotes PDF, you are within articles that refer to other articles and would be comfortable putting bookmarks, hinting to them.

Thank You
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5106588]mmcnulty[/MENTION]: LectureNotes does not interpret what you write or draw, this is unlikely to change in the near future. I anyway think that text recognition is much better done a posteriori and not during writing. There are several cloud services that provide this, for instance Evernote. In case conversion during writing is important for you, note that there are several soft keyboards that provide this functionality, for instance the one that comes with Samsung devices.

[MENTION=1040579]MAO2200[/MENTION]: LectureNotes allows to set links to files and web addresses in the text layer, it understands URIs starting with `file://´, `http://´, and `https://´ (for external links) and `lecturenotes://´ (for internal links). These links are clickable in `hand´ mode and open the linked material. You can also add links as keywords, they are clickable in notebook index.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] MAO2200:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] "LectureNotes allows to set links to files and web addresses in the text layer, it understands URIs starting with `file://´, `http://´, and `https://´ (for external links) and `lecturenotes://´ (for internal links). These links are clickable in `hand´ mode and open the linked material. You can also add links as keywords, they are clickable in notebook index."

I did not understand how it works.

For example:

on page 1 I have to put a precise reference to the middle of page 3 (I click on the page reference 1 and leads me to page 3)

I can do it? would be my salvation
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=1040579]MAO2200[/MENTION]: Links can refer to a page, but not to specific parts of a page.

Let's say you have a notebook `Notebook´ in a folder `Folder´, then adding `lecturenotes://Folder/Notebook/3/´ to the text layer creates a link to page 3 of this notebook.

Note that URIs can contain only a subset of ASCII characters, so that a link to page 5 of notebook `Notebook Old´ has to be encoded as `lecturenotes://Folder/Notebook%20Old/5/´.

There is a menu item in the keyboard menu that allows to add links to a notebook at the current cursor position and performs the character conversion.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] GrandAdmiral:
I did and LectureNotes works perfectly on it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
I am simply amazed, by how Lillipop great is. ROMs have full pressure support, as well as direct S pen events, so you can make that button change to erasing, and for second press selecting. As far as it does not sound innovative at any point, I tell you, it is. It is so increadibly intuitive now, no need to look for a eraser icon on any bars, you just write, erase...

However, it takes some time to settle. Also check this: http://xdaforums.com/android/software/app-app-samsung-devices-provided-stylus-t3000448

It is not as good looking as samsungs' software, but it works as it should, taking under condition, that it is beta. I personally, do not miss anything from stock.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] starbuckk:
Wait.. There's a lollipop ROM for the 10.1??
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] butla:
CM based I believe not Samsung Touch Wiz.

Sent from one of my Notes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] oberbrunner:
Yup - I just switched. CM12 prerelease, from a thread here on xda. Wasn't that hard; did a full clean wipe/flash after exporting all my data. Rooted at the same time, why not. LectureNotes works fine, maybe even a little smoother (though after a full wipe everything always seems faster/smoother). S pen support seems OK to me, though I can't figure out how to make the pen button work in LectureNotes yet.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=699880]oberbrunner[/MENTION]: You need to enable `use stylus buttons´ in the LectureNotes' input settings.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
Hey,

My note crashed, and I lost all my notebooks, because of formatting data... What extension of file should I be looking for/what file path when trying to restore it? I did manage to make a nandroid backup. but no idea where to look for it.

Please help, this is very important to me. ;)

EDIT: NEVERMIND, I restored it, just in case someone looks for it, Notebooks are stored in internal sdcard/Android/data/com.acadoid.lecturenotes/ and all here are your notes ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION]: LectureNotes follows an Android standard with its standard app directory, it is ${SDCARD}/Android/data/com.acadoid.lecturenotes/files where ${SDCARD} is the path to the internal SD card on your device.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] x61tab:
Alright, I have this app but whenever I tried to erase something, it ends up erasing the pdf texts as well. Is there a way to stop this from happening?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] BclingergFJ:
Lecture Notes supports up to 3 layers.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5002487]x61tab[/MENTION]: You can set up LectureNotes so that imported material goes automatically into a first layer (say layer 1) and your annotation into a second layer (say layer 2), cf. the `import image layer setup´ and the `import PDF layer setup´ in the app's import settings.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
Hey

Just discovered another issue. Since I travelled from ROM to ROM last few days, now I landed on a lollipop (mayby it is causing the issue?). What happens:

When I select to display standard drawing tools, I can use them without any problem. But when I switch to custom ones, none of these works.

Video: https://mega.co.nz/#!mh512b7Z!S74LG__bDEqiGpnvGYI1Dr8aYhH2aDfY4lnzvG4HJaE

Log: https://mega.co.nz/#!G9ZyTaqK!ZUQLjOZJCvAEDQE44yOZ1MIvLm-2kv1oRVSPZ0rTLuc

Is it a known issue? I would rather not configure all pencils again, but if I must clear LN's apps settings, then... ok.

EDIT: I mentiones many roms, as I restored using titanium backup.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] x61tab:
And when we edit in first layer, will the original pdf still show up in that layer? Does it not work like all other pdf annotated apps where you can edit or erase only what you annotated? So the first layer acts like blank pages that you can write your things and if you want the original file, you must visit the other layer?Layer thing is not practical is it?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] BclingergFJ:
The power off Lecture Notes is in its ability to allow you to edit any of up to 3 layers. Experiment on an unimportant file.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION]: Google has revised the threading strategy in Android 5.0 causing a lot of side-effects. One effect is that it takes a slight moment until the JavaScript code of a custom drawing tool is run by Android. The custom drawing tools work (as one can see in your movie) when you hold the end point for a slight moment.

[MENTION=5002487]x61tab[/MENTION]: The major point of the using layers in case of PDF import is that you can decide whether you wish to alter the imported material or not.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] x61tab:
Isn't annotation the main purpose of importing pdf files into annotated programs? I still do not see the benefits of creating several layers just to be able to annotate without screwing the original file.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5002487]x61tab[/MENTION]: LecturesNotes' main purpose is to take handwritten notes.

Among many other features, LectureNotes allows to import PDF files, but PDF file annotation is not LectureNotes' main purpose.

If you wish to annotate PDF files keeping the PDF file structure intact, you need to use a PDF viewer app.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
Hey,

but when I use standard drawing tools lag no longer exists. How can it be then?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION]: Standard drawing tools are not coded in JavaScript (they are hard-coded into LectureNotes), so that no JavaScript code needs to be run when you use them.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] elton.de.nascimento:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] . .sometimes I use a notebook with 5 or more pages and when I need to use tool cut on a part of notebook (page 1) I have to move it this page by page until last page (page 5 ) there is a comand like copy and paste ?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
Thanks for reply.

So is it inevitable? Maybe you have some idea how to make it work anyhow? Because I would like to use only some basic tools like dashed line, dotted line, mayby an arrow... Nothing too fancy.

Open menu in notebook, tap notebook overview, and then long press a page to move it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=1298756]elton.de.nascimento[/MENTION]: To rearrange notebook pages, proceed as described by [MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION].

However, I think the question referred to cut/copy material on one page and paste on another, right?

If so: You can move the insertion across page boundaries, there is a bit of `resistance´ but just keep pulling, the insertion will follow. When moving over several page boundaries, it is probably more convenient to abort the insertion, scroll to the target page, and select `Paste from clipboard´ in the cutter menu, this will bring back the insertion.

[MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION]: One option could be not to use Android's JavaScript machinery but to include one with LectureNotes. However, I doubt whether the improvement will be significant, Google's WebView Java class that ships with Android is quite fast.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] elton.de.nascimento:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] . .that's right . ..works fine your sugestion . . [MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION] thanks anyway . .sorry my English .
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] starbuckk:
Lollipop and SD cards?

Hi [MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION]. Hope I didn't miss an answer to this question but no luck searching. Will you be leveraging Lollipop's ability to write to external SD cards? Would really love to move my lecturenotes on my phone back to the SD card now that FolderSync supports this feature :). My Tablet is rooted, but my Note 4 can't be.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4347665]starbuckk[/MENTION]: You can set LectureNotes' app directory to ${EXTSDCARD}/Android/data/com.acadoid.lecturenotes/files (where the placeholder ${EXTSDCARD} is to be replaced by the path of the external SD card on your device), LectureNotes can write this directory on the external SD card.

Google added a new API in Android 5.0 (LOLLIPOP) to write on the external SD card. However, this API does not grant access on the level of file system rights, but on the level of so-called synthetic rights, with all the problems that come with that. Using this API might be fine if one wishes to export a single file to a certain location on the external SD card; if Android messes up the synthetic rights, the write process will fail, but not serious problem will occur. However, if Android messes up the synthetic rights when LectureNotes wants to write changes in your notebook to the file system, all your changes will be lost.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] diodox:
Great advice! Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] starbuckk:
It's working :). But I had to put the actual path in.

And foldersync is lollipop friendly so now it can do it's part to keep my notes everywhere ☺.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] kayteck1:
I am looking for the settings to turn off your palm completely so i can use the app with spen only.

There is always zoom, scroll or any other option turned on that my palm is modifying and cannot find the spen only option so i do not have to worry that i will touch anything with my palm or fingers.

Please advise proper setup for that.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5052040]kayteck1[/MENTION]: On a device with active stylus, you should enable `use stylus (hardware detection)´ in the app's input settings.

In the app's input settings, there are also the options concerning scrolling outside `hand´ mode. If you disable them, no scrolling outside `hand´ mode will occur.

A smarter solution is to enable `two fingers scrolling/zooming´ and set a minimal distance for two fingers scrolling in the `two fingers gesture setup´ that is larger than your palm.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] kayteck1:
I was able to get the setup where i cannot scroll or zoom touching the working area, but only with scroll and zoom bars on the sides of my screen -.However, scroll bars work when touching them with my palm or fingers.

And still, i would need an option to allow only spen to be able to zoom or scroll using scroll bars, so diable palm imput COMPLETELY.

that is what i cannot find. Is that possible at all?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
Use either xposed module "s pen only", or spen command app from play store, to disable touchscreen.