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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] salmonsushi:
would love to see that too rather than that garbage S-Note
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Eline: I found the problem, this will be fixed in the next update.

@asdfuogh & salmonsushi: Would be welcome, but is unlikely to happen, I guess.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ordeniz:
Ynt: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

I imported a pdf file as a notebook,then annotated.I want lecture notes to ask me whether I want to save the annotations when I close that notebook or go back,but it just saves when I go back.Is this possible,if it is where is that setting? Thank you.

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] burtonboarder:
Exporting a pdf

Is there an integrated way to export a noncompressed pdf file to either dropbox or Google drive? Right now, I import my pdf lecture slides, annotate my notes from lecture, save and export the pdf to view in ezpdf reader, and upload from there. Looking for a less complicated method to save my notes. Thanks and I apologize if this is already answered somewhere in the 102 pages.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@ordeniz: LectureNotes writes changed pages to the file system in various circumstances (when you scroll away from the page, when you bring another into foreground, etc.). To allow to discard changes upon closing the notebook would essentially require to duplicate the whole notebook before opening it, which would slow down opening a notebook quite a lot, so that such feature would probably not be too welcome. LectureNotes allows you to easily duplicate a notebook (long-click on the notebook and select `Duplicate notebook´), that you can manually create a backup copy when needed.

@burtonboarder: LectureNotes exports only compressed PDF (but the compression is loss-less, it just reduces file size). You can disable `view PDF after export´ and enable `share PDF after export´ in the app's export settings, then a share intent is issued instead of a view intent. Alternatively, long-click on the notebook and select `Share notebook PDF´, this will created the PDF if needed and issue a share intent for it. Another possibility is to set a PDF directory in the app's storage settings (so that all PDF go there) and to sync this with your cloud service.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Greenthy:
Having bought the note 10.1 this saturday and taking it to work and using lecture notes I only have one grudge with the app:

Only allows one note at a time without fast switching.

Now the one note I can live with, since the screen is not big enough for me to actually write proper on half the screensize :)

But I wish we could like :

- preload (recent) notes for fast switching

Switching between a pdf that you're annoting and a

- a fast method of going to page x

like a slider behind a menu button

This would be most usefull in landscape mode where you can end up scrolling forever in large documents.

(I know about the page forward/backward buttons, but they're a bit less intuitive to quickly go to page 15 of 36 for example)

It's just that in one day I've found myself lagging behind my pen&paper with switching between different documents. With pen and paper you can switch quickly to 10 pages prior make a mark and go back, or switch over to another document to scribble something.

For the rest, keep up the good work :)

I almost instantly replaced Snote with the paid version :D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] burtonboarder:
Thank you. I love this app and recommend it to everyone in my program with a tablet.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] asdfuogh:
Just a question to people in general, I'm getting squiggles in my notes that didn't use to appear (and I've always had a pressure filter of about 1-3%). Did something change in Lecture Notes, or has my tablet getting greasy and there's some kind of subtle conductive issue due to the oils that I'm not catching..?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Greenthy: There is a list of recently opened notebooks in the menu at the app's launcher icon in the left corner.

To go to a certain page, select `Go to page´ in the hand menu and adjust the page number using the slider. Alternatively, open the notebook in overview and click on the page (to allow to select a page visually using thumbnails without the need to open overview is on my agenda).

@burtonboarder: Many thanks for your kind comments.

@asdfuogh: I did not change anything in LectureNotes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Sv: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

I've noticed that when I'm inserting an image either from the app or a screenshot and the image doesn't fit on the page there seem to be no way of inserting a new page without "loosing" the image. Would this be possible to change in a future version? Or have I missed something crucial here?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] GETCASHMONEY:
I have this same question.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] simanh:
Really fantastic app and definitely worth getting the full version, thanks a lot.

Small suggestion to facilitate highlighting and underlining.....

Would It be possible to make custom pencils so that they only draw perfectly horizontally? I just think it would make it much neater when highlighting text etc.

Thanks a lot
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Axel_ & GETCASHMONEY: If you scroll beyond the last page using the volume keys, the page forward icon, the arrow keys of a keyboard, or the wheel of a mouse (and if you have enabled auto-append page in the app's handling settings for the method that you use), a page will be appended and you can move the image there. I just realized that the plus icon cancels the image import (or performs it, if you have enabled `quick insertion´), I will revised that such that the image is moved to the newly appended page.

@simanh: I receive a lot of requests concerning new or improved drawing tools or custom pencils with special properties. What I will do soon is to add an JavaScript interface similar to the custom paper pattern interface so that everyone can define her/his own drawing tools (including lines that draw only horizontally).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Robdyx:
Hi guys, with all this new pie control fever rising up, I thought this great app could benefit from it too, so just made a quick mockup (don't get mad on me, just sketched it in an hour or so) and would like to know what you (and acadoid) think about it. It could add even more customization, would allow faster tool changes (this would popup when keeping the s pen button pressed while hovering the tip over the screen) and improve a bit the UI.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Sv: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

Acadoid: I didn't know that you could use the arrows to navigate between pages while inserting images (I've just dragged it between pages), good to know! But even better if you could implement what you said when pressing the plus symbol, even when selecting text you want to move to a new page.

Robdyx: I'm all for it! Preferably customizable so one could set what tools should be easily avaliable.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] boristhebad:
I've been using LectureNotes lately for grading student assignments (as PDFs), and it's working really well (much nicer to use than the other PDF annotators, which have poor handling of the S Pen and touch.

One thing I would love, if possible, is an option in the Import PDF settings to automatically make a new layer. I sometimes forget to make a new layer on the notebook and then my eraser erases the text not just my annotations. When I'm importing lots of PDFs, it's hard to remember on each one to do the add layer menu.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] 299792458:
I second this. I do this frequently too.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
I think there's already that option (added in version 2.1.10).

"Import - Import PDF layer setup"

Here you can choose, for instance, to add automatically a layer 2, import the PDF in layer 1 and work in layer 2.

(Remember that acadoid is a wizard. He reads your mind and adds new features before you ask for them... :))
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Robdyx: Interesting idea, I have such tool box on my agenda. However, my realization will probably not as fancy as you drawing...

@Axel_: The arrows only scroll, they do not move the insertion. I already changed the behavior of the plus icon with active insertion (the insertion remains active and is moved to the newly appended page), this will be part of the next update.

@boristhebad & 299792458: As pointed out by sphere314, the latest version v2.1.12 has an `import image layer setup´ and `import PDF layer setup´ which allows you to automatically add layers, direct the imported material to a certainly layer, and set the work layer.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] boristhebad:
Updated my copy of the program found the right place on the import menu and got it working great. You are updating things so quickly, I get lost with all of the new changes! (Don't get me wrong, good problem to have)

Thanks again for an awesome program!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] salmonsushi:
Would Sammy over rule holding S Pen button into taking a screenshot? I can't disable it in other apps that can use the S Pen button
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mmcnulty:
So I was just checking out an app that was recommended elsewhere on this forum, called handrite. It's missing alot of things Lecture Notes has which I like, but it did do one thing I liked. It would let you write in an area on the screen in regular size, and then scaled what you had written to a pre-selected size and placed it on the line you were working on. This would be great to use, especially in portrait mode, as otherwise I need to be zoomed in and constantly shifting where I am on the screen to write at a normal size well.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@mmcnulty: This input method is called `input zone´ in LectureNotes. The input area is then at the bottom of the display and what you write there gets scaled down and placed at the position of the cursor; there are several options such as auto-move the cursor etc.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] :
Never mind. . . I figured it out. Kind of weird . . . almost every time you see something you wish you could do. . . there it is. Great job on this software!!!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
Disable "Use stylus (hardware detection)"
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cugel:
First of all, congratulations for this great application.

I've a question/proposal, i really like the functionality for erasing with the finger but i'm getting eraser activations when i place the palm in the screen (i'm using an active stylus), maybe you could define some gesture to activate finger eraser (double tap or long press) and avoid erroneus eraser activations
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mmcnulty:
Oh. I see it now. I usually have active stylus checked, so I havent noticed everything there. I try yo check the rest of the thread for things first, but theres just way to many pages for that to work every time. For instance, what is the save zone?

Also, and I'll admit I haven't looked played around with it before asking, is there a way to make a template that opens with that setup, whiel having any other new notebook open with actuive sytlus checked? And then going forward, when opening those notebooks, they would open with the input zone ready, while notebooks using active sytlus would open without the input zone?

And as usual, thanks alot. Not only is this a great app, but your "customer service" is great as well. I can always find the help I need and your constantly updating it with new, sometimes user requested, features. It's a constantly improving product.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] atatistcheff:
Back when I used an iPad (perish the thought) I used an app called GoodReader. It's an excellent pdf reader/annotator. The developer was constantly adding features to it too. One very helpful feature was that any time there was a new update it notified the user that there were new features and provided a way to view a description of each of them.

I know the Google Play store has the updated list but if the app auto-updates any new features may not be apparent. I think this would help people take advantage of new features right away and may also reduce some of the questions regarding features that already exist in the app.

Thanks, keep up the good work!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@cugel: Your device cannot reliably distinguish between finger and palm, and your palm long-presses when you rest it on the display; double-tap is already assigned to zoom.

@mmcnulty: Many thanks for your kind comments. The input method is general, not per notebook. However, since `use stylus´ overwrites `input zone´, you can leave `input zone´ enabled and enable and disable `use stylus´ on demand.

@atatistcheff: I recommend to disable auto-update for LectureNotes (in fact for all apps), the Google Play is very rude when updating a running app (it does not properly shut it down but just kills it). When you disable auto update, Google Play will place a notification when an update is available. When you select `About LectureNotes´ in any of the main menus, there is a change log that lists added features, usually with a link to the help page for explanations.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] salmonsushi:
You should create a fancy feature manual, in style like those user digest app by Samsung on Google Play. There are so much potential and features not know that, with the right marketing could lead to crazy sales and publicity.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@salmonsushi: Well, there is a help page (select `Help´ in any of the main menus) that explains the meaning of the icons, gives hints concerning usage, and addresses typical user questions.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Gaff_l:
Hi, acadoid.

Is it possible to change the timestamp settings on the text drawing tools set up?

I have changed the format in "Handling - text layer setup" to suit Aussie date requirements, but the text drawing tool remains at your default setting. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
What recording highlighting does?

The idea of Xs to calibrate the screen is off or are u thinking in do it sometime?

BTW great job, every week i find something nice about the app.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Sv: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

Is it possible to have images inserted in layer one (or another layer I'm not using for writing) as default just like it does at the PDFs without manually change it before inserting? I'm taking a lot of notes on images of the blackboard, and since I'm always forgot to change layer I cannot change my notes without erasing what's on the board (at least not at a later point).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Gaff_l: The time stamp format of the text layer and the text drawing tool are independent. To change the latter, long-click on it and choose the desired format. LectureNotes will remember your choice and use this format from then on.

@Yahiko: Recording highlighting is quite minor, when you select a recording for deletion, it shows which would you have selected when you see the confirmation dialog (similar to notebook and folder highlighting when you select a notebook or folder for deletion). I was asked to add this, this is why I listed it in the change log.

Display calibration is still on my to-do-list, but I am still undecided concerning UI.

@Axel_: The latest version allows to set the import and the work layer in then app's import settings.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Gaff_l:
Hi, acadoid.

I'm probably being a bit thick, but I can't see any setting for timestamp format with the text drawing tool.Long click doesn't seem to do anything except open up the box for text entry.

If I go into Settings> Tools> Text drawing tool Setup, the only options are to change text family, style and size - nothing for time format. What am I doing wrong? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Gaff_l: Sorry, I was not clear, I meant long-click on `Add time stamp´ in the text drawing tool dialog. But I agree, the setup of the time stamp should actually better be placed in the text drawing tool setup in the app's tools setting. I am anyway working on improving the text drawing tool and adding direct typing in the notebook (instead in a dialog) with full formating support.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tririver:
I wonder if there were some regressions about memory usage in recent updates. The LN keeps complaining memory used up, or refuse to create a notebook because of lack of memory.

Indeed I had a high page resolution (1920x2175). However, in previous versions of LN it was never a problem. And there is about 1GB free memory left when LN starts to complain.

PS: I didn't enable large page cache. More accurately I once enabled that, and LN complains about not enough memory. But after disabled large page cache later, LN keeps saying that.

PS: I loved all other updates. Thanks @acadoid!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@tririver: Sorry to hear about the difficulties. With 1GB free memory you refer to SD card memory or RAM? Shortage of the latter is yielding the error message, not of the former. Have you tried to reboot your device? This might sound like a cheap suggestion, but there occasionally quite strange problems after an update since Android Jelly Bean (probably related to the fact that, starting with Android Jelly Bean, Google Play encrypts the APK before downloading it to your device), which are gone after a reboot.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tririver:
Thanks a lot for your reply! 1GB is RAM (where there is 2GB in total for Galaxy Note 10.1). I rebooted the device and so far so good. Even I opened quite a few programs (thus the available RAM is below 1GB) everything works fine. I will report later in case I still had any problems.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Cocax:
I don't know what happened but when I opened lecture notes today my pencil toolbox has a red background that makes it difficult to see the colors of my pencils... Do you know how to fix this?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Cocax: The background color in the pencil toolbox is actually the paper color of your notebook. Is it possible that you have changed this to red by mistake, but you do not see it in the notebook as you are working on a PDF file that fully covers the page?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] salmonsushi:
Thanks, it is a very detailed manual. However what I am suggesting is more like fancy pictures showing off unique features. Something that is eye catchy and does not require much reading at all. I don't think many people will be bothered reading everything in help because there are so many words.

And hence I suggests outsource it to someone good at marketing and public relations to do it. It aims to increase awareness and sales. Essentially from people who used it, everyone says that this is so much better than S Note. However simply by the look of Google Play page and the screenshots, it doesn't look that attractive. The feature page can be converted to screenshots or videos that can solve this problem.

Moreover the Web page link in Google Play links back to Google Play. It maybe better if it links to this feature page.

One example of a picture is attached

An example of a video is the one in ezPDF Reader Google Play page.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Robdyx:
It has a lot to do with the UI. LectureNotes is not as attractive as S Note, and that's why many people don't like it or don't even try it. As the good old Tasker (which is currently in a deep interface overhaul) it is really powerful, but not beauty.

And revamping it, my good sir, is the best marketing ever.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Gaff_l:
Thanks, acadoid... that worked!

Good idea about the improvement to the text drawing tool with direct typing and formatting - its a bit clunky at the moment.

Also, a suggestion for newbies like me... perhaps in the HELP file you could clarify the difference between direct typing and the keyboard function. It took me a while to work out what they both did and how they were different.

Cheers!:)

---------- Post added at 02:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:52 PM ----------

Following on from what salmonsushi says (I completely agree), there is another area on Google Play where I think you could make an improvement (please take this in the spirit in which it is offered... think you have a fantastic app and would like to see it reach a larger audience):

In the section under "what's new" you usually seem to put all the new functions in lower case, no bullets, poor punctuation, etc.

It doesn't look very professional, is hard to read what's changed, and detracts from the overall impression.

The fact is, you are obviously a VERY professional developer, with extremely good focus on your customer's needs. That needs to come across on the first engagement with you (i.e. Play), not after they've discovered this forum (which most people never will anyway).

Go well!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Cocax:
Yup, that was it --'' thanks a lot ;D

Btw, in sequence of what is being said about the aesthetics of the help page, I have another suggestion to make. When we choose to move a notebook or folder, the dialog that appears is pretty confusing, I think. Instead of having the subfolders separated by a "/" , I think it would be better to have them in separate lines and indented. Something like this:

Folder

Subfolder​

Subsubfolder​

(instead of Folder/Subfolder/Subsubfolder)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] salmonsushi:
You mean like a tree, like one note? Not sure where it would fit though
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Cocax:
Yes, a tree structure! Thanls, I wasn't remembering the name. It could fit in the same window, it would just be a matter of scrolling... I got the idea from Moon+ reader, when you see the table of contents of an ebook
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@salmonsushi & Robdyx: Such beautiful help pages with images etc. are a lot of work. In fact, it would usually take more time to describe a new feature on this level than actually implementing it.

@Gaff_l: I tried to improve the description of the text drawing tool; one of the next major changes is a revision of the text drawing tool, allowing to directly write on the notebook page. The items in the `what's new´ section have now a leading `*´, thanks for the suggestion.

@Cocax: At the moment, the full path is displayed when moving a notebook or a folder, when selecting a notebook or a folder as template, or when selecting where to create a new notebook or folder in case the notebooks board is display as tree. One could display such kind of tree arrangement in these cases, but for instance when moving a notebook, there could be the case that the name already exists in `Folder´ (so that the notebook cannot be moved there) but not in `Folder/Subfolder´. At the moment, only the item `Folder/Subfolder´ is displayed, but in case of the tree arrangement, `Folder´ and `Subfolder´ (the latter indented) would be displayed, but `Folder´ would need to be non-selectable, which might be a bit confusing.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] atatistcheff:
I was annotating a 160 page pdf the other day and everything worked fine. The original pdf was about 4MB to start with. However, after I finished annotating and exported it again it balooned to about 40MB. Is this ten fold increase in pdf size normal or is there some setting where I can control this?

Thanks!

Alex
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Robdyx:
I agree, I meant the whole app needs somehow a UI revamp (Maybe something like Papyrus?). Anyway that's not essential, features are first. And talking about that, will we get vertical/horizontal lines soon? I also thought arrow heads could be very useful (at least I'd love them) and some kind of help when drawing lines/rectangles, something that makes little adjusts for them to start and finish where they should, something S notes already does.