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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@GreenFuzzer: LectureNotes tells you the current location on the help page, select `Help´ in any of the main menus and scroll down to the bottom. My comment was just to say that the location /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.acadoid.lecturenotes/files that tririver mentioned does not need to be correct for your device:

You should be able to set the location in the app's storage section. What problem did occur? Note that setting a new app directory requires an app restart to take effect and that your notebooks will not be automatically copied or moved to the new location.

@Mirkokkk: Interesting idea, I noted it down.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@HasC: I uploaded v2.0.1 into Google Play with which the problem that you reported should not occur anymore.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] HasC:
Wow! Did not expect a solution already, thanks a million! Did you manage to replicate the problem and do you think the solution will fix both reported issues i.e. The text disappearing and the underlining issue?

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Another idea if possible will be to add dynamic menus when using the keyboard. If keyboard is selected, there could be icons /options to select format types such as :

Bold

Italic

Underline

Bullet points /numbers

Check boxes

That would be awesome. Also users will be able to use their keyboard of choice as the formatting options will be available in the menu bar.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] GreenFuzzer:
I get a pop up warning that says "Cannot create custom app directory, will use default app directory!"

I'm no longer getting this type of warning when trying to make a new default location for recordings and PDFs. I found this out when I went to check exact wording for you.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@HasC: I could not reproduce the problems, but meditating over the app code, I think I understood what (most likely) caused them, and I am quite optimistic that the problem will not occur anymore.

To allow font family and style changes without using a menu is an interesting idea, but I am not sure whether altering the menu bar is the best solution. How about a toolbox similar to the pencil toolbox?

@GreenFuzzer: If you can set the PDF directory to a certain place, this place should also work as app directory. Actually, this should not be necessary, but if the problem persists, try to create the desired directory using a file manager first and set it in LectureNotes afterwards.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Mirkokkk:
I like it! :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
I just realized that I did not reply to this suggestion: If you wish to donate you can purchase one of my live wallpapers.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] HasC:
+1 to this idea, should work just as well.

Also I hope the latest update resolves the issues encountered.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
I'm all for it! More toolboxes and less toolbars in my opinion, or at least optional toolboxes. It might be because I'm used to CAD programs but I think toolboxes is the best way of having everything close without being in the way when working.

This might be the smallest "problem" ever, but is there any way of disable the text box at the cover of the books when using the first page as cover?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Axel_: No, there is presently no option to disable the text box (and the slight coloring with the cover color), but this can be added.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
That would be a really nice touch!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Axel_: I uploaded v2.0.2 to Google Play (there was a bug in notebook overview that I had to fix) in which there is an additional toggle to disable the notebook label when displaying the first page on the notebooks board.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Earthdog:
Big +1

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So I need a suggestion.

I currently have both the Note 10.1 and the Note 2 both with Lecture Notes. I want to be able share Notebooks between both devices.

Any thoughts or suggestions?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Dazo5:
Save LectureNotes files in Dropbox sync-able folder.

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ferrnando:
Set a default Pattern Color and Paper Color option

It will be fantastic if you include an option to change the default Paper Color and the pattern color and keep it every time you create a new document. I like the yellow color on the pages like the snote.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Works like a charm, many thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Earthdog: As pointed out by Dazo5, this can be achieved by setting the app's directory to a place that gets automatically sync with the cloud service of your choice.

@ferrnando: LectureNotes remembers the settings from the previously created notebook. If you have erroneously change it, you can use an existing notebook as template for a new one, selection `Use template´ in the dialog and select the notebook from a list.

I learned this morning about another issue in the text layer, I uploaded v2.0.3 that solves that.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yoshanuikabundi:
It would be cool if there were some way to have some way to change settings or switch tools based on whether the pen is docked... I use LectureNotes for reading if I want the option to annotate something, and it's marginally annoying to have to pull the pen out AND tap the pen button on the toolbar if I just want to write with the s-pen and then go back to the hand tool after I put it back.

firstworldproblems.jpg

I can't just set it up to have one finger scrolling, coz apparently I lift the pen really high when I write and lean all over the page, so it scrolls every time I write a new word.

Thanks for this app, I use it almost every day (DND; reading; uni; handwritten to-dos that are synced between phone, tablet and PC with DropBox; generic pen and paper replacement, etc.), it's fantastic!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
Hi i love the update with the text layer =)

Can u make hardware keys shortcuts like in microsoft word, ie if one press ctrl+b it selects bold, same press deselected, ctrl+i italic, ctrl + + increase size, ctrl -- decrease it.

That would be amazing ;D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] lawdawg45238:
Sorry for being a pain in the .... but... i was told that the installed keyboard had handwritting recognition. I checked and the stock keyboard has a section about handwritting. However, i can not figure out how to write free hand while taking notes and then have those words show up as typed text on my notes page.

Would somebody pleeeeaaassseeee be so kind to give me step by step instructions? If i misunderstood, i apologize in advance.

I have a Note 10.1 on on ICS 4.04

thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
It's really simple actually, you get into the same text mode that you are using when you insert text with the keyboard but instead of type you write. You get to the writing section on the keyboard by clicking the T with a pen next to the space key.

Note however, LectureNotes doesn't support handwriting recognition as far as i know so there's not any way of writing in LectureNotes and then convert into typed text.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Yoshanuikabundi: Interesting idea, but I am not sure if a normal app can detect whether the S-pen is on or out. I guess you are touching the display with your palm, don't you? One finger scrolling is also triggered by palm.

@lawdawg45238: This has been suggested by someone else, but as far as I understood, the point is to use keyboard mode (at that time text drawing tool) and instead of typing letters, use the handwriting recognition of the soft keyboard to get the letters.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
@acadoid, is there any way you could add naming of layers for each notebook? I occasionally get confused which layers contain what content so naming them would be a big help. Also it would be great if there was an option to see the name of the layer next to the notebook icon rather than the name of the notebook, as I often forget what layer I'm working on, but I always can tell what notebook I'm in based on the content. I know the layer icon displays the number, but I can never remember which is which. Perhaps even if we could assign a single letter to the layers then that letter could show up with the layer icon rather than a number.

Also, would it be possible to get the button for "append time stamp" in notebook page index to follow the date settings for the device? I.E. I would like the date to be in the format MM/DD/YYYY, rather than YYYY/MM/DD. Also, having one button for append date and one for append time would be nice, as I don't usually want to include time. It would be very easy for someone to hit two buttons in a row to append both, but it's a pain to hit the one button then delete the time.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] optimus43:
handwriting is supported

The new version of lecuture notes has a little keyboard icon at the top when in a text layer you can use the keyboard handwriting recognition to 'write' text on to the screen. Works really well. It works especially well if you edit the text on the keyboard entry panel befor you hit space or return (that makes all the text dissapear).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@JamMasterClay: Naming layers is on my to-do-list (but with quite low priority, I admit). The time stamps are organized such that sorting works well (MM/DD/YYYY does not get sorted correctly with alphabetic sorting, whereas YYYY/MM/DD does), but I can add more variants.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] lawdawg45238:
Okay i click on the keyboard icon on the top right. I the place my pen on the sheet of paper. The keyboard pops up ready for me to use my finger to type. I then start writing with the stylus on the paper.. annoyed that the keyboard is still up and under my palm.... but nothing happens. Sorry to be sooo dense but im sure im missing something very easy here.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Mirkokkk:
Look the photos

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] nsmartinez79:
If this feature is already available I apologize but I was wondering if there is a way to go back to previous notes and change the color. Maybe by lasso feature or something. I know a smart ass will suggest erasing and Rewrite :) .
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] lawdawg45238:
Holy Smokes that did it. thank you very very much. | didn't realize Long press on The Settings button would allow met select the Text handwriting option,
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
:crying::crying:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@nsmartinez79: To change the color of something, select the material with the cutter tool and click on the icon in the lower left corner (the one that looks like a color bucket emptying). This will bring up a dialog which allows you to fill the whole selection with the present pencil color or only places with non-zero alpha (these are the places where something has been written/drawn). Whether `keep alpha´ or `saturate alpha´ is the right thing depends on what you want to do, in most cases it is the former.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
@acadoid and about hardware shortcuts, is it possible?

it would be easier to change caracters size with ur keyboard than menu+increase+decrease like it is now. Same thing to bold italic etc
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] lawdawg45238:
Any plans to make this app multi window compatible?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Mirkokkk:
It is already compatible, maybe only with jelly bean rom?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
That's right.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Potbellypig:
I have question. I just found this app and got the trial version and I see there is a new text toot (you can use the keyboard with it). If you export your notebook as a pdf, can it embed the actual text in the pdf instead of it just being a regular image? This way, the text in the pdf would be searchable, etc..
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tririver:
another piece of thought: Is it possible to add multi-click control to the stylus pen button? For example, single click to activate selection tool(already possible), double click to activate eraser, triple click to activate keyboard tool? Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
That's already possible! Go to settings, handling and stylus button setup. It works only for the first and second click but imo that's plenty, more click than that and it's easier to click a button.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tririver:
Thanks a lot for your reply! However I didn't find the setting. In handling → stylus button setup, I found "First button activates" and "Second button activates". It seems to me the second one is for a stylus with two button. I didn't find a place to set double click.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Oh you're right, sorry! I was sure I had seen the feature somewhere but hadn't actually tested it myself. But that's correct, the setting is just for those extra pens with two buttons.

To me though the ability to get floating toolbars like the pencil that gives easy access, preferably a custom version that allows you to set the tools you want to have near like rubber/cut/some pens etc would be a way more useful feature than having to push the pen button multiple times. But sure, why not both? :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Mirkokkk:
Good idea! :)

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Yahiko: Shortcuts are on my to-do-list. I plan to add ctrl i for italic, ctrl b for bold, ctrl u for underline, ctrl - and ctrl + for smaller and larger, ctrl _ and ctrl ^ for subscript and superscript. Any corrections to that, or any further suggestions?

@lawdawg45238: LectureNotes supports multi window with Android 4.1 and later. It should work also for Android 4.0 but it seems that the system does not recognize that.

@Potbellypig: I see the point about searchability, but this makes the PDF creation significantly more complicated. I have this on my to-do-list, but I have to ask you for some patience.

@tririver: Multi-click of stylus button is not supported, it is only on or off.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
@acadoid those are the essential ones and would be fantastic to have them. Maybe alt-gr r and alt-gr g for colors, like red green or Ctrl t (to open toolbox with forms) but the essential ones are those u refer :) or... maybe u can make it custom, and we select the shortcuts :D

Another idea, i dunno if is doable or not, but importing docs and OCR of PDFs would be great. (with those spec ur programme will be the only one i need for univ )
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] saenta:
hey acadoid, I have a question, there is a lag in Pen detection (when you've activated hover and move the pen a little bit quicker, the hover from Lecturenotes is much slower than the hover of the Rom.), do you know why this lag is there and is it possible that you could decrease it? When I'm writing quicker some parts of letters are not detected correctly.

Is it possible to make Lecturenotes work in Fullscreen Mode?

Do you know when to release the snapin function in drawing tools?

Thanks for your awesome work!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Yahiko: I added the shortcuts, this will be part of the next update (however, ctrl _ and ctrl ^ does not work). To allow for user-defined shortcuts is an interesting idea, I noted it down.

I am not sure whether I understand the second comment; you can import PDF, you need to install PDFView for that.

@makiiiii: Please check whether you have `enforce hardware rendering´ or `enforce GPU rendering´ enabled in your device settings (in the developer options part). This is the most likely explanation for the lag.

What do you refer to by `fullscreen mode´? Hiding the action bar and/or the system bar? The action bar can be hidden, the system bar can be hidden on rooted devices (but does not work too well with Android 4.1 and later).

Custom drawing tools is the second big topic on my to-do-list, below free rotation of insertion.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] saenta:
@acadoid neither `enforce hardware rendering´ nor `enforce GPU rendering´ is activated.

Yes, I mean hiding action and system bar.

Thank you very much that sounds good :)

Any chance to get drawing recognition (as in Snote) some time later? (maybe as payable plugin?)

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
You can hide the action by pressing the notebook in the upper left corner.

And to use the features in SNote you can draw whatever, hold the pens button and lasso around it after which you press the LectureNotes symbol. The drawing will than appear in LectureNotes when you open it. But I agree, the drawing recognition as well as the equation feature would be a very useful feature in LectureNotes if it's possible to implement!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
Ops, sorry for my english, what i was trying to say is editable pdf instead image, but that must be very hard to implement.

And importation of .doc files like we have already with pdf files.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@makiiiii: LectureNotes is not going to interpret what you write or draw anytime soon, I am sorry. I will add custom drawing tools in the near future, so that you can define your favorite drawing tools and directly use them without the need of interpretation.

You can hide the action bar as described by Axel_ via the menu at the app icon. The system bar cannot be hidden on recent stock Android versions (not even rooted devices), I am sorry.

@Yahiko: To use PDF as a base format is a tempting idea, but the PDF format is quite complicated, this is only for the far future.

I would not mind to provide a sibling app to PDFView that converts DOC, PPT or similar formats, but this requires the existence of a free library handling these formats (what the MuPDF library is in PDFView), and I am not aware that such library exists. But you can import by converting to PDF first.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] GETCASHMONEY:
You can use Polaris office to convert .doc files to PDF. That's what I do for all my classes every day.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Jonphinguyen7:
Any chance of pin protected notebooks soon ?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] GETCASHMONEY:
I just want to publicly thank the developer for all the amazing work he has done on this app. It has literally changed my entire college experience and many other aspects of my life. I don't think I have a single other app on my tablet which is updated as frequently with new features and fixes - and that includes apps from powerhouses like Google. So thank you, I hope you realize how much we appreciate your great work (even if all we do is just ask for more features)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tririver:
Thanks a lot for your kind reply! Would it be possible to set stylus button behavior for different editing mode separately? Currently the stylus button is only useful when the pen tool is active. For me, a click of the stylus let me go from pen to cutter. It would be great if I can go to another mode (say, eraser) from cutter when I click the stylus button in the cutter mode, etc. In this way, we effectively have double click, triple click, etc, and in a more universal way.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Jonphinguyen7: It is pretty straightforward to add a dialog when starting the app or when opening a notebook and require a password to be entered. But this will give users a wrong feeling of security, as anyone with a minimal computer knowledge will still be able to access your notes indirectly. A password protection makes only sense if the notebook pages are encrypted. Without encryption, password protection is more a kind of `child protection´, if at all. Note that some countries do not allow hard encryption, so adding hard encryption to LectureNotes could easily put me in some legal difficulties, whereas adding weak encryption leaves us at the `child protection´ level. I anyway think that a much better approach is to encrypt the whole SD card.

@GETCASHMONEY: Many thanks for your kind comments.

@tririver: This is an interesting idea, I noted it down.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
I've noticed that when I use the rectangle tool, press the button and switch wo rubber after which I want to continue with the rectangle tool it switches back to pen mode after using the rubber once. Is there any setting that allows you to save the previous tool when pressing the pens button?

One more thing, I'm using both the circular center and radius mode as well as the ovals mode and finding it hard to switch it in settings every time. Would it be possible to have both features in the toolbar at the same time?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
Amazing job acadoid :) Shortcuts working!! I just missed the implementing size one.

did u do it? or is it impossible for now?

Thank u again for ur work!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Axel_: Good point concerning drawing mode, I will fix this. Custom drawings tools will come soo, (I am presently finalizing free rotation of selections and insertions, custom drawing tools will be next larger thing.

@Yahiko: Doesn't ctrl - and ctrl + work for you? Or did I add the wrong shortcut?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
Maybe I'm missing something... but how can I enter the "ctrl -" and "ctrl +" commands with the default (Samsung)/Android keyboard?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
Ctrl - and ctrl + not working for me. Crtl i ctrl b ctrl x ctrl c ctrl v all working. Do they work with ur keyboard?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Potbellypig:
I thought about this a bit and by looking at some other apps, I think I came up with a perhaps simpler implementation. Can you export the just the text layer by itself as a text file on user request (i.e.. an "Export as Text" option)? You can ship that file to Evernote like you do with the images. That way, people who want to use mainly the text toot can have full manipulation of the text (searching included) in other programs. I use a handwriting recognition keyboard made by metamoji called 7Notes. The combination of that keyboard with your program is great if the text can be preserved.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tririver:
It is already a txt file per page, in the storage folder.

This is One thing I like LN: data is stored in standard formats thus I know what's going on and could have further control if needed.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@sphere314: Some soft keyboards to not provide a ctrl key, and on hardware keyboard, ctrl usually opens the main menu. You can change ctrl to alt or to meta in the text layer setup. If your soft keyboard does not display any of these, shortcuts will not work.

@Yahiko: On my devices with the Hacker's Keyboard as soft keyboard, ctrl - and ctrl + works.

@Potbellypig: To allow export/share of the text layer is a good idea, I noted it down (when exporting to Evernote, the text layer is already included as is). As your original comment has been concerned searching: I guess you noticed that, the text layer can be searched in LectureNotes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
Im using a microsoft bluetooth keyboard and external helper keyboard pro. Not working :(
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Yahiko: Do your keyboards have an alt or a meta key? You can change ctrl to alt or meta in the text layer setup, maybe alt - and alt + work? Note that you can change only all shortcuts, so when you change to alt, it will also be alt i, alt u, etc.