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Reading Documents on Touch Pro2

Can anyone please tell me how I read documents on the TouchPro2 (I want to install some lengthy ancient scriptures) and what format they need to be in? Is there a Doc reader already installed or should I install a third aprty one, if so which?

I have few suggestions for you,
Isilo
Repligo
Foxit
Adobe Reader
DataWiz document reader
These are some of the best document readers as far as my experience goes. Google them, see which one fits your bill & thats it. Good Luck.
Sunny

Adobe Reader good or not?
I'm not sure if I'm missing something or not. I've downloaded the texts I want to read, which are only available in pdf format. When I read them on the device with the ready-installed Adobe Reader, the text is too small to see. If I zoom in to get to a readable size, then the writing goes off the side of the screen, meaning I have to scroll left then right for every line. Am I missing something? Is there another reader for pdf which would allow me to edit the texts, or should I convert texts to another format, if so, which one? Sorry, but I'm new to this. Thanks for your help.

You can enable the reflow-option in the preinstalled adobe reader, so you don´t have to scroll back and forth. With a registry editor (if you don´t have one - get one!!) change HKCU>Software>Adobe>AdobeReaderLE2.5>EnableReflow from 0 to 1.
Now you´ll find the option in the adobe reader menu....

Thank you
Thank you so much michi123, just did it and it's fantastic. It's the first time I've used a Registry Editor. Wasn't too difficult but my gran couldn't do it and I wonder why such a basic need is so difficult to achieve. Anyway. I have the docs now which is great. But is there a better doc reader that allows some editing of pdf documents, with bookmarks etc for a better user experience? It is the main thing I want to use the TP2 for.

[Q] Handwriting Recognition Workflow?

Hi Folks,
One of my primary reasons for buying the Note2 (arrived yesterday, so not had much time to experiment) was the Stylus^D^D^D^D^D^D S-Pen. I'm hoping that the phone can replace my Moleskine notebook, in which I make short notes, jot down my action items, etc in meetings where I'm not chair / taking full minutes (for those, I expect I'll need to stick to an A4 pad).
Given what the device is, and who the contributors here are, I thought I'd post, to see if anyone else had the same requirements, and come up with a good working solution? If not, I'll post updates as I go along, and whether or not I find a solution which works well for me.
Ideally, then, my workflow would look something like:
Attend a meeting
Write relevant notes on the Note2 using the S-Pen
Have those notes sync <somewhere> (ideally automatically, but I can live with pressing a button or two)
Have my notes subsequently available on a desktop computer (Windows PC in the office, Mac when working from home)
Ideally have the notes auto-handwriting-recognised at a reasonable level of quality into machine manipulatable text
Other initial thoughts/comments:
I'm happy to use S-Note for this if it works well, but just as happy to use a 3rd party app, and to pay for said app if the value proposition is there.
I've had an evernote account for years, always though the concept was great, but never really made use of it. This will probably be my first port-of-call.
I'm a heavy Dropbox user, so Dropbox integration would work for me (especially since gaining the additional 48gig through purchase of the Note2!).
It would be great if the single app divided out action items and notes "auto-magically" somehow, and populated a cloud-syncing task management tool with the action items. But on this assumption this is asking too much, I think I'd be adverse to switching between two tools, one for notes, one for actions (though perhaps Multi-View would be an interesting solution here?).
Cheers!
Gav.

I'm very interested to see what your thoughts are after using it a while. I'm an engineering student, and was looking to buy a Note2 and take advantage of the SPen functionality. I like the idea of 'Formula Match' although I haven't experimented with it since I don't know anyone with a Note/2/10.1 etc.

I had the Note, and just got the Note 2 last weekend. The problem with S Note is that it only seems to sync to the PC as an image. So, you can't edit them on the PC.
The best solution I've found is using OneNote on the phone and PC. And, syncing them via skydrive.
Evernote seems pretty good, but I figured since I already had OneNote installed on the pc I'd try and make that work first, and never got around to Evrenote. It's a bit clunky though. I use the MS app most of the time, bit it doesnt do everything, so I bought MobileNoterSE and that does some things the MS apps doesn't. But neither is a complete solution.
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Best options will be to use something like Google Drive, to use google docs support, or Polaris Office (free with this phone) or QuickOffice to create word documents and sync with somewhere like Dropbox.
This way you will have easily editable files, you lose the ability to do things like the formula thing and easily insert images etc, but it works perfectly for handwriting.

Experience thus far
So, my story thus far.
Firstly, I had a play using S-Note and Evernote together:
To get your handwritten notes into evernote, you export via JPEG to Evernote (note, not a problem in the short term, but I've found the Note2 keeps a copy of the exported docs on the internal storage, so if you use it a lot, it could conceivably munch a lot of your space).
Evernote doesn't (so far as I can find) do OCR on the text to make it machine readable, but it does do an amazing job at OCRing for the purpose of making your handwritten notes searchable. Because it can be a little more "relaxed" in doing this (i.e. if it's not sure if you've written "pound" or "sound", it'll index the word as both for searching purposes) it does a truly wonderful job. It almost makes me wish I'd bought a page-whiz type scanner and fired in my hand written notes over the past few years.
My initial perception of the possible value of this search facility might be enough to make me forego the machine manipulatable part of my requirement.
However...
The handwriting recognition option, replacing the keyboard, built into the phone is very good. It does, I would guesstimate, about an 80% accurate job in recognising my (awful) handwriting in tests yesterday/today (how it fares when used "in anger" vs at my desk tests, I've yet to determine). The advantage here, ofcourse, is that it can deliver machine manipulatable text directly into Evernote, or any other tool you so wish (e.g. Polaris Office as mentioned above).
And, of-course, machine manipulatable text is searchable via any one of a hundred methods or varying complexity and sophistication, as suits your needs.
Ideally...
Of-course, ideally, both would be great. Being able to write, without worrying whether or not the machine "gets it right" is a godsend. I (most of the time) can recognise my handwriting, so if offered both, I could correct where necessary.
My experiments continue!

I'm a teacher and have used the Note II for a couple of weeks. Here are my thoughts:
-I previously used a 7" tablet, a swype-style keyboard and Evernote for making notes
-I bought the Note II after playing with it in the phone shop and seeing how accurate the handwriting recognition was. I have used a Palm PDA in the past and the Samsung system is lightyears ahead of the gesture-style recognition of the Palm.
-I input text now either using handwriting recognition and the S-Pen or voice recognition (when I'm at home and on my own!). It's very possible that using the swype-style keyboard is quicker, but I find in terms of vision, seeing my own handwritten, rather large words on the screen easier to see than the smaller keys of the keyboard, so it works out quicker and is more restful for me.
-I use Evernote for all of my notes. It's amazing. An example is of me helping another teacher assess some speaking and listening tasks in the classroom - I made my comments on my Note & Evernote, then emailed them to her. I now have a copy on Evernote for future reference. I travelled on the train over the weekend and planned all of my lessons on the Note. I'll be able to share these with support assistants easily, can access them from the desktops at school, and they are all automatically tagged with the date.
-I use several Evernote widgets. I use tags and notebooks to keep all the quick-reference notes a touch away, like this week's lesson plans and my timetable. I can find other notes very quickly using the search option.
-I've toyed with writing notes in cursive using the stylus - but in the end think - why would I want to do that, since the handwriting recognition is so good on the Note and I can then edit the text later very easily? My handwriting is not THAT beautiful! If you were really attached to cursive handwriting, S-Note can save notes with both drawing on and written text, although this would be converted to an image file were it then uploaded to Evernote.
-When I have time and energy, I mean to look into Tasker to make note-making more automated, for example opening a new note when I draw out the S-Pen. I'm sure Tasker can save and open notes according to location or calender appointments (you mentioned meetings)
My only wish was that attachments like spreadsheets could be edited and saved while still being attached to the Evernote note. Instead, I used Dropbox for files such as PPT and spreadsheets.
Hope this helps!

emeffeff said:
-When I have time and energy, I mean to look into Tasker to make note-making more automated, for example opening a new note when I draw out the S-Pen. I'm sure Tasker can save and open notes according to location or calender appointments (you mentioned meetings)
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Ooh, now, here's something I've not yet considered. If my notes could be auto-labelled based on the meeting I'm (supposed to be) in. That would be interesting.

Evernote can actually do this already. There is a setting which labels the title of your note with the current appointment from your calendar.
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I have started using Papyrus...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...m5vdmF0aW9uLmFuZHJvaWQucHJvamVjdHBhcHlydXMiXQ..
And Dropbox on my Note 2.
Handwrite notes whilst out at meetings, conferences, etc. Then share to Dropbox in pdf format and thus available on my Desktop when I get back to the office.
Papyrus is still under develeopment and doesn't do OCR afaik. I use my notes for my own recollection, so no need to produce keyboard text or send to colleagues.
Quite simple, but works for me.

Lennyuk said:
Best options will be to use something like Google Drive, to use google docs support, or Polaris Office (free with this phone) or QuickOffice to create word documents and sync with somewhere like Dropbox.
This way you will have easily editable files, you lose the ability to do things like the formula thing and easily insert images etc, but it works perfectly for handwriting.
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Must admit, this is the way I am leaning at present. The coolness of Evernotes indexed handwriting though continues to appeal

[Q] document annotations

im not sure if this is me being stupid, but is there a simple way to annotate documents?
when i open up a doc (doc, ppt, xls) in polaris office or kingsoft, and pull out the s-pen, the only thing i can do with it is scroll through it. i was under the impression that we could just pull out the pen and start writing on stuff and save a copy or save over the existing copy. i cant seem to figure out how to do this. the same thing is true for pictures, can't do any writing on them.
what i currently have to do is export the documents in polaris to pdf, then open s-note and import the pdf and THEN i can finally make annotations. same thing for pictures, i have to import them into s-note.
is there a better way to do this? this takes a long time to accomplish and is a pain when there are a lot of pictures or docs to write on.
thanks for any info

[Q] App for doing notes on pdf's and images

I'm looking for best available app (can be free or not, doesn't matter) for taking notes on pdf's and all sords of images. This app should meet below conditions:
1) can be used with s-pen
2) can open files (pdf's, images) in all sizes (for example Lecture Notes can only open pdf's up to a particular size)
3) should allow for basic sorts of styling the pen (different width of brush as well as color)
4) should be able to save in the same format the original file was opened
5) should give possibility for basic sharing (gmail, sms/mms)
6) should allow to write with s-pen, and at the same time to scroll and zoom-in with fingers (for example Acrobat Reader treats a finger as same as s-pen and just draws a line)
7) should scale past the boundries (for example acrobat reader only scales till a point you can notice pixel artifacts)
I've spent some time and I'm having trouble to find app that would sattisfy me. I think that the above is something many people would look for in these kind of app, but even so, I can't trace app like that. Lecture Notes (Which I own) is great for doing notes on lectures, but is not good for taking notes on pdf's and images. There is a nice app for pdf's "Note Anywhere", but it doesn't save/export pdf's after the notes were written.
What I'm looking for is basicaly:
1) I have a pdf/png with a large size (say 10000x10000)
2) I open pdf/png in application
3) I can zoom in and scroll using fingers
4) At the same time I can take notes using s-pen
5) When I'm done, I can export the pdf/png to original format with the written notes on it
Is there an app (or as last resort separate app for pdf's and separate for images) that will allow me that?

lukair1983 said:
I'm looking for best available app (can be free or not, doesn't matter) for taking notes on pdf's and all sords of images. This app should meet below conditions:
1) can be used with s-pen
2) can open files (pdf's, images) in all sizes (for example Lecture Notes can only open pdf's up to a particular size)
3) should allow for basic sorts of styling the pen (different width of brush as well as color)
4) should be able to save in the same format the original file was opened
5) should give possibility for basic sharing (gmail, sms/mms)
6) should allow to write with s-pen, and at the same time to scroll and zoom-in with fingers (for example Acrobat Reader treats a finger as same as s-pen and just draws a line)
7) should scale past the boundries (for example acrobat reader only scales till a point you can notice pixel artifacts)
I've spent some time and I'm having trouble to find app that would sattisfy me. I think that the above is something many people would look for in these kind of app, but even so, I can't trace app like that. Lecture Notes (Which I own) is great for doing notes on lectures, but is not good for taking notes on pdf's and images. There is a nice app for pdf's "Note Anywhere", but it doesn't save/export pdf's after the notes were written.
What I'm looking for is basicaly:
1) I have a pdf/png with a large size (say 10000x10000)
2) I open pdf/png in application
3) I can zoom in and scroll using fingers
4) At the same time I can take notes using s-pen
5) When I'm done, I can export the pdf/png to original format with the written notes on it
Is there an app (or as last resort separate app for pdf's and separate for images) that will allow me that?
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I have been through a couple of apps for similar needs and for your requirements skitch seems to be most suitable.
However you should reconsider 10k x 10k res sizes as just a bitmap of that size takes around 300 mb ram and might degrade performance.
With Skitch , you'll need commercial version to save pdf, however you can try free version for images and try working on pdf. Usually most image programs that allow annotations will cap at 2048 res or close about.

Thank you very much for taking the time.
I looked into skitch, but unfortunetly it does cap the pdf size. Not all apps behave like that to be honest. Adobe is one, ezPDF is another, and "Note Anywhere" is another one, so this functionality can be attained. The problem is, those app's have another issues with them.
The 10000x10000 res I gave as an example mostly has to do with pdf's, rather than images. I currently have a very big pdf single page sheet that I'm working on, which is a design workflow.

Pdf files Lecture Notes.
Via my Note 3

Try Foxit PDF. I used it with a text book and it worked very well for me, was able to make notations anywhere, highlight text, etc. Bonus, it's free!

Which is the best app for scientists and engineers to make research notes?

electronically and/or printable ones. I not only write but also draw.
One choice for each person.
You are welcome to offer other solutions.
Please provide reasons. Thanks.
P.S. Sorry the last choice should be "Hancom Office's Hword 2014". I cannot edit the poll options.

Triple vote for Papyrus from this end. One from a doctor, one from a biochemist and one from an astrophysicist. (None of those are me. And yes, it does sound like the start of a bad joke.)
It has a write and draw option, and you can export as PDF, PNG and Jpeg. (PDF for easy printing and importing to other apps). All work offline, which is preferable over how some apps require an internet connection. You can also import PDFs and write on those, as well as insert pictures and write on them.. (convenient for diagrams and scanned documents.)

ShadowLea said:
Triple vote for Papyrus from this end. One from a doctor, one from a biochemist and one from an astrophysicist. (None of those are me. And yes, it does sound like the start of a bad joke.)
It has a write and draw option, and you can export as PDF, PNG and Jpeg. (PDF for easy printing and importing to other apps). All work offline, which is preferable over how some apps require an internet connection. You can also import PDFs and write on those, as well as insert pictures and write on them.. (convenient for diagrams and scanned documents.)
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Is there a handwriting to typed text function? I can't find it myself.

petercohen said:
Is there a handwriting to typed text function? I can't find it myself.
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Not to our knowledge.
But then, I pity any device that has to convert their intelligible gibberish into actual words. I've learned to read the unidentifiable scrawls every doctor and scientist seems to have for a handwriting, (It took three days, a highly inept police team, two shouting matches and a sulk of epic proportions before we figured out those scribbles were a shopping list rather than a death threat.(It happens.)) but no device can manage that with any chance of success.

As time passes, sometimes I cannot recognize my own writing. I am very happy with S-Note's ability to recognize it.

Biochemist here:
Papyrus is fantastic and works very smoothly, including all the sorting of notes. MyScript Notes Mobile, however, has a fantastically accurate handwriting to text function and you can convert to text on the fly or highlight and change it later. This is the one I use on a daily basis because my thesis will be a copy and paste dream. It doesn't like to flick through pages very quickly though which limits its use as a lab book and whilst you can create cloud backups, as well as manually export to cloud, you can't just make it sync with a folder at specific intervals.
I would agree with ShadowLea that Papyrus works best overall but that handwriting to text function in Notes Mobile is a killer feature for me.

Can you create a A4 page in MyScript Notes Mobile and then later print out the notes without lost of contents? According to their website, MyScript Notes can search converted text. How good it is in doing that? Can LectureNotes do a good job on this? As Papyrus does not convert text, I guess one cannot search text using this app.
One can modify the imported picture in S-Note but not in LectureNotes. How about MyScript Notes Mobile? Can it do a good job on this?
Is it possible to do a recording under MyScript Notes Mobile?

I have tried S-Note many times during conferences and/or meeting and it was so good.
I can make notes by typing and/or handwriting, insert pics and so many.
Papyrus seems good but I haven't tried it yet.