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BLUF: OneNote for Android NEEDS support for stylus input for drawing and annotating!
Let me first say that on my IBM X200 with digitizer that OneNote is my most used application. I absolutely love the ability to make rough design sketches then annotate them with information. (Parts lists, notes etc) My favorite feature though is the ability of OneNote to actually improve upon the simplicity of pen and paper. You have the freedom to use it as a simple notepad. But where it excels is with the ability to move and resize drawing and text elements. All though college I used it to take notes in class and being able to move a diagram around was a huge benefit.
Android needs the pen input functinality. I can't stress this enough. I'm not talking about handwriting recognition for text input. I'm talking about being able to use the application like a notepad. Initially I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 to use as my "idea pad". With all of the capability that the table has, the software available for the built in digitizer is abysmal. It does everything well except be a notepad. It's actually pretty horrifying how much trouble to have to go through to even try to use it that way. It was so poor at being a notepad that I returned it. The same is almost true of the Samsung Galaxy Note II I have been using as my phone.
I have found an application published by Asus called Supernote that does a decent job at combining a notepad and drawing application. If the handwrighting recognition feature were enabled it could give OneNote a run for it's money. OneNote still has the advantage with the moving text and graphics around. If it could access the clipboard for the S-pen that would be great too...
The question is, with more and more devices being sold with digitizers and stylus', when is OneNote going to support their input? (Oh, and being able to ignore finger input while the pen in is use is an important aspect of that.)
Thanks for listening,
Michael
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You can export your S Note drawings as .jpg and mail them for import in Onenote.
Not what you want, but less annoying ;-)
Bernd
... and then go through this process again and again every time you edit a given note.
You can export your S Note drawings as .jpg and mail them for import in Onenote.
Not what you want, but less annoying ;-)
Bernd
I agree. I just got a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and I have to use the included app "S Note" to make drawings on the go, then go to OneNote on my tablet and draw it all over again. Very annoying.
I have not even imagined that OneNote would lack the pen functionality altogether. The first time I installed the app on my Note3, I was going crazy looking for a way to write. How can a an app with the term "note" in its name not give me ability to write with a pen? Add it, yesterday. Thanks you.
I'd like to pile on and request that pen input be enabled on the Android OneNote app.
Simple pen/finger input is all we're asking for; text conversion can wait. This would be a killer feature.
I have a Microsoft Surface 2 and OneNote is awesome on that device for pen input notes. If one could also take quick notes on the Android platform (I have a Note 3) and sync them with OneNote, that would be great.