Samsung GALAXY S5, Complete Manual

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The apps S Note
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S Note
Use S Note to make both q uick sketches and
important, complex notes
Getting ideas down
S Note, or if you don’t have it
then its sister app S
M emo,
lets you write or draw notes
directly onto the screen
of your Galaxy device (
F ig
1). Y ou can gather notes
together into folders to
keep things on similar topics
together and also place a
home screen widget for
q uick access ( F ig 2). S Note
is best used on a Galaxy
Note II, where it works in
combination with the S
P en
stylus in order to allow for
fast and easy note-making.
Use S Note’s
templates
S Note is deceptively easy to use for taking basic notes, yet it is
extremely
fl exible and can be used in lots of di ff erent ways. If you
start o ff using it for things like shopping lists, which is what many
smartphone-based notes apps are appropriated for, you will soon
realise that it has potential way beyond that kind of thing, because
it can cope with shapes, formulas, drawings, text and even recorded
notes, and since notes can be grouped into folders when shared
beyond the app
– and beyond the device – the uses are endless.
Unfortunately, S M emo is lacking a few of these features.
To start o ff , run S Note and then tap the + symbol in order to
create a new note. Y ou can select a number of templates or j ust a
plain note to work with. Writing text straight onto the screen with
Make notes
If you remember something, keep a record
Capture ideas
If you catch an epiphany, never let it go
Draw diagrams
Make your plans more visual
Turn handwriting into text
Write notes the comfortable way
Send notes to others
Share your thoughts with friends
Group ideas into folders
Bring notes on a single subject together
You’ll use it to…
Fig 1 (right) You can write simple
handwritten notes or undertake much
more complex tasks with S Note
Fig 2 (above) Use S Note to keep all your
ideas organised