I've worked out a great workflow for taking summary notes on articles on my PCs, but am having trouble transferring it to Android due to the lack of good screen capture options within PDFs. Here's what I do on a PC.
1) Open PDF and start reading
2) Open OneNote document and start taking notes there. I take text notes unless I find a key table or quote, and then I take a screen cap and paste it into OneNote. Sometimes I'll do some highlighting before the screen cap.
3) Rinse and repeat
I realize I could also annotate the PDFs directly (I used to do that), but then my notes would just be sitting in the PDF and harder to extract when needed. This method brings out the notes and take-home messages better in my experience.
I've tried several PDF readers including Adobe, Foxit, Google Drive Reader, Skitch, etc., but haven't found anything. I've also tried Screenshot Easy as a general screen cap program, but no luck.
Has anyone worked out such a workflow within Android?
One work-around I've done is to zoom in on the section of the PDF page I want and do a full screen cap, but that's a little clunky. I'd love to find a program that lets me draw and capture a focus square just like on a PC.
Thanks in advance.
You could try Evernote with Skitch. When combined these apps can be used to annotate and store pdf files.
That's good advice, Simon. I use both already. I wish Skitch had a built-in screenshot function. I've had a couple of Skitch crashes that make me gun shy. Nothing worse than spending 30 min taking notes on a PDF to have it crash and lose the notes/time. That's one reason I like writing/copying my notes into another program.
Sadly, my suggestion may not help you. I use Galaxy Note devices with the attached stylus. They provide an easy to use screen capture feature. So, a Galaxy Note tablet of some variety, plus Evernote and Skitch --- (or possibly the new OneNote on Android since the latest previews look quite good, and you would benefit from the sync to your MS OneDrive and PC-based OneNote) ... this might be a workable path. I do like your general flow, though.
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