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All Note devices: Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy note 10.1, Galaxy Note 8.0,  Galaxy note  3 and Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition, Galaxy Note Pro and Galaxy Note 4 will be covered.

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  • Thanks for the response.
    That's the problem my Samsung Notes do not have divided pages and i am keep writing in a single page of a big note. When i share as a PDF it converts based on the default paper size of the PDF driver. Is there any possible way i can adjust my Samsung Notes to the PDF default paper size ?

    • Mope. Samsung Notes does not support pages. Why do not use S Note? You can download it from Galaxy Store. It is still silently maintained (not pre-installed).

  • Hi i am using Samsung Notes in Note 9. When i convert from a Note file to a pdf file i got information written cut in the middle and i cant read it clearly. Is there any possible way i can adjust my Samsung Notes to a pdf writing page?

    • What happens if you share as image? The problem is probably caused by the default paper size of the PDF driver.

  • I saved an snote file into pdf file which is included in the saved option but whenever i open in different reader such as adobe in pc or other phones. It cant view the whole file it was still in a snote format which has an arrow to view the next page but i cant click the arrow so i cant wiew the next page. How can i change the format and view the whole page please help me

    • When you exported the snote to PDF, did you choose all pages? It seems you only exported first page.

    • Annoying isn't it. The export to PDF just puts a non-searchable, non-selectable-text image in the PDF. The code they use for PDF must be very basic. Since I use mine for work and after, I can't use that feature. Though sometimes I export txt and PDF together.

      Ultimately it means instead of converting text, I mainly use a bluetooth keyboard or sometimes the spen keyboard.

      • Yes, it's annoying. But this is not uncommon. S Note is always exported as image. PDF is just something markups for texts and images. Normally, it's simple to save your contents as images. For texts, the formatting can be very tricky.

  • Samsung's note app has proven aggravating and confusing. First of all, why am I not able to toggle the handwriting gridlines when I create a new note?? If I create a new note by double tapping, I should easily be able to choose between drawing a picture or making a neat handwritten note. Yet if I have a quick note I want to write, the s pen double tap shortcut is useless because in order to get the gridlines I have to go to "view all notes" and create a new note from there. They have it backwards too- the double tap shortcut gives you a blank page, supposedly to DRAW, yet you're only given a pen. But within the note app when you create a new one, there are automatically gridlines when you write, and a blank page when you draw.

    Why are there not more settings options? Why can't we change themes/covers/paper types, etc? Wasn't some of that available in previous models? And It is sooo not user friendly to people completely new to Androids/note 8. Come on Samsung. Maybe I'm missing something?

    • Samsung Notes actually is not ready for replacing the S Note app. But Samsung did it anyway in Note 8.

      You can still install old versions of S Note app to Note 8.

  • Anyone can help explain to me why my SNote keeps on making duplicate files? I notice that this happens if I do not use SNote for a few days. It then takes time to load and when I open ot up there are multiple copies of every file! Then I have delete them and this is getting to be a headache as it occurs frequently. I am using Note 5.

    • Did you sync your notes with Evernote or Samsung account? If yes, The duplicated ones are due to different timestamp. You should check the synced copies. You may reset the syncing.

  • Hi there, may i know if there a way to view the saved S Note file name? is allows me to easily open the saved S note file more efficiently

      • Any file manager apps allow you to see the full name. You can try the default My Files app. All S Notes are saved in the S Note folder.

  • Hi, I am a heavy s note user because I am medical student.

    I have a problem that whenever I quit from the program by pressing the home button after writing notes , the note will not save automatically , I mean just if I change to adobe reader for example and then I return back to the s note, everything that I have wrote is delete (if i forgot to press the save button)

    how can i solve this problem ?

    • S Note always works in this way. You need tap Save to save it. There is no auto save feature in S Note as I know.

      • I do see auto saves as I use SNOTE. But you need to be careful as if you swap to another app while editing you can lose some of your work. As was recommended above, do save via the tick symbol before moving any where else to guarantee a save

        {Backup if you are uncertain} -- I love SNOTE but it is a space hog and does not clean up after itself

        SO in the thread regarding SNOTE files using a lot of space. You need root for this.

        SNOTE stores multiple copies of the note in /data/data/com.samsung.android.snote/files/spensdk30. This can add up to many GB. nearly 5GB on my GNote 10.1 2014.
        I have discovered that directories of snotefiles have a certain structure in the name (Hex means hexadecimal number) hex@snote file name.spd and hex@snote file name.spd@hex.

        You can safely delete all of them as the main file (in [/emulated/storage/]0/snotedata/ ) is the important part

        You could actually delete all of them with no impact to your snote files as they are in the SNOTEDATA

        All these the temporary files these can be deleted too. (but not the oe with @ in it's name, it is doing something different)

        Even if you delete a SNOTE, it removes it from the SNOTEDATA but not the SPENSDK30 directory

        If you save with a name , even default then the hex number@note_date_time.spd" or the name you choose with same hex number prefix is created they do not replace the initial tempory directories created

        Plus even if you look a a snote and do noting the directory "hex@snote file name.spd" is updated.

        After deleting the files SNOTE is fine and I got approx 4GB back. SPensdk30 size was reduced to 650MB (compared to my SNOTEDATA directory being 122MB and is still the larges directory after maps.

  • Hello, I'm a long time user of SNote on Galaxy 10.1 (2013 and 2014). I've had the 2014 version for 2 years. In the year x (6 or so) months I've been running out of space on my Tablet. So I added a 64Gb extSDCard. But despite moving as much as I could off the space kept disappearing. I'm running Android 4.4.2 so I had to root the device to use the SDCARD the way I wanted. What has this got to do with SNote?

    I used Titanium backup to remove Samsung apps I did not use and still my spare slowly running out
    So I did a search and discovered SNote app data is 6.1Gb!
    You can verify this on apps -> all apps-> SNote app data size

    The directory with all the data is in the root partition and th epath is root/data/data/com.samsung.android.snote/files/SPenSDK30.

    It seems to be a folder that remembers everything you do while hand writing and attached items on an SNote. There are multiple generations for every SNote you make.

    How to clear it down.
    Well simply clear application data from settings (as above), if you do this all your Snotes will be gone

    So I took a copy for sdcard/snotedata (emulated/0/snotedata) which has the snotes in it.

    I clear the app data
    I restarted Snote , it starts as if we are first time users (so preferences will be lost)
    It allows a restore from samsung or cloud
    But although the Snotes restored they appeared out of date, recent updates not on the note, though I could have been too impatient to allow it to fully restore in the background

    Therefore I copied in my backup and I through I was replacing the files but I've ended up with 2 versions of the same file. One normal and one with _1 which are slightly different in size but seem to have the same content..

    The Snotes appear to work fine

    and I got 5.5Gb back after the restore completed.

    • Thank you for sharing your experience with other S note users. Yes, it seems there are some bugs in old S Note app taking unnecessary space for temp files. It seems it was fixed in Note 4.

  • Updated my samsung galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition. All my S Notes are gone and replaced with Action Memo. How can I get my S Notes back?

  • Dear Simon I own a Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, upgraded to android 5.0.2, note version 4.1.211504029 (should be the last)
    I followed your hint but I still cannot find a way to have my text as dotted list items.

    I have it in my galaxy note2: I select all text and then I can choose if I want a title, standard or a dotted list.

    In the galaxy note pro I can select all text and the change color or font; or I can select the whole text area and then choose paragraph formatting options (layout, characters, paragraph, line and filling), but I cannot find in any place the way to format the text as dotted list, as it was in note2.
    Is there any way to do this? Or, can I downgrade the note application and how?
    Thanks,

    • In Note Pro, there are no list options. But this is a known problem for S Note since 3.x. It is only fixed in Note 5.

      • Thank you Simon.
        It's a very sad thing to buy the top notch tablet from Samsung only to discover that it has less features than the less expensive ones.
        I'm wandering if this is a move of Samsung to push customers towards everynote.
        Anyway, thanks again,
        Luke

        • The problem is no other vendors offer similar features as S Pen. So, Samsung developers have no idea what to do with the Pen and the app.

          As Samsung's old friend Apple now offers pen on iPad Pro. Samsung will definitely get "inspirations" and we will see improvements of S Pen and S Note.

          To be honest, Note Pro is still one of the best 12"+ tablets you cane get. In most regions, Samsung usually bundles home appliances with it. So the actual price is actually cheaper than many 10" tablets.

          Anyway, if you need this screen size, your choice is very limited.

  • How do you move notes around on the "All" page with a Samsung Galaxy 6 most recent version of S Notes? It let's me put them in folders but not move them around on the page. Thanks

  • Hiya ive just got a 12.2note pro, and i cant seem to move an existing S note within its existing folder. Like you can do on all the other note versions, as with Note4 you simply hold your finger or S pen on a note and move it to where you want it, it seems on my note12.2 the (sort by Custom option isnt there!)
    Could you help
    Cheers

    • You can move the s note by moving the corresponding file directly in My Files app or any files managers.

      You can start s note, then switch to all view by tapping the homes icon in top left. Then select the s note and tap the menu icon (3 vertical dots) in top right.

  • Have already try it and it can't read it too. Is there any other way? Or some converter that we can use to manually convert them?

    Thanks

    • If the old device is still with you, you can try to manually copy one snb file to the new device in any folders, then try to open it with My Files. Choose S Note when you are asked to select an app to open it.

  • Hi

    l own a Galaxy Note 10.1(2014 Edition)
    I was working on a word document on the Polaris app, it crashed. I lost almost 40 pages of work. A months worth of work. lt did not recover.l saved almost every 30minutes. It was also set on auto recovery every 2 minutes .
    Is there away I can recover the file?

    • Sorry to hear that. Probably no easy way to recover. You need check with the app developer.

      The lesson learnt: always backup it if it is important. It should take less than 1 min to share the file to Google drive, or even make a copy in SD card.

  • Hi, I have note 4. Although at the cover I see all my 86 pages. When I open it, it stops at 65 page. I cannot see the last 21 pages !!! But at the preview of the cover I saw them all. The problem starts when I tried to redo a wrong import picture and ask me to save last changes. I said not and then the problem occurs. Thank you in advance.

    • You can try to clear cache for S Note app to see whether it helps. You can clear cache in settings - application manager - all - S Note, tap clear cache.

  • Hi! My relatively new S4 spontaneously reset itself--it went to the"new phone set up" screen. I had a ton of S notes. Do you have any ideas about recovering those files? Also, what are my options for backing up in the future? I've read about Kies, but would like a more automatic option. Thank you

    • For S Notes, you can automatically back them up with Evernote or Samsung account. In S Note app, tap settings, you can find the sync or back up or accounts settings (depending on the version of S Note)

  • I'm using Note 4. It recently updated including S Note 4.1. After I open S Note app (it opens to the most recent note) and click the navigation button to view all, the app crashes and closes. In other words, I am not able to view all of my notes when I click on "view all."

  • Can someone help me. I have a Galaxy note 8.0, and I moved a folder from my S notes to my SD card and all the notes in the folder disappeared. I moved the folder back to S notes to see if they would reappear and no they didn’t. Can I get these notes back?

    Thank you

    • Reboot the phone may bring back the notes.

      If not, you can manually open each snb or spd files in the folder.

      Btw,you should not move any folders in the internal which are not created by you manually. If you need, you should use copy.

  • Hi All, I recently received the lollipop update on my Note 4 that I got for Christmas. I cannot open any of the .snb files. Some of my notes were somehow changed to .spd but most were not. How can I open the huge number of my .snb files or convert them to another format? I can't be the only one this has happened to. All of my Snotes were backed up to my samsung account.

    • When you see it cannot open snb files, do you get any error messages? What the steps did you take to get the error message?

      spd is the new format. snb is the old format. Galaxy Note 4 should save in spd format. But Galaxy Note 4 should be able to open snb files and convert them to spd format automatically.

  • Hi Simon
    My Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition is running out of memory. When I access Settings-General-Sorage-Device memory-Used space-Applications it states that SNote is using 5Gb. The available space is only 1.17Gb and the SNote files in MyDocuments are only 21Mb. How can I fix that?
    Thank you

    • It seems S Note sometimes fails to clear the temp media files it used. You can clear cache and clear data for s note app. If the notes are important for you, backup them with Kies before clearing data. Clearing s note app data should not delete individual notes.

    • There are no easy way to sync s notes between note 8 and note 4. Note 8 may have problems to open a notes created in note 4.

      Anyway, you can "backup" (not sync) s notes to Evernote automatically from note 4 and note 8. You can also use Kies to backup s notes to pc. You can also manually copy the s note files to any other locations.

    • No easy way. spd file is just a normal file.

      If the file is extremely important, you should not try it yourself. Check for local professional data recovery services. It should be very very expensive, and they will NOT guarantee anything.

  • HI, I use Galaxy Tab 10.1 2014 edition to record my lectures. For some reason some of my recent audio recordings on my SNote does not play. It shows that there is a recorded audio on page 1 but if you press play, it doesnt play anything but recording box opens up for me to record new recording instead. Any suggestions?

  • I'm stumped. I have a note 4 and recently got a note pro 12.2. I have encountered 1 problem after another when it comes to syncing. Recently my notes stopped syncing between devices, even after manually syncing via Samsung account.
    Is there a simple way to sync my snotes quickly and flawlessly?

    Should I simple use evermore account to sync my Snotes? If I do so can I still use the Snotes app on both devices?

    • I am using Evernote to sync s notes. In Evernote, there will be a s note folder. If you tap a s note, it will be opened by s note app, not by Evernote.

      You may test it yourself to see whether it works for you.

      You can also backup s note to pc with Kies.

  • Thank you Simon!
    are you familiar with any note system,
    where i may copy/paste, edit, highlight
    or change font size fot a particular sentence or phrase,
    then arrange the document or notes in file,
    then group these files in folders, then folders in bigger folder.
    Thank You so much for Your time!

    • Not sure about any of such apps. Maybe some other users can suggest some.

      Most note apps are not focused on formatting text because it's the job of office apps .

      Also most note taking apps that allow you to put text and other objects in any locations are not limited by lines. So they treat a block of text as a whole. If you need format the text differently, you need put them into different blocks.

  • Is there a tweak in SNote to adjust the calligraphy pen stroke width smaller than value *40* ? I'm using a Note 4 and the smallest stroke width for the calligraphy pen is too large for me. I use in real paper notes a real fountain pen with a small calligraphy nib and I do really like the typeface. In SNote the thickness of the stroke in relation to the line space doesn't fit together.

    • Probably not.

      The problem is somehow due to the high DPI of the Note 4 display (but S Note pages always fill one full screen). Using smaller stoke width will make it hard to read on Galaxy Note 4 screen.

      • Maybe that's the reason, Simon. But I don't really understand why it is possible to adjust the thickness for the roller pen and the pencil down to *10*. Also for the fountain pen it is possible to adjust the stroke thickness down to *20*. All these strokes provide a good readable typeface on the Note 4's display. Simon, do you know a Samsung developer contact to make a change request?

        • I guess you can feedback to local Samsung service centre. The development is behind fully closed doors. This is the big problem of Samsung: the developers are not connected to users.

          Also, there are no serious third-party developers for S Pen or S Note currently.

  • I am not happy with S Note either.
    Delete icon is right there , you can accidently touch that icon, next thing comes up is select all and delete, you can accidently touch that and your important notes are gone. I think delete button should be removed and put in home button where all other setting options are.

  • Dear all,
    I have to say I am not satisfied of S Note
    1)it is not possible To selec default font features
    2) it is not easy or let say it could be more intuitive edit The Text during the handwriting (delete word, insert space between Two word etc.... etc.See The MyScript smart Note app)
    3)it should be possible to direct convert the handwriting into text during writing (see Myscript app)

    The test 2 point could really do The difference in using S Note

    • I am completely in disagreement with you. Please recommend or tell us another app that has 50% of the features S-note has and w/ SPen integration. Are you saying Myscript apps are a better/ideal replacement? Are you requesting new features? What exactly are you suggesting?

      • I would recommend Evernote. It has free handwriting features, you can handwriting text with "on the fly" convert to text, you have a mass of tagging opportunities, you can create notebooks and notebook structures, you can send emails direct into Evernote, it has integrated an OCR search for handwritten text and text in images, I use Evernote together with SNote (you can send SNotes directly into Evernote). The only advantages of SNote for me are: you can use different pen types in SNote and you can change the backgrounds in SNotes. But both apps together working nearly perfectly.

  • Thanks Simon

    I have tried snote folder in the internal storage but it has not solved my issue. Only thing that I see in my snote folder,, is the new note that I just wrote but I want to see my old notes that I lost ..I tried 'Reset app preferences' but it didn't help either . it just created another S Note icon in my 'application manager' ( one with a pen and one without ) when I click on it..it shows 308kb of data I am not sure if that's my lost notes...Any way to open this.

    • Not sure. Normally the S Note app should never delete notes automatically.

      Anyway, try to backup your files regularly. You can backup most files to your pc with Kies. S notes can be synced to Evernote in some regions.

  • I have galaxy note 2 GT-N7100 . I am having problem with S Note app, .. first I lost all my important notes and folders and then app disappear from active applications on the menu. After playing with the phone I found it in settings > applications manager under 'turn off' applications. Its turn off button is grayed out and I cannot turn it back on. Is there any way I can get the S Note back with out losing my data. I need my important notes back but I cannot turn the app on.....;.any help will be appreciated.

    • Your S Notes are saved in the snote folder in the internal storage. You can use My Files app or any other file explorers top copy them to other locations. You can also use Kies to backup them.

      For the app issue, you may try to reboot the phone.

    • Of course you can. Open S Note app, tap the navigation button in top left to switch to all notes view (tap all). Then tap menu icon in top right and you can find the option to create folder.

      You can also use My Files app to create folders directly in the snotedata folder.

  • I have the Galaxy Note 12.2 Pro. Is there a way to transform text and shapes in real time like on the original Note 10.1? I've found selecting the items to be cumbersome when there is a lot on the page. Also is there a way to update the S Note app or does that happen when Samsung comes out with a system update?

    • Not, you cannot make it work in the old way. Depending on the usage and habits, some users actually find the new method more practical. You just take note when taking note with the pen. Always edit it later.

      S Note is still part of the firmware, at least on note devices. You have to wait for the official firmware update to get the updated s note.

  • Hey Simon,

    I have a note 4.

    If I want to backup all my notes, but not to samsung account or Evernote.
    I want to backup them myself (through FolderSync to one of my cloud accounts).

    If I understood correctly, all I have to do is backup the 'SnoteData' folder and that's it.

    But what about '.ActionMemo' which have all the dropdown? (also the those I deleted I noticed....)
    I need to also backup them?

    Oh, And settings? (Presets etc... is it possible?

    Thanks a lot!!

    • The official way to backup is using Kies on a pc. It is able to backup everything.

      For normal s note, you just need the spd files. They are under snotedata folder in Note 4 and 3.

      For action memos,they are saved in the actionmemo folder under Snotedata folder. You need copy the whole folder. Before an action is associated, it's just a spd file.

      Fir other settings, you can only backup with Kies.

      • Thanks!

        So, I don't need to backup the folder ‘.ActionMemo’ which have a subfolder 'dropdown' (and all the acion memo's images under it)?

        It will regenerate by itself once I have the snotedata folder backed up?

        Thanks.

        • Not sure about that folder. If you can find the SPD file corresponding to the action memo, you probably do not need that folder.

          As mentioned, the official way to backup is using Kies on PC. If the Notes are important, do backup AND check.

  • Hi i need some help, i am using samsung note 10.1 2014 and i tried to import pdf file to my snote and find out that there are missing letters like 'g' and 't'... Is there any way to prevent it? Thanks in advance

      • When I open it with pdf reader it's fine but when i import it to snote it has missing letters.. I bought my note10.1 just about 2months ago...thanks

  • Hi Simon, how to Reboot the tablet?
    Is Restart and Reboot the same thing to a tablet or it is being done by Service company?
    Thank you.

    • Just restart. It will not change your files or settings. Press and hold the power button and follow the on-screen instructions.

  • HI, I use Galaxy Tab 10.1 2014 edition. my S Note app crashed today. I tried to open a note and it said refreshing and all went blank. I have tried searching files in the file folder, it says no documents.

    Any Help!!

  • I have been using s note at work for about 6 months. What I have found particularly useful is tha handwriting search. Recently I have come across an issue.

    I am close to running out of internal storage. When i look at s note in manage applicationa it shows that the data used for the app is 8.34gb. However, when I look at the snotedata directory it shows it is only using 40.97mb. I have embedded many images in the notes, but not nearly 8gb worth. Besides which, the images are stored on the external sd card (though I suppose they may get copied somewhere when embedded in an s note).

    If I assume correctly there is more to how s note stores its data than just the snotedata directory. Where else does data get stored?

    Also, is there any way to move s notes to the external SD card?

    Thanks for your help, and thank you for setting up this forum.

    • S Note actually embeds all videos, audios, and photos in the S Note file. Then zip it as one file. So, you can move the S Note file anywhere.

      But S Note app only scans the internal storage. If you move the S Note file to SD card, it will not find it.

      Very likely, your storage usage report on the snotedata is not correct. You can check the file size of each S Note in this directory.

      Of course, you can clear cache for S Note in Settings--Application manager to free up some storge.

      • Upon further research I have found that the bulk of the s note data is in the following directory: /data/data/Com.Samsung.android.snote/spensdk30. I do not understand what this data is or if I can delete it. I suppose this might be undo data or something like that, but I am afraid to delete it.

        The cache is actually quite small. The 8.34gb is all data. Clearing the cache does not change this.

        I will keep looking and add more information here if I can figure this out.

          • This did work. I backed up my s note files and deleted most of the directories in the /data/data/Com.Samsung.android.snote/files/spensdk30 directory (note that I did this as root as opposed to deleting the app'a data from the application manager). This cleared up 10gb of space. However, s note runs very slowly now. I think it uses these files as a cache even though they are considered data (not cache) by Android. S note seems to be rebuilding these files now. I anticipate a speed up once this rebuild happens. However this will mean I will run out of space again at some point.

            It seems like s note is just not made for heavy use. A shame, this is the whole reason I bought ththe tablet. The reason I chose s note over the competitors is the handhandwriting search. I use this all the time at work to find notes from old meetings. Anyone know of any alternatives to s note that also have good handwriting search capabilities? I need something that works better under heavy use.

            Thanks.

          • You can backup all your S Notes to a safe place. Then clear data for S Note in Settings--Application manager.

  • I have s-note 10.1 2014. It is now more complicated to convert
    my hand-writing into text or refined shape. For text, 1 have to select the hand written text, hit on the selection
    mode "the dotted shape on the menu" then hit "transform into"
    and select "text". In the old version I used to write and my hand writing was immediately recognizing and converting into text. The same was also for shape recognition. Is there anyway to do it the same in the new version (red version). It will save me a lot of time.
    Thanks,
    Mo

  • In Note 2 S note, when one page is full, it would automatically expand to next page. Similarly, when I insert some text to middle of a full page, the excess would span to next page. But when I use Note 4, it would not jump to next page but just extend the text box. How can I get back the span page setting in Note 4?

    • In Note 4, S Note does not span the text box to next page. I don't think there are any settings to enable/disable this.

  • Alll my s-notes are gone and I need them back asap!!! How can this happen, it is so annoying. I am waiting for a fast response!!!!

    • If it is urgent, you should call local Samsung service center.

      This is a community site. We have no idea what happened before you cannot see the notes. Did you check the S Note folder (or SnoteData depending on S Note version on yoru device) in the internal storage?

  • Does the s note version (the red one) in note 10.1 2014 have page flip animation like in the previous one? If there is, how do I set it up?

  • In the note 8 tapping on the page number takes me to an edit screen, with a copy choice, but copy does not work. A workaround is to depress pen button and hold against screen to get a screens hot, then crop and check. Saved to clipboard will pop up. Then I can navigate to the notebook I want to move that page to. And use the edit function to select the clipboard item.

  • please help!!!! I have been using S note on my 10.1 2014 for taking notes for work (customer orders) and after two weeks and just over 110 pages of brief notes I have used up 10+gb of storage on my 10.1

    I didn't realise S note was so heavy on storage.

    So you have any thoughts? I need to be able to refer back to these notes so I don't want to delete. I could archive but that is also not ideal

    PLEASE please PLEASE help!!! I love S note but this issue makes me think it may note be for me :-(

    • Yes, the notes may take considerable space. You cannot do much on this.

      The S Note is perfect for a series of small notes, not a giant note with 100 pages. It is simply not designed for such notes, as I know.

      For small notes, you can organize them in a folder and easily track and move them as one book.

      If you cannot split your S Notes into individual notes with a few pages, probably S Note is not a good solution for you. There are probably some other professional apps for your needs.

    • tap the page number in the bottom of your Note, then tap the pencil icon. You will then give the option to copy pages from other notes.

      In Note Pro or Note 3, it will directly ask you to copy pages from other notes after tap the page number.

  • how can I copy a page from one snote notebook and insert it into a different Snote notebook in the newer version of snote?

    how can I make the new snote force itself to download my old notes from samsung account? It started trying to do it when I first ran snote but it crashed during the conversion and i'm not sure how to start it up again.

    • First, you need convert the old notes to the new format. Once converted, you can copy pages to another notes.

      Occasionally, backup to Samsung sever may be not reliable. You can always copy the old note files in S Note folder to the new device, then convert. You can convert them one by one so that you know which one causes the problem.

  • Hi there, can someone please tell me why I have two S note applications on my Note 2? One is red and one is brown. What's the difference between the two?

  • Thank you simon, appreciate it.
    I was able to chat with samsung software support and it's final, as if now, there is no solution for this issue

  • Hi dear.....
    I know that uve tried to solve this issue before, but no matter how many times I tried , never been able to figure a way to do it!
    It's how to copy a whole web page text and share it with s note, it use to b straight forward in brown s note in note 8, where u get the whole text in many pages, u can edit and do what ever u want.
    In the ref s note things are really complicated , I'll get it like an image, the whole text will be shared but it will b truncated.
    Is there any easy way to fix it
    Tnx, really appreciate your efforts

    • As I know, there is no solution yet. The text box in new S Note simply cannot expand to next page. You can reduce the font size to accommodate more characters in one page.

  • SOLVED:

    Hi,

    i managed to solve it. When i open a file from my dropbox, i get a message saying: "When you move your file in the S-Note folder it will be shown in S-Note". I always choosed ok. But then i tried Cancel. Although choosing Cancel the file opens in S-Note. I can edit it, and when choosing "save" it will be saved directly in my dropbox.

    That's what i want.

    Bernd

    • Thank you for sharing your solution.

      Anyway, you can try to sync with Evernote or Samsung account to keep a backup of your S Notes.

      • Hi Simon,

        but i have 30 days of backup in my dropbox. So why syncing it with another online disk ?

        Bernd

        • If you are happy with your current method, i think you can just use your method. Just make sure you have backups.

  • You can open an existing note YES (from dropbox)
    tap the pencil icon to enter editing mode YES
    in the bottom, you can find (if the note has 4 pages), tap > to the last page YES
    now the > becomes +, tap it to add new pages YES
    then take your notes YES

    then i choose in S-Note "send via" (i hope the translation is good, i have a german version), select all Notes, choose the hook in the upper right corner (here i see already the predefined file name like notebook(8)(2) in the upper left corner, i can't change the name), choose "S Note file" as file type, get a message "all pages of the s note file are selected" which i confirm with OK, choose dropbox, then i have a view on my dropbox with two buttons: "Cancel" and "Add". I see my existing files, but i can't choose them, they are all grayed. I choose "Add", and now i have one more version of my notebook, in this case "notebook(8)(2).
    But i don't like to have several versions of my notebook, i'd like to have one (the most recent). I'd like to save it using an already existing file name.

    Clear ?

    Bernd

    • Thank you for the clarification.

      As letze mentioned,they is no integration between s note and Dropbox.

      You can save the s note in your device. In s Note settings, you can choose sync s notes with Evernote or Samsung account. So it is not necessary to share or upload the note when you change the note locally.

      Did you try this sync solution?

    • Hi Bernd,
      I think your problem can’t be solved in SNote. It’s a very closed app. You can only use it well on your tablet and there is no cloudsolution. Therefore using Dropbox doesn’t work when you want to change an existing SNote file in Dropbox.
      I used SNote for quite some time but now changed to Evernote. I can still write using my pencil and it synchronizes in a cloudsolution. So I can use Evernote notes made on my Samsungtablet on my desktop as well, change them, add pictures or files.
      Cheers, Ietze

      • Hi,

        how is the text recognition from evernote ? Is it recognized in the background as in S-Note ? Or do you have to do it explicitly ?

        Bernd

  • Hi Simon,

    i use S-Note. That's the way i like to have it: Open a notebook, write and save it under the same name. But that does not work. S-Note refuses to save it under the same name and uses a new name e.g. "notebook(2)". So when opening and saving my notebook several times, i have a mass of "notebook(X)" files. Even if i use "Save as ..." and enter a name which already exists, the OK-Button in the save dialog is grayed out.
    Clear ?

    Bernd

    • I still did not get your problem clearly. You can open an existing note, tap the pencil icon to enter editing mode, in the bottom, you can find (if the note has 4 pages, tap > to the last page, now the > becomes +, tap it to add new pages. then take your notes. The modified notes will be saved in the old note.

      If I missed your points, you may list down your steps and let us know what you got at each step.

  • HI,
    i have a Galaxy Note 10.1 2014. I'd like to use it as an electronic notebook. Writing using the pen is easy and the text recognition is impressive. But i have trouble saving my notes. First i tried Google drive, afterwards dropbox, experiencing the same problem. I can't save a note under a file name which exists already. Because of that after just writing a few notes i have already several notebooks with the same name and some digits at the end of the file name. But i just like to have one ! I'd llike to open it, write, and save it under the same name.
    How does it work ?
    Thanks for any help.

    Bernd

    • I did not get your question clearly. If you want to write in one note, you can open it, tap edit, then add pages to write and it will be saved as only one Note.

    • Yes, you can.

      Open S Note, tap Recent Notes in the top left to switch to All Notes. Now if you tap the menu button, you now have the option to create a folder. You can also move S Notes within the app.

      Alternatively, you can also manually create a folder (e.g., with My Files), then manually move the S Note files to that folder. After this, if you open S Note app, in All Notes view, you can find the folder and apps inside it.

      • Hi. Just want say thanks too, because I have been searching everywhere to find info about how to organize the notes in folders/books/chapters (I have just gotten my Galaxy Note 4).

        I can se, however, that the folders doesn't show in the S Note widget. So I can't have my notes organized in folders on the widget on my homescreen, or? Thanks.

        • In the widget, no, folders will not be shown. But you can always tap the S Note (S button) then tap menu key (3 vertical dots in top left) and choose All to see all folders and S Notes.

  • Dear Simon

    Ive not updated to the new snote. But do hope you can help me.

    I recently moved my notes to my external memory card (its a samsung one) and found that I was not able to open them as they were not recognised by my Note, so I moved them back and still I am not able to open them, still unrecognised format. There were lots of extensive notes produced, which I really wanted. Is there anyway to retrieve them?

    The original reason for moving them was because of limited space on my Notes memory.

    Much thanks
    Caz

        • SNB should not have issues unless the file is corrupted.

          In you s note, if you try to import, select the SNB file, what error message do you get?

          You may check whether the s note files are corrupted by 1.copy the SNB file to a pc 2). install 7zip on your pc; 3. Right click the SNB file on the pc, choose extract to the default folder. If 7zip complains anything, very likely, the file is corrupted.
          This method also allows you to recover the embedded media files.

          Anyway, try to import first.

  • Hello i have the samsung galaxy note 10.1 2014 and i use snote every day at school and when i first started using it at the start of the year i started taking pictures of important figures and graphs in my textbooks and it kept on asking me if i want the picture to be large, medium, small or normal and i clicked small by mistake. Now whenever i take a picture in my school text books and import it with my notes on snote the picture comes in way to small and looses it quality so it is not legible at all. The picture quality gets even worse when i try to expand images on snote to see them better. What i would like to know is how I can change the imported picture size on snote. Thank you

  • ive s note 10.1 2014 edition ,but i cant read my old snb note written in note 2 in this version...after conversion ,only blank page comes...how to convert notes written in note2 to s note 10.1 2014 edition

    how can i read those files
    pls do reply

    • There are no other tools for the conversion, as I know.

      You can export them in Note 2 as image or PDF for your record. If you have media (video, audio..) embeded, you can extract them in a PC. 7Zip can extract the embedded files.

      You may also visit local Samsung service center to see whether they can help.

  • I have a new galaxy note 10.1 (2014) - My SNote keeps giving me the error " Unfortunately, SNote has stopped working." I tried clearing caching, clearing data and rebooting the tablet. Nothing work! I don't mind clearing all the data but i want SNote to be working fine. Please help me :(

    • You may backup your data and do a factory data reset.

      Please note, factory reset will erase all of your settings, apps and some files.

  • How do I add a new textbook anywhere on the page? I can press text, but it only lets me type on the top of the page! Thanks!

    Insert only says insert image and stuff.

    • Tap the location you want to add the text box. It will create a new text box. You may tap again if the keyboard disappears.

      You can also move the text box. Tap and hold the text box, then you very all options including moving.

  • Is it possible to change the starting page of the s-note to "all notes" instead of being directed to "recent notes" when I start the app?

  • Hi
    Can u help?
    If I draw an image in s note (galaxy tab) is it possible to cut and paste it into another document say a word processor ?
    Max

    • Normally, you can export the page as an image file, then insert it into any other apps. Copy and paste may not work as expected between apps.

    • Go to All Notes view (tap the Recent Notes), there is a search icon. You can specify search folder name, Note name, tag, text, ....).

  • So it appears that S Note in my new Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 with Kit Kat severely limits the size of anything you paste. For example: I copied a 10 page document from Polaris 5 and tried to paste it in S Note. It only pasted about a third of the document. I did the same with a Web page. When I pasted it into S Note it only allow about half the Web page. My Note II does not have this limit so I'm wondering if my new 10.1 is defective. What is your understanding of this issue. Seems like I'm not the only one having this problem. Thanks!

    • I think the limit is due to that textbox cannot span pages. If you reduce the font size, you can see more contents copied. Unfortunately, there is no solution for this yet, as I know.

  • Can anyone help me, I have a 10.1 tablet and earlier this evening I used the s note and wrote some notes with the s pen and then clicked on the save option, but I have no idea where s note saved the page as I can't find it in any folder in s note I even checked my photos gallery and downloads but nothing ??

    • Depending on the tablet version (original note 10.1 or note 10.1 2014 edition), the s note is saved in sdcard0/S Note or sdcard0/SnoteData.

      Anyway, if you open s note app again, you can check the recent notes.

      • Hi Simon thanks for the reply I bought the tablet a cple of months ago so I assume its the 2014 edition, I've been back into s note but I can't find the notes I saved or any recent files either? ! How do I find snote data thing you refer to .sorry but I'm still getting to grips with the working of s note. Thanks again for your reply.

          • The app is brown and when I open it I see the guide folder and a scrapbook neither of them have any of the saved notes. :-(

          • I think it's the old note 10.1.

            If you cannot see the note in S Note app, very likely, the s note was not saved successfully. You may try to create a new note to see whether you have the same saving problem.

  • Simon can i move/copy a particular page in a note to another note on S note?
    Kindly advice how can i do it.

    Thank you so much!

    • Open the the S Note, tap the menu key (in Note 3, the button left to the home button, Note Pro, tap the software menu key (3 vertical dots), tap edit pages. Now you have the options 1). to copy pages from other S Notes (see bottom) or select one or more pages in current Note, then choose copy.

  • Hi Simon!
    Kindly advice how can i bring out a note from “all notes” to the “recent notes” in order to preview its pages.

    Thank you & good day.

    • You have no choice because it's part of the firmware. It seems Samsung didn't update s note for your model in the kitkat update. It could be due to some compatibility issues.

  • Hope someone can help! I have the Note 3, upgraded from Note 2. I backed up the old Notes to Titanium Back up before switching. Now, when i try to restore the old notes they are not coming up. I am guessing it's because they changed the file type, but I am hoping there is a way to restore the old data from the old note app?

    • S Note is a pre-installed app. Titanium Back up cannot restore it.

      You can copy the Notes to the new phone directly. You can also sync the notes with Evernote.

      Once the Note is opened in Note 3, it will be converted to new format automatically (This will not overwrite your old Notes as the file extension is different).

      • Except that does not seem to work in galaxy note 4. I had a note 2 & am not looking forward to recreating some things.

    • It depends on the templates. You cannot change it for any existing S notes.

      If you need portrait, you need select one of the portrait templates.

  • How much page did you use for 1book? Do you think I could use up to 100pages for 1book in s note for galaxy note 8? Thx.

    • I never tested it. If it is too large, you can always split them into chapters. The organize them with folders.

  • Hey Simon.

    With S Note how do i prevent the app from turning pages using the swipe gesture.
    When I write close to the edges of the screen the page turns.

    Is there a way to only turn pages using the buttons at the bottom and turn off the swipe gesture?

    Thank you

    • I am not aware of any methods to turn off this feature. It actually can create new pages in Note 3 and Note Pro, and Note 10.1 2014 edition.

      It seems the Settings--Add page "Always ask" does not work.

          • I figured out a way to prevent the page from turning when you dont want it to.
            Go to Settings > Accessibility > Recognition > Interaction Control Turn On. Then press home button and volume button at same time and you then draw which areas you want to block touch interaction. I drew along the border of the screen and now my pages dont go turning when I write on the edge :-)

  • I researched about this and found out theres a lot who has the same problem and they sent it to samsung for reflashing and all that factory thing they do and still they have the same problem after some time again and again. Snote firmware is designed to crash out =( consider urselves lucky if urs aint crashing. I just decided to migrate to Papyrus. Anyway samsung wont replace my unit, theyll just "fix it" and will have the same problem again and again =(

    • Sometimes, the problem can be due to other apps installed. You may try to reset the tablet without installing other third party apps, then try it.

      Of course, you should backup your data before reseting.

      • Did that, i ran snote basically with a clean and i mean no downloaded apps. I just restored my old notes data first then i did restore factory settings like with nothing on my pad like when you first buy it. Same problem. Maybe its a bug on note pro 12.2 models? I dont know but eversince the crash started, i did every single thing i can do, not to mention completely resetting everything. Still this "Snote stopped working" appears again and again when j use Snote. Its really really reeaally disappointing because its a fixed firmware in which galaxy note pro tab etc is known for in terms of features and this happens to it. Thank God for Papyrus and Lecturenotes.

        • Wish samsung would fix this asap and release an update for it. Its really really disappointing.

          • I still think the problem is probably specific to the device. You can ask them to replace one if possible.

            S Note is a pre-installed feature/app, the service centre has the responsibility to make sure that it works properly.

  • Good Day Mr. Simon. May i please request your assistance with my big problem about my S note. I have a Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 and ive been using Snote for a long time and now it has this big problem in which it stops working after a few minutes of using it. It crashes each and everytime i use it. "S Note stopped working" it says EAch time i use it. I tried restarting and tried factory reset but it still crashes! My Snote is literally rendered useless! I updated everything , i factory reset but its still crashing! Please help me! I use Snote a lot and now its just completely uselss and not to mention my files i cant access without being disrupted time and time again because of the crashes =(

    • did you install any task managers?

      anyway, if factory reset doesn't solve the issue, you may visit local Samsung service centre to check the tablet. It could be a faulty set.

  • Hi Simon Good day!
    Can Samsung guys Increase the Maximum number of Charaters in text box
    on Samsung note 10.1 2024 edition from 5,000 to 8,000 or more.

    for one (1) chinese character will consumes almost 3 characters in english (equivalent).
    would you know the maximum number of characters on Samsung note 3 text box?

    where & how can i Install S note apps (Red) to my KitKat upgraded Samsung note 8.0.

    Thank You so much!

    • For the text box, I'm not aware of the maximum number of characters. I remember the only limitation is that it cannot cross pages. So, you are limited to one page. You can change the font size (as low as 8) to squeeze more characters.

      In Note 3, I think the limitation is still one page. As long as you put the contents in one page, you can use one text box. Normally one Chinese character occupy the space for 2 English letters.

      S Note is part of the firmware of your device. You cannot install it manually (although some guys may extract the S Note app from other devices, you should avoid them).

      Btw, if one text box is not enough, why don't you use a second text box? There is no limit (limited by phone memory) of number of text boxes you can use in S Note.

  • Hi... I have Galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition and I use app Awesome Note. It downloaded fine and installed But i is only a quarter of the screen size on my Galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition. How can i make it full screen like my old Galaxy Note 10.1? Thanks.

  • Hi lena good day.
    Kindly Advice!
    where did you Downloaded the new s note (red),
    i do wish to have it on my samsung galaxy note 8.0.
    Thank you so much!!!

      • Good day Simon,
        s note (red) has drag down to Preview (recent note),
        How can i find this Drag to Preview when viewing (all note)?
        Thank you!

        • Drag to preview is only for recent notes.

          If you change to All notes view, the feature is not available, as I know.

          • Hi Simon good day,
            Is there any possibility to upgrade the Red S Note
            on Note 10.1 2014 or Note 3 to the New Red S Note apps on Galaxy Note 4 ?
            How?

            THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

            leon

          • Probably not, S Note app is integrated in the firmware. Samsung hasn't released it as a standalone app.

            So you can only get S Note update when Samsung rolls out an update for the specific device.

            This is one of the major reasons why almost none of the developers is interested in developing something for S Note....

            Hope Samsung can wake up soon .........

          • pls help!
            how could i Drag the whole document on a facebook page & Drop it to a S note page.
            (Not just a line sentence or a short paragraph Only as i experienced)
            with Drag & Drop in Multi Window.

            Thank you!!!

          • Hi Simon, good day!
            How can i have both S notes on multi window on my note 10.1 2014?

            how to copy/move a S note page TO another S note? (Not by Edit page copy FROM a note page.)

            how to add yahoo-mail into multi window?

            Thank you so much for your HELP!

          • S note app only allows one instance. So you cannot use two s notes as a pair in multi-window.

            I think that is the only way to directly copy s note pages from one note to another note. I am not aware of other ways.

            If to cannot find yahoo mail in the list when you arranging the multi window apps, it means the app is not compatible with multi window. You may use email app instead.

      • Thank you for your advice.
        my note 8.0 has upgraded to 4.4.2 KitKat.
        but it still has the yellow s note in operations.

        just do not know where to Download the s note
        (yellow) or (red) & the awesome note
        can the two s notes (yellow) & (red) be installed on the same tablet under KitKat?!?
        Thank you so much!!!

        • Did you check the version of your S Note (in settings - application manager- all - S Note) ? Red usually refers to 3.x. In different regions, the icon may be different.
          S Note is part of the firmware. You cannot use both versions on one device.

          • @Simon you need to research before replying !

            Both SNOTE versions can be used in the same device ( I am running SNote 2.xx & 3.xx in my note 2)

          • Thank you for sharing this info.

            How did you get both versions?

            As I know, you can only run one version because of some identical file and folder names (but different versions) in the old and new s note app.

          • Is there any IMPROVEMENTS in S note (red) version 3.x over the version 1.0.0?

            Where can i Download the samsung galaxy S note (red) version 3.x
            and Installed it to my galaxy note 8.0 tab.
            Do i have to Turn Off or Uninstalled (yellow)S note first?!?

          • S Note is part of the firmware. You cannot install it individually. You must wait for the firmware update.

          • my galaxy note 10.1 2014’s S note (red) is on version 1.0.0
            how can i upgrade it to Version 3.x as what you mentioned.
            Kindly advice Please!

            my galaxy note 8.0 ’s S note (yellow) is on version 5r25623FV03

            Thank you so much!

          • Version 5rXXX is for Jelly Bean 4.1/4.2.
            1.X is for jelly bean 4.3.

            I think if you update them to Kitkat 4.4.2, you should get the latest version of S Note (as in Note 3, or Note Pro).

            But anyway, there may be some difference in different regions.

  • Gi Simon! I couldn't fins the SNote Survival Guide. It says that It was due to January. Does it exist? Thanx.

    • The plan was suspended due to my working schedule. I will re-launch it after note 4 is announced next month.

      I will also try to write it as individual pages, instead of a book.

  • I downloaded the new s note (red) on my note 2 and when I tried to open some of my old nots with it it said it has to convert them so I allowed it but the converted notes shows the first page only and blank pages afterwards unfortunately I lost very important notes
    Can someone please tell if I can get them back??

    • The new s note app uses new format. The old notes will be converted to the new format when reading into the app.

      The conversion will not overwrite the old ones because different file extensions are used. Snb is the old notes. The new one uses spd as file extension.

      You can navigate you internal storage to find the old notes.

      Most of the time, the conversion is flawless. You can try to load the old notes again.

    • It's hard to draw conclusions because most of the time the problems are actually caused by third party apps. So far , there are no known problems for note 10.1 2014 edition with kitkat. Of course, a few common kitkat problems are there.

  • S note apps on Jelly Bean 4.3 to Kitkat 4.4,
    If i Upgrade my Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 to Kitkat 4.4 OS
    will there be any improvement on the S note Apps?
    Thank you

      • a lot of us feel that Samsung has made SNOTE worse than before . To cite just 2 examples

        1) SNOTE can no longer be attached to the S Planner (calender app) (This was such a critical and nice feature that i was personally bowled over when I saw it and used it to max productivity)
        2) SNOTE impotng pdf is such a pain in the new version.

        • I agree. I have the new Samsung Pro 12.5 and I am trying to import a pdf file into Snote. I don't exactly know what to do to do to import it. Can you tell me step by step how you import pdf into the new s note?

          • Open S Note app, change to All Note view (tap the top left corner, if it shows Recent notes). Then tap the menu key (3 vertical dots ) in top eight, tap import--My Files--PDF file.

            You need import the PDF file as a new S Note, then edit it. Once saved as a S Note, you can use copy pages to merge it with other S Notes (you cannot directly import a PDF file as new pages in an existing S Notes)

          • I also used the Snote feature in my calendar at quite frequently and now find that I can't use it either.

    • If your Note 8.0 was updated to KitKat 4.4, yes, you can.

      But if you are still in Jelly Bean, you cannot. You have to wait for update for your Note 8.0.

      Note 3 can read and convert Notes created in Note 8.0 without issues.

      • Does my Note 3 have to be on kitkat as well? I want to send my s notes from my jelly bean Note 3 to my Kitkat Note 8. Tried a while back, possibly prior to Note 8 Kitkat update. Discovered Kitkat curtailed a LOT of my apps, have spent several days across weeks reorganizing files on both devices, attempting to gain some consistency.

        • The S Note app is part of the firmware. If you want to exchange S notes. Both of them should have the kitkat, or both are in jelly bean 4.3, or both are in jelly bean 4.2 or below.

          Kitkat on note 3 is quite stable now.

          • Have finally finished throwing all my files up to Dropbox, did a factory data reset on the Note 8. Am running it stock for the moment (as in no launcher or wallpaper overlay, and just evernote and netflix downloaded). Clean sd card inserted.

            Observed that S notes on KitKat note 8 saved with extension of .snb, while the jelly bean Note 3 saves S notes with extension .spd. If I update to KitKat on the Note 3 will it change the file extensions? I kind of doubt it.

            Tried sending as an S note from Note 3 to the Note 8 via bluetooth. Sent fine, but error message said no application available to open file.

            Sent as a pdf, which gobbled up almost 4 mb of storage! Then opened by default with Polaris. Handwriting rendered well, toolbar for editing available in polaris, cool. Closed without any editing.

            Imported pdf (which by the way, was 9 pages of handwritten notes) to a new notebook on Note 8. Opened imported note and only one page had rendered with any handwriting! Not cool.

            If the pdf saved fine with the handwriting, why didn't S Note 8 render it correctly from the imported pdf?

            thanks for any ideas you may have.

          • After you update Note 8 to KitKat, the S Note should now in the same version as that in Note 3. It is a bit strange you still get snb extension in Note 8 with Kitkat.

            SNB is the file extension for old version of S note. SPD is new one. So, any system that can create SPD can import snb file. But the reverse is not true. This is something like backward (not forward) compatibility.

  • Please please help
    I cant
    to copy pages from my other notebooks or rather not everything is showin up. For example i have a note on my Notebook 1 that i want to copy to my Notebook 4, i use " edit pages" then there will be that option on the lower middle of the scfeen that says "copy pages from other notes" i click it but it doesnt show all notebooks. It shows only Notebook 2 & 3 but Notebook 1 doesnt appear in the selection. Same as with if im copying notes from Notebook 2 to 1 the selection only shows notebook 3 & 4. I cant organize my note =<

        • This is because the orientation of the Notes are different. You can only copy pages from landscape to landscape, portrait to portrait.

          • That's what i thought of too, so i experimented and sadly its not just that =/ even with the portrait lay out same everything some notebooks dont really appear in the selection =(
            Hope samsung improves Snote, such a great wonderful tool, wish they could make it flexible, like having portrait and landscape pages selection in the same notebook and complete access of copying pages from all notebooks. Please Samsung, this but a small improvement but Great impact on the usability of Snote! =)

          • Thanks for the info. For me, it works as long as the orientation matches.

            Yes, S Note need some improvements.

      • how can i change the size width of the text box on my galaxy note 10.1 2014 after i copied a text into S note.
        or is it always FIX at 8.98, KINDLY HELP PLEASE!
        THANK YOU SO MUCH!

        • The maximum size is fixed. You can only make it smaller. You can tap and hold empty area in the text box, until properties options (and copy, paste) pops out. Tap the properties, you can resize the text box by defining the width and height (you want to uncheck " keep aspect ratio) under layout tab.

  • Thank you so much Simon!
    Will follow your advice to the letter,
    in order to find out how much can i learn to use this New S Note apps.
    Will let you know later on my progress.

    Wanders if Samsung will Bring Back its Multi - Pages Apps again to this New S note?

    i am 66 years of age.

    Thanks Again Simon!

    • Hi Simon good day!
      Here i am again,
      Yes it is in the Landscape template.
      Thanks, have changed it to Portrait.

      When i try to Drag the side to Increase the Size Width,
      it ALWAYS RETURNS to 8.98 cm when ever the pen is lifted,
      and Only Appears at around 40% on left side of the page.

      When the small Blue Triangle at the Lower Right Bottom corner in the text box was tap,
      A Long White background with Texts pops out,
      more than Half the page with both sides of about 1 inch empty black spaces on screen,
      How to get a Full screen Texts without empty side black space?

      How can the Width and Height be Changed to its maximum value of 21.0 and 37.33 respectively?
      and set it permanently,
      so that it would Not return to 8.98 Width and pops out the “KEEP ASPECT RATIO MAXIMUM“

      Thank You So Much for Your KIND HELPS, SIMON!

  • any good samaritan out there
    please tell me how to copy/paste web page documents into S Note on my NEW GALAXY NOTE 10.1 2014 Edition.
    i used to do this copy/paste with my old note 10.1 which NOT WORKING on this New Note.
    PLEASE HELP!!!

    • Once you copy the contents to the clipboard, you can always paste into S Note. You just enter text input mode, long tap somewhere inside the line until the clipboard pops out. You can then select items in the clipboard.

      • Thank you Simon for your comment,
        have tried your advice,
        but only less than 1/3 of the document was copied into the S Note,
        the remaining 2/3 portion of the document was cut.
        also the copied document CAN NOT be Edit.

        i used to do the same on my old note 10.1, no portion was cut out, & can be edited after pasting on S note.

        Looking forward for your KIND HELP!

        THANK YOU SO MUCH.

        • This is very likely due to the length of the text. The text box cannot be extended to next page. So if the text is long, you may find the text is truncated. But actually the text is still in the text box. You can long tap the text area (in editing mode) until you see the pop out menu of "properties cut paste and delete". Tap the properties and change the font to the smallest 8, you will get more text.

          Anyway you are limited to one page with minimum font size of 8.

          Btw, you can insert clipboard by simply tap the "add" icon in the bottom left, then choose clipboard.

          • Good day Simon,
            how to make title on snote pages?
            how to make a table of content showing title of pages.
            Thank You !!!
            Happy Chinese New Year!

          • I don't think S Note has these features. S Note more or less gives you a white paper and some tools to take notes or create a design quickly. It is not intended for a large project of text.

            For pages, you can only add index (for indexing) or tags (for searching).

            For the Note, you can edit the cover.

          • Hi Simon, Thank for your help!
            Can i change the size of width & Height?
            What should i do in order to have a Full Page Screen for Note Display.

            When i top the Copy, where does the text goes?

            Where is the Straight line for underlining text?

            Thank You Simon!
            More Power to You!

            As to the text

          • The size is limited by the page size. You cannot change page size.

            For any text box, you can tap and hold it (in pen input mode) until the properties box pops out, then drag the handlers in four direction to make it bigger or smaller.

            For other objects (e.g., pictures), you can also change the dimension in the similar way.

            The new S Note is always in full-screen mode. If you see empty space, very likely, you choose landscape template, but you are working in portrait orientation. If you are using multi-window, you can close the other window to make it full screen.

            When you copy text, if it is to a text box, it will be in current cursor location. If you copy other objects, it should be in the last location of the cursor. You can then move it to the desired location.

            For the underlines, you can get it in text input mode (the second button T). Tap the button once should give you text settings box, where you can set font, size, bold, underlining, color... The setting will be applied to text entered until you change the settings again.

            If you want format existing text (including underlining), you can select text, then choose the text settings.

            If you want to apply settings to all text in the text box, you can tap and hold empty area of the text box (it is better to do it in pen input if using fingers) until the properties box pops out. You can then apply settings to all text inside the box. You can also format the paragraphs.

          • Thanks Simon,
            but i can not find the “properties cut paste and delete” at the text area!
            Menu wouldn‘t pop out!

            i tried changed the font size from 15 to 8, but not thing change except the displayed first part of the note,
            but when i tap on the BLUE TRIANGLE on the lower right corner, the truncated text length is Still the same.

            Why can‘t Samsung GIVE BACK the OLD page type of note,
            where you can read notes on the whole page of the Screen,
            instead of this NEW note apps
            that Scrambles the texts (when you are reading a long text)
            and DISPLAYS the texts ONLY at 1/3 of the whole Screen page.
            What Good does the black portions of the screen for (when reading a text note after topping the blue triangle)?
            Why not show it on the whole screen page???

            More Help PLEASE!
            THANKS AGAIN!

          • In editing mode, you then go to pen input mode (tap the first button in the top left). Now if you tap and hold the text area, the whole text area will be selected and you get the pop up menu. You can apply styles to the whole text box.

            Please make sure you are not in text input mode (the second button in top left). In this mode, you are supposed to work on the text within the text area, so, you can select some text, and copy paste some text. You can apply different styling to some text in this box.

            I hope you now understand the difference of these two buttons.

  • I bought the Samsung galaxy Note 8" I notice that there is no icon to minimize the note size, their is one on the 10" galaxy note tab on the top right corner were is it.. have look and not minimize screen..

  • I'm a S-Note user for two years now (Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1). Since last week I have the NOTE 10.1 2014-edition. How can I import my old S-Notes in the new version?

    • You can copy your SNB files (under S Note folder in your internal storage) to the SnoteData folder in your Note 10.1 2014 edition.

      Then start S Note, tap recent Notes (top left corner), it should change to All notes. Now you can see the old S Notes. Tap any of them will give you a warning message that the note will be converted to new format. You have no option if you want to open them in Note 10.1 2014 or Note 3.

      Please note, the notes created/converted in Note 10.1 2014 edition cannot be opened properly in Galaxy Note 10.1.

      • Hi,

        I have similar situation. It just that my new device is note 3. ( old was note 10.1 first version ).

        Have tried same steps. It did moved in to snotedata folder. but when i tried to open the page from ALL NOTE the app automatically closed down.

        Kindly advise

        Thanks,

  • I have a note 10.1, and my only problem is that i cannot find a way to save the snote automatically. how can i do? i would like an auto-back up of each note...just like adobe makes with acrobat.com...
    I also would like to know if i can change the directory of s notes from SD to ExtSd card.
    thanks =)=)

    • by default, in Note 10.1, if you tap the back (soft, bottom left) button, it will save your S Note automatically. If you tap close, itr will ask you whether you want to save.

      Your S Note will not be saved only when you are in multi-window mode, AND, you tap the close window button. In this case the app closed and nothing saved. As I know this is the limitation of multi-window.

      For SD card, you probably cannot change the default folder to anywhere but /storage/sdcard0/S Note This is actually the internal storage. Probably this is hard-coded in the app. However, if you want to backup, you can always manually make a copy of this folder on SD card in any file browser (e.g., ES File Browser).

        • It's almost impossible for S Note because the files are normally cleared when the app exits or crashes. You should manually save the note frequently.

  • To Galaxy Note Above is the only answer that worked. I have been all over the net and user manules to find how to edit the S Note and this is the only workabel answer. Tahnks

  • I am new with galaxy note 10.1, trying to use S-Note and have several questions. l. I found that when we add a new page, the audio recording will stop. Is there anyway for the audio recording to continue when we add new pages? 2. Can we change file name after we create it? 3. Can we open another S-Note while we are using s-Note? I have this problem because while I am doing the current notes, I need to make some reference to previous notes. Anyway to solve this problem?
    4.Most of the time I am using text recognition. Found that sometime when the system recognise the
    words wrongly, I would like to just edit few alphabets but a bit harder to make the cursor go to the correct characters for edit because there are no 'up down left right' arrows. Any solution for this? Or no choice and I need to try several time until I probe to the correct character?

    • 1. the audio recording is associated with one page. So I don't think you can span one recording to more than one page.
      2. yes, of course. In the S Note list, you can long press it untill a menu pops out. There is one option to rename. Alternatively, you can use any file browser to directly change the file name of the corresponding snb file.
      3. no. apps usually cannot have two instances.
      4. are you using the keyboard's handwriting recognition, or handwriting to text in productivity tools? For the later, there are the 4 arrow keys. For the keyboard, you can just use the pen to tap to the desired location, the cursor will move there.

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