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Quoth · 09-11-2022, 08:47 AM

Only the separate unconnected to ebooks or PDFS has real note taking. The Advanced notebooks can be exported as text, docx or html files.

Stylus annotation of epubs/kepubs is pointless; finger highlight and type with BT keyboard or touch screen keyboard. I did try stylus-pen on Elipsa and Sage ebooks, no handwriting conversion and I have no idea how to use those annotations elsewhere. I use the regular text annotations frequently on PC via Kobo Utilities.

DRM free PDFs maybe have any scribbles as an extra image layer and thus entire PDF could be copied, but I've not tried that. I've added some "on page notes" on PDF manuals simply to re-read later on referring to a manual on the Elipsa.

I got the Elipsa for PDFs, a mix of modern manuals and old scanned books and magazines. I decided the Advanced Notes was good enough that a Sage was worthwhile (I have an original Libra) and since then only use Elipsa for PDFs inc proof checks of PDFs for POD. At first I used the pen from the Elipsa on the Sage and then got the Adrawpen (nearly 1/2 the price) sold for MS Surface.

The Elipsa and Sage are both like three separate gadgets in one box:
1. PDF reader. On page "scribble" annotation.
2. ebook reader and real text annotation + export (several ways). Stylus pointless.
3. Advanced Notebooks (the basic nearly pointless) with handwriting, shape and formula recognition and freestyle sketch mixed in one notebook. The Basic only for a quick sketch exported as png (or PDF which isn't useful), but you can do sketches in Advanced Notebook and extract them from an exported docx. If I only have converted text in an Advanced Notebook I use plain text export, otherwise docx. Can't see point of the HTML. You'd want to tidy the docx in Word or LO Writer and export HTML from that.

Like all Kobos the PDFs and ebooks share the Library / My Books with view of titles, authors, collections and series. Filter all, read or unread. Sort by all kinds of things. And search title/author/series/collection or text in current ebook (somewhat search in PDFs, depending).

The Notebooks are completely separate. Sort by title or recent. No collections or any other criteria.

No copy/Paste between any ebook / PDF or Notebook. There is copy/paste within a notebook, but last I tried it only did an append.

09-11-2022, 08:47 AM	#17
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,272 Karma: 105299897 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Only the separate unconnected to ebooks or PDFS has real note taking. The Advanced notebooks can be exported as text, docx or html files. Stylus annotation of epubs/kepubs is pointless; finger highlight and type with BT keyboard or touch screen keyboard. I did try stylus-pen on Elipsa and Sage ebooks, no handwriting conversion and I have no idea how to use those annotations elsewhere. I use the regular text annotations frequently on PC via Kobo Utilities. DRM free PDFs maybe have any scribbles as an extra image layer and thus entire PDF could be copied, but I've not tried that. I've added some "on page notes" on PDF manuals simply to re-read later on referring to a manual on the Elipsa. I got the Elipsa for PDFs, a mix of modern manuals and old scanned books and magazines. I decided the Advanced Notes was good enough that a Sage was worthwhile (I have an original Libra) and since then only use Elipsa for PDFs inc proof checks of PDFs for POD. At first I used the pen from the Elipsa on the Sage and then got the Adrawpen (nearly 1/2 the price) sold for MS Surface. The Elipsa and Sage are both like three separate gadgets in one box: 1. PDF reader. On page "scribble" annotation. 2. ebook reader and real text annotation + export (several ways). Stylus pointless. 3. Advanced Notebooks (the basic nearly pointless) with handwriting, shape and formula recognition and freestyle sketch mixed in one notebook. The Basic only for a quick sketch exported as png (or PDF which isn't useful), but you can do sketches in Advanced Notebook and extract them from an exported docx. If I only have converted text in an Advanced Notebook I use plain text export, otherwise docx. Can't see point of the HTML. You'd want to tidy the docx in Word or LO Writer and export HTML from that. Like all Kobos the PDFs and ebooks share the Library / My Books with view of titles, authors, collections and series. Filter all, read or unread. Sort by all kinds of things. And search title/author/series/collection or text in current ebook (somewhat search in PDFs, depending). The Notebooks are completely separate. Sort by title or recent. No collections or any other criteria. No copy/Paste between any ebook / PDF or Notebook. There is copy/paste within a notebook, but last I tried it only did an append. Last edited by Quoth; 09-11-2022 at 09:02 AM.