Kobo Elipsa 1st Gen

HLS · 08-08-2023, 05:05 PM

Is there a trick to export notebooks to Goodnotes or Onenote? All I see is sending it to google drive or dropbox. I don't use either. Thanks. I found ways to send notes with my Boox and Scribe to goodnotes except for the kobo notebooks. dropbox looks like it requires a paid subscription.

DNSB · 08-09-2023, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by HLS

Is there a trick to export notebooks to Goodnotes or Onenote? All I see is sending it to google drive or dropbox. I don't use either. Thanks. I found ways to send notes with my Boox and Scribe to goodnotes except for the kobo notebooks. dropbox looks like it requires a paid subscription.

I use the free level of Dropbox. I've sent notebooks from Dropbox elsewhere. You just need to set up Dropbox on your Elipsa though I find it's easier to set up on the computer and then link my Kobo ereaders to Dropbox after the initial setup. I think Dropbox still call it Dropbox Basic.

Cootey · 08-09-2023, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by HLS

Is there a trick to export notebooks to Goodnotes or Onenote? All I see is sending it to google drive or dropbox. I don't use either. Thanks. I found ways to send notes with my Boox and Scribe to goodnotes except for the kobo notebooks. dropbox looks like it requires a paid subscription.

You can export a basic notebook to PDF and an advanced notebook to Word .docx when you select “Export to Computer”. You’ll then find them in the “Exported Notebooks” folder/directory at the root of your mounted Kobo on your desktop.

You also have the option of taking the .nebo journal files from the root directory of your Kobo and load them into a Nebo app for desktop or tablet.

PDF into GoodNotes used to work great before the Elipsa2 updates. Now the PDF font sizes tend to be overly large. I’m hoping they fix it.

Quoth · 08-09-2023, 10:28 AM

I use export for notebooks and copy via a file Manager.

I tend to use png for basic and txt for Advanced, unless the advanced has non-text, then docx.

But I only use the Elipsa now to proof PDFs (occasionally as the bulk of proofing is on epub) and view some PDFs since getting the Sage.

SuiVu1fa · 08-10-2023, 04:44 PM

I look at the notes produced by Kobo. They are using Myscript nebo. This file format seems to be very closed — I do not find any document, or any converter freely available.

You could convert it into PDF in Nickel, but then it is no longer that modifiable.

Quoth · 08-11-2023, 04:53 AM

The Advanced notebooks can be exported as txt or docx or HTML which can be edited.
The Basic Notebooks are just images, export as png and you can "edit".

PDFs are never for editing, just view or print.

HLS · 08-12-2023, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

I use the free level of Dropbox. I've sent notebooks from Dropbox elsewhere. You just need to set up Dropbox on your Elipsa though I find it's easier to set up on the computer and then link my Kobo ereaders to Dropbox after the initial setup. I think Dropbox still call it Dropbox Basic.

i tried to sign up and it said i had to pay it offered no free version. odd

HLS · 08-12-2023, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

The Advanced notebooks can be exported as txt or docx or HTML which can be edited.
The Basic Notebooks are just images, export as png and you can "edit".

PDFs are never for editing, just view or print.

Well there are no templates on the 1st gen. just the pade with the ridiculously wide lies and the grid

HLS · 08-12-2023, 12:05 PM

I hate my Elipsa. Just junk. I try to take notes and it flip pages when my hand touches the screen. It also has difficulty highlighting as I read. Can't write on a book without the pages flipping when i don't want to flip. Really pisses me off. Kobo Sage, Kindle Scribe and Boox is so much better. i thought about getting 2nd gen Elipsa but is it any better?

DNSB · 08-12-2023, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by HLS

i tried to sign up and it said i had to pay it offered no free version. odd

Try a search on Dropbox Basic. I just went through and I didn't see a charge involved.

Quoth · 08-12-2023, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by HLS

Well there are no templates on the 1st gen. just the pade with the ridiculously wide lies and the grid

Templates are only on basic notebooks, just drawing. They'd be pointless on the Advanced with the conversion to text, equations, editable shapes and check boxes.

It sounds like you've not really explored the Advanced notebooks conversion features and export of conversions to docx. There would be ZERO value for templates.

However I prefer the Sage for notes. Better size. The Elipsa is just for PDFs to big for Sage and proofing format/layout of PDFs for POD.

08-08-2023, 05:05 PM	#1
HLS Wizard Posts: 2,126 Karma: 16342480 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8	Kobo Elipsa 1st Gen Is there a trick to export notebooks to Goodnotes or Onenote? All I see is sending it to google drive or dropbox. I don't use either. Thanks. I found ways to send notes with my Boox and Scribe to goodnotes except for the kobo notebooks. dropbox looks like it requires a paid subscription.

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Quoth Still reading Posts: 13,653 Karma: 103503445 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	I use export for notebooks and copy via a file Manager. I tend to use png for basic and txt for Advanced, unless the advanced has non-text, then docx. But I only use the Elipsa now to proof PDFs (occasionally as the bulk of proofing is on epub) and view some PDFs since getting the Sage.

08-10-2023, 04:44 PM	#5
SuiVu1fa Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2018 Device: Kindle	I look at the notes produced by Kobo. They are using Myscript nebo. This file format seems to be very closed — I do not find any document, or any converter freely available. You could convert it into PDF in Nickel, but then it is no longer that modifiable.

08-11-2023, 04:53 AM	#6
Quoth Still reading Posts: 13,653 Karma: 103503445 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	The Advanced notebooks can be exported as txt or docx or HTML which can be edited. The Basic Notebooks are just images, export as png and you can "edit". PDFs are never for editing, just view or print.

08-12-2023, 12:05 PM	#9
HLS Wizard Posts: 2,126 Karma: 16342480 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8	I hate my Elipsa. Just junk. I try to take notes and it flip pages when my hand touches the screen. It also has difficulty highlighting as I read. Can't write on a book without the pages flipping when i don't want to flip. Really pisses me off. Kobo Sage, Kindle Scribe and Boox is so much better. i thought about getting 2nd gen Elipsa but is it any better?