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Cool Stuff in Notability
Drawing doughnuts? Record Audio? Scan Documents? Convert handwriting into text? [well, maybe not the Computer Curmudgeon’s handwriting….] Read on……
Sources for this article include https://notability.medium.com/useful-how-to-tips-in-notability-2fdf1c6aa11a
🍩 Create perfect shapes. Draw any shape and hold the ink for a moment; watch as the shape snaps perfectly into place. You can also erase perfect shapes! Try this: Draw a circle, hold the ink down, then erase a circle from the center. Wa-la you’ve made a donut. Now add sprinkles!
🎧 Listen to audio at the right pace. Adjust audio playback speed for your listening style. Audio speed options are: 0.7x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x.
Want to know more about audio recording in Notability? CLICK HERE!
🔎 Find anything in your notes. Search your handwriting (and convert it to text)*, typed text, pdf text, image text, and note titles (in 23 supported languages)!
📸 Scan paper documents to import. It’s easy to scan and digitize your paper documents into PDFs or images by simply snapping a photo! Text in scanned documents and images is also searchable!
📥 Import GIFs, photos and more! Simply drag and drop GIFs, photos, and web clips from other applications like Safari or easily add media from the Notability note view.
🎨 Create custom colors. Use the color picker to find and save your perfect shades and create your ink palette (you can save up to 32 custom colors).
🔧 Edit audio recordings. Trim, merge, split, reorder and rename audio recordings. Fine-tune audio by adjusting equalizer in playback mode or Voice Boost. Voice Boost allows you to amplify distant voices that may otherwise sound muffled.
There is even a PRESENTATION MODE – use your notability document like a Slide deck. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.
Work on multiple notes at the same time with Multi-note and note Switcher. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.
📝 Take notes alongside another app. When Notability is open, drag and drop another app from the iPad dock onto the screen to view both apps side by side.
Aleks –> what to do when it doesn’t work on your iPad
When Aleks refuses to work, here are some things to check.
FIRST
Aleks provides a “check your setup” screen to help in checking these settings. Click on the link below to have Aleks review your settings.
https://www.aleks.com/support/troubleshooting
You WILL NEED to click on the RED button found at the bottom of this screen to complete the check of your iPad.
BOTTOM LINE – all circles should be GREEN, including the pop-ups. Alex will not run correctly with any red circles with x’s in them.
SECOND: COMMON ERRORS
Error with CACHE
- Go to the home screen.
- Click on the settings icon.
- On the left side, scroll down and find SAFARI (about halfway down) and click on this setting.
- On the right side, scroll down and find “Clear History and Website Data” and click on this setting.
- (Initially the text in this setting will be blue in color, after you click on it, it will turn gray)
Error with POP-UPS
- Go to the home screen.
- Click on the settings icon.
- On the left side, scroll down and find SAFARI (about halfway down) and click on this setting.
- On the right side, scroll down and find Block Pop-ups – make sure the button to the right is gray.
ONCE YOU HAVE MADE THOSE CHANGES:
- Logout out of Aleks.
- Double click on the home button and swipe out of all open apps (INCLUDING ALEKS).
- Press and hold the hibernation button (upper right) until the “slide to power off” screen appears.
- Swipe to power off.
- Wait 5-8 seconds.
- Turn on iPad – press and hold the hibernation button until you see the Apple logo.
- Enter your passcode to move to the home screen.
- Load ALEKS to start again!