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Posted by Ken
Jul 8, 2011 at 08:56 PM
Bill,
I hate to bother you with a few more questions, but how are you moving data off of the iPad for access on other devices? And what other programs are you using in conjunction with Notebooks? They seem to offer some import and export options, but I am not sure how the data looks when it is exported. And I am not sure how easy it is to round-trip data. I have skimmed the manual a few times, but it sounds like it would be easier for me to understand through actual use. Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
—Ken
Posted by Ken
Jul 8, 2011 at 10:38 PM
I was thinking about this a bit more, and believe that I can refine my questions down to one essential one. Can Notebooks easily export information in a common file format like .txt, .csv, .doc, .xls or html? If I know that I can easily move an outline of text information into another program then I would be happy with the program.
—Ken
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 19, 2011 at 02:08 PM
Sorry, Ken, only just caught sight of this, having been away on hols for a week or so.
I move data off my iPad in a wide variety of ways:
a) using the WebDAV interface with my servers here (our central data repository is a Synology NAS, which I can thoroughly recommend);
b) using DropBox (by far the most convenient way of doing things) - to interface with DropBox I use either the DropBox application or ReaddleDocs (the best solutions);
c) using Save2PDF, which allows me to save almost anything at all as a PDF file, to a wide variety of different servers (including WebDAV, Google Docs, MobileMe etc.).
NoteBooks synchronises natively with DropBox and MobileMe (notes are saved as HTML pages, embedded files are saved in their native format). It also allows you to save notes as PDF files, send them by e-mail, export them to iTunes, open them in other applications (such as ReaddleDocs), export them using SyncDocs, print them (using e.g. Save2PDF, which acts as a PDF “virtual printer”) and so on.
So there’s no shortage of options!
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by Ken
Jul 19, 2011 at 08:46 PM
Hi Bill,
Reading your post here, as well as your recommendation of ThinkBook in another thread, makes me wonder if you are on commission with Apple! ;) I am still determining if there is an easy way to incorporate Carbonfin or Notebooks fo iPad into my use of Pocket Informant and Toodledo. I would like an outliner with multiple levels of subtasks that can also create checklists, and both of these programs offer unique takes on these needs. The real question is how easy or hard it wil be to introduce them into a mullti-OS workflow. I am assuming that I will also want to add a program like GoodReader, iAnnotate or Readdle to help with file management, but first things first.
I was going to also consider ThinkBook with these programs, but it seems to have garnered some critical reviews, and it does not offer the features that I am seeking. Reading iOS app reviews is quite interesting. Some authors seem to never have met an app that they did not like! I seriously wonder how much due diligence some of these reviewers exercise when they “review” these apps. A very close friend who has written a couple of iOS apps seemed to beleive that it was a “pay to play” system when it came to reviews. I’ll probably end up buying both apps, but thankfully they are not expensive. Now if I could only get my Google Calendar to correctly share data with other programs!!!
—Ken
Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 3, 2011 at 11:34 AM
MadaboutDana wrote:
>NoteBooks synchronises natively with DropBox and MobileMe
>(notes are saved as HTML pages, embedded files are saved in their native format). It
>also allows you to save notes as PDF files, send them by e-mail, export them to iTunes,
>open them in other applications (such as ReaddleDocs), export them using SyncDocs,
>print them (using e.g. Save2PDF, which acts as a PDF “virtual printer”) and so on.
>
>So
>there’s no shortage of options!
Bill,
Is there a way to export a “book” in Notebooks for iPad as a combined text or HTML document? I mean where all the text contained within a book is exported as a single text or HTML document that preserves the titles of the books and notes contained therein as sub-headings?