Note Taking With The Apple Pencil - Can It Be Done?

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This is a little random but any Apple Pencil users may be able to help. I've never considered one as I have no use for one but depending on the answer this may change.

I am currently undertaking a qualification through my work which involved attending some workshops. This has now been stopped due to Coronavirus and there is an attempt to deliver them virtually using a more standard lecture format. This would involve a slide deck of Power Point Slides being sent to us, and then logging onto Big Blue Button or Teams or some such and listening to the lecturer talk. I am however reasonably poor at taking notes and they get a bit disorganised.

If you have an Apple Pencil is it possible to import an entire slide deck (maybe 100 slides) into an app or something and write over them/take notes using the pencil then save them as a job lot? Im sure its possible to do it one slide at a time but Im looking at being able to do it "live" as the lecture is taking place and not have to worry about opening and closing slides and saving then individually etc?

Maybe this is something that can't be done but Im sure there are students out there who are doing something similar?

As always any help is appreciated.
 
Both PowerPoint and Keynote support export to PDF. Once done you can mark up natively in iOS or use something like pdf expert for more advanced features

Sorry, just to be clear. I could export the Power Point slides into one large PDF document, open it on the iPad, edit it with the pen, adding my own notes and then reserve it at the end as a new document?
 
Thats an absolute game changer for me! I hadn't paid any attention to the pencil at all because I thought I had no use for it but that would save me so much hassle. Ive been out of education for a long time so Ive not been focussed on what could be done.

I did a course last year where I had to travel once a month and had to take a ton of notes with me. Seems like I could just have uploaded them to the iPad and scribbled on them throughout the workshop.

That is brilliant. I love technology!
 
My course has resumed as an online experience this week and I found the note taking overly awkward and cumbersome so I have now ordered the Apple Pencil. Cant wait to see how it performs!
 
Can I also ask how else people use the pencil? Is there an app whereby you can write and have it transcribed into useable text that actually works in practice? My style of writing is that I jot stuff down while watching the TV or relaxing and then type it up properly and edit. If I could scribble it down and have it convert to text that would remove a huge step for me!
 
The beta version is excellent. There are many users on YouTube trying it, totally game changing in my opinion for note taking.

Ive just watched a couple of videos on You Tube and I am totally amazed by it in all honesty. I have to say, whatever else can be said about Apple their stuff just works!
 
I take all my notes using my iPad and use Onenote, works really well, can drop photos in with ease, quick diagrams and no need to keep masses of folders anymore. Highly recommend it.

Picked up a Samsung Note 10+ but don't find that as useful as the iPad, just not big enough or comfortable enough to make it enjoyable.

When you draw diagrams can they be exported into Word or similar? Could I draw a flow chart and pop it into another doc to save me creating boxes and triangles in Word?
 
Last question....maybe!

I saw in the videos that the chap was drawing boxes and shapes and they were converted into proper lines rather than freehand. Is there a current app that does this? So could I draw my flow charts and supply chains and have the app convert them so they look as if id created them properly in the first place as opposed to just exporting the freehand drawing?
 
Ok it arrived yesterday and Ive just had a quick play with it and its brilliant. I find it hilarious the amount of Apple products I laugh at at first and end up buying and finding instantly indispensable!

Iphone - gimmick
Ipad - Giant phone isn't it?
AirPods - LOL they will fall out
Pencil - Thought he whole point of an Apple tablet was that you would never use a stylus?!

Yet I have them all now!!
 
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