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Discover how to use Repaper along with text & PDF editors, presentation programs and OCR solutions.

Updated over 6 months ago

You can use Repaper with various text & presentation programs, PDF editors as well as with OCR programs for converting your handwritten notes.

You can use Repaper for preparing your classes, meetings and presentations, or for editing and annotating your work during video-calls and online-presentations and thanks to screen-sharing features of video conferencing applications.

1. PDF editor apps

Drawboard PDF

Drawboard is a markup PDF software for editing, creating and saving PDFs.

  • The software is available as application in the Microsoft store for Windows 10. It is also available as paid version for Windows 10 & iOS or online.

  • The interface is very easy to handle and offers various advanced features for writing & annotating, highlighting, inserting shapes etc.

  • Drawboard offers a great view on the opened PDF documents which makes it easy to switch in between pages.

👉 Use one of the two pen tools in Drawboard to write & draw with Repaper. You can also use the markup tool for highlighting your text.

Kdan PDF Reader

Kdan PDF Reader is a PDF productivity solution that lets you view, edit, convert, and sign PDF documents on iOS, Android, Mac and Windows devices.

  • Text editing features and annotation tools

  • Possibility to share documents in the Kdan cloud

  • Different displays in order to preview pages or inserted annotations

  • Paid features: convert PDF to txt, form creator, insert image, diaporama

👉 Use one of the pen tool in Kdan to write & draw with Repaper.

2. Text & Presentation Programs

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Powerpoint is a presentation program to create clean slideshow presentations.

Beneath classic text features as well as animation and design features, PowerPoint offers drawing features which enable users to edit & annotate their slides.

  • Writing tools: pens, pencil and highlighter, eraser & ruler

  • Conversion features in order to convert handwritten notes, shapes and formulas

  • Replay function to review handwritten notes and schemas

👉 Use one of the writing tools in PowerPoint to write & draw with Repaper.

Whilst Repaper will be detected automatically as drawing tablet on a PC Windows, macOS users will need to click on draw and select their writing tool in Powerpoint. Feel free to check out this article for further information.

🚩Whilst Repaper will be detected automatically as drawing tablet on a PC Windows, macOS users will need to click on draw and select their writing tool in PowerPoint. Feel free to check out this article for further information.

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is a word processor for typing and saving documents.

As Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word offers a drawing section which allows you to draw & write with Repaper.

  • Writing tools: pens, pencil and highlighter, eraser & ruler

  • Conversion features in order to convert shapes and formulas

  • Replay function to review handwritten notes and schemas

  • Action Pen: a magic pen to select, edit or delete text with easy ink gestures.

👉 Use one of the writing tools in MS Word to write & draw with Repaper.

🚩Whilst Repaper will be detected automatically as drawing tablet on a PC Windows, macOS users will need to click on draw and select their writing tool in Word. Feel free to check out this article for further information.

3. OCR

MyScript Webdemo

MyScript Webdemo is an online application for converting handwritten notes, equations and diagrams into machine-encoded text, numbers and shapes.

The interface is very simple: Select what you want to do (Math, Write, Diagrams), then write & draw. Click then on convert and copy your handwritten notes to a text editing program, powerpoint etc.

👉 Repaper is detected automatically as drawing tablet in MyScript Webdemo. Open the app and start to write and draw.

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