Onyx
#4: How to Use Split Screen Effectively
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May
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Optimize the split screen options to fit your needs with these simple steps
Step 1
Control Center
- To access Split Screen Mode, Pull down from the top right corner of the screen to view the control center.
- If you do not see the Split Screen Icon, you may have to add it to the menu with the edit button.
Step 2
The Setup
Once you click on the Split Screen Icon, the setup menu will appear.
- I prefer the Horizontal Mode as it is more comfortable for writing but try both to see what you like
- Use the Orientation options to choose which side of the Tablet to read from.
Step 3
Split Screen Options
- When you engage split screen from the notes app, you will have a choice of recent PDFs or compatible apps. This will make it difficult to find a specific PDF as it is not in folder structure.
- I suggest opening the book/file first then browsing to the notebook you want to use.
- The notebooks are in a folder structure so it makes an easy to find the right notebook
- Check out my last blog post to download a free Notebook cover to make it even easier when browsing. >>Blog#3<<
- you can also choose from a list of compatible apps instead
- For example: Evernote, Onenote, Googledrive, Notion
- If you open an app first, you will also have a Recent PDFS tab available.
- In the picture, I had a book on my Kindle app open before I went into split screen mode.
Step 4
The Exit
- To exit, simply click on split screen app from the Control Center to bring up the menu options to exit the mode.
- If you are a lefty like me, you will have the option to swap sides.
- the notes annoyingly always open on the right in horizontal mode.
Alternative Method
Neoreader Mode
- If you are reading a PDF/file with neoreader, you can open a specialized version of split screen directly from the neoreader menu
- simply tap the screen to bring up the menu(like you would to access Table of Contents) and select ‘Split View”
2. You will have for options to choose from
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- Current Doc Only – displays two versions of the file
- Current Doc & Another Doc – pretty self explanatory 🙂
- Doc & Notepad – This one is interesting because it automatically brings up a notebook that will be permanantly linked to this file.
- so if you come back to this book/file and choose this option, the same notebook will always open.
- this is very useful for note-taking and summarizing
- a PDF of the notes are auto-saved to the Storage/note folder on your tablet in a specific folder with the same name as the original PDF
- Doc & Translate – very helpful when you need a quick translation or are learning a new language. it uses google translate and has great results
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