114 PCWorld NOVEMBER 2020HERE’S HOW 8 ESSENTIAL S PEN TIPS FOR GALAXY NOTE 20
- STRAIGHTEN NOTES
One of the best things about the S Pen is that
you can jot down a quick note without
mucking around with a software keyboard.
You don’t have to worry about where or how
you write in the Samsung Notes app, either.
Just write, and then you can straighten the
note afterward. To straighten your writing, tap
the straighten button in the bottom toolbar—it
looks like a three lines of text with an arrow
above them. - SCREEN-OFF MEMO
The new Samsung Notes app is powerful, but
you don’t always need to open the app to jot
something down. You can also just remove
the S Pen while the phone is asleep and start
writing with the Screen-Off Memo
functionality. You won’t get the full suite of
Notes functionality, but the memo will appear
in that app with a dark background to indicate
it was a screen-off addition. You can change
that in the app settings so your screen-off
memos appear “normal.”- SYNC YOUR NOTES
So you’ve been taking all these notes with
your S Pen, but what happens if you lose or
damage the phone? The Notes app now has
Live Sync to keep all your notes safe in the
cloud. This is mostly automatic, but you have
to ensure you’re logged in with your Samsung
account in the Notes settings. With that done,
you can access your content from a tablet or
PC in addition to your phone. You can also
link your Samsung Cloud storage to Microsoft
OneDrive under Settings > Accounts And
Backup > Samsung Cloud.
Hit the icon that looks like three lines of text with an arrow above them to straighten your notes.