User guide

Choosing an installer

The auto-remove edition deletes only the installer file after a successful setup when you close the setup window. The app and your notes stay. Extract zip files first — don't run the installer from inside the archive.

Instant PDF opening

1. In the setup window, click Choose default PDF app, then search for .pdf in Windows Settings and select ScreenNote.
2. Now double-clicking a PDF opens it ready for notes. You can also right-click a PDF and choose Open with → ScreenNote.
3. Write right away with Text, Pencil and Highlighter at the top. Notes are kept when you change pages or close the file, and you can continue when you reopen it.

Only annotated pages are kept as images in the lesson list, and the original PDF is never changed.

Screen toolbar

When opened at the bottom right, the buttons are, from left to right:

Exit → Save → Open PDF → Lesson → Color → Size → Font → Move → Eraser → Pencil → Highlighter → Text → Language (가/A) → Start

Start

Starts writing. The button shows whether you're running or paused.

가/A

Switches the app language between Korean and English.

Text

Type where you click. Follows your Windows input language; default size is 12.

Pencil · Highlighter

Draws freely as you drag. Default size is 12, with no line smoothing.

Color · Size · Font

Changes your writing style. Text sizes start at 6 pt.

Move · Eraser

Select and move notes, or press Delete. The eraser removes strokes and text.

Save

Saves screen notes as PNG and returns control of your screen. The End key does the same.

Lesson · Open PDF · Exit

Open the lesson list, open the document window, quit the app.

Pausing to use other apps

While writing, press the right mouse button to pause input while your notes stay visible, so you can use the browser or documents behind them. Right-click again, or press Start or Insert, to continue writing. The document window pauses and resumes the same way.

Document window

• Ctrl + O opens PDF, Word (.docx) and PowerPoint (.pptx) files. Word and PowerPoint files need Microsoft Office installed; otherwise convert them to PDF first.
• Change pages with ◀ / ▶ or the mouse wheel. Zoomed pages scroll first, then move to the next page.
• Save / Save as (⋯) saves a new PDF with your notes. The original is never overwritten.
• Ctrl + P prints with your choice of printer and all, current or a range of pages. PDFs with print restrictions can't be printed.
• 100% fits an A4 page to the current window width.

Lesson window

Your work is collected in time order. Tick the checkboxes, then click Save selected as PDF or Print selected. Click an image to view it at full resolution and zoom with Fit, +/−, 100% or Ctrl + wheel. Press Esc to go back.

Editing and saving lesson pages

Click a lesson image to open the editor with Text, Pencil, Highlighter, Eraser and Select/Move. Ctrl + S saves over the existing image, and you'll be asked about unsaved changes when closing. Pages with ScreenNote edit data let you change existing text and strokes too.

Storage and backup

Screen notes are saved to Downloads\ScreenNote-Memos by default. The hidden folder .ScreenNote-data holds the data needed to keep editing, so move or back it up together with your notes.

Using ScreenNote without changing your PDF app

Open the file in Chrome or your usual PDF app and start ScreenNote's screen writing. Earlier notes hide while you scroll, and you can write on the new view once you stop. Per-page note restore isn't supported in other viewers.