Inkodo - FAQ

Troubleshoot Archives Editor Settings General

You tried to open a page from the archives and your ink strokes and/or objects are not loaded.

Normally the app save the page automatically every minutes. Inkodo have also a safeguard which the page is copied under a backup folder every two minutes. This kind of problem shouldn't exists on Inkodo, but in the worst case scenario (app crash, low disk space), you should have at least one backup.

> Open the broken page and go under the Page Versions sub-menu:

- You will see in this Windows a list of backuped ink strokes or objects: just pick the right one and click on the restore button.

It is also possible the page was saved but not booked properly. Take a look under the archives and open Quick Note book (and if not enough: All pages book). If you have never had the chance to make a manual save, you may not see a thumbnail (the page snapshot will be blank).

If you are using OneDrive service from the app to backup or restore your Inkodo data, it is possible that the service is very slow or not accessible.

If you are using the offline service from the app to backup or restore your Inkodo data (from/to a zip file), it is possible that something unexpected prevent you for making the requested action.

You can bypass all of this by making a manual backup or restore:
- If you are trying to restore a backup: extract (or copy) and replace everything in the LocalState folder.
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Packages\8338Giuapps.Inkodo_pzan5b7zgydq2\LocalState

- If you are trying to create a backup: copy everything in the LocalState folder elsewhere (you can also make a zip file if you intend to restore the app from the offline service).
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Packages\8338Giuapps.Inkodo_pzan5b7zgydq2\LocalState

Inkodo is using an standard canvas and Windows Ink. If you have issue with our app, you may have the same issue with other apps.

Try to unplug / replug the pen and/or restart the device.

It's also important to keep updated Windows 10 to the latest version.

Go on Pen & Windows Ink settings and check:

> Ignore touch input when I'm using a pen.

Just go under the first pen flyout and pin again the pen:

Check if your device is not on power save mode: this reduces drastically the performance (even for high-end devices !).

If Inkodo is slower than usual, it maybe because the device's memory is full or the CPU overloaded. If you see Inkodo numbers in red under the Task Manager: restart the app.

Features like that are complicated to integrate into an “old” app like Inkodo. If someday at least one of them is made, you will know :)

You can group and export as many books and pages as you want in one PDF.

If you don't select any books or pages, Inkodo exports everything!

From the archive, select the pages you want to duplicate then, refer to the command bar buttons to perform the desired operation.

You can duplicate a page in the same context, copy a page from and to another book.

Hold down a page and then drag and drop to the desired position. You can also select and move several pages at once.

You can also change the order of the books (which will also influence the order when print, export to PDF).

You have different shortcuts and possibilities to export your pages.

When you open a book, you have a button to print or export the pages to PDF:

You can print the pages of an specific books:

You can print the pages of the selected books:

As with books, you can also print specific pages.

It is noteworthy that Inkodo will add to print function everything that is visible in the collection. If for example, you filter the pages from the search engine or an book subject, the printing tool will only display the pages in the results (or those selected).

No matter how you print your pages, Inkodo will display a Print Window. From this Window, you can choose from the list to print your book in the PDF format.

If by any chance the option to print in PDF does not appear, you may need to reinstall the feature. Here is a tutorial: How to Add or Reinstall the Microsoft PDF Printer

From the tab to open a book, edit the information of a book. You have an option to create, edit, delete and reorder (by drag and drop items) the book subjects.

From the opened book, you have an option to create a book subject.

Archives - Book subject create from pages

From the tab to open a book, edit the information of a book. You have an option to apply the selected book into an existing group or create a new one.

With Inkodo, you have different ways to export your books and pages.

From the archive, you have buttons to export directly to PDF. You can also select specific books or pages to export.

From the backup page, you can also bulk export your books where each PDF corresponds to a book (by selecting the option "Export everything").

When the application is launched (or when the page editor is displayed), you can ask Inkodo to open the last page saved or modified.

You can find (and set On) this option in Settings > General > Custom behaviors.

This behavior works only if the pages are saved in a book.

If you are using Inkodo in a pen + touch, be sure to turn OFF the Touch Selection Tool first: ( ). Then, Pinch and stretch or approach your fingers to zoom in/out the page.

When the Touch Selection Tool is ON, you can only draw or select items (if the Lasso Tool in ON) with your fingers.

By default Inkodo uses the right button of your pen to remove ink strokes.
Alternatively, you can use the right button to perform a freehand selection of your inks.

This option is available in Settings > Input > Right button behaviour.

With Inkodo, you can add and manipulate objects (images, videos, sounds and raw texts) from various sources:

Drag / drop from your device.
Copy / Paste from a valid URL or from the clipboard.
Open, share from an external application.
Picked from the file explorer.
Captured with your camera.

Open the flyout objects and click in one of the object (from left to right: image, sticker, audio / video, map, rich text, raw text, border with text).

Once the object is added, Inkodo will automatically switch to object mode and display the manipulation options related to the type of object.

You can then perform various operations related to your images:

Rotate, crop, resize, copy, duplicate, opacity.
Display order.
Apply visul effects, filters.
Extract the text (OCR).
Convert to pagebackground.

List of supported formats:

Raw text from a TXT file or clipboard
Image: PNG, JPG, BMP, TIFF, TIF, GIF, JPEG
Audio: MP3, MP2, MP1, M4A, OGG, AAC, AC3, DTS, RA, WAV, AIF, AIFF, AIFC, FLAC, MIDI, MID, MPGA, RAM, RPM, RV, AU, AMR, APE
Video: AAC, AC3, AU, AMR, APE, 3G2, 3GP, 3GP2, 3GPP, AMV, AIF, AIFF, AIFC, ASF, AVI, DIVX, DRC, DTS, DV, FLAC, F4V, GVI, GXF, ISMV, ISO, M1V, M2V, M2T, M2TS, M3U8, MKV, MOV, MP1, MP2, MP2V, MP3, MP4, MP4V, MPE, MPGA, MPEG, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, MID, MIDI, MPG, MPV2, M4A, MTS, MTV, MXF, MXG, NSV, NUT, NUV, OGG, OGM, OGV, OGX, PS, RA, RV, RAM, REC, RPM, RM, RMVB, TOD, TS, TTS, VOB, VRO, WEBM, WM, WAV, WMA, WMV, WTV, XESC

Open the flyout objects and click in one of the object.

In the objects flyout, you will find many geometric shapes such as:

Rectangle* (with the possibility to change the border radius)
Ellipse*
Border (with the possibility to add text inside)
Triangle*
Diamond*
Pentagon*
Hexagon*
Septagon
Heptagon
Decagon
Dodecagon
Trapezoid*
Parallelogram*
Cylinder
Dialog
Line
Star
Arrow
Heart

You can also change the thickness of the edges, embed an image, change the opacity, display order, copy or duplicate the shape.

It is also possible to transform your ink strokes into geometric shapes. To do this, simply enable the feature and your last brushstroke will be analyzed and converted (the recognized shapes are marked with an asterisk (*) in the above liste).

You can save a copy of your ink strokes or objects (images, geometric shapes, text...) by selecting the magic box icon in the selected items menu.

Example for adding an selected object to the container:

Example for adding selected ink strokes to the container:

To manage your elements in the container:

Inkodo at the first launch of the application defines the default writing behavior. You can also change this behavior in the settings.

Note that these settings do not have a significant impact on the writing experience, the only difference is that when you launch the page editor, Inkodo will activate or not the Touch Selection Tool

mode (instead of doing it yourself systematically).

The MOUSE mode just hide the Touch Selection Tool button from the menu because, if you are using Inkodo from a desktop computer with only your mouse, you don't need that.

Under the objects flyout, click on the "Smiley" icon, then go to the "Clip Art" tab.

Under the first pen flyout, you will find the button to pin the selected pen from the pens list.

The pens list contain also the default Inkodo pens. If you have accidently unpinned one of the default pens, you can pin the pen again!

For unpin a pinned pen, open the flyout of an pinned pen and click on "Unpin this pen".

Under the first pen flyout, you will find at the bottom of the saved pens list, a pen called "Custom" (or spelled differently from your language).

From this screen, you have plenty of options to create a custom pen by the shape, size, color...

For saving the pen into the pens list, just click on the save button. You can also pin the custom pen.

Another thing, you can also make a copy of an saved pen by just using the save button.

In the page editor, under the Page settings panel, you have two buttons:

The first one is for lock the ability to zoom the paper, the second one if for lock the ability to use touch / gestures on the canvas.

In the Backup page, you have the necessary tools to backup / restore your Inkodo data.

If the "Backup" or "Restore" option with OneDrive service not working (or maybe the process is too slow), opt instead for an offline "Export" (you will get a zip with your Inkodo data) or "Import" (you import the zip created with the "Export" button).

Another option, it's to make the "Backup" or "Restore" by yourself.

Local folder: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Packages\8338Giuapps.Inkodo_pzan5b7zgydq2\LocalState
OneDrive folder: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\OneDrive\Applications\Inkodo

If you want to backup your Inkodo data to OneDrive, copy everything under the Local folder to the OneDrive folder.

Vice-versa, if you want to restore your Inkodo data, copy everything from the OneDrive folder and paste / replace into the local folder.

The local (and OneDrive) folder of Inkodo app data should look like this (not necessarily with all folders!):

In summary:

The direct and fastest way to make a backup of your Inkodo files, is to manually make a copy of the "LocalState" folder elswhere (or directly under your OneDrive "Applications/Inkodo" folder).
The direct and fastest way to make a restore of your Inkodo files, is to copy the files from the OneDrive "Applications/Inkodo" (or offline zip / manually copied files) into the "LocalState" folder.

If you feel that the pages in your PDF documents are not sharp enough (especially when zooming in from the page editor), you can increase the zoom factor from Settings > Render > Import PDF - Zoom Factor.

By default, Inkodo uses a 200% zoom, this value ensure to have a page with a reasonable pixel density in order to benefit from a good comfort when annotating documents.

If you feel that the pages in your PDF documents are not sharp enough, you can change the Export DPI from Settings > Render > Export PDF - DPI.

By default, the DPI is set to 150, which is a very good compromise between performance and quality (especially if the DPI of your pages is already set to 150 DPI or 1275x1650 pixels for a Letter type sheet).

The new DPI applied will be taken into account when you save existing pages again or create new ones.

From the backup page, you can bulk export your books where each PDF (or SVG, PNG) corresponds to a book (by selecting the option "Export everything"). You can also export unbooked pages.

You will find in the secondary menu of the page editor, a tool to restore the current page to a previous version.