What It Does

The Elements Tool lets you save and reuse custom content across documents. It's a personal library of reusable items accessible anytime. For students, professionals, or note decorators, Elements Tool streamlines using diagrams, signatures, or stickers in an efficient, organized way.

An element can be anything you create in Goodnotes—handwriting, highlighting, shapes, images, text boxes, or any combination of these. All elements are organized into collections, similar to how folders organize your notebooks in the app. This structure makes it easy to find any element when you need it.

You can also browse and insert GIFs from GIPHY through the Elements Tool.

How to Use It

Create an element from existing content

1. Select the content, then choose the More (…) icon of the Object Menu > Create Element.
2. Select an existing collection for your new element or choose New Collection..., name it, and tap Create. Use descriptive names for your collections (such as "signatures" or "stickers") to easily find it later.

Create a new collection of elements

1. Select the Elements tool from the toolbar.

   

2. Scroll the bottom list of collections all the way to the right, then tap the plus icon.

   

3. Name the collection in the "title" field.
4. Add more elements to it via Add Photos or Import from…
5. Choose Create.

💡 Goodnotes Marketplace offers a variety of ready-to-use collections to save you time. Simply tap the Marketplace icon next to the plus icon. See Getting Started with the Marketplace.

Insert an element

1. Choose the element type:
   • Stickers: Static elements or your own creations.
   • GIFs: Animated GIFs from GIPHY (*).
2. Choose a collection from the scrollable list at the bottom of the popover.
3. Choose an element, or drag it onto the page.

💡 Once inserted onto the page, the element will stay selected as a whole. This allows you to easily edit the inserted element. For example, many built-in elements are composed of both an image and typed text (e.g. the "Sign here" sticker), and after inserting such an element and de-selecting it, you can use the Text tool to edit the text and the Image tool to edit the image.

(*) Common GIPHY questions

• Is GIPHY available on all plans? Yes. The GIPHY integration is available to all Goodnotes users, including those on the Free plan.
• Which document types support GIPHY? You can insert GIFs from GIPHY into Notebooks and Whiteboards.
• Can I use GIPHY content offline? You need an internet connection to search for and insert new GIFs. However, GIFs that have already been placed on a page will still be visible when you're offline.
• Do GIFs animate on the page? Yes; GIFs play their animation directly on the page in Goodnotes.
• Can I save a GIPHY GIF to my Elements collection? Yes, see Create an element from existing content.

Edit / Share a Stickers collection

1. Choose a collection from the bottom scrollable list, then tap Edit to the right of the collection name. Alternatively, long-press the collection and choose Edit.
2. Then you can do any of the following:
   • Rename the collection: Change the "title" field.
   • Delete the collection: Tap the ... icon near the top-right corner and choose Delete Collection.
   • Share the collection: Tap the ... icon near the top-right corner > Share. The recipient will need to import that .collection file.
   • Delete an element: Tap the X icon on it.
   • Reorder elements: Long-press an element until it floats, then drag it to a new position.
   • Add more elements: Tap Add Photos or Import from… You can also import a .collection file.