Guides

Getting Started Guide for New Users

• How to get started with GoodNotes

Creating and Managing Notebooks

• How to use GoodNotes in landscape orientation
• How to create a notebook
• How to delete a notebook
• How to delete one or more pages from a notebook/document
• How to create a notebook without cover?
• How to sort documents by date or by name?

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Writing with the Pen & Using the Highlighter

• How to add more colors to the color pallet
• How to change the color and thickness presets

Erasing

• How to erase objects
• What is auto-deselect of the eraser?

Drag & Drop

• How Drag & Drop works in GoodNotes under iOS 11
• How to drag an image from GoodNotes to another app
• How to drag handwriting from GoodNotes to another app

Using the Lasso Tool

• How do I use the Lasso Tool?

Using Read-Only Mode

• How to use Read-Only Mode

Managing Pages Inside of Notebooks

• How to copy and paste pages from one document to another document?
• How to rearrange pages?
• Why does adding a new page copies the last page of my PDF?

Automatic Shape Recognition

• How to draw perfect shapes and lines

Writing with the Zoom Window

• How to write with the Zoom Window

Copy and Paste

• How to paste an image into GoodNotes

Images & Photos

• How to crop an image?
• How to rotate an image?
• How to import multiple images at the same time?

Typing with the Keyboard

• How to adjust the text box width
• How to type with keyboard?
• How to edit an existing text box?
• How to remove the background color of text boxes?
• How to change text box font/background/border color? How to remove text box border?

Handwriting Search & Recognition

• Which languages are supported for handwriting recognition & - search?
• How to convert your handwriting to text
• How to search for handwriting?
• How to change the handwriting recognition language for an existing document?
• How to change the default handwriting recognition language for new documents?

Exporting & Importing Documents

• How to export a document
• How to add a document to an existing notebook/document
• How to export multiple pages from one document?
• How to import a document
• How to transfer documents from other iOS apps to GoodNotes?
• How to email a document from GoodNotes?

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View & Edit PDF Documents

• How to view PDF annotations or comments made with other apps?
• How to edit PDF outlines or table of contents?

Categories

• What are categories?
• How to create a category inside another category?
• How to move documents to another category?
• How to move, rename, or delete categories?

Backups

• How to change the location of your automatic backup folder
• Can I backup my GoodNotes notebooks to WebDAV?
• How to save a backup file in my computer using iTunes, and restore it later?
• How should I backup my documents?
• How to restore from backup files?

Linking Cloud Storages

• How to link a cloud storage with GoodNotes
• How to unlink or re-link to a different account?
• How to import multiple files at once?

Trash

• How to move documents to the trash?
• How to recover documents from Trash?
• Will the trash get emptied automatically?
• How to empty the trash?

iCloud Sync

• What is iCloud?
• When does iCloud sync?
• Is there a way pick which of my notebooks to sync with iCloud? Or, do I have to sync all notebooks?
• How to sync GoodNotes documents between iPhone/iPad and Mac?
• How to disable iCloud and store GoodNotes documents locally?
• How do I set up the app so there is auto syncing between iPad and iPhone?

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Covers, Paper Templates & Template Library

• How to add custom templates?
• How to create custom templates with working hyperlinks
• How to change an existing notebook's cover
• How can I get more templates for GoodNotes?
• How to create a template from an existing page?
• What size should I make templates for the iPad Pro?

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TV-Out Mode

• How to record a video lecture?

Bookmarks

• How to rename or delete a bookmark
• Where can I see the list of bookmarks in a notebook?
• How to add bookmarks to a page

Using a Smart Stylus

• Choosing the right stylus
• Which bluetooth styluses does GoodNotes support?
• What kind of pen can I use instead of my finger?
• How to use a thin-tip electronic stylus that does not require pairing?
• How to disable pressure sensitivity while using Apple Pencil?
• How to connect a Jot Stylus?

Printing Notebooks and Pages

• How to change the background of a document before printing
• How to print multiple pages from one notebook
• How to print a notebook

Migrating from GoodNotes 3

• How to migrate my existing documents to GoodNotes 4?

Misc

• I want to give feedback or request a feature. Where can I do it?
• Can I open or view two pages side by side?
• How to prevent the screen from locking when using GoodNotes
• Can I add more fonts to GoodNotes?
• Can I use GoodNotes on Android or Windows?
• Can I sync my GoodNotes notebooks with Evernote?

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