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A folder versus a document

GoodNotes provides an organizational hierarchy you're likely already familiar with. It's very similar to that of folders and files on a computer.

A folder is like a virtual bookshelf in your GoodNotes library. Physical shelves are useful because they group books together (typically by subject) in order to help you quickly find a book of interest. For example, if you want to find a Calculus book, look for it on the "Science" or "Mathematics" shelf. Want to find a Christianity book? Start with the "World Religions" shelf. In GoodNotes, you would organize this the same way by creating folders named "Science" and "World Religions" and put in them relevant documents, like "Buddhism," "Christianity," "Geography," "Physics."

A document refers to either a notebook that you create in GoodNotes, or one imported from a file for annotating. A document must contain at least one page and can be organized in a folder.

While you can always use our Search feature to find a document, keeping your library organized with folders is recommended in case you want to find all similar documents.

Unlike a physical library, however, GoodNotes offers an extra benefit: You can create an unlimited number of folders and sub-folders (that is, folders within folders) to suit your needs.

Here are two example use cases. If you're a student taking notes for classes, you can create a folder named, say, "Spring 2020 Semester" for documents like "Calculus 101" and "Creative Writing 4." If you're working for different companies, create a folder for each to store respective documents like "Logo design" and "Project Requirements."

Folders

Create a folder

  1. Tap theĀ New... icon (large plus icon) from the Documents tab.
  2. Choose Folder.
  3. Name the folder and tap Done.

Open a folder

Documents

Create a document