What It Does

The Lasso Tool is a versatile feature that lets you select and manipulate content in Goodnotes. Use it to move, delete, color, resize, or rotate your notes. With customizable settings, you can select specific types of content, giving you precise control over your workflow.

How to Use It

Select content

1. Select the Lasso Tool.

2. Draw a loop around the content you want to select.

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   By default, a circular (free-form) lasso is used, but you can switch to the rectangular lasso so you can drag your pen diagonally to create a frame to enclose the content you want to select.

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   <aside> 💡 To make sure you only select the content you intend to, the loop or frame you create should touch only the object you want to select. If the loop/frame is too big, you might end up selecting things nearby unintentionally.

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Selecting some content brings up the Object Menu, which displays icons for common tasks relevant to the selection. Open the More (…) menu of the Object Menu to view icon labels and access additional options:

The Object Menu for handwriting

The full Object Menu for handwriting

Circle to Lasso

Instead of breaking your flow and switch to the Lasso Tool, you can use the Pen Tool to select and manipulate groups of notes with the Circle to Lasso Pen Gesture.

1. Using the Pen Tool, lasso the area you would like to select.
2. Lift up your pen, then long press with your pen on the circle stroke you have made.
3. You will notice your circle turn into a dotted line, indicating that you now have a Lasso selection.

Manipulate content

1. Select some content.

2. Do any of the following:

   • Move**:** Drag it to a new location and tap outside the selection to apply the change.

     <aside> 💡 It's possible to move a lassoed selection across page boundaries (in vertical scrolling mode).

     

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   • Scale/Rotate/Resize**:** Drag the relevant handle:

     

     Object handles: white squares: Scale; blue circles: Resize; white circle: Rotate.

• Other actions: Choose a quick action, or from the More (…) menu.

Object Menu by object type:

• General content:
  • Cut / Copy / Duplicate / Delete: Do the mentioned action on the selection.
  • (Bring to) Front / (Send to) Back: Send the selection to the topmost or bottommost layer.
  • Goodnotes AI: Ask questions about the selection. See A guide to Goodnotes AI.
  • Resize: Resize or rotate the selection.
  • Color (visible if the selection is editable): Change the color of the selection.
  • Take Screenshot: Take a rectangular screenshot of the selection.
  • Create Element: Create an element from the selection. See Elements Tool.
• Handwritten content only
  • Convert: Convert the selection to typed text or a math equation.
  • Edit Handwriting: Adjust the handwriting as typed text.
• Images only
  • Share: Share or save the image.
  • Crop: Crop the image.