What It Does

The Text Tool lets you quickly jot down notes in movable text boxes or directly on the page.

How to Use It

Movable text

Typing in a text box is the most common way to add text in Goodnotes. You can place text boxes anywhere on the page, format them with different styles, and move them around as needed.

Insert movable text

1. Select the Text Tool from the toolbar, tap anywhere on the page, and type.

2. Format the text as you type via the Object Menu.

   <aside> ℹ️ If you create or paste a large amount of text, it won’t go past page boundaries and is hidden until moved into full view. To avoid this, try to copy and paste text in smaller chunks, or resize the entire text box to make it fit the page.

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Work with a text box

First, select that box, then:

• Edit text: Tap the box again.
• Move a text box: Drag it to a new location and tap outside the text box.
• Resize a text box: Drag one of the blue handles.
• Cut / copy / duplicate / delete a text box: Choose the relevant action from the Object Menu or its More (…) menu.
• Send a text box to the topmost or bottommost layer: Select it > More (…) menu > Front / Back.
• Ask questions about the text: Select it > More (…) menu > Goodnotes AI. See A guide to Goodnotes AI.

Format a text box

1. Select the text box.

2. Format it using the formatting icons:

   

   Text box formatting: Color, Text Size, Font, Format, Align & Spacing, List Type, Textbox Style

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To save the formatting for new text boxes, open the More menu of the Object Menu > Save as Default:

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Full-page text

You can type directly on the page without creating individual text boxes.

Type on the full page

• Long-press on the page > Start Typing.

Edit full-page text

• Select the Lasso Tool and tap on the text.

Style a block of full-page text

1. Position the text cursor anywhere within the block.