What It Does

One of the most flexible and powerful tools, the Lasso Tool allows you to select content created in GoodNotes and do all sorts of things on that content.

How to Use It

Select content

• Select the Lasso Tool, draw a loop around the content you want to select.

  <aside> 💡 A loop that is larger than intended might select unintended objects nearby, too. To avoid this, you can draw a loop that simply touches the intended object.

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Once the content is selected, you can do any of the following:

Move the selection

• Drag it to a new place.

  <aside> ℹ️ It's not currently possible to move a selection across page boundaries.

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You can tap on the selection to bring up a context menu, then choose any of the following:

Cut / Copy the selection

• Choose Cut/Copy. You can then long-press anywhere on the page and choose Paste to insert the clipboard content.

Delete the selection

Do any of the following:

• Choose Delete.
• Choose Resize , then tap the Delete icon in the top-left corner of the selection.

Resize / Rotate the selection

• Choose Resize, then drag on the Resize handle in the bottom-right corner of the selection box:

  

Color the selection

• Choose Color, then choose a new color from the palette that pops up.

  <aside> ℹ️ This command is available only for selected handwriting, highlighting, or typed text.

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Take a rectangular screenshot of the selection

1. Choose Take Screenshot.
2. Tap Share in the top-right corner of the popover and choose an action for the taken screenshot. For example, you can copy it and paste it later on the page, or save the screenshot to Photos.

Create an element from the selection

• Choose Add Element and choose a collection to add it to. See The Elements Tool.

Convert the selected handwriting to typed text

1. Choose Convert.
2. Tap Share in the top-right corner of the popover and choose an action for the converted text. For example, you can copy it and paste it later on the page.

<aside> 💡 To re-convert the handwriting using another recognition language, tap the language name in the bottom-right corner of the popover, and choose the language from the list.

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<aside> 💡 You can also drag selected handwriting to an external app, where it will be automatically converted to typed text if the receiving app supports it. This is useful for dragging tasks from your meeting notes into your to-do app, for example.

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