For the most part, these options are how you get data from other software into OneNote on the iPad some apps will also allow you to share data (photos for example). Under the insert tab you’ll find options for adding pictures, files, audio recordings, math equations (yes, you read that right), and even stickers. Tip: It is important to be sure your hand is resting on the screen before you touch it with the stylus tip. For those of us using capacitive (non-active) styluses, access the Drawing Mode menu and enable the feature along with selecting the way you hold your writing instrument. If you have an Apple pencil this feature is activated automatically. This means you can rest your hand on the screen while using the stylus, in the same way you would rest your hand on paper when drawing with a pencil. It will magically become a perfect circle.Īnother recent edition is enhanced palm rejection. Click the button and draw a standard sloppy circle. One of my favorites is the Ink to Shapes feature. Just look under the Draw tab for a ton of great features including glitter, star and wood grain inks, custom pens, and more. OneNote has always had drawing tools, lasso select, auto-shapes and more but now those features are up front and they’ve been enhanced with stickers, straight edge tools, a picture gallery and more. You can (and should) have multiple notebooks but if you’re careful with your Sections you can easily fit everything into one.Īs of late, Microsoft has realized that creative types want the freedom of artistic expression to be a main feature of their journals. Notebooks -> Section Groups (not available in iOS) -> Sections -> Pages -> Sub-Pages is the grouping order. OneNote uses a hierarchical organization system. Goodnotes is oriented toward being a straight up digital replacement for spiral notebook(s) you create a new notebook for each topic. Even better, my notebooks will sync across all of them so I can work on whatever device is handy. As a user of all compute devices, I appreciate that they make a version for Apple (iOS and Mac OSX), Android, Windows and the web. Microsoft has been perfecting it’s OneNote software for almost 15 years, and it shows. As I concluded in the previous article in this series, my preferred application for notes, brain-dumps, sketches, and even password management is OneNote.
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