Goodnotes 6 Beginner-Friendly Course

Learn to draw and edit regular and irregular shapes, curves, and arrows in Goodnotes 6 with the shapes tool, including snapping, fills, and precise measurement with the ruler.

learn to add photos and stickers in Goodnotes 6 by importing from photos, files, or camera, crop and resize, and arrange items with drag-and-drop and the lasso tool.

Master body text in Goodnotes 6 with a resizable full-page text box that aligns to template lines, offering heading, paragraph, or caption styles, simple formatting, and single-level lists.

Record audio by tapping the microphone, then take handwritten notes while you record. Tap the stop icon to finish, view linked recordings via the audio timeline, and adjust playback speed.

Use the lasso tool in Goodnotes six to pick handwriting, images, text boxes, and equations from a page, with options to cut, copy, rotate, resize, take a screenshot, or share.

Convert handwriting to text with the lasso tool and convert menu, using language autodetect and paste options while preserving ink color, handwriting size, and math conversions.

Create a quick notebook in two steps, double-tap the plus icon, rename it, move it to a folder, and set a default template and cover in settings to start notes.

Learn how to create and manage custom templates in Goodnotes 6, including importing templates from files or photos, naming, sizing, orientation, colors, and organizing templates into groups.

Import documents into Goodnotes 6 from files, photos, or scans, including PDFs and word or presentation documents, convert to PDFs for annotation, and use images as page templates.

Explore Goodnotes 6 gestures to boost speed in digital note taking. Use three-finger swipes for undo and redo, and configure scribble erase, circle-to-lasso, and tool selectivity options.

Learn how to customize stickers in Goodnotes 6 by buying, importing, or creating stickers, organizing them into collections, and editing collections with add, rename, and delete actions.

Master multitasking in Goodnotes 6 with multiple instances, split views, and tabs. Learn six ways to open documents in new windows and manage tabs via settings.

Explore how Goodnotes 6 searches handwriting scans and text, indexes pages for search, and groups results by notes and outlines in popup, with universal search across notes and adjustable language.

Edit pages in Goodnotes six by renaming notebooks, selecting OCR and recognition languages, moving notebooks between folders, and choosing vertical or horizontal scrolling, with templates and imports for new pages.

Share your screen in presentation mode without the app’s interface, mirroring the iPad or projecting to a display, with options to mirror entire screen, presentation page, or full page.

Collaborate in real time on Goodnotes six documents via iCloud with share links, comments, and notifications across iOS devices and Mac. Track changes and stop sharing when needed.

Bookmark pages using the top toolbar, four square, or ribbon icons, and manage notebooks and documents in the documents and favorites tabs with export, duplicate, move, or delete.

Learn how to share notes from Goodnotes 6 by exporting pages or entire notebooks in PDF, image, or Goodnotes formats, with options for page background, annotations, hyperlinks, and handwriting recognition.

Recover deleted notes and documents from the recycle bin in Goodnotes 6, including restoring items and moving them to a folder, and permanently erasing by date, name, or type.

Create flashcard decks in Goodnotes six from the study set, name deck and thumbnail color, add text, photos, or handwriting to Q and A, and use smart learn or practice.

Explore how Goodnotes 6 uses AI tools for spell check and word completion, with per-notebook and global settings, tap to correct, and add words to the dictionary.

Use the ruler to measure items and draw diagrams in inches or centimeters, rotate and position it, and hide digits. Learn pen styles, indentation, and moving items with lasso tool.

Customize Goodnotes 6 toolbar by using the three dots under document editing to remove or rearrange tools, enable access to hidden tools via the down arrow, and save with done.

Use tape for active recall, customize width from 1 to 15.4 mm with three saved thicknesses on the toolbar, and tap to reveal answers while tilting to vary thickness.

Update 4 introduces a left or right navigation sidebar with thumbnails, bookmarks, and outlines, plus filters and PDF outlines, and turns the first comment into a resizable, movable sticky note.

Track your time in Goodnotes six with a timer or stopwatch, manage countdowns, create and save timer modes, view history, and log laps with pause, resume, and restart options.

Master the pencil tool in Goodnotes 6, choosing from three thicknesses and a 0.1 to 2 mm range, customizing colors, and using pressure, tilt, shape options, and snap to shapes.

Learn to protect sensitive notes with a single app-wide password in Goodnotes 6, use face ID or touch ID, and manage changing or deleting the password.

Explore how Goodnotes 6.5 sticky notes operate as independent items with a toolbar icon, in square, wide, and tall sizes, supporting handwriting, typing, moving with notes, stickers, photos, and replies.

Explore smart ink in Goodnotes 6.5, making handwriting flow like text. Use the selective handwriting lasso, align text, copy handwriting as text, and space words with the Apple Pencil.

Enable math assist in Goodnotes 6.5 using the pen tool, where tapping glowing equations offers solving options; note it is experimental, English-only, and best for checking answers, not explanations.

Learn to use the Goodnotes 6 AI tool to generate diagrams and a 20-question quiz within the notebook, manage credits and privacy settings, and export diagrams as vector PNG.

Goodnotes six now links to audio transcript timestamps. Drag and drop timestamped transcript to create tappable links that play the audio; editing link content updates timestamp but not the audio.

Discover image playground in Goodnotes 6, an AI image generator for text or handwriting. Use the lasso tool to send selections to image playground and save, share, or copy results.

Discover how the quick note widget speeds note creation on the iPad home screen by tapping to create and then saving or deleting quick notes.