2. TWO FINGER SCROLL to move the screen up and down.
3. Pencil Tool, Highlighter –> Hold onto tool to set line size, color, and & simple vs. fancy lines
4. Eraser – swipe to erase something
5. Scissors – slice into pieces, move around anything bitmap [what I call squiggles]
6. Text options
Click tool, then click on page where you want to type
On keyboard, top left symbols are the TAB keys |<– –>|
Extra fonts available, probably have to be connected online to access them
Close keyboard by clicking key on bottom right corner
Shortcut: to access numbers, etc for only one character, click on .?123 key, DRAG up into the character you want. When you release, the keyboard switches back to the letters.
Split Keyboard: handy when typing and holding the iPad. Click both thumbs on keyboard, drag them apart. Smush them back together when done with it
A B C = setup quick styles by holding onto the tool, selecting fonts, etc.
7. Pages – click stack of pages icon, top right.
8. Text Box – overlay box onto document. Useful for filling out PDF forms
Select Text tool, click and hold, select “+Text” button
OR click the + tool, select Sticky–> Text
Can change the background, size, etc – separately from the other text.
Text Wrap – ON = text near the box separates around the box.
OFF = Text around the box moves away from the box.
Click and Hold on a note, in the middle of the line = Duplicate it.
Click and Hold on the Note ICON = can move it to another subject/divider
CLick on the Note title = rename it.
Select Note, click on Trash Can = Delete Note
Top Left Corner:
PLUS tool: Add a subject or Divider.
EDIT:
Click edit, then drag subjects to different location.
Click the Gear icon on a subject to change color, icon, etc.
Good way to think when starting a new process:
Start by knowing what you want to accomplish, THEN figure out the steps.
Export/Import Tool [icons are Rectangle with an Arrow in or out]
Export:
1. Set Destination
iTunes: hook up to another computer and load into iTunes for transfer
Google Drive – can select destination folder, export type
email
Print
2. Export Type
PDF – what you see is what see, can change it, but CAN write “on top” of it. Can choose to keep the background [“paper”].
RTF – useful if you want text to be transferred into a word processor. CAN export images and notes, but apparently only openable on Macs [according to the Help document]
NOTE – Notability’s native file format. Openable only in Notability.
Manage Accounts –> connect Notability with Google drive, Dropbox, Box accounts
Autobackup – backup options
iCloud – useful if you have multiple IOS devices connected to the same iCloud AppleID AND you have Notability installed on both. Auto-syncs notes on the devices.
Themes – change the look
Document, Typing – setup the defaults
Handwriting – zoom mode –> how to access. Left-handed mode, only useful if you are a lefty who curls your hand around the top to write.
Organization: Notes get stashed into “Subjects”, which can be grouped inside “Dividers”
Two kinds of graphics: Bitmap = Paint on the Screen vs. Vector=Math formula.
Bitmap = scissors tool used to slice/dice/move around
Vector = Text. Can change size with no loss in quality.
