Handwritten Notes

In this article, you will learn more about the interface and tools of the Handwritten Notes.

Top Toolbar

Exit

Here you can save your note and return to the Notepad View.

Rename / Open

Here you can change the file name of your note or open another note.

Brushes

Here you can add up to 5 brushes and switch between them during note-taking. To customize the brush, you can add a new brush, or tap the current brush again when it is selected. Then you can choose the brush type, color and line width based on your preference, or delete the current brush by tapping the Delete button in the upper right corner.

Eraser

Here you can erase your note with different Eraser tools. To switch between different Eraser tools, tap the Eraser button again when the Eraser tool is selected.

Mobile Eraser: You can select the size of the eraser and drag through the area you want to erase.

Stroke Eraser: You can erase the whole stroke while dragging through the area. This is useful especially when you are erasing your scribble.

Lasso Eraser: You can select the area you want to erase like the Lasso tool.

Erase current layer: Turns the current layer to blank.

Erase all layers: Turns all layers to blank except the template layer.

Undo & Redo

Here you can tap the Undo button to move one step back, or tap the Redo button to move one step forward.

Page Selector

Here you can switch between the pages in your note or quickly add pages by tapping the Next Page button.

Page Manager

Here you can check the thumbnail to quickly jump to a specific page, rearrange the pages, or set one page as the cover for your notes.

Sidebar

Templates

Here you can customize the background template and adjust the template settings.

Layers

Here you can customize the background template, add up to 5 new layers, show, hide, delete or rearrange the layers.

Canvas

Here you can quickly resize the canvas to 1x1, 1x2, 2x1, or 2x2 based on the screen size with more functions.

Custom (Auto Expand): In this status, you can swipe left or upwards to automatically expand the right or bottom border of the canvas. (The maximum size is 2x2.)

Canvas Cropping: Here you can automatically crop the canvas according to the outermost strokes of the visible layers. (The minimum size is 1x1.)

Shape

Here you can use the Shape tool to create a shape. To switch between different shapes, tap the Shape button again when the Shape tool is selected. Then you can choose a different shape, style, color or line width.

Lasso

Here you can use the Lasso tool to select an area to take further actions including adding a tag. Please refer to the Tag System page for more info.

Control

Here you can enable / disable various touch settings including the Finger Touch, System Bar, Bottom Gestures, and Side Gestures to avoid accidental touches by the palm.

Sync

Here you can sync your note to the cloud after logging in to your ONYX account.

Zoom

Here you can use different Zoom tools to adjust the magnification.

Zoom In / Zoom Out: Changes the magnification by preset levels.

Marquee Zoom: You can drag a rectangle around a portion of the page that you want to fill the viewing area.

Pinch-to-Zoom: Enables / disables the pinch-to-zoom gesture. (Please also make sure the Finger Touch function is enabled when using this function.)

Fit Screen: Adjusts the magnification so that the screen includes all content of the canvas.

Fit Width: Adjusts the magnification so that the canvas fits the width of the screen.

Fit Height: Adjusts the magnification so that the canvas fits the height of the screen.

Fit Canvas: Resets the magnification to 100%.

You can also drag the slider to adjust the magnification directly.

When the canvas exceeds the display area after zooming, you can drag the window in the upper right corner to pan around the nearby area.

Text

Here you can type in and adjust the style of the text in an automatically created text box.

Insert

Here you can choose to insert recordings, images, attachments, links to notes, files or websites.

Recorder: Here you can create an audio recording with the microphone. Then the recording icon will be displayed on your canvas. You can add marks to flag your significant moments, play it back, hold and drag to move the recording icon, or go to More > Recordings to manage or export them.

Images: Here you can insert images from the local storage.

Attachments: Here you can insert attachments no larger than 20MB from the local storage.

Link to Notes: Here you can insert a link to a notepad or a specific page of a notepad.

Link to Files: Here you can insert a link to a file or a specific page of a file.

Link to Websites: Here you can insert an external link to a website.

Note: The built-in microphone is not available for all models. You may need to connect your device to an external audio recording device via USB-C or Bluetooth in this case.

AI (Handwriting Recognition)

Here you can perform handwriting recognition to convert your handwritten notes to text, preview and edit them in real time, and copy or share them later.

There are two additional functions of AI Recognition.

Original Recognition: Performs the handwriting recognition while maintaining the original position of your writings.

Reflow Recognition: Performs the handwriting recognition and reflows all your writings.

English recognition is supported by default. To download handwriting recognition packages for other languages, do the following:

In Notes app, tap the AI tool.
Tap the language button in the top center and tap "More languages".
Download your preferred language packages.

Page+

Here you can add a page based on the template.

Here you can find more tools for Handwritten Notes.

Search: Here you can search your scribble or text for a specific keyword.

Full-refresh: Performs a full refresh if you find the ghosting accumulates too much.

Page-: Deletes the current page. Please consider carefully as this action cannot be undone.

Save: Saves the note manually.

Share and Export: Here you can export the file to PNG/PDF/.note format and share the note with others.

Recordings: Here you can rename, manage or export your recordings.

Position: Changes the sidebar position to suit your handedness.

Customize Toolbar: Here you can add or remove tools in the sidebar, or enable / disable text display below each icon.

Floating Toolbar

You can tap the Full Screen button in the top left corner to access the Full Screen Mode with the Floating Toolbar. The Floating Toolbar contains some quick tools including the brushes, undo/redo tools, etc.

You can customize the Floating Toolbar by tapping More > Customize Toolbar. Here you can add or remove tools in the Floating Toolbar, check the description of each tool, or customize other settings.