Highlights of the Notes app on iPad

Although the notes application, developed by Apple, seems to have only simple features at first glance, it offers many features that will make life easier. In this content, we are talking about the useful features of the Notes application. Currently, iPad users know these features like the back of their hand, but they can be useful content for people who have never used an iPad or iPhone.

Add drawings to notes

You can add drawings and handwritten notes to your notes using Apple Pencil. In this way, it is possible to create more understandable and more colorful notes.

You can choose from various drawing tools and colors by pressing the drawing tool button, and draw straight lines using the ruler.

Shape recognition feature allows you to draw geometrically smooth lines, arcs, shapes such as hearts, stars, arrows. When you start drawing a shape and wait without the pencil lift, the imperfect shape you draw will turn into a smooth shape, keeping its original angles and dimensions.

With the scribble feature, you can write in your handwriting in the text field you want and convert your texts into keyboard typed texts in real time. If you’re typing in a dark area, Scribble automatically appears as light text, so you can always see what you’re typing clearly. Thanks to machine learning technologies on the device, your handwriting turns into typed text before your eyes. In order to take advantage of this feature, English must be added to the preferred languages ​​in Settings. Turkish is not supported.

Add images to notes

While taking notes in an ordinary notebook, we cannot add anything we can express ourselves except for our writings and drawings, but if we use iPad as a notebook, we can add photos and images to our notes. In this way, we can strengthen the narrative. We can write or draw on the image for further clarification.

Easily find the notes you are looking for

You can make it easier to find notes by adding tags with the # symbol to the notes you have prepared. You can also reach the result by typing a keyword from your notes in the search section. You can see the tags collectively in the Tag Browser.

Take notes together

With the latest iPad OS update, note taking feature has been added to Notes app. With the Activity View, you can see what others have added to your note and send them notifications using the mention feature.

Quick Note

Applications by making use of the Quick Note feature, which provides a fast and easy way to take notes anywhere you want, apart from the Notes application. You can even add links to websites so you can provide more context. You can create a Quick Note by swiping up the bottom right corner of the screen. You can also access the Quick Note feature in iPadOS 15.2 by swiping up from the bottom left or right corner of the screen. Whether you’re looking for a recipe or a gift in Safari, you can turn on the Quick Note feature anywhere in the system to jot down your ideas. You can also add links to an app or website to provide context. You can also view Quick Notes you create on your iPad on your iPhone and Mac.