Text and Text Boxes

Tap on the note screen to start typing directly onto the page or create text boxes, which can be moved anywhere on the page.  

We don't currently support Mac's touch bar. 

Typing Text

  1. Select the text tool.png text box icon. 
  2. Tap anywhere on the note and begin typing. 

Make a Text Box

Draw a Text Box

  1. Select the text tool.png text box icon twice in the primary toolbar.
  2. Select on the mceclip1.png gear icon that appears.
  3. Enable Quick Text Boxes.
    • Choose Draw Text Boxes so you can always diagonally draw a text box.
  4. Tap the area of the note where you want to draw the text box and drag until the text box is your desired size.

Press-and-Hold

  1. Select the text tool.png text box icon.
  2. Press-and-hold anywhere in a note.
  3. Select +Text Box.

Default Text Box Template

In your Library, go to mceclip1.png Settings > Note Editor > Document Defaults > Text Box Paper > choose the default paper, grid space, and color for your text boxes.

Scribble

  1. Enable Scribble in your iPad’s Settings > Apple Pencil > Scribble. 
  2. Select the text tool.png text box icon and tap on the mceclip1.png settings icon in the text toolbar at the bottom of the page. 
  3. Enable Quick Text Boxes.
    • Choose Scribble. 

Once Scribble is turned on, you can write in a text box and your words will automatically transform to typed text.

Keyboard Toolbar

Style text by using the keyboard toolbar that appears at the bottom of the note. 

Favorite Font Styles

Access up to three font styles quickly.

  1. Pick a text style (font, size, emphasis).
  2. Select Heart icon to add it to your toolbar as a preset. 
  3. To remove, press and hold and select Delete.

Text to Speech

  • When you use Text-to-Speech, Notability detects the language of your selected text to read the text in a voice designed for that specific language.

Quote Blocks

Use quote blocks to reference outside sources, like a professor's comments or a line from a textbook.

Please note: this feature is only available on Notability Cloud.

There are two ways to insert a quote block:

  1. Tap typeQuote-sml.svg in the type toolbar.
  2. Use the markdown shortcut (> and a Space).

To extend the quote block style and add space hold Shift while pressing Return.

Code Blocks

Code Blocks format code separately from the rest of a note. Text inside a code block keeps spacing and font intact, so snippets stay easy to read. For more information see the Code Blocks article.

Import Fonts

  • You can use any font you've installed on your iPad. After you install a font with an app like iFont or AnyFont, the font will automatically appear in Notability's list of fonts.
  • Your recently used fonts will appear at the top of the font menu.

 

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