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Add and use sticky notes


Improve your whiteboard brainstorming sessions by allowing your team to write down ideas or comments on sticky notes and then arrange them on your design however they see fit.

Add sticky note

  1. From the editor side panel, select
    Elements.
  2. Under Sticky Notes, select a coloured note to add it to your design.
  3. To add text to your Sticky note, double-click on it and type your text.
    • You call also press "S" on your keyboard to quickly add a sticky note.
  4. You can also add the name of the person who added the sticky note by clicking the
    more icon that appears, then selecting Add your name.

Copy sticky notes to spreadsheets

  1. Select the sticky note that you want to copy to your spreadsheet.
  2. To select multiple Sticky notes, hold Shift on your keyboard and click to add other notes to the selection.
  3. On the floating toolbar, select the
    more icon that appears, then click Copy.
  4. Paste the selected sticky notes into your spreadsheet or text editor to better plot your whiteboard ideation sessions.

You can also use these keyboard shortcuts:

  • Press Cmd + C (Mac) or Ctrl + C (Windows) to copy.
  • Press Cmd + V (Mac) or Ctrl + V (Windows) to paste.

Sort sticky notes

  1. Group and highlight the sticky notes by clicking and dragging vertically or horizontally.
  2. From the floating toolbar that’ll appear, select sort.
  3. Choose from the sorting options: By color, By name, By topic, or By Reactions.

React or add emojis to sticky notes

  1. Select a sticky note where you want to add an emoji or react to.
  2. Select the
    Add reaction.
  3. Select an emoji. You can select
    More reactions to search and choose other emojis.
  4. To add more reactions, repeat steps 2 and 3, or hover over the floating badges, select
    Add more reactions, then select an emoji.
  5. To delete reactions, select the emoji from the floating badges.

Added emojis will appear as floating badges on a sticky note.

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