Digital Planning: How to Do the Basics in GoodNotes 5

GOODNOTES 5 IS HERE!!! I created this video for the digital planner community! My goal with this video, primarily, is to show anyone that’s NEW to the digital planning universe how to do the basics in GoodNotes 5! For anyone that was familiar with the previous version of GoodNotes, this video goes over ALL of the updates! Timestamps and links to everything I mention throughout this video can be found below! Make sure to subscribe to my channel for TONS of digital planning tutorials!

Also, PLEASE ignore my nails. This nail polish STAINED my nails and I haven't had time to load up my kids and go buy nail polish remover -- so I'm having to let it chip off for now! I tried painting them again, in the same color, a few days before this video and it chipped right back off. I didn't want that to prevent me from getting this video filmed and released ASAP after the launch of GoodNotes 5! =)

0:58 - MAIN SCREEN
— 1:19 - Switching between list view and thumbnail view on the main screen
— 1:45 - Creating subfolders and adding documents to a folder
— 2:54 - Searching for planners, notebooks, folders, and other documents from the main screen
4:44 - NEW FEATURES IN GOODNOTES 5
— 5:00 - Searching within a document, planner, or notebook.
9:41 - NAVIGATING YOUR PLANNER
— 10:00 - Swiping between pages
— 10:10 - Choosing between vertical and horizontal scrolling
— 11:02 - Page/thumbnail view
— 11:35 - Bookmarks
— 12:19 - Hyperlinks
— 13:42 - View mode
— 14:30 - Switching from view mode to toolbar
14:58 - WRITING/PEN TOOL
— 15:18 - Pen Styles
— 15:46 - Adjusting pen size (works the same way for the highlighter)
— 16:24 - Changing pen color (selecting colors, adding custom colors, etc. — works the same way for the highlighter)
— 18:37 - Zooming in to write (works the same way for the highlighter)
19:38 - HIGHTING/HIGHLIGHTER TOOL
— 20:05 - Selecting highlighter colors
— 20:53 - Adjusting highlighter size
— 21:01 - All about the straight line feature
21:43 - ERASING/ERASER TOOL
— 21:55 - Adjusting eraser size
— 22:33 - Erasing entire stroke
— 23:00 - Erasing like a basic eraser
— 23:19 - Erasing highlighter only
— 24:06 - Auto deselect
24:40 - SHAPES/SHAPES TOOL
— 25:02 - Selecting pen style, color, and size
— 25:43 - Fill shapes with color
— 26:15 - Snap to other stroke
26:51 - TEXT BOX
— 26:57 - Selecting font color
— 27:40 - Editing text box options
31:30 - IMPORTING IMAGES/DIGITAL STICKERS
— 31:55 - Inserting an image from camera roll
— 32:26 - Resizing an image
— 33:01 - Rotating an image
— 33:14 - Cropping an image
— 34:09 - Deleting an image
— 34:12 - Taking a picture to use in GoodNotes
— 34:43 - Importing a photo from Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, etc.
35:51 - LASSO TOOL
Watch this whole section in order to understand the lasso tool.
39:55 - PAGES
— 40:52 - Copying & pasting a page
— 41:38 - Duplicating a page with contents
— 42:08 - Duplicating a page without contents
— 42:51 - Deleting a page
— 43:00 - Moving a page to a different spot in your notebook or planner
43:26 - SWITCHING BETWEEN MULTIPLE PLANNERS/NOTEBOOKS/DOCUMENTS
— 44:06 - Copy & pasting in between different planners and notebooks
— 44:50 - Closing a notebook or planner
45:00 - EXPORTING
— 45:07 - Exporting a single page
— 46:26 - Exporting an entire notebook or planner
48:07 - WHAT I’D LOVE TO SEE IN FUTURE GOODNOTES UPDATES (FINGERS CROSSED)

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0:58 - MAIN SCREEN
— 1:19 - Switching between list view and thumbnail view on the main screen
— 1:45 - Creating subfolders and adding documents to a folder
— 2:54 - Searching for planners, notebooks, folders, and other documents from the main screen
4:44 - NEW FEATURES IN GOODNOTES 5
— 5:00 - Searching within a document, planner, or notebook.
9:41 - NAVIGATING YOUR PLANNER
— 10:00 - Swiping between pages
— 10:10 - Choosing between vertical and horizontal scrolling
— 11:02 - Page/thumbnail view
— 11:35 - Bookmarks
— 12:19 - Hyperlinks
— 13:42 - View mode
— 14:30 - Switching from view mode to toolbar
14:58 - WRITING/PEN TOOL
— 15:18 - Pen Styles
— 15:46 - Adjusting pen size (works the same way for the highlighter)
— 16:24 - Changing pen color (selecting colors, adding custom colors, etc. — works the same way for the highlighter)
— 18:37 - Zooming in to write (works the same way for the highlighter)
19:38 - HIGHTING/HIGHLIGHTER TOOL
— 20:05 - Selecting highlighter colors
— 20:53 - Adjusting highlighter size
— 21:01 - All about the straight line feature
21:43 - ERASING/ERASER TOOL
— 21:55 - Adjusting eraser size
— 22:33 - Erasing entire stroke
— 23:00 - Erasing like a basic eraser
— 23:19 - Erasing highlighter only
— 24:06 - Auto deselect
24:40 - SHAPES/SHAPES TOOL
— 25:02 - Selecting pen style, color, and size
— 25:43 - Fill shapes with color
— 26:15 - Snap to other stroke
26:51 - TEXT BOX
— 26:57 - Selecting font color
— 27:40 - Editing text box options
31:30 - IMPORTING IMAGES/DIGITAL STICKERS
— 31:55 - Inserting an image from camera roll
— 32:26 - Resizing an image
— 33:01 - Rotating an image
— 33:14 - Cropping an image
— 34:09 - Deleting an image
— 34:12 - Taking a picture to use in GoodNotes
— 34:43 - Importing a photo from Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, etc.
35:51 - LASSO TOOL
Watch this whole section in order to understand the lasso tool.
39:55 - PAGES
— 40:52 - Copying & pasting a page
— 41:38 - Duplicating a page with contents
— 42:08 - Duplicating a page without contents
— 42:51 - Deleting a page
— 43:00 - Moving a page to a different spot in your notebook or planner
43:26 - SWITCHING BETWEEN MULTIPLE PLANNERS/NOTEBOOKS/DOCUMENTS
— 44:06 - Copy & pasting in between different planners and notebooks
— 44:50 - Closing a notebook or planner
45:00 - EXPORTING
— 45:07 - Exporting a single page
— 46:26 - Exporting an entire notebook or planner
48:07 - WHAT I’D LOVE TO SEE IN FUTURE GOODNO

[minglee]

A very well presented introduction and tutorial! - worthy of sponsorship by GoodNotes, you have obviously invested significant time and effort into compiling this extremely helpful video...THANK YOU!

[capturingmoments]

You are an excellent teacher and I am grateful for the time you take to educate others and take the frustration out of adjusting to the changes.

[NanaStillLearning]

Well done. I used GoodNotes 4 for about six months than didn’t use again for a year and it had changed to 5 . It took me a while to get the hang of it again and your video would have shortened that time considerably. Thank you for a great resource.

[gabbyholloman]

Bless! so glad I found this video! this is by far the best good notes overview ever and the timestamps in the description make it so easy to come back to the tips I need. I can not say this enough THANK YOU!

[sryangm]

Just got my iPad Pro 11" and downloaded GoodNotes 5. Your video was very helpful for a newbie. I love your accent.

[trenapatton]

Thank you so much for this video! I am new to both GoodNotes and digital planning and this helped me so much! I was nervous about the length of the video but it was worth every minute! Thanks again!

[chasitylindsey]

Your video just saved my digital planning!!
Thank you!

[matthewhigdon]

Amazing video. I use a paper bullet journal and have been kicking around the idea of going digital for a while, but didn't know any good apps were available like this. Looks like you've made me a convert and I'm gonna take the plunge today lol.
Thank you for all that you do in making these. I've already subscribed.

[cass]

Yes! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise! This is by far the best video I have found on GoodNotes! I am so happy I found you. I can’t wait to watch more of your videos 😁

[deb]

Great video! Easy to follow and understand. You probably already know by now but I saw you using lasso to erase the page. You can just click erase page under the erase tool. Hope this helps 💖

[cynpartain]

That is the tutorial I have been needing! Well done

[Greg-usrr]

This is great video, exactly what i needed :-) Great job! ;)

[zedzed]

Wow y'all! It's like I'm back in Rusk, Texas.:D

[leruemartin]

Wow, that was a very detailed training video. Thanks, so much for sharing all that info.

[mirchen]

This video was soooo super helpful THANK YOU

[kozykeia]

Excellent video! Just got iPad Pro today and this video convinced me to download good notes over noteability

[takemeurmac]

I just got the 2018 9.7" iPad & Apple Pencil and was looking for a note-taking app to start doing Bullet Journals. Thank you so much for putting up this very informative video on GoodNotes 5. I can't wait to get started. Thanks again and Happy 2019 :)

[lesandthecity]

Wow!!!! What a great video. Thank you so much for sharing. I just got my first iPad and downloaded Good Notes 5. I can’t wait to start using all these awesome features.

[doodlefondue]

One year later i forgot how GoodNotes 4 looked like and appreciated more what the team has done to GN5