Guide on How to use digital stickers in GoodNotes

Let the fun begin! Being able to customize your digital planner is one of the most exciting features of digital planning. However, getting them set up is not the easiest task. But once you get the basics down you‘ll be a pro in no time.

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Importing into GoodNotes

Your order will typically come with the following files:

  • GoodNotes files that have pre-cropped stickers

  • PNGs

You will use the GoodNotes file to import into GoodNotes. This will allow for easy use in the app and help with effortless designing.

Hot to import:

  1. Open the GoodNotes App

  2. Tap “+ New”

  3. Select “Import”

  1. Find your file in your Files App or Cloud storage

  2. Tap on the file to import it into GoodNotes and Tap “save”

There are many ways for you to use your stickers. Here I will show you the two most popular ways.

Option one: Copy and paste method

  1. Enable Editing-Mode

  2. Tap the “Lasso Tool” in the menu bar

  1. Draw around the sticker of choice

  2. Tap your selection that has a blue dotted line around it

  1. Secondary options will appear

  2. Tap “Copy”

  1. Click back to your digital planner

  2. Tap the “Lasso” tool

  3. While the Lasso tool is still selected, tap and hold anywhere on the page

  4. Tap “Paste”

Once the sticker is pasted it will have a blue bounding box (that means it’s selected). Use the red (x) delete and the blue outline circle to resize.

When done moving and resizing, tap anywhere on the screen to end

Option two: Elements method

  1. Tap the “Elements Icon,” it’s an oval with a star in it

  2. Go to your stickerbook that you imported

  1. Tap the “Lasso Tool” in the menu bar

  2. Draw around the sticker of choice

  3. Tap your selection that has a blue dotted line around it

  4. Secondary options will appear

  5. Tap “Add element”

  1. Save it to a collection (select “new collection” to make you own)

  2. Tap “Create”

  1. Tap the “Elements Icon” it’s an oval with a start in it

  2. Tap on the desired icon

When you add stickers with either method you can rotate, resize and crop them.

  1. With the “Lasso Tool” selected  tap and hold the sticker until the options panel appears

  2. Tap “edit”

Delete: Red circle with X in it (top left)

Crop: Blue outlined box with arrows (top middle and right side middle)

Revise/rotate: Blue outlined circle with arrows (bottom right corner)

Please note with Precorpped stickers you won’t need to crop them. So the crop function isn’t shown.

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