Lesson 4 - Ink with Digital Pen Stylus

NoteDex isn't just for typing

You can write, draw, and annotate directly on any card with a stylus or a mouse on any device

Here's how ink works. Click the pen icon in the card toolbar to switch into ink mode manually

On a touch screen with a stylus, NoteDex switches to ink mode automatically the instant your pen touches the screen, no manual clicking required

Once you're in ink mode, the formatting bar is replaced with the ink toolbar

You get three independent pens, each with its own color and thickness, plus a semi-transparent highlighter that behaves just like a real marker

For erasing, the area eraser wipes anything you drag across, while the stroke eraser removes one complete stroke with a single tap, much more precise

Then there's undo and redo, and finally, erase all ink

One of the most useful tricks, insert an image onto a card first, then switch to ink and draw right on top of it, circle a detail, label a diagram, or mark up a screenshot

Text, images, and ink can all live on the same card at once

Hit save, and your ink is preserved, and here's a nice touch

The card's thumbnail actually shows your ink drawing, so you can spot the card you're after at a glance while scrolling

Whether you're sketching a diagram or marking up a photo, ink turns any card into a canvas

Speaking of canvas, that's exactly where we're headed next

You can write, draw, and annotate directly on any

card with a stylus or a mouse on any device

Here's how ink works. Click the pen icon in the

card toolbar to switch into ink mode manually

On a touch screen with a stylus, NoteDex switches

to ink mode automatically the instant your pen

touches the screen, no manual clicking required

Once you're in ink mode, the formatting bar is

replaced with the ink toolbar

You get three independent pens, each with its own

color and thickness, plus a semi-transparent

highlighter that behaves just like a real marker

For erasing, the area eraser wipes anything you

drag across, while the stroke eraser removes one

complete stroke with a single tap, much more

precise

Then there's undo and redo, and finally, erase all

ink

One of the most useful tricks, insert an image onto

a card first, then switch to ink and draw right on

top of it, circle a detail, label a diagram, or

mark up a screenshot

Text, images, and ink can all live on the same card

at once

Hit save, and your ink is preserved, and here's a

nice touch

The card's thumbnail actually shows your ink

drawing, so you can spot the card you're after at a

glance while scrolling

Whether you're sketching a diagram or marking up a

photo, ink turns any card into a canvas

Speaking of canvas, that's exactly where we're

headed next