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Crafting Your Document

01 Create or Import Documents 01
Effortless Quick Notes 01
Infinite Canvas 02
Organizing Your Documents 03
Choosing Templates 04
Quick Notes Setup 04
Customize Your Templates 04

02 Pen Case & Tools

Pen Case 05
Auto Shape 07
Tool Collection 07
Color Palette 07
Text Box 07
Toolbar Options 08

Document Editing
03 Text Selection 09
Discover the Left Sidebar 09
Explore the Right Sidebar 10
Thumbnail View 11
Layers 11
Creating Bidirectional Links 12
Create Hyperlink 12
AI Assistant 13
Modifying Templates 14
Splitting and Merging Documents 14

Gesture Instructions
04 One-Finger Long Press 15
Single-Finger Right Swipe 16
Single-Finger Double Tap 16
Single-Finger Page Scroll 16
Two-Finger Page Scroll 16
Two-Finger Single Tap (Undo) 16
Three-Finger Single Tap (Redo) 16
Part 1. Crafting Your Document

01 Create or Import Documents

With Notein, you can easily create standard A4 notes or
infinite canvas notes using our custom templates. You can
also import documents in various formats such as PDF,
PPT, Doc, EPUB, JPEG, and PNG directly from your device.

Effortless Quick Notes 02

Create quick notes to skip the template selection step and
start editing right away. Customize your default quick note
style through the "Choose Template" page.

Standard Note

Infinite Canvas

Create New Folder

Import PDF

Import PPT

Import Doc

Import EPUB

Import image

Import Photo

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03 Infinite Canvas
Embrace boundless creativity with our infinite canvas
feature. Notein's canvas automatically expands as you
write, offering unlimited space in all directions.

Tips:
Easily navigate the larger
canvas by using the right-side
toolbar's 'blue frame' in
the page overview for quick
content access.

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04 Organizing Your Documents

Merge Documents: Easily merge Swiftly Move Multiple Files: Use the
two documents by dragging and to select multiple files, then long-press
dropping one onto another, and drag them into a folder for quick
creating a new folder organization

Create Nested Folders: Click the to create new folders within folders,
facilitating hierarchical document management. Enjoy infinite nested folders
for seamless organization

The enables rule-based document sorting. For personalized arrangement,

simply long-press and drag a document to rearrange its order.

Created(Oldest)

Created(Latest)

Modified(Latest)

Modifi(edOldest)

Name(A to Z)

Name(Z to A)

Manual sorting

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05 Choosing Templates
Wide Range of Templates: Select
from various templates when
creating standard A4 or infinite
canvas notes. Customize paper
color, grid spacing, line opacity,
and more for blank, lined, grid,
and dot templates.
Save Personalized Templates:
Save your customized template
styles to "My Templates" for
easy access and future use

06 Quick Notes
Setup
Personalized Quick Note:
You can designate any
template as your
preferred quick note style
by simply clicking the
"star" icon

07 Customize Your
Templates
Within "My Templates",
you can directly import
external files to become
your regular templates .
You can also save your
modified basic templates
to "My Templates" for
convenient reusability.

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Part 2. Pen Case & Tools

08 Pen Case
Notein's versatile pen case can be easily dragged,
expanded, or collapsed. It automatically collapses
when dragged to the screen's corners and
adheres to the edges when placed there. Each
pen is pre-set with a specific color and brush
thickness, and double-clicking the pen opens
additional options.

Fountain Pen
The fountain pen in Notein allows you
to adjust pressure sensitivity and ink
flow. Since everyone's writing style
and force are unique, you can freely
customize these settings to find your
perfect fit. Highlighter
The highlighter in Notein follows a
rule of not covering black ink and
Tips:
features a color overlay effect.
The pressure setting determines the
stroke thickness with different
writing pressures, while the ink flow Tips:
controls the pen tip effect in your Highlighters may not stand out on
handwriting. dark-colored paper due to their unique
highlighting rule. In such situations, you
can use a ballpoint pen with adjusted
Pressure Sensitivity 60% opacity to solve the problem.

Ink Flow 40%

Masking tape
Notein's Tape feature lets you easily hide
content. After applying the tape to the
Ballpoint Pen desired area, a single click on the taped area
The ballpoint pen in Notein ensures toggles between concealing and revealing the
consistent stroke thickness, content underneath.
regardless of the applied pressure.
Tips:
In the tape pop-up menu, selecting "Hide All
Tips:
Tape" turns all applied tape transparent. This
You can adjust the color opacity
function is ideal for temporarily hiding sensitive
of the ballpoint pen to use it as
information or for creating interactive notes
a highlighter replacement.
with revealable content.

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Eraser Lasso Tool
Notein provides various erasing With the "Freeform Lasso" or
methods, including point erasing , "Rectangular Lasso," you can select
whole stroke erasing , and and capture various objects like
selection erasing. handwritten strokes, shapes, text
boxes, and images. This enables easy
Pressure-Sensitive Eraser editing and moving of selected
elements, and handwritten text can
By enabling the pressure-sensitive
be converted to typed text using the
eraser, you gain the ability to quickly
"Convert" feature.
switch between the pen tool and the
eraser while writing. To activate the
pressure-sensitive eraser, pause the
pen tip on the screen and apply light Tips:
pressure for 0.5 seconds. This action For the "Screenshot Selection" in the
lasso menu:
will automatically switch your tool to
- In a single open document, use
the eraser. After erasing, simply lift "Screenshot Selection" to
the pen to revert back to the pen tool. instantly capture the selected region
Additionally, you can customize the as an image. You can drag this image
to the "Clipboard" (if supported by
sensitivity of the pressure activation
your device).
to suit your preferences. - When you have two documents
open in split-screen, use "Screenshot
Selection" in one document and
Tips: directly drag the captured image to
You can set the "Erase Maker only" the other, creating a "bidirectional
or "Erase tape only" switch in the link" between the two documents.
eraser menu. Clicking the "bidirectional link"
allows for seamless navigation
between the linked documents.
Geometric Pen
With the geometric pen, you can
effortlessly draw various lines and Laser Pen
shapes like dotted lines, wavy lines, The laser pen is versatile for
arrows, function graphs, cubes, presentations and explanations. It's
cones, cylinders, spheres, and more. handy for quick calculations and
You have the flexibility to adjust the vocabulary memorization. Writing
brush color and thickness to suit with it disappears after a set time,
your preferences. leaving no trace or need for erasing.

Tips: Tips:
In the graphic pen menu you can Customize the laser pen with your
turn on the "Graphic Fill" switch, the preferred color and adjust brush
fill color defaults to the color of your thickness. Set the writing
graphic pen, and the opacity of the disappearance duration in the laser
fill color can be adjusted. pen options.

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09 Auto Shape
Simply draw your desired shape using any of our pen tools.
After drawing, pause for 1 second without lifting the stylus and
the app will automatically perfect your lines into regular
shapes.Auto Shape supports a variety of shapes including
straight lines, parabolas, circles, ellipses, triangles, rectangles,
pentagons, and stars.

10 Tool Collection
How to display the pen box favorites when it has been
collected: Click on the upper left corner of the pen box.
Save your favorite tools and brush settings in the Tool Collection
of the pen case. It's compact and easy to access, allowing for
quick tool switching. Tap the icon in the top right corner of
the pen options menu to add the current pen's settings to the
Tool Collection.

Tips:
- Long-press any tool to enter editing mode, where you can
rearrange or remove items.
- Include commonly used shapes, erasers, and lasso tools in the
Tool Collection.
- Position the Tool Collection horizontally or vertically on the
screen for your convenience.

11 Color Palette
Customize the ten default colors in the pen case using
the Color Palette. Double-click on a color block to modify
its color values or pick a new color on the screen.

Tips:
Create custom color palettes by
adjusting the default colors and
tapping the icon. Long-press a
custom palette to delete or rename it.

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12 Text Box
Click the text box icon on the far left side
of the pen box to enter the text box editing
mode to insert a text box for use. We have preset
a variety of Chinese and English fonts, and you
can also import your own favorite personalized
fonts for use. You can also set various font
styles: bold, italic, underline, etc.

13 Toolbar Options
Notein provides two toolbar options: Immersive Toolbar and Traditional Toolbar.
The Immersive Toolbar, along with the expandable/collapsible pen case, maximizes
the content display area. On the other hand, the Traditional Toolbar with the fixed
pen case is located at the top of the screen for more efficient tool switching, but it
sacrifices some content display space.

Tips:
Easily switch between the Immersive and
Traditional Toolbar by enabling or disabling the
"Immersive Toolbar" option in settings.

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Part 3. Document Editing

14 Text Selection
Activate "Text Selection" in settings to easily select text within your document.
Just press and hold your finger or stylus on the text to see a light blue block that
lets you adjust the selection. From there, you can perform various actions like
copying, marking (highlighting, underlining, strikethrough), adding to the outline,
and even translating the text.

Tips:
- Long-pressing selected text for 1 second will create a duplicate,
which can be directly dragged to the "Clipboard" or moved across
screens:
1. In-app split-screen: Drag text to another document within the app.
2. System split-screen multitasking: Drag text to another document
within the app or to another app.
Note that only standard formatted PDF, PPT, or Word documents
support text selection. Scanned or image-based documents do not
support text selection.

15 Discover the
Left Sidebar
Swipe right from the left
edge or tap the top left
corner to see recent
documents. Drag
documents for easy in-
app split-screen use. Use
the search box to find
what you need quickly.

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16 Explore the Right Sidebar
Open the to access page overview,
outline, annotations, and settings for your
document. Search for specific content easily.

Page Editing Made Easy

In "Page Overview," click a thumbnail to jump to
that page. Drag to reorder pages. Use the icon in the
bottom left to delete, copy, export, outline, or
annotate a page.

Effortless Outline Creation

If your document has an outline, it's automatically
imported into the "Outline" section. For documents
without an outline, use "Text Selection" to manually
add text. Click the icon in the bottom left of a page to
create a handwritten outline in "Page Overview."

Nested Outlines Simplified: Drag one outline

onto another to create sub-levels effortlessly.
Up to ten levels of subheadings are supported.

Organize Outlines Your Way: Drag and drop

outlines to rearrange their order in the outline
section. Easily reorganize outlines to suit your
preferences.

Effortless Annotations

Enable "Text Selection" to automatically

record highlights, underlines, and
strikethroughs in the "Annotations" section.
Easily manage and revisit important points
in your document.

Personalized Annotations: Click the icon

in the bottom left corner of a page in "Page
Overview" to add custom annotations or
extra notes to specific pages.

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17 Thumbnail View
Clicking the opens the
Thumbnail View, providing a
visual overview of all document
pages. Easily select and perform
editing operations like copying,
deleting, or moving pages.

18 Layers
Click the "Layer" icon in the toolbar to see the layers of the current
document. All elements written/drawn by the pen tool, as well as inserted
pictures or text boxes, will appear in the layers. You can show/hide layers,
merge layers, move layer positions, rename layer names, etc.

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19 Creating Bidirectional Links
In split-screen mode, use the lasso tool's "Screenshot Selection" feature to select
content and drag the screenshot to the other side. This creates bidirectional links,
allowing seamless navigation between multiple documents for easy access to
referenced content and an efficient note-taking experience.

20 Create Hyperlink
To create a hyperlink in Notein, click on the hyperlink icon in the Title Bar.
Then, select the area where you want to create the link and choose to link to a page
or a web address to complete the creation process. You can also create hyperlinks
by selecting text. Once a hyperlink is created, an icon will appear on the page. If you
prefer not to display this icon, you can turn off "Show Hyperlink Icon" in the settings,
which won't affect the link's functionality.

Tips:
If you need to edit or delete a link, simply click the
hyperlink icon in the Title Bar to enter edit mode. Click
the hyperlink icon in the top-right corner again to exit
edit mode. This feature allows for easy management
and modification of your hyperlinks, enhancing your
document's interactivity and navigation.

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21 AI Assistant
You can turn on the AI assistant switch in the settings. After turning it on, a light
bulb icon will appear in the upper left corner. Clicking this icon will expand the
sidebar of the AI assistant. The first item is the summary function. This function will
upload document information to the AI reference automatically. Generate a
summary of the article.

The second function is the conversation

function. You can talk to the AI assistant
to get the information you need to know,
as long as it is about the content of this
document.

Tips:
Currently, the AI assistant function
only supports responses in English,
and the document type only supports
PDF format.

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22 Modifying Templates
Click the "Modify Template" icon to customize the current page's style. You
can adjust paper orientation, size, grid style, and color. Explore more templates in
the "Browse Template Library" option. To apply changes across the entire document,
select "Apply Globally." Use the "Restore" option to revert to the original page style.

Tips:
Please be aware that modifying the
template style will replace non-
handwritten content on externally
imported pages.

23 Splitting and Merging Documents

In the Thumbnail View, select and copy individual pages or all pages. Choose
a target document and position to paste the selected pages, enabling easy
document splitting or merging.

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Part 4. Gesture Instructions

One-Finger Long Press：

a. Press and hold with one finger

Text on an image, text box, or shape
to start editing.

b. After copying c. Drag with one finger

content, press and hold while pressing and
on the screen to access holding to move
the "Paste" option. documents or change
page order.

d. Drag a document onto e. Press and hold, then

another while pressing and drag to activate the
holding to quickly create a "In-App Split-Screen"
folder. mode.

f. Drag an outline onto g. Press and hold (or

another while pressing use a stylus) on text
and holding to create and drag to select
sub-level outlines. specific text.

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Single-Finger Right Swipe：
Open the left sidebar with a single-finger right swipe.

Single-Finger Double Tap：

Double tap the screen with one finger to automatically fit the
page to the screen size.

Tips: You can enable or disable this gesture in the settings.

Single-Finger Page Scroll：

In stylus mode , use one finger to smoothly scroll
up or down the page.

Two-Finger Page Scroll：

In finger writing mode , use two fingers to scroll up or
down the page for page turning.

Tips: You can enable this gesture in the settings to also

apply it to stylus writing mode.

Two-Finger Single Tap (Undo)

Three-Finger Single Tap (Redo)

Tips: You can enable or disable these gestures in the settings.

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