Manage Your Notepad
| Manage Your Notepad |
You can sort your Notepad items by category and put them into different folders, delete unwanted items, and share items with other people.
When viewing a list of items or an individual item in Notepad, touch the status bar at the top of the screen to quickly return to the first item or the beginning of the item you are viewing.
Use App Lock for Notepad or Lock a Note
You can apply App Lock to Notepad or set a password for a note to protect your privacy.
Enable the app lock for Notepad: Go to , enter the lock screen password or customize the app lock password as prompted, and then turn on the switch next to Notepad.
Lock a note: Open the note you need to lock in Notepad, go to 
> Add lock, and follow the onscreen instructions. To unlock your note, go to > Remove lock.
If your device supports fingerprint or face unlock, you can use fast authentication by performing the following: Go to Notepad > > Settings > Note lock, then enable Unlock with Fingerprint ID and Unlock with Face Recognition.
Sort Notepad Items
Add notes and folders in Notepad, sort the notes or to-dos into categorized folders, and even add color-coded labels.
Add folders: Touch All notes or All to-dos, and go to . Rename it and touch Save.
Add notes: Touch All notes or All to-dos, open a folder, and touch New. Select a color label, rename it and touch Save.
On the All notes screen, swipe left on an item, and touch
or 
to pin it to the top or add it to favorites.To view favorited items, touch All notes and go to My favorites.
On the All notes or All to-dos screen, swipe left on an item, and touch
to sort it to your desired notebook.Touch and hold down on a note or to-do item, select the items you wish to classify under the same category, and touch
to move them to the target category.
Folders and Items in Exchange accounts cannot be edited.
Sync Notepad Items
Log in to Exchange on your phone.
Swipe down from the Exchange mail list to sync the notes and tasks from your Exchange account to Notepad. The corresponding notes and to-do items will then be generated automatically.
A folder named after the Exchange account will also be automatically generated for easy management.
Share and Export Notepad Items
Share notes or to-dos in Notepad with colleagues or loved ones, and even export notes in image, TXT, and other formats.
To share a single note or to-do item: Open the item you wish to share from the All notes or All to-dos screen, and then touch
and share it as prompted.Notes can be shared by touching As image, As text, or To another device.
To share multiple notes: Access the All notes screen, touch and hold down on a note, select the items you wish to share, and then touch
and share them as prompted.
Export as an image: Open the note you wish to export, and go to
> As image > Save image. You'll find the exported file in Gallery.Export as a document: Open the note you wish to export, go to
> Export as document, and follow the instructions to select the document format you need.To view notes that you have saved, open Files, search for and access Documents, then touch NotePad.
The Export as document feature is not applicable to handwritten-only notes. Other types of notes can be exported into TXT or HTML files.
Print Notepad Items
On the All notes screen, open the item you want to print.
Go to
> Print , then select a printer and configure printing settings as prompted.
Delete Notepad Items
On the All notes or All to-dos screen, swipe left on an item, and touch
to delete it.Touch and hold down on the note or to-do item you wish to delete, select or drag over the check boxes of any other notes or to-do items that you wish to delete as well, then touch
.
After deleting an item, you can touch All notes or All to-dos and go to Recently deleted to find the deleted item. To restore a deleted item, touch and hold down on it, or go to its details screen and touch 
.