101.15 Canvas Whiteboard/Storyboard

NoteDex just got a huge new upgrade with NoteDex Canvas. With this new feature you can:

Brainstorm your thoughts and ideas quickly and easily on a virtual whiteboard
Visualize concepts in freeform mind-maps and concept maps
Create a virtual
Have a visual view of many index cards in one place to see your big picture

As always with NoteDex, we believe a picture is worth a thousand words so we'll show some highlights of what is possible to be created with NoteDex. Check out our blog to see what you can do with Canvas.

Examples of what you can create with NoteDex Canvas

NoteDex Index Cards and Canvases exist side by side in your Stacks. When you are in a Stack you can add new Cards or Canvases - like this:

Cards and Canvases exist Side-by- Side in NoteDex

Use NoteDex Cards to take more detailed notes, with images and ink. NoteDex Cards can be printed in a variety of formats.

Use NoteDex Canvas to capture short pieces of text which enable to think fast and capture your thoughts in the flow. You can then export this text to be used later.

How to Use Canvas

To Add a new Canvas, navigate into a Stack and then click on 'Add New Canvas'

This will bring up a blank canvas. Now double click on the canvas or click on + to add a new card

Click on the canvas background to exit card edit mode and then click on the card. Now you will see an option to change the card background color plus some card options. If you have clicked a card you can also move it around on the screen.

Click the white square to change card color

Click the ... menu option to get card options, e.g. Delete Card

At the top of the app are options to set as defaults for the Canvas - Card Size, Font Size and even background color and card color. You can also set to 'Snap to Grid' which means when you move the cards they will be aligned on a fine grid. You can turn this off by selecting 'Free Position'. Snap to Grid usually looks best since then many cards can be aligned nicely.

You can scroll around the canvas, useful if you are on a smaller screen. You can give the canvas a title.

Finally, there are also many Canvas menu options - including duplicating a Canvas, Printing to PDF, or even sharing on the web:

You can export the cards on a Canvas into the Stack by selecting the last option 'Export Cards to Stack'. At the time of writing, you can't add existing Cards in a Stack to the Canvas but that is planned for our roadmap.

Introducing Ink Canvas

We recently introduced the ability to draw with ink on the Canvas. Just change the dropdown at the top of the Canvas from Text to Ink. This will tell the Canvas to be ready to go into ink mode with each new card. Then when you double click on the canvas to add a new card you can immediately jot down a thought or idea. Easy and quick to keep up with your flow of ideas and brainstorming.

Think with Ink - use NoteDex Canvas to jot down ink notes and ideas

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