Insert pictures and drawings into notes on iOS 9

Notes on iOS devices are now not merely text content. Since iOS 9.0 version, users have been able to insert images, drawings and formats for text so your notes become more vivid. Here's how you can customize and work with a better note-taking app on your device.

Step 1 : Open the Notes app on iOS 9.

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Step 2: Select a folder of notes if necessary.

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Step 3:. Click the Compose button in the lower corner.

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Step 4: Go to the next step, click on the plus (+) button on the keyboard on the right to bring up the multimedia toolbar.

From there, you can insert an image or drawing into the Notes application as well as the text format of the note.

1. Insert photos into Notes application

Step 1 . Click the camera button in the middle of the multimedia toolbar.

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Step 2 . There are two options you can use: insert photos from the Photo Library or you can take photos or videos ( Take Photo or Video ) directly from your camera to insert them.

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Step 3 . To use the image available in the library, select Photo Library and navigate to the location of the image file to be inserted and click the image file.

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Step 4 . If you use Take Photo or Video option, you just need to take that photo and select Use Photo .

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You can also insert any image file into the note when the keyboard is not displayed by clicking the camera icon at the bottom of the screen. Or, if you find an image from somewhere else on your phone such as Safari browser, copy that image to the clipboard and paste it in.

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2. Insert a drawing

Step 1 . Click the Drawing button on the toolbar. It looks like a squiggle.

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Step 2 . Draw the image you want by using your own finger on the blank page. Below are the support tools including a pen ( used for thin strokes ), a large pen ( for drawing thick strokes ), a pencil ( for a fainter line ), a ruler ( for drawing straight line ) and an eraser ( to remove wrong drawing objects ). In addition, there is an option for you to choose the color you want to paint.

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Step 3 . During the drawing process, if you want to go back to the previous step, click the Undo button ( left arrow button ) in the upper left corner. You can repeat the Undo step by pressing the Redo button. To rotate the drawing, click on the rotate button ( square with the counterclockwise counterclockwise side ) on the upper left.

Step 4 : Click on the Ruler tool to draw a straight line. A blurred ruler will appear on the screen. You can move it by pressing and dragging or changing the angle by pressing and holding with two fingers and rotating.

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Step 5 . Click and hold on the eraser and select Erase All to delete all the strokes and draw again.

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Step 6 . Click the Done button at the top left when you have completed the drawing. Immediately the image you draw will be inserted into the note. To edit your drawing at any time just click on the image and you will be taken back to the drawing window.

3. Format text

Step 1 . Enter text content into Notes application.

Step 2 . Press and hold on the text to edit to display the toolbar, then select Select .

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Step 3 . Select the text you want to format, another menu will appear when you are done. Then, press the arrow button until you see the BJU button and click on it to activate the format bar.

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Step 4 : From here, you can choose to bold, italic, underline or to select formats for that text.

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Step 5 : To type a more special style, click the plus (+) button on the right keyboard.

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Step 7 . Touch the format button ( Aa ).

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Step 8 . Choose any style from the menu including: Title, Heading, Body, Bulleted List, Dashed List or Numbered List .

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Step 9 . Finally click the Done button to finish

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From here, you can enter text content and it will display in the style you choose. You can also select existing text like above and click the format button to change the style of that text.

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Good luck!