Create a new note

Whether you want to kick off a new project or write a shopping list, notes are where you put all of your content, tasks, and information. It's the foundation of Doit.io.

 

 

Start with a blank canvas or use a template, and build it as simple or complex as you want it to be. To create a new note, format, or edit, use these steps below.

1. Create a new note
2. Add a new section
3. How to format text
4. Color codes
5. Drag and drop
6. Use of indentation and subtasks
7. Share a note
8. Archiving notes
9. Star a note
10. Delete a note
11. Change note cover image

Create a new note

1. Press the 'Create new note' button    in your sidebar
2. Give it a name
3. Add a label to group notes together for improved structure and visibility

 

You can add any of these types of content sections to a note: 

• Text - Type any text
• Tasks - Create new tasks, assign, set due dates, etc
• Events - Create events with due dates
• Files - Attach and upload files, images, documents or videos

Add a new section

To add a new section you can choose any of the following methods: 

• Use the Key: + sign to the left to add a section anywhere in the note
• Click Key: enter after an already existing section
• Go to the bottom of the note

 

How to format text

Highlight any text to see this menu: 

 

From here you can choose to create headings, bold, italic, add links, create a bullet list, a numbered list or 'highlight' selected text in various colours like you would with a highlighter marker pen. You can also use these shortcuts to format using the keyboard only.  

 

 

Tip: Tip: For distraction-free writing, hide your sidebar by clicking the  symbol on your sidebar

 

Edited Notes

Any section or note that has been edited by someone will show in yellow. The same applies if the note has just been shared. Here are a few examples:

 

 

You can also see who edited a section within a note:

 

 

 

You can mark any task, event, file or text field as important by clicking 'Important' in the section menu at the right

 

 

Drag and drop

Any type of section can be re-ordered by using drag and drop. 

• Hover over any section and use the  icon that appears as a handle to drag it around.

 

 

Use of indentation and Subtasks

You can indent or outdent any tasks, files, events, or text sections by using the Key: Tab button. This is equivalent to creating a sub-task. 

 

Share notes

You can share a Doit.io note with colleagues, friends, family, or the entire web. Doit.io is built for collaboration, here's a quick overview of how you can share your work.

• To invite a person, start with the note you want to share
• On the page, click the share icon  at the top right
• Enter the person's email address and choose the level of access you want them to have
• Click 'Share' to send an invite

Note: Note: By default all your notes are private, but you can create public notes as well

 

Archiving Notes 

When you're not sure if you want to permanently delete your work or have the opportunity to restore it later, you can choose to archive it. By archiving note it will be moved to the Archived section in the sidebar.

To archive a note, go to the note menu dropdown at the top right and click 'Archive note'

 

 

A similar menu will also appear if you click the 3 dots that can be seen in the top right corner of a note, when viewing from 'Notes'. Various options amongst them 'Archive' will be accessible from there.

 

 

Delete a note

Deleting a note will permanently delete the note from your account with no way to retrieve it back. You will be prompted before you delete a note, so that you may confirm your decision. 

Alternatively, you can Archive the note so that you may restore it later.

 

Star a note

You can choose to add a 'star' status to any note, allowing for speedy access. Starred notes will appear in the side bar just above labels. Here's how you can 'star' a note: 

• Click the 'Star' icon in your note, from either within the note or in the top right corner of Note cover
• Go to the note and select 'Starred' from the dropdown menu at the top right corner of the note
  
• Or, go to the same dropdown menu from the Notes view

 

 

Show in My Tasks & Calendar

Any tasks or events present in a Note can also be viewed in My Tasks and Calendar. By default any tasks or events created in a note are also are shown in My Tasks and Calendar, however you can choose to hide these from view either by untickting 'Show in My Tasks & Calendar' (as shown above) or by clicking the icon when viewing from within My Tasks or Calendar (as shown below). This is also where you would need to go in the case that you would want to show them once again under My Tasks and Calendar after having previously hidden them.

 

 

Change note cover 

You can choose to either use the built-in cover art or choose your own image. 

• Go to the note, In the note menu dropdown, click 'Change Cover'
• Go to My Notes from the sidebar, and choose 'Change Cover' from the same menu or upload a cover image of your choice