CONTINUED… Create and manage notes

3 Choose what you start with

Do this in Settings > Notes > Access Notes from Lock Screen. You may want a new note every time, or to resume either the last note created from the Lock screen, or viewed in the the app. The last two offer timed behaviours.

5 Select your stationery

In iOS, notes can have a background, like their paper equivalents. Set the default for all notes in Settings > Notes > Lines & Grids. When editing a note, override by tapping the Lines & Grids item in the Share sheet’s bottom row.

7 Pin notes to the top

Pin important notes in place to help find them. They appear at the top of the folder they are in and (as an automatic consequence) the top of the complete list. Swipe right on a note on iOS or ≈- click on macOS for this command.

4 Auto- style notes’ first lines

Do you like to start notes with a headline, or prefer to get down to nitty-gritty details? In Settings > Notes > New Notes Start With, you can opt for the first line to be formatted in the app’s Title, Headline or Body text style.

6 Set how notes are sorted

When your device is unlocked and you’re using the full Notes app, you’ll need to be able to find notes created on the Lock screen. Settings > Notes > Sort Notes By can help with this, particularly the Date Edited setting.

8 Search within one note

Notes’ search bar can search all notes, but not solely the current one. If you’re writing into the same note over and over, unlock your device, open that note, open the Share sheet and tap ‘Find in Note’ in the bottom row.