How to Create Customizable Labels and Widgets in GoodNotes

Did you know the text box tool in GoodNotes was this powerful? In this quick tip video, I show you how to master the tool to create your very own custom labels and widgets for your digital planner.
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[@kathhutchinson5373]

I’m new to digital planning and have shopped around a bit, but your planner and accompanying videos are by far the best and have helped me so much. I love the way you combine purposeful planning with a good look without getting over fussy and having the personal touch of your own handwriting. More videos like this would be great. Confession: I sometimes have to slow them down to see more clearly the various steps you are taking and your voice then sounds very weird!

[@DashPlanner]

Thank you so much for your purchase and sharing your kind words! For future videos, I can definitely slow down when showing the steps to make things easier to follow ☺️

[@oeplb713]

Great video. Thank you for sharing. Would love more videos like this.

[@esthereley6808]

One thing I do with colour-changing text stickers is, once I’m happy with them, I make them into normal digital stickers. I just drag the Apple Pencil up from the bottom right-hand-side of my iPad screen to create a Quick Note. Then I lasso my text sticker, press down and drag it into the Quick Note. Lastly, I press on the sticker in Quick Note and hit Copy and Paste it back into the planner. Voila, it’s a normal sticker!

[@DashPlanner]

Ah that's so smart! I definitely need to utilize the Quick Note feature more often. So powerful!

[@leanncrouse6780]

I need a video of this my brain is not processing this for some reason 🤦‍♀️

[@jazz1032]

This has helped so much and i loved every bit of it. I thought i had to buy all my digital widgets and stickers and now i don’t have to anymore. ❤😊

[@DashPlanner]

So glad you found it helpful 😊

[@cheryl5994]

Thank you so much for making this, I’d definitely appreciate more. I’m brand new to my planning & journaling life so far so good. I find it mind boggling all that’s possible that’s not really on available to do with pen & paper. I look forward to being able to master it.

[@DashPlanner]

Thank you so much for your kind words! It’s pretty crazy isn’t it? I’ve been digital planning for years and am still learning new things all the time!

[@tdcisme]

This was very helpful, love the video and love using the planner. Thank you!

[@DashPlanner]

Thank you! So glad it was helpful.

[@lisatachibana643]

Thanks for this. I am new in this whole Goodnotes and were looking for a simple and minimalistic design. This helped a lot! c:

[@DashPlanner]

Oh good! I'm so happy to hear it was helpful 🥰

[@msdreamer_4984]

Thank you for posting this video very helpful

[@lorinda_WI]

💯Fantastic explanation and video!

[@eat.move.live.simply]

Love this!

[@loveheals2475]

Wow. Fantastic video. So much info in 7 minutes. Who needs Photoshop, with this built right into Goodnotes?! Is the resulting image only usable in Goodnotes?

[@DashPlanner]

Thank you so much, I'm so glad it was helpful! I think there may be a way to export the image as a .png, but the color-changing feature would only be functional in Goodnotes.

[@aumhp]

This helps me a lot!!

[@DashPlanner]

So glad it helped! The color codes page is in the paid version of the planner, but I have a quick tutorial that shows how to find any color code: kzbin.info6yhdkrCITbw?si=EH-Z3ZmreYYUvd16

[@saygraceone]

Thanks. 😊

[@simplyweronika]

I got my 2023 dash planner today and I’m absolutely in love. It’s so much more than I anticipated. Thank you for making such an awesome product and keeping us inspired with further released content 🤍

[@DashPlanner]

Thank you so much! Wishing you all the best in 2023!

[@Disorrder]

That’s very nice, but there is no opacity option in color 😩

[@DashPlanner]

I know 😩 hopefully it's an option they add in the future!

[@dianakiraly4862]

❤

[@arlynacastro]

Can you do more videos like this but for Notability?

[@DashPlanner]

Would love to! At the moment, text boxes aren't this customizable in Notability, but hopefully this is something they add in the future 🤞

[@beautifullyplannedbylouise]

I have been trying to make these , but when I got to lasso it disappeared what am I doing wrong 😮

[@beautifullyplannedbylouise]

Also made them without border and it’s only the text that’s changing colour ..😏

[@DashPlanner]

@@beautifullyplannedbylouise Sounds like it may be a glitch! I would try updating GoodNotes and restarting your iPad. To change the label color, you'll want to change it under "Background Color" in the text settings.

[@christineleary1688]

Hi! I downloaded iFont and followed tour instructions. When I am in good notes, I can see the new fonts i installed but when I’m text box, it won’t let me choose the new ones. Can you help?

[@christineleary1688]

It changes ever single new font to Helvetica for some reason 😮

[@DashPlanner]

Oh, how strange 😟I'd reach out to GoodNotes!