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# Create notebooks

> Start a handwritten notebook on blank, lined, grid, dotted, or Cornell paper, and add pages as you go.

A notebook is a document that starts from blank paper instead of a PDF. Use one for lecture notes, problem sets, or working out ideas. You choose the paper style, color, size, and orientation, and you can add pages in any style as you write.

<Info>
  This page is about handwritten notebooks. To run Python code in `.ipynb` notebooks, see [Jupyter notebooks](/lectra/jupyter-notebooks).
</Info>

## Create a notebook

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the New menu">
    In your library, tap **New**, then tap **Notebook**. With a keyboard, press <kbd>⌘</kbd> <kbd>N</kbd>.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name it">
    In **New Notebook**, type a name in **Name**. If you leave it, the notebook is called "Notebook".
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set up the paper">
    Choose the options you want. The **Preview** shows the result, for example "Lined · Letter · Portrait".
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create it">
    Tap **Create**. The notebook opens, ready to write on.
  </Step>
</Steps>

New notebooks are saved in the folder you're viewing.

### Paper options

| Option | Choices |
| - | - |
| **Paper** | **Blank**, **Lined**, **Grid**, **Dotted**, **Cornell** |
| **Color** | White, Cream, Legal, Charcoal, Black |
| **Orientation** | **Portrait**, **Landscape** |
| **Size** | **Letter**, **A4** |

**Cornell** paper has a header line at the top, a narrow cue column on the left, a wide notes area, and a summary area at the bottom of the page.

### Other ways to start a notebook

* Touch and hold the Lectra app icon, then tap **New Notebook**.
* Ask Siri: "Start a new notebook in Lectra" or "Create a notebook in Lectra".
* Add the **New Notebook** control to Control Center, or the **Quick Actions** widget to your Home Screen. To learn more, see [Add Lectra widgets](/lectra/library#add-lectra-widgets).

### Whiteboard

The **New** menu also has **Whiteboard**. It opens the same setup as a notebook, with the name "Whiteboard", and creates a page of the size you choose.

## Add pages

When you reach the end of a notebook, swipe past the last page. Lectra adds a new page with the notebook's paper and shows **New page added**. Tap **Undo** in the message if you didn't want it.

To add a page somewhere else, or in a different style:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to the page before the new one">
    Go to the page that the new page should follow.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the pages panel">
    In the top bar, tap **Pages** (or **Page Overview** on a narrower screen).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Insert the page">
    Tap **Insert**, then tap **Blank**, **Lined**, **Grid**, **Dotted**, or **Cornell**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You can mix paper styles in one notebook, for example lined pages for notes and a grid page for a graph.

## Change the paper of a page

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Paper">
    In the editor, tap **More actions** (the ellipsis button), then tap **Paper**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the paper and color">
    Under **Paper**, pick a style. Under **Color**, pick a color.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Apply it">
    Tap **Apply to Page**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The change applies to the current page. If it's the last page, new pages you add afterward use the same paper.

## Add paper to a PDF

You can also add notebook pages to any PDF, such as a blank page after each lecture slide. Open the PDF, then insert a page as described in [Add pages](#add-pages).

## Share or print a notebook

A notebook exports like any other document. To send it as a PDF, tap **Share** in the top bar. To print it, tap the notebook's title, then tap **Print**. To learn more, see [Export and share](/lectra/export-and-share).

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Mark up a document" icon="pen" href="/lectra/annotate">
    Learn the writing tools.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scan paper documents" icon="camera" href="/lectra/scan">
    Turn paper worksheets into pages you can write on.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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