HOW TO USE UNDATED EVERYDAY PLANNERS

Let’s explore your planner together! If you’re using GoodNotes for digital note-taking, be sure to check out our Ultimate GoodNotes Guide before we dive in. So let’s get started!

DOWNLOAD & IMPORT YOUR PLANNER ON APPLE DEVICES

1. Open the Google Drive link provided for your files.
2. Tap on the file you want to download.
3. Select “Open in” or “Share” from the menu that appears.
4. To download to your iPad, choose the “Save to Files” option and select a location within the Files app.
5. Alternatively, if you want to open the file directly in a note-taking app, choose your preferred app (e.g., GoodNotes or Notability) from the sharing options

NAVIGATING YOUR PLANNER: HOW LINKING WORKS

ACTIVE THE HYPERLINKS

1. Open your Planner on your preferred note-taking app.
2. Tap on the ‘Reading Mode’ Icon in the toolbar to activate the hyperlinks.

INDEX PAGE

To return to the index page, tap the tab with three dashes located at the top of all tabs on the right side of your planner. This tab is always linked to the index page.

YEARLY PLANNERS

In the Yearly Calendar: Tap on each week to access the corresponding weekly page.
To Navigate to Daily Pages: Use the Quarterly Plan page, tap on the numbers to go to each day’s page.

WEEKLY PLANNERS

To easily navigate through each week of the year: The Weekly tab is linked to a table with all the weeks. Tap on any week to go directly to it.
Switching Weekly Layouts: You can switch between weekly layouts by selecting the option in the top right corner of your planner.
Navigating within the Same Layout: Use the arrows to move between weeks with the same layout.

MONTHLY TRACKERS

To move between months in the Monthly Tracker: Select the month you want to view from the list directly under the Monthly Tracker header.

DAILY PLANNERS

To switch between each day in the Daily Planner: Select the month and day number on the daily page.

EXTRA MONTHLY TRACKERS

In addition to the Monthly Wellness, Finance, and Habit Trackers, the following trackers aren’t linked in the tabs. You can access them through the Index page, depending on your needs: Mood Tracker, Sleep Log, Digital Wellbeing, Workout Log, and Medication Log.

EXTRA TEMPLATES & NOTE SECTIONS

To use the extra planning templates, duplicate them by copying and pasting after the page you’ve selected. You can then paste them into the ‘Note Sections’ to keep your planner organized.

In the Note Sections, you can rename them to create your own custom sections.

HOW TO CHANGE COVERS ON GOODNOTES

In GoodNotes Home Page, tap the Settings Icon in the top-right corner.
Select ‘Cover’ at the top of the menu.
Tap the + Icon in the top-right corner to create a new group. Name your new group.
After the group is created, tap Import + under the group.
Select the covers you want to import from your files.

Now your covers are imported into GoodNotes.

Open your planner.
Navigate to the first page of the document.
Tap the Three Dots in the top-right corner.
Select Change Template from the menu.
Tap on Cover at the top.
Choose the cover you’d like to use and tap Apply.

HOW TO USE STICKERS

Individual PNG Stickers

With Drag & Drop:

Open your stickers in the gallery in split-screen view.
Drag and drop your stickers into your planner or notebook.

With the Image Tool:

Select the Image Tool from the toolbar.
Tap anywhere on the page.
Select an image you want to add from “Photos” or “Insert from…” and choose from your Files.

GoodNotes Elements

The Elements tool in GoodNotes allows you to add your stickers to it for quick access in any notebook you open. Once you’ve created or imported a sticker, you can save it as an Element for future use.

How to Import an Element Collection:

Tap the Elements tool in the toolbar.
From the bottom scrollable list, tap the “+” icon.
Tap “Import from…” and choose the .collection file.

How to Save an Element:

Select the Sticker: Use the lasso tool to select the sticker you want to save.
Add to Elements: Tap the “Add to Elements” option and assign it to a category.

TIPS & TRICKS

If you want to use text boxes in your planner templates, please make sure to adjust the line height using the Aa icon in the text tool on GoodNotes to align with the lines. If you’re using another app, check whether the line height is adjustable.