Working with Pages
A canvas isn't limited to one page. You can add as many as you need and move between them, all within the same canvas.
The page bar along the bottom holds everything for pages: previous and next arrows, a Page 2 of 3 counter, and buttons for the page template, adding a page, and deleting one.
Adding a page
Tap Add page and a new page is added to the end, and you're taken to it. It starts empty, with the same template as the page you were on.
Moving between pages
Use the arrows on either side of the page counter. You can also swipe, but only while Swipe pages or Text is the active tool. The drawing tools never turn the page, so a stroke can't flip you somewhere else.
Page templates
Tap Page template to choose what's printed under your ink: Blank, Lined, Grid, or Dots. The choice applies to the page you're on, and new pages copy it.
Templates show in the export too. Grid is handy for lining up columns of figures.
Deleting a page
Tap Delete page to remove the page you're on. If it has anything on it, you'll be asked to confirm first.
A canvas always keeps at least one page, so the delete button is greyed out when only one is left. To empty the last page instead, use Clear this page in the app bar.
Deleting can't be undone. Undo covers strokes within a page, not the page itself.
Sending a page to the budget canvas
On a paycheck canvas, Add this page to the budget canvas in the app bar copies the page you're on to the end of the budget's own canvas. The copy includes drawing, text notes, and template. See What is Canvas? for the two kinds of canvas.
This is how working notes from individual paychecks gather in one place. The page stays on the paycheck canvas too. It's a copy, not a move, and editing one afterwards doesn't change the other.
An empty page can't be sent. The button doesn't appear on the budget canvas itself.
What to use multiple pages for
The natural unit is one page per idea.
If you're working through a tight pay period, you might use one page for the situation as it stands and a second for the version where you've moved things around. Keeping them apart means you can compare rather than overwrite, which is harder to do on a single page once you've started erasing.
Other useful splits:
- ›Current situation on one page, proposed change on the next
- ›One page per option when you're weighing several
- ›A working page for arithmetic and a clean page for the conclusion, which is also the one worth sending to the budget canvas
Pages and paychecks
Worth restating, because it catches people out: pages live inside a single canvas. They aren't a way to organize across pay periods.
Each paycheck has its own canvas with its own pages. Moving to a different paycheck on the home screen takes you to a different canvas entirely, and your pages don't follow you there. See Moving Between Paychecks.
If you want notes that span your whole budget, use the budget canvas, and send pages to it from individual paychecks as you go.
Saving
All pages save automatically along with the rest of the canvas, a moment after each change and when you close the screen. There's nothing to save manually.