Notebooks and library

Search notebooks and folders

Tap the field and type: the library immediately shows only the notebooks and folders whose name contains what you typed, across the whole library (inside folders too). Capitals and accents don't matter: "fisica" also finds "Física". To clear the search, delete the text; tapping outside an empty field closes the search.

To search inside notebooks (typed text, PDFs and, if you turned it on, handwriting) and in lecture transcripts, use the general search from Home.

More (⋮)phone & tablet only

On a phone the library commands are gathered here to leave room for your notebooks: Sort, New folder, Import a document, Import photos, Join with a code, From your devices and, where available, Scan pages. Each one is explained below, in the More menu.

Sortcomputer only

Chooses the order of notebooks and folders: by last modified (the notebook you last wrote in comes first), by name from A to Z, or by date created (newest first). On a computer the button shows the current order, for example "Last modified". The app remembers your choice.

New foldercomputer only

Creates a folder: type the name (for example "Math"), pick a color and confirm. If you're already inside a folder, the new one is created there: so you can have folders inside folders, for example "First year" → "Calculus 1".

Importcomputer only

On a computer it opens the menu for bringing files you already have into Sfoglia: Import a document (PDF, and also Word, PowerPoint and Excel), Import photos, Join with a code and From your devices. They're explained in the Import menu.

Folder

Each colored tile is a folder, with its name and how many items it contains (notebooks and other folders). Tap it to open it. To put a notebook in a folder you can touch and hold it and drag it onto the folder, or use Move to a folder from the notebook's menu.

Folder actions (⋮)

The three dots on a folder open its menu: Rename or change color and Delete. They're explained in the folder menu.

Notebook

Each card is a notebook. At the top you see the cover or, if it has none, a preview of the first page with what you wrote on it. Below are the title and a line with the number of pages and when you last changed it (if the notebook has labels, you see the labels instead of the date).

• Tap the card to open the notebook and write in it.
• Touch and hold it and drag it onto a folder to move it there. While you drag, a red trash can appears at the bottom: drop the notebook on it to delete it (the app asks you to confirm). Inside a folder, an area to move it out of the folder also appears at the top.

More actions (⋯)

The three dots next to the title open the notebook's menu: rename, change cover, move, labels, share, export as PDF, previous versions and delete. Every item is explained in the notebook menu.

New notebook

The dashed tile with the + creates a new notebook: a window opens where you choose title, cover and paper type. It's explained in Creating a notebook.

Cancel (✕)

Closes the window without creating anything.

Create

Creates the notebook with your choices and opens it right away.

Title

The notebook's name, as it will appear in the library (for example "Physics", "Diary", "May planner"). Pressing Enter on the keyboard creates the notebook immediately. If you leave it empty it will be called "Untitled".

Cover

The cover you see in the library. Scroll the row sideways to see them all:

• None (the default): no cover, the card shows a preview of the first page.
• Photo: use a photo from your gallery as the cover (the app shrinks it so it doesn't take up space).
• The illustrated covers: Lilac, Code, Molecule, Mountains, Heartbeat, Curve, Dream, Night, Ocean, Sunset, Forest, Lavender, Cherry, Sand, Graphite, Mint and Sky.

The selected cover has a highlighted border.

Paper

The notebook's page type. The first ones are plain papers:

• Blank: a white page, no lines.
• Ruled: like a lined notebook (the default).
• Grid: 5 mm squares, like a math notebook.
• Graph paper: 5 mm squares with a stronger line every centimeter.
• Dotted: a grid of dots, handy for diagrams and bullet journals.

Then there are ready-made templates:

• Daily planner: the hours of the day, priorities and things to do.
• Weekly planner: the seven days of the week on one page.
• Monthly calendar: the month's grid.
• Class timetable: a days × hours table to fill in.
• Cornell notes: the Cornell method, with a keyword column, room for notes and a summary at the bottom.
• To-do list: a list with checkboxes.

New pages you add to the notebook use the same type, but you can change it for each page.

Import a document

Creates a notebook from a file: each page of the document becomes a page of the notebook, which you can write on, highlight and annotate as on paper. The original file isn't changed.

• PDFs are imported right away, on your device.
• Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other documents (where the item shows "PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel…"): Sfoglia turns them into PDFs through your Google Drive. The first time it asks you to sign in with Google; the permission only gives Sfoglia access to the files it creates itself, and the temporary copy is deleted from your Drive right after the conversion.

The notebook takes the file's name; you can rename it anytime.

Import photos

Creates a notebook from photos in your gallery: choose one or more photos and each becomes a page. Useful for pictures of the whiteboard, handouts or books.

Join with a code

Join a shared notebook from a classmate or a teacher: type the code they sent you and the notebook appears in your library. You'll be able to write in it together with the others in real time, or just view and comment, depending on how it was shared. Joining is free for everyone.

From your devices

Shows the notebooks you marked On your devices on another phone, tablet or computer signed in to the same Sfoglia account, and opens them here without a code. This way the same notebook is up to date on all your devices. Marking them requires Pro and signing in to your Sfoglia account.

Scan pagesonly on some devices

Phones and tablets only: opens the camera in scanner mode, finds the edges of the sheet by itself, straightens the page and removes shadows. You can scan several sheets in a row: they become the pages of a new notebook. With Pro, AI can also read the text of the scanned pages.

Last modified

The notebooks you worked on recently come first. This is the default order. The check mark shows the chosen order.

Name (A-Z)

In alphabetical order, from A to Z.

Date created

From the most recently created notebook to the oldest.

Back

Leave the folder and go back to the parent folder or the main library. Your phone's Back button or gesture works too.

In an open folder you see at the top the folder's name and how many items it contains, and the same commands as the library: search, sorting, New folder (which creates a subfolder in here) and import (imported notebooks go into this folder). New notebook also creates the notebook right here.

Rename or change color

Opens the Edit folder window: change the name and the tile's color.

Delete

Deletes the folder.

• If the folder is empty, just confirm.
• If it contains notebooks you can choose: Keep notebooks: the folder disappears, but its notebooks and subfolders move out and stay safe in the parent folder; Delete everything: also permanently deletes all the notebooks and folders inside.

Rename

Changes the notebook's title.

Change cover

Choose another illustrated cover, one of your photos, or None to go back to the first-page preview.

Move to a folder

The list of folders opens: choose where to put the notebook, or Main library to take it out of every folder. You can do the same by touching and holding the notebook and dragging it onto a folder.

Labels…

Labels are keywords you put on notebooks, for example "Exam" or "To review". A notebook can have as many as you like.

• In the Labels sheet, check the ones to apply, or type a new one in the New label field and tap Add.
• Once there's at least one label, a row of filters appears above the library's notebooks: All and your labels. Tap one to see only the notebooks that have it, across the whole library.
• Touch and hold a filter to rename or delete the label. Deleting it keeps the notebooks: only the label goes away.

Share with classmates

Turns the notebook into a shared notebook, where several people write together in real time. The Shared notebook page opens, where you:

• create an invite code with Invite someone who can edit or Invite someone who can only view (and comment); the code is valid until the date shown and you send it to your classmates with Copy code. They join from the library with Join with a code;
• see the notebook's People and who's online now, and for each person choose Can edit, View only or Remove from notebook;
• open the Change history, turn on On your devices to have it on your other devices too, or Stop sharing (everyone keeps the notebook, but it no longer updates).

The content of a shared notebook is stored encrypted on Sfoglia's server.

Export as PDF

Creates a PDF file with all the notebook's pages: handwriting, text, photos and imported PDFs with your annotations. First you choose where to save it and its name (by default the notebook's title), then a window shows the progress, page by page (you can stop it with Cancel). At the end you see PDF saved. It's free for everyone.

Previous versions

Sfoglia automatically saves a copy of the notebook every time you close it after changing it, and keeps the last 20. Here you see the list with date, time, number of pages and strokes. Restore brings the notebook back to how it was at that moment (first it saves how it is now, so you can go back); Delete removes a copy you don't need.

Delete

Deletes the notebook with all its pages, after a confirmation. It's permanent: keep a backup to be safe.