Find your way around

• Sidebar, on the left: the workspace at the top, then Today, Upcoming, Recent and Deleted, your Library, your Favourites and your Projects. Settings is at the bottom.
• Items column, next to it: the list for what you picked in the sidebar, such as a project's items or all your notes.
• Main area: the item you are working on. Each item you open gets a tab at the top of the window.
• Right-hand pane: details, search, notifications, sharing and your account open here, beside your work.

At the top right are the search button, the bell for notifications, the sync status and your picture, which opens your account.

• Sidebar: the workspace at the top, then Today, Upcoming, Recent and Deleted, your Library, Favourites and Projects. Your name and the Settings button are at the bottom.
• List: the items in what you picked, such as a project's items or all your notes.
• Main area: the item you are working on, with its tools in the toolbar at the top. The bell for notifications and the search button are at the top right.
• Right-hand pane: details, sharing, notifications and your account open here.

On a smaller iPad, or in portrait, the sidebar and the list share one column. Select a place to see its list, and Back to return.

Unfolded, the left screen holds the navigation (the sidebar, then the list for what you picked) and the right screen holds the item you are working on, with its tools in the toolbar at the top. Details and other panes take the right screen. Folded, the cover screen uses the phone layout.

See Foldables and iPhone Duo for more.

The tab bar at the bottom has six tabs: Today, Projects, Tasks, All Notes, Search and Library. Each tab keeps its own place, so you can switch tabs and come back to where you were.

At the top of each screen are its buttons, such as ⋯ for more options and + to add something. Your picture, beside the title on Today and Library, opens your account, notifications and settings.

Select them at the top of the sidebar. The numbers show how many tasks are due today and coming up, and how many items are in Deleted.

• Today is the first tab. Tap Upcoming at the top of it to switch to Upcoming.
• Recent: the Search tab lists the items you opened last. Tap See all for the full list.
• Recently deleted is in the Library tab.

1. In the sidebar, under Library, click a kind, such as Notes.
2. The items column lists them, grouped by project. Click one to open it.

Click the word Library itself to see the Library home: your favourites, recently edited items and tags. The arrow next to it folds the section away.

1. In the sidebar, under Library, tap a kind, such as Notes.
2. The list shows them, grouped by project. Tap one to open it.

1. Tap the Library tab.
2. Tap Tasks, Notes, Calendars, Spreadsheets, Whiteboards or Tags.

The Library tab also has your Favourites, your recently edited items, and rows for Calendar (every calendar in one view) and Recently deleted. Tabs you turn off in the tab bar appear here as rows too.

In the sidebar, under Projects, click a project. The items column lists its items; click one to open it. Click the arrow next to a project to show or hide its sub-projects.

In the sidebar, under Projects, tap a project. The list shows its items; tap one to open it.

Tap the Projects tab, then tap a project. Its page lists its items, grouped by kind.

• Click the sidebar button at the top left of the window, or press ⌘\Ctrl\, to hide or show the sidebar.
• Press ⌥⌘\CtrlAlt\, or click the button at the top left of the items column, to hide or show the items column.

Tap the sidebar button at the top of the sidebar to hide it. To bring it back, tap the sidebar button at the top of the list, or swipe in from the left edge of the screen.

Drag the edge of the navigation column to the left to make it narrower, so the item can use more room.

On a phone each screen already uses the full width. Some screens, such as a board or Today, have a full-screen option in their ⋯ menu that also hides the tab bar.

These open in the right-hand pane, so the page you are on stays in view:

• Details of the item you are on: click ⓘ at the top right of the item.
• Search: click the search button at the top right, or press ⌘KCtrlK.
• Notifications: click the bell at the top right.
• Your account: click your picture at the top right. Right-click it for a short menu with Account, your workspace (to switch to another), Settings… and Sign out….

Press Esc to close the pane.

• Details of the item you are on: tap ⓘ in the toolbar at the top.
• Search: tap the search button at the top right.
• Notifications: tap the bell at the top right.
• Your account: tap your name at the bottom of the sidebar.

• Details of an item: open it, tap ⋯ at the top right, then Details. A note also has ⓘ next to ⋯.
• Search: tap the Search tab.
• Notifications: tap the bell at the top left of Today, or your picture, then Notifications.
• Your account: tap your picture beside the title on Today or Library.

Click Settings at the bottom of the sidebar. The ? button next to it opens Help and support.

Tap the Settings button (the gear) at the bottom of the sidebar.

Tap your picture beside the title on Today or Library, then tap Settings.

The tab bar holds up to five tabs plus Library, which is always last. Besides the standard tabs you can use Calendar, Upcoming, Spreadsheets (shown as "Sheets") or Whiteboards. The bar is full to start with, so turn a tab off before you turn another on.

1. Tap your picture beside the title on Today or Library, then tap Settings.
2. Tap Tab bar.
3. Turn tabs on or off under In the tab bar and Other tabs. Drag ≡ to change their order.

Keep at least two tabs besides Library. If you turn Search off, the main screens show a search button instead. Reset to default puts the standard tabs back.

The tab bar is only on phones. On your device, choose what the sidebar shows in Settings › Sidebar.

Click ‹ and › at the top left of the window to go back and forward through the places you visited.

Tap ‹ at the top left.