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iPad User Guide

Get started with Freeform on iPad

The Freeform app 👁 Image
gives you a boundless canvas for creativity. Bring everything together on an online whiteboard, including photos, drawings, links, and files—and invite others to work with you. Brainstorm, sketch ideas, take notes, and collect your thoughts, either by yourself or with a group.

👁 An iPad with the Freeform app open. The board includes handwriting, text, drawings, shapes, photos, videos, sticky notes, links, and other files.

Gather ideas freely

You can put just about any kind of file in a Freeform board without worrying about layouts or page sizes. To create a board, tap 👁 the New Board button
, then tap 👁 the Insert button
or another option at the top of the screen to start adding your ideas.

👁 A Freeform board with two other participants whose selections are marked with color tick marks.

Collaborate with others

Tap 👁 the Share Board button
to invite people to start working together in real time on a board. To conduct a brainstorming session or provide feedback, add a sticky note—tap 👁 the Add Sticky Note button
.

👁 An iPad with a Freeform board that includes handwriting and drawings.

Get creative with the drawing tools

Tap 👁 the Drawing and Handwriting Tools button
(or just use your Apple Pencil) to start drawing. Tap a tool to adjust the line’s thickness, transparency, color, and more, and pinch to zoom in and out as you work.

👁 A Mac, iPad, and iPhone with the same Freeform board open.

Start on your iPad, keep working on your iPhone or Mac

The Freeform boards you store in iCloud—and any changes you make to them—stay up to date on all your Apple devices when you’re signed in to the same Apple Account. To use iCloud with Freeform, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > [your name] > iCloud > See All (in the Saved to iCloud section), then turn on Freeform.

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