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Express your ideas during a team brainstorming session by using the sticky notes feature in canvas.

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Adding a sticky note to Canvas

To add a sticky note:
  1. Click the sticky note icon sticky-note-icon in the Canvas toolbar.
  2. Choose the desired color of your sticky note.
  3. Click anywhere on your Canvas to place the note.
Note The default color of a sticky note in Box Canvas is yellow.
When you click on the sticky note icon in the toolbar, a menu with available colors is displayed, and your standard cursor changes to a sticky note cursor. Navigate anywhere on the Canvas to place a sticky note. If you have previously added a sticky note to a Canvas and you’re adding a new one, it has the same color as the previous one. If you’re adding the first sticky note, it’s added in the default color, yellow.

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Using sticky notes

Double click on the sticky note to add text to it. Font size adjusts automatically based on the number of characters that fit into the sticky note.

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Context bar

Click once on the sticky note to display the context bar.
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In the context bar you can:
  • change the sticky note color,
  • change text color and add highlight,
  • adjust font size,
  • format text,
  • add hyperlink,
  • change text alignment:
    • vertical (align to top, middle, or bottom),
    • horizontal (align to left, center, or right),
  • create a bulleted or numbered list,
  • send the sticky note to front or back,
  • copy or delete the sticky note.