Sticky notes

A sticky note is a short note on the artboard: a reminder, a question for the client, a to-do for the team. Put it on a page or a section of the tree, and it moves with it.

Add a note

Click Sticky note in the toolbar at the bottom of the artboard, or press N. The note appears in the middle of the screen; if a page or a section is there, the note is attached to it right away.

Click the note to select it, and click it again to type. Escape leaves the text; a second Escape deselects the note.

Attach a note to a page or a section

Drag the note. The page or section it will attach to lights up; drop the note there. From then on the note stays with it: add pages, reorder the tree or switch the layout, and the note moves along instead of staying behind on the canvas.

• Drop a note on an empty spot to keep it free. A free note stays where you put it on the canvas.
• A note on a collapsed branch hides with it and comes back when you expand the branch.
• Notes made before 18 October 2026 are free until you drag them onto a page or a section.

Change a note

The toolbar of a selected note has:

• Color — yellow, cyan or crimson.
• Font size — Small, Medium or Large.
• Duplicate.
• Delete. Pressing Delete or Backspace on a selected note does the same.

A note grows to fit its text. To make it bigger, drag the handle in its bottom-right corner.

Good to know

• PDF export includes sticky notes. PNG export leaves them out.
• To copy a note to another project, see Copy pages and blocks.
• AI agents connected to Octopus.do and the public API can add notes and attach them to a page or a section.