Apps Create New Sticky Notes in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to create a new note in Sticky Notes for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

The Microsoft Sticky Notes app is the simple way to quickly save something for later, so you can stay in the flow. With Sticky Notes, you can create notes, type, ink or add a picture, add text formatting, stick them to the desktop, move them around there freely, close them to the Notes list, and sync them across devices and apps like OneNote Mobile, Microsoft Launcher for Android, and Outlook for Windows.

You can sign in to Sticky Notes to sync your notes to the cloud so that you can see the same notes on the web and across apps and your favorite devices. To see your sticky notes on your favorite devices on the web, you'll need all your devices signed in to the same Microsoft account.

You can create a sticky note in different ways on different devices to suit your style and situation.

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1 Open the Sticky Notes app. (see screenshot below)


2 Perform one of the following actions to create a new note: (see screenshots below)

• Press the Ctrl+N keys.
• Click/tap on the New note (+) button at the top left corner on the Notes list.
• Click/tap on the New note (+) button at the top left corner on a sticky note.

3 You can now create a note by doing any of the following: (see screenshot below)

• Change color of sticky note.
• Type a note Use the keyboard to type out your note.
• Use your finger On any touch-enabled device, sketch a note with your finger.
• Draw with a pen If you have a digital pen, write your note by hand.
• Use Insights If you type notes that contain a date, time, phone number, or address, Insights will offer ways to interact with the note, such as by adding a reminder to your Outlook calendar if you type a time, showing a map if you type an address, or displaying a web page in a browser if you type a web address.
• Format a note
  1. Select the text you want to format.
  2. At the bottom of the note, click or tap a formatting button. You can format text with bold, italic, underline, strike through, or toggle bullets.
  3. Tap the formatting button again to stop applying the formatting.
• Add a picture to a note
  1. Click or tap the Add Image icon at the bottom of the note to browse to the picture you want to use.
  2. Navigate to and select the picture, and click/tap on Open to add the picture.
  3. To remove a picture from a note (option 1), open the note, right-click on the picture on the note, click/tap on Delete image, and click/tap on Delete to confirm.
  4. To remove a picture from a note (option 2), open the note, double click/tap on the picture on the note to open it, click/tap on the Menu (3 dots) button on the open picture, click/tap on Delete image, and click/tap on Delete to confirm.

You must be signed in to Sticky Notes to see your notes synced to the cloud (web).

1 Go to the Sticky Notes website, and sign in if not already.

2 Click/tap on Notes in the left pane, and click/tap on New Note on the menu bar. (see screenshot below)


3 You can now create a note by doing any of the following: (see screenshot below)

• Change color of sticky note.
• Type a note Use the keyboard to type out your note.
• Use your finger On any touch-enabled device, sketch a note with your finger.
• Draw with a pen If you have a digital pen, write your note by hand.
• Use Insights If you type notes that contain a date, time, phone number, or address, Insights will offer ways to interact with the note, such as by adding a reminder to your Outlook calendar if you type a time, showing a map if you type an address, or displaying a web page in a browser if you type a web address.
• Format a note
  1. Select the text you want to format.
  2. At the bottom of the note, click or tap a formatting button. You can format text with bold, italic, underline, strike through, or toggle bullets.
  3. Tap the formatting button again to stop applying the formatting.
• Add a picture to a note
  1. Click or tap the Insert Image icon at the bottom of the note to browse to the picture you want to use.
  2. Navigate to and select the picture, and click/tap on Open to add the picture.
  3. To remove a picture from a note, open the note, click/tap on the image on the note to open it, click/tap on Delete image on the toolbar at the top, and click/tap on Delete to confirm.

That's it,
Shawn Brink