How to export or print notes on iPad

In the Notes app, you can open a note in the Pages app and continue working. You can also export the note as a PDF or print the note.

A locked note has to be unlocked first before you open it in Pages. You can export a note as a Markdown file, too, and a PDF uses the note’s current view settings for its attachments.

Here’s how to export or print notes on iPad.

Open a note in Pages

1. Make sure your iPad has the latest version of Pages.
2. Open the Notes app on your iPad.
3. Open the note you want to export.
4. Tap the Share button and then tap Open in Pages.

Note: You must unlock a locked note before you export its contents to Pages. Once in Pages, you can’t edit drawings, and content such as scanned documents and PDFs appears as thumbnail images. Tags, mentions, checklists, and links to notes also aren’t active items there. If you export a shared note, the resulting Pages document isn’t shared.

Export a note as a PDF

PDFs you create from a note use its current view settings for attachments. If the note includes a multipage PDF or scanned document, only the first page of the original makes it into the exported PDF.

1. Open the Notes app on your iPad.
2. Open the note you want to export.
3. Tap the Share button, then tap Markup.

   If you don’t see the Markup option, first tap the View More button.

4. Mark up the pages in the exported PDF as needed and tap the Done button to save the PDF.

Export a note as a Markdown file

You can export your notes as Markdown files to integrate your notes into writing, content, and other workflows that support Markdown.

1. Open the Notes app on your iPad.
2. Open the note you want to export.
3. Tap the Share button and then tap Export as Markdown.

   If you don’t see the Markdown option, first tap the View More button.

4. Choose how to send or save your note.

Print a note

1. Open the Notes app on your iPad.
2. Open the note you want to print.
3. Tap the Share button, then tap Print.

   If you don’t see the Print option, first tap the View More button.

4. Choose the printer and other options, then tap Print.

See also

• Print from iPad
• Share notes and collaborate on iPad