Sticky notes are a staple of productive brainstorming sessions—they help you and collaborators gather, iterate on, and convert ideas to actionable takeaways. Read this article to learn how to add, import, and organize sticky notes in Lucidspark with a level of efficiency you can't get from a physical whiteboard.

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Add sticky notes to a board

To add a sticky note, follow these steps:

Select the Sticky Notes icon in the Primary Toolbar to the left-side of the canvas.
Hover over a sticky note color.
Click and drag the sticky note onto the board.

Tip: Use a sticky note shape bank to create a customizable stack of sticky notes collaborators can pull from. Choose a default size and color for the shape bank that will apply to all users who pull from it.

You can also add sticky notes using the text-entry field at the bottom of the sticky note panel. To do this:

Select the Sticky Notes icon in the Primary Toolbar to the left-side of the canvas.
Type or paste a message in the text field at the bottom of the sticky note menu.
Press the “Enter” key on your keyboard to add the sticky note to the board.
- If you have Collaborator Colors enabled, sticky notes added using this method will be your assigned Collaborator Color by default.

Learn more: To learn more about collaborator colors or how to show authors of sticky notes, check out our Collaborate in Lucid article.

Import CSV and TXT files to sticky notes

To convert a large number of ideas to sticky notes at the same time, you can upload a CSV or TXT file. Lucidspark will create a sticky note for each entry in your CSV or each line in your TXT file. To import your file, follow these steps:

Selectthe import icon from the Primary Toolbar to the left of the canvas.
Click CSV or Text file from the menu.
- If you're importing a CSV, select Sticky Notes.
Choose a CSV or TXT file from your device to import.

To demonstrate, see this image of a sample .csv file with a list of professional goals for a year before it's imported into Lucidspark.

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After uploading, Lucidspark organized each line from the .csv file into individual sticky notes making it much easier to read and engage with.

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Organize sticky notes

There are several ways to organize sticky notes using our Quick Clean Up, Gather, and Sort tools. You can also utilize links and Tags to further categorize your ideas.

Quick Cleanup

Use Quick Cleanup to bring sticky notes together in an orderly manner. Here’s how:

Select the sticky notes on the canvas that you want to clean up.
- To select multiple objects, click and drag your cursor over the sticky notes or press and hold the “Shift” key on your keyboard while clicking sticky notes.
Select the Quick Cleanup icon from the toolbar that appears.
Click Quick Cleanup.

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Sort

Use Lucidspark's Sort tool to categorize ideas and highlight shared themes. To learn more, visit our Sort sticky notes in Lucidspark article.

Gather

Use the Gather tool to group sticky notes by specific attributes. These attributes include Keyword, Reaction, and Votes. For more information and a complete list of attributes, check out our Gather sticky notes in Lucidspark article.

Links

Use links to connect sticky notes to relevant external content. For more details, see our Add links to objects in Lucidspark article.

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