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How to record audio with your writing

Choose Insert › Record audio with your writing, allow the microphone, and write with the pen while you talk. Press Stop when you are done. The recording appears as a chip at the top right of the canvas, where you can play, rename or delete it.

a microphoneOn a Mac, Ctrl is Cmd.

Steps

  1. Choose Main menu › Insert › Record audio with your writing (or press Ctrl+K and type Record audio).

  2. Allow the microphone if your browser asks. A Recording bar with a timer and Stop appears at the bottom of the canvas.

  3. Write with the pen (P, then pen) while you talk.

    Recording in progress: two pen strokes on the canvas and the Recording bar with its timer and Stop.Recording in progress: two pen strokes on the canvas and the Recording bar with its timer and Stop.

  4. Press Stop. A notice says how long the recording is, and that it is kept in this document.

Play, rename or delete

Each recording shows as a chip at the top right of the canvas, such as Recording 1 0:08.

The Recordings chip at the top right of the canvas: Recording 1, 0:08, with play, rename and delete.The Recordings chip at the top right of the canvas: Recording 1, 0:08, with play, rename and delete.

  • Play plays it from the start. Press again to stop.
  • Rename lets you give it a name, such as "Mechanism, step 2".
  • Delete removes it after you confirm. The strokes stay.

Every stroke you wrote while it ran keeps its moment: select a stroke and play it to hear what you were saying as you drew it.

Note

The recording is kept in the document, so it goes wherever the document goes. To record your whole screen and voice as a video instead, use Record a walkthrough.

Drawing basicsHow to draw chemistry with a pen or stylusDraw with a pen: a hexagon becomes a ring and a zigzag becomes a carbon chain, and a scribble erases. Turn on View › Pen only so a resting hand or finger moves the page instead of drawing.Figures, diagrams and documentsHow to add sticky notesPress P for the pen row and choose sticky (or press N there), pick a paper color, and click the canvas. Shift+S drops a note from any tool. Type straight away; Enter starts a new line and Esc finishes. Text wraps and shrinks to fit the note.Slides and presentingHow to record a walkthroughChoose File › Record a walkthrough, work on the page while the bar counts the time, and press Stop. The recording is saved as an MP4 named after the document, such as "Aspirin walkthrough.mp4".

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Last updated Nov 12, 2026