# Notely help centre --- > Guides, steps, tips and common questions for the Notely Figma plugin, in full. Landing page: https://raiken.io/kb/notely --- # Create your first sticky note with Notely > Open Notely, pick a color, create a note on the canvas and edit its text. ## Goal Put a note on the Figma canvas and edit its text without leaving the file. ## Before you start - Notely installed in Figma. - A Figma file open for editing. ## Steps 1. **Open Notely** Run Notely from the Plugins menu, or open Figma Quick Actions, type notely and select Open. 2. **Choose a color** Click the palette button next to Create Note to choose the color for new notes. The presets are Yellow, Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Black, White and Rainbow. 3. **Create the note** Click Create Note. Notely adds the note to the canvas and lists it in the plugin window. 4. **Write and format** Type your text in the note editor. The toolbar has bold, italic and underline, and a button that cycles through list styles. 5. **Change the color later** In the editor, click another color swatch. For your own color, open the small arrow on the Custom swatch and choose Pick custom color…. Reset to default sets that custom swatch back to its default color. ## Tips - Create notes without opening the plugin window: choose Write Note in Figma Quick Actions. ## Result A note sits on your canvas in the color you picked and appears in the Notely list. ## If something goes wrong - **A note shakes when I double-click it and does not open.** -> Notes of the vision feedback type cannot be edited. Create a regular note with Create Note instead. ## Common questions ### Which colors can I choose? Notely has eight presets: Yellow, Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Black, White and Rainbow. In the note editor you can also pick a custom color. ### How do I create a note without opening Notely? Open Figma Quick Actions, type write and select Write Note. ### How do I edit a note? Double-click the note in the Notely list, or open Figma Quick Actions, type edit and select Edit Note. ## Related guides - [Filter, group and export your notes](https://raiken.io/kb/notely/organize-feedback-lists): Find notes with the filter bar, group and sort the list, select a note on the canvas, and export your notes as CSV. - [Write and edit notes from Quick Actions](https://raiken.io/kb/notely/notely-quick-actions): Open Notely, write a note or edit one straight from Figma Quick Actions. --- Source: https://raiken.io/kb/notely/notely-getting-started (Notely help centre). Reviewed: 2026-10-30. --- # Write and edit notes from Quick Actions > Open Notely, write a note or edit one straight from Figma Quick Actions. ## Goal Add and change notes without opening the Notely window. ## Before you start - Notely installed in Figma. ## Steps 1. **Open Quick Actions** Open Figma Quick Actions. Notely's own onboarding shows Ctrl+P for it. 2. **Write a note** Type write and select Write Note to create a note without opening the Notely window. 3. **Edit a note** Type edit and select Edit Note to edit an existing note directly. 4. **Open the full plugin** Type notely and select Open to open the whole Notely window. ## Result You create and edit notes, or open Notely, without leaving the canvas. ## Common questions ### Which commands does Notely add to Quick Actions? Three: Open, Write Note and Edit Note. ## Related guides - [Create your first sticky note with Notely](https://raiken.io/kb/notely/notely-getting-started): Open Notely, pick a color, create a note on the canvas and edit its text. - [Filter, group and export your notes](https://raiken.io/kb/notely/organize-feedback-lists): Find notes with the filter bar, group and sort the list, select a note on the canvas, and export your notes as CSV. --- Source: https://raiken.io/kb/notely/notely-quick-actions (Notely help centre). Reviewed: 2026-10-30. --- # Filter, group and export your notes > Find notes with the filter bar, group and sort the list, select a note on the canvas, and export your notes as CSV. ## Goal Find the notes you need in a busy file and hand them off as a CSV. ## Before you start - A file with several Notely notes. ## Steps 1. **Filter by text** Type in the Filter Notes bar. Notely shows the notes whose title or content contains your text. 2. **Open the filter menu** Click the Filter notes button. Switch on Show only active page to hide notes from other pages, or Show only AI notes to see only AI notes. 3. **Group and sort** In the same menu choose Group by (page, creation date, last change, user or color) and Sort by (Custom, Created, Changed or Color). 4. **Find a note on the canvas** Click a note in the list to select it on the canvas. Double-click it to edit it. 5. **Export to CSV** Open the menu in the plugin footer, choose Import Notes, then Notely Export (CSV). Notely saves a file named notely_export_ followed by the date, with the columns Title, Content, Caption, Color and Emoji. ## Tips - The filter bar searches each note's title and content. To work by person or color, use Group by user or Group by color. ## Result Your list shows the notes you need in the order you want, and a CSV of your notes is saved. ## Common questions ### What does the filter bar search? The title and content of each note. It does not search the author or the color. ### Which columns does the CSV have? Title, Content, Caption, Color and Emoji. ## Related guides - [Create your first sticky note with Notely](https://raiken.io/kb/notely/notely-getting-started): Open Notely, pick a color, create a note on the canvas and edit its text. - [Write and edit notes from Quick Actions](https://raiken.io/kb/notely/notely-quick-actions): Open Notely, write a note or edit one straight from Figma Quick Actions. --- Source: https://raiken.io/kb/notely/organize-feedback-lists (Notely help centre). Reviewed: 2026-10-30.