How do I create and edit an Index Card/Substorm?

Create and edit Index cards to organize multiple sticky notes together in one place.

Index Cards or Substorms help you organize your ideas better. They work like a file folder on your computer, letting you drag and drop to collect multiple sticky notes in one card.

Index Cards help you organize your ideas better. They work like a file folder on your computer, letting you drag and drop to collect multiple sticky notes in one card.

To create an IndexCard/Substorm:

  1. Double click anywhere on the Storm to create a sticky.

  2. Select Index Card.

A new sticky with the Index Card icon highlighted

 

   3. You will need to name the Index Card in order to save it. Type the name on the red line.

   4. Click Enter or the checkmark to save.

A new index card

Adding stickies to Index Cards:

 You can add text directly to the Index Card.

  1. Click under the title of the index card

  2. A highlighted rectangle will appear. Type your idea in that rectangle

  3. This creates a sticky note in the substorm automatically

Adding ideas to an index card

Adding ideas that are already created:

To add sticky notes that have already been created to an Index Card, simply drag and drop your stickies on the Index Card sticky. 

You can add any type of stickies (Text, Image, Whiteboard, File, Video, or even other Index cards) to an Index Card.

How to remove stickies from Index Cards:

You can remove stickies from Index Cards by dragging them out individually. Click on the idea and drag it to a new location in your Storm. 

Enter the Substorm and move ideas out: 

  1. Enter the substorm to see all of your sticky notes inside

  2. Single click on the sticky note and select "Move to"

  3. The first option will be the level above the substorm that you are in

Moving ideas to a substorm/index card

 

Note: Business and Enterprise subscribers have the ability to visualize and organize all the ideas of an Index Card in a Substorm.


How do I edit an index Card/Substorm preview?

Click on the Index card/Substorm for the drop-down menu to appear. Click on View: Substorm Preview. You will get three view types to choose from.

  • Index Card View
  • Substorm Preview
  • Substorm Description

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Sample of an Index Card Preview: 
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Sample of a Substorm Preview: 

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Sample of a Substorm Description:

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