What is Flexcil?
Flexcil is a versatile note-taking app and PDF viewer designed for tablet and mobile devices.
It offers a unique feature that allows you to view PDF documents and take notes simultaneously on the same screen.
With Flexcil, you can easily access and interact with the contents of your documents.
Introducing menus
The app consists of three main components: File Manager, Document Viewer, and Page Manager.
You can check out basic how-to in the application if you press the question mark icon at the bottom left or you can also see video tutorials from our YouTube channel.
File Manager
You can see downloaded documents, notes, and folders from the File Manager.
On the File Manager, you can create notes or folders and can delete/merge/export documents or notes.
You can also purchase in-app products, connect cloud storage, set up the app, etc.
① Global Search
You can search the title or the body of documents using keywords in the search box.
By setting the filter, you can display entire documents/PDF documents only/notes only.
You can search the text in documents or text in the text box you put on the document by enabling options.
※ You can see options if you press on the search window
② Documents List
You can see documents and folders on the application by pressing the Documents tab
③ Trash
You can see deleted documents, notes, and folders.
You can also delete permanently or restore the deleted documents or folders.
④ Files
iOS: You can see files in the Files app and can access iCloud from here.
Android: You can access the files on your device and also access your cloud storage from here. To access cloud storage, you need to install the app of the cloud storage service that you want to access and sign in with your account from the installed app.
⑤ Connects (iOS only)
You can connect your cloud storages from here. To connect to cloud storage, press , select the cloud storage that you want to connect to, and sign in with your account.
On Android, you can access the cloud storage from the Files tab.
⑥ Recents
You can see the list of documents(up to 10) that you recently opened.
You can also open the document if you press the name of a document from the list.
If you press Recents All button, you can see all the documents you opened.
⑦ Favorites
You can see the list of documents(up to 10) that you added as a favorite.
You can also open the document if you press the name of a document from the list.
If you press the Favorites All button, you can see all the documents you added as a favorite.
⑧ Settings
You check the version of the app, manage data, adjust view settings, backup or restore data, see user guides and etc. from here.
⑨ In-app tutorials
You can see basic how-to guides with videos.
⑩ Shop
You can purchase the Standard version of Flexcil, digital planners, and the Standard version+digital planner package.
⑪ Documents list
You can see every document on the Flexcil app from the document list.
You can also add documents as favorites, delete documents, change the name of a note, change a cover/template of a note, move documents or notes, etc. from the document list.
⑫ Quick menu
You can create a new folder or a note, browse documents on the Files app, and connect cloud storage.
Document Viewer
Document Viewer will be the place you see the most while using the app. Document Viewer consists of three parts-Main Viewer Pop-up Viewer and Side Menu.
You can view a document or a note, write on them, annotate them, search keywords through them and etc.
① Move to File Manager
You can go to the File Manager by pressing the button.
② Move to Page Manager
You can go to the Page Manager by pressing the button.
③ Open Pop-up Viewer
You can open or close the Pop-up Viewer by pressing the button.
You can also open the Pop-up Viewer if you swipe up the screen with three fingers. And close the Pop-up Viewer by swiping down the screen with three fingers.
④ Minimize UI
You can change the modes of UI by pressing the button.
Flexcil supports three modes-Display entire menus, Hide upper UI, and Minimize Pen Toolbar
⑤ Audio recording button
You can record audio while using the app by pressing the button.
Recorded audio will sync with annotations and you can see what you annotate while recording when playback recording. You can see how the audio recording and syncing feature work from How to guide on Audio recording and syncing.
⑥ Search
You can search keywords on the document or text annotations.
⑦ Settings
You can change viewer settings such as scroll direction, number of displayed pages on a screen, pen or gesture settings, dark mode settings, etc.
⑧ Open side menu
You can open the side menu by pressing the icon. On the side menu, you can navigate through pages, check outlines, bookmarks, or annotations, add/delete bookmarks or outlines, etc.
⑨ Document tab
You can open multiple files at the same time and move from one document to another quickly and easily.
Flexcil also supports options like you close multiple documents at once, hiding a document tab, etc.
⑩ Pen toolbar
On the pen toolbar, you can switch between pen mode and gesture mode, add pens or highlighters, change the pen settings, use eraser/shape correction/lasso/textbox/laser pointer tools, and convert the pen toolbar mode between vertical and horizontal.
⑪ Page slider
When you flip pages, you will see the bar at the bottom. The bar is called a Page slider and you can move fast from one page to another by holding and moving the bar. You can also go to the page where you want to go by inputting the page number after pressing the bar.
⑫ Pop-up viewer
A pop-up viewer is a viewer where you can open a document or a note separate from the main viewer.
Page Manager
You can create, delete, duplicate, or move the page of a document or note. You can also create a new note or a new folder from here.
① Document list
You can see the list of folders, documents, and notes from the document list. By selecting the tab at the bottom, you can see favorite documents or recent documents only. You can open documents by pressing them.
② Quick menu
You can create a new note or a new folder
③ Document editing mode button
You can enable the document editing mode if you press the button. In document editing mode, you can move or delete documents or folders.
④ Collapsing document list button
You can collapse the document list and can display the page list only.
⑤ Page editing mode button
You can enable the page editing mode and copy/duplicate/delete/mode pages or can add a new page. You can also enable the page editing mode by long-pressing the page.
⑥ Page list
You can see the pages of the document, move to the page where you want to see, delete pages, and add a new page from the page list. You can also see entire pages or pages with annotations only by setting a filter.