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Add and Link Tabs in a Digital Planner

Tabs are one of the core features of a digital planner in Planify Pro. They allow your users to quickly navigate between sections like calendars, notes, or months by tapping a tab in their annotation app (like GoodNotes or Notability).

This guide explains how to add, customize, and link tabs effectively — including how to avoid broken links when inserting or deleting pages later.


Step 1: Open the Tab Settings #

  1. Make sure you’re in Digital Planner Mode.

  2. On the right-side menu, locate the Tabs panel.

  3. Choose where to place the tabs:

    • Left Side

    • Right Side

    • Top

    • Bottom

Tabs will stretch across the full side they’re placed on and automatically adjust their size based on how many tabs are added.


Step 2: Add a Tab #

  1. Click “Add Tab” (or the + icon).

  2. For each tab:

    • Tab Text: Enter the name you want to appear on the tab (e.g., “Notes”, “Index”, “March”).

    • Link to Page: Choose how this tab should link.


Step 3: Choose a Linking Method #

There are three ways to link a tab to a page:

  • Manually select a page number from the dropdown (e.g., page 12).

  • ⚠️ Not recommended if you plan to add/remove pages later — it will break the link since it’s tied to a fixed page number.

  • Automatically links to the first page in the planner with the same name as the tab text.

  • Example: If the tab is “Notes”, it will look for the first page named “Notes”.

  • ✅ Highly recommended: this ensures the link always works, even if you insert or delete other pages.

🔁 If multiple pages share the same name, it links to the first one that appears.

🔹 3. Detect Month #

  • Use this if the tab name is a month like “Jan”, “February”, etc.

  • It will find a monthly planner page, regardless of that page’s actual name.

  • Works with short or full English month names (e.g., “Feb” or “February”). For other languages, set to detect Text and rename monthly page name same as the tab name.


Step 4: Customize Tab Color & Manage Tabs #

  • You can assign a color to each tab for easier visibility.

  • To delete a tab, use the red “del” button next to it.

Each tab you’ve added will appear in a list under the settings.


After a link is set:

  • A purple arrow will appear under the tab showing:

    Link to page 5 | Notes

  • Clicking the link will jump to that page — great for testing.

  • If a tab cannot find its destination, a red X icon will appear with a warning:

    No page found with this tab: Index

Make sure the tab text exactly matches the page name if using Detect Text.


Tab Placement & Size Logic #

  • Tabs will always stretch evenly across the side they’re placed on.

  • Example: 4 tabs on the left side → each tab takes up ¼ of the page height.

  • You cannot manually resize or rearrange tabs.

  • To change the order, delete and recreate them in the correct order.