You can sketch or jot a handwritten note with Apple Pencil (see to start a new one.
Tap (next to the pen) transforms your handwriting to typed text as you write with Apple Pencil. To learn more about writing on boards with Apple Pencil, see , your strokes are grouped. If you want to break a drawing apart, you can separate your strokes and merge them. You can also delete, resize, or straighten parts of a drawing.
After you draw or write on your Freeform board with the drawing tools, tap (between the Eraser and Ruler) in the drawing tools.
Tap or circle the words you want to select, then choose an option from the menu that appears. (Tap Write and draw in documents with Markup on iPad