Use this guide when you want to change the visible front cover of a planner or notebook. Digital covers work best when the cover orientation matches the product, the original file is saved safely, and the app can show the new first page or document thumbnail clearly.

Built-in tutorial pages and visual guide

Use the images below as visual checkpoints. The extra notes explain what to do with the page after you understand what it shows.

Yume Techo Portrait cover example

Use portrait covers for portrait products. If the cover looks stretched, cropped, or floating with empty space, check that the cover and planner orientation match.

Yume Techo Landscape cover example

Use landscape covers for landscape products. In most apps, covers are just pages: copy or import the cover page, move it to the front, then set the app thumbnail or document cover if your app has that option.

Yume Noto v3 light cover page example

Use different covers when you keep multiple notebooks in one app. This makes work notes, study notes, home notes, and personal notebooks easier to recognize.

How to use covers first

1. Save one untouched copy first. Covers are usually easy to change, but page movement can behave differently in each app. A clean backup lets you restart calmly.
2. Choose a matching cover. Match portrait with portrait and landscape with landscape. A cover made for another orientation can stretch, crop, or leave empty space.
3. Import or copy the cover into the planner or notebook. Most apps treat a cover as a normal page. Use the app page manager, thumbnail view, page sorter, or import-page option.
4. Move the cover to page one. Many apps use the first page as the visible document thumbnail, so the new cover usually needs to sit at the front.
5. Check the app library thumbnail. Some apps update automatically. Others need close/reopen, refresh, or a separate set-cover or document-thumbnail option.
6. Keep the old cover until the new one looks right. Delete later, not first!

Good ways to use covers

1. Separate notebooks by purpose. Use one cover style for work, another for school, another for home, health, study, journal, Bible study, or archive notes.
2. Separate planner copies. Give the clean backup, active planner, test planner, and archived planner different covers so you open the right file.
3. Mark the current year or season. A 2026 cover, academic-year cover, garden cover, or seasonal cover helps you avoid opening an older planner by mistake.
4. Make app libraries easier to scan. If many NozomuNoto files sit beside each other, covers act like visual labels.
5. Make experiments safer. If you are testing page copies, stickers, app settings, or imports, use a test cover so the experiment file is obvious.

Common cover problems

1. The cover looks stretched, cropped, or too small

What happens: the cover appears on the page, but the shape looks wrong.

Example: a portrait cover is placed in a landscape planner, or a small image is stretched into a full page.

What to do: use a cover made for the same orientation and product size. If the product includes multiple cover files, choose the one that matches the planner or notebook you imported.

2. The app library still shows the old cover

What happens: page one looks correct inside the planner, but the document thumbnail still shows the old cover.

What to do: close and reopen the document, return to the app library, or check for a set-cover or document-thumbnail option. If the app does not support custom thumbnails, page one can still be the new cover even if the library view is limited.

3. The old cover was deleted too early

What happens: the new cover is wrong, but the original front page is already gone.

What to do: undo if possible. If not, import a fresh copy from your saved download and copy the original cover or planner pages again.

4. Links behave strangely after page edits

What happens: tabs or index links feel wrong after moving pages around.

What to do: test the Index, tabs, one month link, and one page link after changing the cover. If links break, return to the clean backup and use the app-specific guide before trying again.

5. The cover file is a PNG image, not a PDF page

What happens: you have a cover image, but the app wants a page, document, or PDF.

What to do: if your app can insert images as full pages, place the PNG on a blank page and resize it carefully. If your app cannot do that cleanly, use a PDF cover file when available.

Related cover help

• How to change a digital planner cover
• Which apps work with NozomuNoto planners?
• Download and access your NozomuNoto files

Where to go next

NozomuNoto Digital Covers explains the product pages. For page ideas, use Tips & Ideas. For app buttons, imports, page copying, bookmarks, covers, stickers, or device problems, use the Help Center guide for your app.

• How to use NozomuNoto index pages
• How to use NozomuNoto template pages
• How to change or reuse template pages on planner landing pages
• Which apps work with NozomuNoto planners?
• How to download and access your NozomuNoto files
• Browse Tips & Ideas for page examples