Customizing EZNote (Preferences)

To set any options for EZNote just click the “Prefs” button from the EZNote Control Panel window.  

Here is the description of the check boxes:

• Icon at Start-up:
   If checked, an icon will be displayed during startup.
• Command-click text save/close:
   If checked, command-clicking text while editing will automatically save the note and close the EZNote editor window (this is only useful if you have Internet Config & ICeTEe installed, for launching URLs).
• “Smart” quotes:
   If checked, smart quotes will be used while editing text (e.g., if you type a " or ' character it will be automatically converted into a “” or ‘’ character).
• Remember print settings:
   If checked, each note will retain any changes made in the Page Setup dialog for printing.
• Double Click = Copy All/AutoPaste:
   If checked, double-clicking a note in the list (while in the Get/Edit Note window) will be the same as selecting the “Copy All Text and Paste Into App” menu option.
• Save new notes as clippings:
   If checked, any new notes created by EZNote will be in clipping format.

Date and Time Info:
• Show Seconds in Time:
   If checked, the seconds will be added to the time when using the Insert Time option while editing text (e.g., 2:21:22 PM).

• Short, Abbrev. & Long Date formats:
You select which type of date to use when inserting a date while editing text:

Short     = 5/8/97
Abbrev. = Thu, May 8, 1997
Long      = Thursday, May 8, 1997

• Font Info:
   You can change the font and size used in text display (and editing) as well as the font and size used in the lists. 

Here is the description of the buttons:
• Print Margins:
   You can set print margins (in inches) for all printing from within EZNote by clicking this button. 
• File Type:
   You can change the file Type & Creator by clicking this button.  The default Type & Creator are ‘TEXT’ & ‘ttxt’ (which are SimpleText files).  If you wish to have EZNote create standard text files using a different Type & Creator, you can easily change it by typing in a new one or by clicking the “Select File Type…” button to be able to select an existing file and have the Type & Creator automatically be entered.  This is useful if you wish to be able to double-click any EZNote note and have an application other than SimpleText open it.

Special Applications:
You can create a list of applications that cause problems while using EZNote.  If the application is completely EZNote unfriendly you can turn EZNote off in the application entirely by checking the "Turn Off EZNote in this application".  Sometimes an application will have problems with certain aspects of EZNote such as the auto-copy, auto-paste, or clip conversion.  If so, uncheck the appropriate check boxes depending on what problems you are having with the application (you'll have to experiment with applications to find what will work).

To add an application to the list, click the “Add” button, select the application and click the “Open” button.  Check the appropriate check boxes for that application.  To change options for an application already in the list, select the application in the list and click the “Edit” button.  To remove an application from the list, select it with the mouse and click the “Remove” button.