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Using Notes

Creating a new note

For a new note: Click on the Notepad or on the note icon in the taskbar , then start typing.

Working with notes

• To bring down the Note Menu click the Note Menu Button at the top left corner of a note (or press Alt+N):
  

• Right-click the Move Area of a note (or press Alt+R) for more options: Toggle size, Minimize, Always on Top

• Right-click the Picture Area for picture options: Execute, Cut, Copy, Paste, Properties

• Right-click the Text Area for text options: Cut, Copy, Paste, Font, Select All, Insert Date/Time

Move a note by dragging it from the Move Area at the top of the note. Drop it anywhere on an open spot on the desktop.

Copy a note by holding the Control (Ctrl) key down when you drag the note. The original note will remain at its old location.

Resize a note by dragging its edges or dragging the Resize Control at the bottom right. You can double-click the top area of a note to resize the note to just fit the text, and do it again to resize to show one line of text.

Click the Picture Area to open a URL or file (if it is set up as a link--see help on pictures.)

Minimize a note by double-clicking the Note Menu Button at the top left. Click the minimized note to restore it. Right-click it to see options: Restore, Always on top, Trash.

Scrolling note contents When you can't see all the text in a note, a scroll control will appear at the bottom of the note:

Click the arrows to scroll line by line. Drag the box to move the view of text up or down. If the insert cursor is not in view, its relative location will appear on the gray line (shown to the right of the drag box in the above example)--click at that spot to return to the insert cursor.

Rich text formatting

Select the text to be changed. Select the Font item from the Note Menu or from the Text Area right-click menu. Select the text attributes you want, then click OK. Note: Except for the Tab width setting, the font attributes you set are applied only to the currently selected text in the note. The Tab width setting applies to the whole note. You can also use shortcuts to change Bold (Ctrl+B), Underline (Ctrl+U), and Italic (Ctrl+I) attributes for selected text.

Shortcuts you can use when a note is active:

Alt+N Alt+R Ctrl+D Ctrl+T	to display the Note Menu to display the Top-of-Note right-click menu to insert date/time at text cursor to trash the note

Sounds

You can link sounds to note actions. See Preferences for details.

See also: Setting Alarms, Pictures in Notes