Copyright: Copyright © 1993-2000 King Stairs Software


Purpose and Philosophy

Jot+ was originally written back in 1993 (as Jot Cardfile) to replace the Microsoft Cardfile. Effectively unchanged since Windows 2.0, Cardfile was a great idea for keeping notes and addresses that was let down by its pathetic limitations: only about 1,000 cards per file, and each card was limited to only a few lines of text (barely enough for name, address and phone number; forget e-mail, website, birthdays, etc)!

The original Jot allowed up to 8,000 notes per notefile, and each note could hold up to 64k of text, giving users plenty of space to keep their notes, addresses, recipes, or whatever, plus tools to manage those notes. For many, Jot was an answer to their dreams.

When Microsoft released Windows95 in 1995, Cardfile had vanished (for good it seems), so Jot became even more essential, especially if you had old legacy MS cardfiles!

In 1997 Jot+ 2.0 was released, providing hierarchical notes, rich text formatting, and even more features to help people organise their data. It was a hit, garnering recommendations and kudos from far and wide.

The philosophy of Jot+ is to keep things as simple as possible while still making Jot+ a powerful tool for those who want or need that power. Considerable effort has gone into avoiding the problem of "creeping featuritis" which burdens and bloats many a Windows application (look at recent releases of Microsoft Office for the definitive example), and user feedback strongly supports this approach.

Jot+ is dedicated to text information, and its facilities are targeted towards that.


What is Jot+?

So what is Jot+?

Jot+ is a tool for storing information. What kind of information? Well, practically anything and everything! Almost any kind of text-based data can be stored in a Jot+ notefile, from a collection of recipes, to the text of your next novel, to your sales contacts and to-do list.

A Jot+ notefile is a collection of notes, each of which can hold up to 1 million characters of text. That text can be formatted using multiple fonts, styles, colors, bullets, and other options to improve the usability of your information.

Notes are organised in a list which can be ordered in a number of ways by their title, so when you add a new note it will be automatically inserted at the correct position (ideal for address books). But where Jot+ differs from similar applications is that each note can be the parent for its own list of notes, which can be nested as deep as you need to create a hierarchical outline of notes. One application of this facility is to provide categories, sub-categories, sub-sub-categories, and so on. And notes can be moved around within this hierarchy as simply as dragging and dropping - any child notes are automatically moved with their parent.

How Can You Use Jot+?

Jot+ is being used for a variety of purposes around the world. Here are just a few ideas of how you can use Jot+:

•	Address book

•	To-do list

•	Recipe collection

•	Internet hyperlinks

•	Storing e-mail or usenet news articles

•	Quotes

•	Online books

•	Passwords and other sensitive information

•	Notes and scraps of information that would otherwise fill yellow stickies and folders of note-paper

And here are a few ideas for particular professions (from actual users!):

Medical Professionals

•	Patient notes

•	Drug notes

•	Treatment details

•	References

Students

•	Thesis and paper notes (plus the paper itself!)

•	Bibliographies

Writers

•	Character details

•	Plot outlines and summaries

•	Research notes and references

•	Ideas

Lawyers

•	Legal references

•	Case notes

IT Professionals

•	Hardware and software inventory

•	Bug and request tracking

•	Customer and vendor details

Clergy

•	Sermon notes

•	Holy text references and quotes

Sales/Marketing

•	Sales leads

•	Customer details

•	Product information


Quotes and Awards

Here are just some of the awards Jot+ has received as of this writing (Nov 1998):

•	Ziff Davis · (Oct 1998)

•	PC User Magazine Australia · (July 1998)

•	Boot-It · (Apr 1998)

•	SoftSeek Editor's Choice (Feb 1998)

•	PC Pro Magazine Essential Utility since June 1996

And here are some nice comments from very nice users:

I started to use Jot and liked it. It is better than Cardfile.

-- W Denny (Hong Kong)

Jot looks like the answer to a prayer for me.

As I like Jot so much I want it now!!

-- A Cory (UK)

I am finding JOT incredibly useful for organising projects, to-do lists, study notes, and knowledge databases on a variety of topics, and it is already making me more productive.

-- M Berg (USA)

I love software possessing both a simple purpose and powerful execution. Yours is a little gem. I can't wait to register and start using it in my work.

-- M S Marshall (USA) (No relation!)

Hi there. I have looked over Jot for a few days, and am very impressed.

I have used it for a week, and already feel that it is an indespensible tool. I have tried out tons of shareware and retail programs, trying to get certain features; Jot is by far the best product.

-- V Wood (Canada)

As you can tell, I am very impressed with Jot+ Notes and have recommended it as widely as I am able.

-- J Coates (USA)

It has been a really handy utility.

Quite an outstanding but apparently simple piece of software.

-- P Smith (UK)

I'm a dedicated fan of Jot; it's indispensible.

By the way, Jot+ looks fantastic.

I still use Jot daily, and consider it my most essential tool!

-- V Wood (Canada) (a very nice lady)

Excellent program!

-- J Gunn (Canada)

I use it every day, all the time.

-- A Takvam (Norway)

I wish to become one of your beta-testers as I think Jot is a GREAT product & hope it takes over the world!!!

-- C Downey (USA)

Was waiting around for Billy Boy, (Bill Gates) to come up with the new card file....but you beat him to it.

-- M Moore (USA)


What's New

Jot+ is distributed with a notefile, ReleaseNotes.jot, which contains the definitive list of changes and fixes; this is really just an overview.

New features are specially marked in green and bug fixes in red.

Jot+ 2.4.0

•	Tip of the Day dialog now includes a Copy button to copy tip text to the Clipboard.

•	In Edit|Replace, the replace text now supports "&" to include the matched text in the replacement text.

•	If the Prevent Child Deletion option is on, attempts to delete a note with child notes will display a message.

•	Minor improvements to the Help|About dialog.

•	Built with updated versions of third-party controls.

•	If the search dialog is invoked while the replace dialog is visible (and vice versa), the other dialog is removed to avoid any potential confusion.

•	The search and replace dialogs now stay on top of the Jot+ window, although if the Stay on Top option is in use, the search and replace dialogs will act like normal windows.

•	Help|System Info Command now identifies Win98 and Win2000 better.

•	Attempting to delete a locked note displays a message.

•	A number of improvements and updates to the help file.

•	Updated the ordering help topics.

•	Note Title Pane now displays titles containing "&" correctly.

•	Note Delete confirmation dialog now displays titles containing "&" correctly.

•	Notes printed at the bottom of a column sometimes skipped the note text.

•	The &T header/footer variable now correctly displays the document title (as opposed to the filename).

Jot+ 2.3.1

•	New option in the Tools|Options dialog - hide non-Western (ANSI) typefaces other than Symbol typefaces. This can greatly reduce the clutter of the font combo box, especially wth lots of fonts installed!

•	When dragging note titles, moving over a [+] will expand that node.

•	Tools|Trim Text now has a shortcut: Shift+F8.

•	Title drag-drop now disabled for read-only notefiles.

•	Note|New dialog was not auto-selecting the title name when displayed.

•	Selecting a note (especially with the cursor keys) could result in the focus shifting to the editor pane.

•	Under certain circumstances, renaming a note would result in it being displayed in the wrong position (underlying data is correct).

•	Printing or previewing a single note could result in an endless print/preview loop.

•	When Jot+ was started minimised, error message about focus problem.

Jot+ 2.3.0

•	Double-clicking on the Note Title pane invokes the note rename function

•	Toolbar button for bullet points

•	File locking is now implemented to support safe concurrent access to notefiles

•	Jot+ Text import/export format which preserves hierarchy

•	Basic HTML export - formatting is not preserved in this release, but web/mail/FTP hyperlinks are translated

•	Format|Style|Remove All on Ctrl+0 (zero) to reset all character formatting in the selection

•	New option to prevent deletion of notes with children - safety feature

•	New option to import files by merging instead of placing the new file under a child note

•	Note|Print on Shift+Ctrl+P prints the current note and its children without any dialogs

•	Enhanced encryption - this release includes the capability to provide strong encryption via an optional DLL. For legal reasons this DLL is not distributed with Jot+ and must be downloaded from the Jot+ web site.

•	New Ordering toolbar with buttons for moving notes up and down and promoting/demoting them - should greatly speed bulk note reorganising!

•	New popup menu for toolbars to quickly show/hide toolbars

•	Moved the typeface and font size combos to their own Font toolbar

•	The Note|New dialog now remembers the child checkbox below throughout the session, instead of resetting it each time

•	Improvements to the Help|System Info content

•	Note|Rename now supports the date/time button that Note|New provides

•	RTF export now uses the configured default page title font for note titles instead of the underlined Arial font

•	Support for the Vault and Treepad file formats has been moved to the upcoming JotConvert tool

•	Automation interface has been enhanced

•	Text export now optionally uses long titles

•	Long titles no longer have a leading /

•	Editor Pane background color no longer changed for readonly notes - could result in illegible notes under certain color schemes

•	Invoking Copy/Cut from the Title Pane context menu was not saving changes to the current note

•	Printing: Page/column breaks between notes was not being handled correctly

•	When color/typeface/font size was changed using the toolbar, you had to manually return focus to the Editor Pane before formatting shortcuts such as Ctrl+B would work

•	Changing a note's sort order from None could result in child notes being incorrectly sorted

•	Autodial was displaying a TAPI dialing dialog as well as a Jot+ dialing dialog - the latter has been removed

•	When note or notefile is read-only, some commands were still enabled

•	Note|Properties dialog now displays correctly with readonly note/notefile

•	Jot+ now looks a lot better when large fonts are used - not perfect, but much more usable

Jot+ 2.2.0

•	Note promotion and demotion implemented on shortcuts Alt+Left and Alt+Right.

•	New toolbar buttons for Tools|Autodial, Tools|Character Map, and strikeout.

•	The Overwrite mode of the Editor is now tracked in the Status Bar.

•	Drag+Drop of file into the Editor is now supported. Text and RTF files are inserted, and hyperlinks are created for all other files. Multiple files can be dropped at once.

•	File|Print dialog now includes a Print Child Notes option for printing a single note and its children.

•	New Edit|Export Selection command.

•	The Tools|Options dialog now includes an option to show/hide the Note Title pane above the Editor.

•	The Automation interface has been improved significantly.

•	File loading/saving may be a bit faster now - not sure how noticeable this change is.

•	The hyperlink recogniser now accepts https:// (secure HTTP).

•	The color button on the format toolbar has been shrunk a bit.

•	A small ¼" margin has been added between the header/footer and the text, per requests. This may be made configurable in a future release.

•	If the notefile is read-only, the File|Properties dialog is now also read-only.

•	The Note Title pane (above the editor) now uses the same font as the Titles pane - important when you select a non-ANSI character set such Cyrillic.

•	The File|Properties dialog now displays the full path of the notefile.

•	Updates to some of the third-party controls used by Jot+.

•	SWREG has been removed as a purchase option - Compuserve have discontinued this service.

•	MS Cardfiles with embedded objects (eg pictures) were not always being imported correctly. This is caused by inadequate Microsoft documentation, but the cause of the problem has been worked around.

•	RTF export had some problems with titles and text merging together.

•	Autodial problems under Win95 hopefully fixed once and for all!

•	The &T header/footer symbol was being given the wrong value.

•	Edit|Insert File was treating RTF files as plain text, resulting in a lot of nonsense.

•	Printing marked notes only was always printing the root note even if it wasn't marked.

•	Some of the file dialogs were not setting the default file extension correctly.

Jot+ 2.1.1

•	The measurement controls (margins, tabs, etc) now display 2 decimal places for cm units instead of only 1.

•	Shortcuts added to the Tab Editor.

•	New shortcut for Format|Font: Ctrl+D.

•	New shortcuts for Format|Increase Indent (Ctrl+M) and Format|Decrease Indent (Shift+Ctrl+M).

•	On the Fonts page of the Tools|Options dialog, the 'Tree Font' item has been renamed 'Title Pane Font' - much more accurate.

•	Full keyboard interface added to the print preview.

•	Shortcut conflicts in the search and replace dialogs.

•	Tilde (~) was not being recognised as a valid character in URLs.

•	The autodial facility was not correctly handling international numbers and those requiring calling cards etc.

•	The clipboard was being cleared on termination.

•	Document titles were not being displayed in the Windows Print Manager.

Jot+ 2.1.0

•	Tools|Character Map command.

•	Note|New dialog has a button to insert current date/time into note title

•	Autosave prompting ("Save now?") is now optional.

•	New commands and toolbar buttons Format|Increase/Decrease Indent.

•	Format|Paragraph dialog supports left/right/first line indents.

•	Tip of the Day dialog.

•	New Format|Tabs command.

•	New Tools|Stay on Top command/option.

•	Typeface, font size, and color combo boxes added to new format toolbar.

•	Hyperlink support.

•	New commands Note|Expand All and Note|Collapse All.

•	New command Help|Quick Start jumps to the new Jot+ tutorial.

•	New command Help|Purchasing Jot+ to quickly locate ordering information.

•	New Edit|Paste Hyperlink command.

•	Tools|Register dialog now has a Paste button to extract registration information from the Clipboard.

•	In titles pane, Enter key expands/collapses selected node.

•	Option to not remove leading spaces from note titles.

•	Format|Style submenu with canned formats for hyperlinks and paragraph titles.

•	Highlight command added to the titles pane popup menu.

•	New default option for File|Page Setup dialog.

•	New option to open the last accessed file.

•	Print dialog can invoke print preview and vice versa.

•	Printing: Support for spacing between notes and title/text.

•	Printing: Column break option.

•	Jot+ notefiles are referenced in the shell Documents menu.

•	New Tools|Trim Text command.

•	Double-clicking on the statusbar displays the total note count.

•	Added import support for Treepad files.

•	Note|Properties dialog displays child note count.

•	Updated application and help file company name and contact details.

•	New autodial engine that no longer requires the Windows dialer applet.

•	New toolbar design and layout.

•	Major reworking of the online help file, to hopefully make it easier to use and more complete.

•	Titles pane popup menu now indicates selected note's marked and highlight attributes.

•	Shift+Tab shortcut switches back and forth between title and editor panes.

•	Editor pane now has a proper selection area in the left margin.

•	Filename extensions are handled more intelligently in the file dialogs.

•	Title pane font is now global instead of document-specific.

•	Improved error messages.

•	Right-click in titles pane now selects the node as expected.

•	The Tools|Register command is hidden once the registration details are entered.

•	More information added to the Help|System Info dialog.

•	New option in Tools|Options dialog to specify a default base font for new notefiles.

•	Dialogs are now centered by default.

•	Improved support for character sets (e.g. Cyrillic, Turkish, Symbols).

•	New page preview toolbar.

•	New notefiles have root note initially titled "Untitled".

•	Printing: Header/footer positioning removed - made printouts too complicated.

•	Greatly improved printing and print preview speed.

•	Menus reorganised.

•	If computer has no printer, errors were generated.

•	If note text contained "protected" text (usually via imported documents), the note could be "stuck".

•	File|Properties dialog was displaying certain dates incorrectly.

•	Problems with cut/copy/paste/clear/undo with certain dialogs.

•	If the first characters in a note were formatted (e.g. bold), the formatting was being ignored in print preview and printing.

•	Assertion failure with searching where a match was font in the title of a note with no text.

•	Child sort order for notes can now always be specified, even if a note has no children.

•	Child note sort order was not being inherited properly.

•	ESC key now closes search/replace dialogs.

•	Access Violation when entering registration details.

•	Changing base editor font was not updating current note properly.

•	Regular expressions re-enabled in the search and replace dialogs.


About Shareware

Jot+ is shareware.

DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE

Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register (which often also carries with it a registration  fee, as is the case with this software).

Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just  like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the Shareware version of the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware.

Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's  commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs  easier, because you can try before you buy.  And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't like the product, you don't pay for it.

See Also:

Association of Shareware Professionals


Association of Shareware Professionals

The Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) is the main trade organisation for shareware authors. For the consumer, the ASP provides an Ombudsman to assist in resolving disputes with authors:

ASP Ombudsman Statement:

This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). The ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, the ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products.

Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 157-F Love Avenue, Greenwood IN 46142 USA, FAX +1 317 888 2195, or send e-mail to omb@asp-shareware.org.

The ASP have a web site at http://www.asp-shareware.org.


About the Author

Jot+ is a product of King Stairs Software, based in London, United Kingdom.

Formed in 1993, King Stairs Software develops shareware and freeware utility software, primarily for the Windows environment.

See Also:

Association of Shareware Professionals

Contact Information


Contact Information

Here's how to get in touch with the author of Jot+:

Electronic Mail

General Queries

jot@kingstairs.com

Support Queries

jot-support@kingstairs.com

World Wide Web

http://www.kingstairs.com/jot/

Standard Mail

King Stairs Software

6 King Stairs Close

London SE16 4JF

United Kingdom


Purchasing Jot+

Jot+ is not free. Sorry about that.

You are allowed to evaluate this software for a period of time free of charge. If you wish to continue to use Jot+ beyond this evaluation period, you are legally obligated to purchase a full license to use the software - this is commonly known as registration, but should not be confused with product registration where you are simply identifying yourself to a software publisher.

For the most current ordering information, including special offers and new registration methods, please visit the Jot+ Order Page on the World Wide Web:

Go to Jot+ Order Page

Registration Benefits

Contact Information

Jot+ Pricing

Pricing in Other Currencies

Upgrading from Jot 1.x

You have a number of ordering options available to you:

Online Ordering

Cheque/Check, Money Order

Credit Cards

Purchase Orders

Cash

Other Payment Options

If none of these methods of payment are suitable, please contact use to discuss your requirements.

After You Order

Once you place your order (by whatever means you choose), you will be sent a registration code to enter into Jot+ - full instructions will be provided with the code. If you have provided an e-mail address, the code and instructions will be e-mailed to that address for fastest service (you may receive the code within hours of placing the order!).

Disks are normally only sent on specific request - it is generally easier, faster and more reliable to just download the latest software from the web site directly. Disks can be and have been lost/damaged in transit. If you do wish a physical disk with a nice Jot+ label on it, it can take a couple of weeks to reach you (depending on your location and quality of mail service).

VAT

King Stairs Software is not VAT-registered, so VAT receipts cannot be provided. If you don't know what VAT is, don't worry!

Invoices/Receipts

An invoice or receipt will be provided on request. A pro-forma invoice or quotation can be provided if required for your purchasing department.


Upgrading from Jot 1.x

If you purchased Jot 1.30 after 1 April 1997, you are eligible for a free upgrade to Jot+ 2.0. If you have not already been contacted by the author, please get in touch.

Price

The upgrade price for Jot+ is £7.50 / $12.50 / €11.50 per copy. If you own a multiple-copy license you must upgrade all copies at the same time (e.g. you cannot upgrade only two copies on a 5-copy license).

How to Upgrade

You can use all of the payment methods used for regular purchases. Any special instructions for upgrades will be noted under your preferred payment method.

See Also:

Contact Information


Pricing

Jot+ prices are quoted in the Pound Sterling (£), US Dollar ($), and Euro (€) currencies. For other currencies please see the topic Pricing in Other Currencies.

A single Jot+ license costs £15.00/$25.00/€23.00 per user. Multiple license costs are listed below.

Upgrades

Upgrades from Jot 1.x cost £7.50/$12.50/€11.50 per copy. You will need to provide your serial number to claim this discount.

Site Licensing

If you are intending to place Jot+ on a network server, please note that you will need to purchase a license for each workstation that can access Jot+, regardless of how many users will actually be using Jot+ at any one time.

Home/Work Use

If you hold a personal Jot+ license, you are permitted to install Jot+ both on your home computer and your work computer (and/or laptop), as long as only one copy will ever be in use at one time. If this cannot be guaranteed, you must purchase a license for each machine you will install Jot+ on.

Pricing for Multiple Licenses

Prices quoted are per license - eg 10 licenses = 10 * £15 = £150, and 30 licenses = 30 * £12 = £360

Licenses	Pound	US$	Euro

1..19	15.00	25.00	23.00

20..49	12.00	20.00	18.00

50..99	9.00	15.00	13.50

100+	6.00	10.00	9.00

Surcharges

There are NO surcharges.

Pricing in Other Currencies


Pricing in Other Currencies

Jot+ is officially priced in Pound Sterling, US Dollars, and Euros.

For Jot+ prices in other currencies, here is a rough guide, using foreign exchange information available on 16 Jan 2000 - more current information can usually be found in a newspaper's business section. All prices are relative to the Pound.

All amounts are for a single-user license. Upgrades from Jot 1.x cost 50% of the full Jot+ 2.x price.

If you would like a more accurate quotation for your currency and payment method, please contact us.

Currency	Price

£	15.00

US$	25.00

Euro	23.00

DEM	47.00	Deutschmark

FRF	157.00	French Franc

Yen	2 460

AU$	38.00

CA$	36.00

NLG	53.00	Netherlands Guilder

NZ$	47.50

ITL	46 500	Italian Lira

ATS	330.00	Austrian Schilling

BEF	966.00	Belgian Franc

CHF	38.50	Swiss Franc

NOK	195.00	Norweigan Kroner

SEK	207.00	Swedish Kroner

ESP	3 985	Spanish Peseta

PTE	4 634	Portuguese Escudo

HK$	187.00


Purchase Orders

Purchase orders are only accepted from government bodies and recognised corporations and institutions (eg universities and charities). You are advised to contact King Stairs Software to verify eligibility.

Purchase orders will only be accepted in hardcopy by mail. Telephone, e-mail or faxed purchase orders will not be accepted under any circumstances.

The Jot+ Order Form must be included with the order.

Currencies

Invoices can only be provided in US$, Pound Sterling, or Euros. All payments must be made in these currencies.

Terms are strictly Net 14 days.


Credit Card Orders

There are two ways you can order Jot+ via credit card:

Worldwide

DigiBuy

Europe/Middle East/Africa

ShareIt!

You can use either service regardless of where you are - DigiBuy is located in the United States, and ShareIt! is located in Germany.


Online Ordering

The fastest and easiest way to order Jot+ is online - you fill out a couple of forms from your web browser and within a couple of hours your order is on its way to King Stairs Software for fulfillment. From pressing the Confirm button to receiving your license details can be as little as a few hours!

Worldwide

Worldwide online registrations are handled by DigiBuy in the United States.

Just click below and your web browser will connect you to the PsL secure server, where you can place your order for Jot+. The dialogue between your computer and PsL will be encrypted, protecting your credit card and personal details from prying eyes.

DigiBuy Order Page

URL: http://www.digibuy.com/cgi-bin/product.html?92971227985

Europe

Users in Europe may find ShareIt! in Germany a more convenient point of purchase - some user prefer to deal with a company close to them than the USA. You can also use ShareIt! if the DigiBuy site above is unavailable (or difficult to connect to).

ShareIt! Order Page

URL: http://www.shareit.com/programs/102518.htm

Is Online Ordering Safe?

A frequent worry these days is that if you use your credit card online, it will automatically be picked up by criminals and mis-used. In practice, there is far greater danger of this when you buy something in a supermarket or store with your credit card.

I could provide a long complicated lecture on encryption and how the Internet works, but in summary it would require a lot of work for a criminal to get a hold of your credit card details when you are using a secure connection; it's just not worth their time. Literally hundreds of people have ordered Jot+ online without any problems.


ShareIt!

ShareIt! has offices in Germany and the US, so you can choose the office most convenient to you.

Besides all major credit cards, you can pay via purchase order or cheque. Orders are accepted in US Dollars and Euros.

Online

This link takes you to the Jot+ product page on ShareIt, where you can select payment options:

http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?nr=102518

E-Mail

Use this address to query about pricing and alternative payment options - sending credit card details over the Internet is really not recommended.

register@shareit.com

Telephone/Fax (Germany)

Telephone:	+49-221-2407279

Fax:	+49-221-2407278

Telephone/Fax (USA)

Telephone:	+1 724 853 6618

Fax:	+1 724 850 8187

Address (Germany)

ShareIt!

element 5 AG

Sachsenring 69

D-50677 Köln Germany

Address (USA)

ShareIt! Inc

Suite 1800

Chapel Hill Professional Center

GREENSBURG, PA 15601-8019 USA

Please be sure to quote product number 102518 in all instances to ensure you are ordering the correct product.

Pricing


DigiBuy

DigiBuy is the primary credit card and online registration service for Jot+. All major credit cards are accepted.

Online Ordering

http://www.digibuy.com/cgi-bin/product.html?92971227985

Telephone/Fax/Standard Mail/Postal Order/Purchase Order

If you do not wish to order online, the above ordering page provides instructions for submitting your order by alternative means - you need to use their order form first to ensure that correct details (eg product ID) get included.

Please do not send credit card orders to King Stairs Software directly - we are not allowed to forward them to DigiBuy and will just have to return them to you.

See Also:

Pricing


Cheque, Money Order, Eurocheque

Please include the Jot+ Order Form with all orders. Just print it out and send it with your payment.

Checks must be made payable to King Stairs Software

WHERE TO SEND ORDERS

Personal cheques will always be accepted in US$, Pound Sterling, and Euros. For other currencies, please contact us for a quotation in your preferred currency.

I reserve the right to hold your registration until your payment has cleared.

Post-dated Cheques

If you send a post-dated cheque, I reserve the right to hold your registration until that date.

Returned Cheques

Cheques returned unpaid for any reason will incur a £10.00 administration fee, plus any bank charges.

Contact Information

Pricing in Other Currencies


Cash

You are welcome to send your payment in cash, but you are advised to use registered/certified mail to ensure safe delivery. In any event, King Stairs Software can accept no responsibility for cash payments lost in transit.

For Cash payments, please use only US Dollars or Pound Sterling.

Jot+ Order Form


Copyright and Trademark

The Software and associated documentation is owned by King Stairs Software and is protected by United Kingdom copyright laws and international treaty provisions.

Jot+ Notes. Copyright © 1993-2000 King Stairs Software; All Rights Reserved.

Jot+™, Jot™, and JotPlus™ are trademarks of King Stairs Software.

All other trademarks used herein are acknowledged.


Registration Benefits

This is what you get when you register Jot+:

•	Licensing codes which will remove the startup nag screens.

•	Notefiles can be password-protected.

•	The current Jot+ release.

•	Free minor updates - all Jot+ 2.x updates (2.1, 2.2. etc)

•	Significant discounts on major updates (3.x, 4.x, etc)

•	Priority technical support.

•	Automatic eligibility for Jot+ beta programs - quite a few Jot 1.x users helped test Jot+ 2.0!

•	E-mail newsletter and announcements.

•	And more benefits to come!


Jot+ for Cardfile Users

If you've only experienced MS Cardfile, Jot+ will be a revelation for you! Long titles, vast note size, and a virtually unlimited number of notes per document. You will also enjoy a modern user interface which includes toolbars, print preview, and more.

Virtually all of the functionality of Cardfile is present in Jot+, though the location of commands and various shortcut keys have changed.

See Also:

Main Window

Main Menu

Shortcut Keys


Jot+ for Jot 1.x Users

If you've been using Jot 1.x (especially the 1.30 release), Jot+ will not be too much of a shock. There are a number of significant differences which need to be mentioned:

Shortcut Keys

Some of the shortcut keys have been re-assigned, mostly to improve consistency.

Registration Code

Your Jot 1.x registration code will not work with Jot+ 2.x. To obtain an updated code, you need to upgrade  your license.

See Also:

Shortcut Keys


Technical support

Got a problem or question? Here are guidelines for getting your problem solved:

1. First Check the Release Notes

The release notes that were distributed with Jot+ contain lots of important information, including any known issues and stuff that did not make it into this on-line help. If you have not read the release notes yet, please do so now.

2. Check the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The Frequently Asked Questions topic lists some common questions and their answers. Check to see if your query is there.

3. Jot+ Web Site

The Jot+ Web Site contains the absolute latest information on Jot+, plus the latest releases, FAQ's and lists of known issues. You are are strongly advised to regularly visit the web site to stay informed about problems.

Go to the Jot+ Web Site

4. Have you got the Latest Release?

If your release of Jot+ is not the latest (see Help|About Command), you should seriously consider updating to the current release, as your problem may already be addressed in the current release. Also note that if you do contact King Stairs Software, the first suggestion will be to try the current release, so may want to save some time now...

5. Submit a Query or Problem Report

If your query/problem is still unresolved, then it's time to contact us for assistance.

If at all possible, please use electronic mail to submit your query - you'll get a much faster response and it's easier for us to ask you questions towards resolving your query.

In all cases, please include with your query/report the information provided by Help|System Info Command,

which provides us with a lot of useful information about your system (Jot+ version, memory, display, etc) essential for investigating problems.

See Also:

Contact Information


Known Issues

These are problems or issues that were known at the time this help file was last updated. The Jot+ web site has more complete and current information.

None as of this writing


Frequently Asked Questions

Some of the most common questions - more can be found on the web site.

Does Jot+ support inserting pictures or OLE objects (e.g. Excel spreadsheets) into notes?

No, it does not. This is planned for a future release, but as Jot+ is designed for text notes any such implementation will be quite basic.

Can I open my Jot+ notefiles in Jot 1.x?

No, you cannot - the Jot+ file format will not be recognised by Jot 1.x.

Why doesn't the Print Preview display match printed output exactly?

There are a number of possible reasons for this:

•	Your printer (or its Windows driver) may be using different fonts than Windows/Jot+ is using.

•	Information provided by the printer driver and used for the preview may be incorrect - ensure you have current printer drivers.

•	Because even the cheapest printers these days have a resolution about 9-49 times that of your monitor, Windows has to reduce the accuracy of the previewed page in order to maintain the general "look" of the page.


Acknowledgements

Development

Jot+ was written almost entirely using Borland International's Delphi 3.02.

A number of freeware/shareware Delphi components are used in Jot+, and here gratefully acknowledged:

•	Brad Stower's TMRUFileList

•	Jordan Russell's TToolbar97

•	John Pullen's TJPSplitter

•	The RX Library

•	Turbopower SysTools 2

The regular expression library is the work of Henry Spencer, compiled using Borland C++ 5.02.

The enhanced encryption support is based on the work of David Barton.

The on-line help was written using the HelpScribble shareware help editor.

The installation kit was written using WISE InstallerBuilder.

Beta Testers

A number of people helped beta test Jot+. They located bugs, helped me track down further bugs, and provided input on the program in general. Their assistance is greatly appreciated and acknowledged here.

A few beta testers provided exceptional assistance, and so deserve special mention: Bill Maslen, Mogens Holst, Perry & Vicki Ahern, and Scott Semken.

Dedication

Jot+ is dedicated to the Love of My Life - MJ, without whose love and attention this software would have been released about six months earlier!


License and Warranty

JOT+ NOTES - END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

DATE: 29 JAN 2000

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System Requirements

Hardware

Jot+ is designed to run on Intel i486 and later processors. Older systems using 80386 processors are not supported.

Operating System

Jot+ is a true 32-bit application designed to run under Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0. It will not run under Windows 3.x, Win32s, or NT 3.51.

For NT 4.0, Service Pack 3 or later is a requirement (SP4 is recommended). For Windows95, the OSR2 release (Win95b) is recommended.

Windows2000

When this article was last updated (May 1999) Windows2000 was still unreleased and it is reported that many current applications will not work under Windows2000 - it has not yet been determined if Jot+ is one of those applications.

In any event, until Windows2000 is officially released, no support can or will be provided for this platform.

The Jot+ web site will have more information on Windows2000 support as it becomes available.

Contact Information


Uninstalling Jot+

To remove Jot+ from your system:

1. Select Settings|Control Panel from the Start Menu.

2. Double-click on the Add/Remove Programs item.

3. Select Jot+ from the list of installed programs.

4. Press the Add/Remove button.

5. You will be taken through the removal process; user intervention is not normally required.


Shortcut Keys

These are the shortcut keys specific to Jot+:

Key	Command/Operation

Ctrl+N	File|New

Ctrl+O	File|Open

Ctrl+S	File|Save

Ctrl+P	File|Print

Ctrl+F	Edit|Find

Ctrl+H	Edit|Replace

Ctrl+Q	Edit|Query

Ctrl+G	Edit|Go To

Shift+Ctrl+N	Note|New

Ctrl+K	Note|Mark

F2	Note|Rename

Alt+B	Moves to last note accessed

Shift+Tab	Shifts focus between Editor/Title panes

Shift+Ctrl+P	Note|Print

 See Also


Note Properties Dialog

Displays information about a particular note and allows certain properties to be modified:

Dialog controls:

Title

The title of the note. Read-only. To change the title, use the Note|Rename command.

Created At

The date/time the note was created. Read-only.

Last Modified

The date/time of the note's last modification. Changing the note's contents, title, or properties will update the modification time.

Child Count

Displays the number of notes descending from this note (children, grandchildren, etc).

Sort Order

The sort order affects how child notes are organised. A child note initially inherits the sort order of its parent. The sorting options are as follows:

None - The ordering of child notes is entirely under user control.

String - Child notes are ordered in "Dictionary" order, (AaBb..Zz), with the current language/locale taken into account.

String (Reverse) - As String, but in the reverse order (ZzYz..Aa).

Numeric - The beginning of each note's title is scanned for an integer value (ignoring initial spaces), and notes are ordered based on the resulting values. Negative values are supported. If a title does not have an initial integer, the value zero is used. For example, the title "013 - something" has a sorting value of 13, while "3.5.6. foobar" has a sorting value of 3.

Numeric (Reverse) - As Numeric, but the numbers are sorted in descending order.

Future releases of Jot+ may support additional sorting options.

Options - Marked

The note's marked state, which can be toggled.

Options - Do Not Print

If this property is set, the current note will not be printed except under special circumstances (see File|Print). This option may be useful to avoid printing certain notes such as call logs except under special request.

Options - Do Not Search

If this property is set, the current note will be ignored during search operations. This may be useful to hide notes which you never want to search - it can speed up searches and improve the quality of queries.

Options - Locked

A locked note (displayed with a special icon) is made read-only. You cannot edit a locked note's text or rename or delete it (though if you delete the parent you delete the locked note as well). You would lock notes with important information that should not be modified.

Options - Highlight

A highlighted note has its title displayed in bold, but has no other effect. Highlighting is useful for picking out a few special notes.


Print Dialog

This dialog is displayed when printing to determine exactly what is to be printed.

Dialog Controls

Scope

Determines what will be printed. The options are as follows:

All - Suprisingly, prints the entire document.

Pages - Prints only those pages specified.

Current Note - Only prints the current note.

Selection - Prints only the selected text in the current note.

Marked Notes - Prints only notes that are marked.

Parts

Which parts of the specified note(s) should be printed. You can print a note's title, its text, or both.

Print Child Notes

When Scope is Current Note and this control is checked, child notes of the selected note will be included in the printout.

Pages

Only meaningful Scope = Pages, specifies the range of pages to print.

Copies

The number of copies of the document to print. Some printers may not support this option.

Collate

When printing more than one copy, ensures the pages are sorted properly. Some printers may not support this option.

Preview

Switches to the Print Preview display, which gives you a pretty good idea about how your output will look. Please note that page selections (e.g. pages 3-5) are ignored in preview mode.

Setup

Displays the standard printer setup dialog for configuring your printer. The details of this dialog will depend very much on your printer.


Options Dialog

This dialog is used by Tools|Options to modify the Jot+ configuration.

Display Page

These items control the Jot+ display.

Toolbars - Main

Displays the main toolbar.

Toolbars - Formatting

Displays the formatting toolbar.

Toolbars - Font

Displays the font toolbar.

Toolbars - Ordering

Displays the ordering toolbar.

Tooltips

When checked, hints are displayed when you hover over toolbar buttons and some dialog controls.

Status Bar

Displays the status bar.

Horizontal Split

When checked, the splitter bar runs left-right instead of top-bottom.

Note Title

Controls the visibility of the Note Title Pane.

File Page

Autosave

Activates the autosave facility.

Save Interval

Number of minutes between autosaves.

Prompt to Save

By default, Jot+ will prompt you before autosaving; clear this checkbox to have Jot+ autosave without prompting you. You are advised to keep this option checked.

Make Backups

Whenever a file is saved, the previous version is copied to another file with a .bak extension.

Open Last Notefile

When checked, Jot+ will load the most recently accessed file on startup.

Import to Child

When importing files using the File|Import Command, when this option is checked the contents of the file will be placed underneath a top-level note named after the file. When this option is unchecked, the contents of imported files are merged.

Use File Locking

When checked, lock files are used to help protect access to Jot+ notefiles. This option only needs to be used where multiple users may be attempting to access the same notefile concurrently.

Printing Page

Header

The string used to define the header in printouts.

Footer

The string used to define the footer in printouts.

Date/Time Page

This page controls the formatting of the date & time for Tools|Timestamp.

Date & Time

Which elements to use - date, time, or both.

Date Format

Select from the list the date format to use (ignored if date is not used in the timestamp).

Time Format

Select from the list the time format to use (ignored if time is not used in the timestamp).

Timestamp Suffix

An optional string appended to the timestamp, usually used to separate the timestamp from following text.

Fonts Page

Base Font

The initial font used for new notes and unformatted notes. Press change button to modify.

Use as Default

Check this box to use the current selection as the default for all new documents.

Tree Font

The font used for the Titles Pane. Press change button to modify.

Western Fonts Only

When this option is selected, only fonts supporting the Western/ANSI or Symbol character sets will be displayed in the font combo box - you can still access all installed character sets (e.g. Turkish or Cyrillic) via the Format|Font command.

Other Page

Trim Titles

By default, when entering note titles, leading and trailing whitespace is removed. Clear this checkbox to retain this excess whitespace. Use of this feature is discouraged.

Show Tip of the Day

Clear this check box to skip displaying tips at startup.

Active URLs

When checked, double clicking on a valid URL will select and activate that URL (action depends on the URL).

Prevent Child Deletion

When this option is checked, attempts to delete a note that still has children results in an error message.

See Also:

Header and Footer Strings

Main Window


Paragraph Attributes Dialog

For displaying and modifying the attributes of the selected paragraph(s). Note that you do not need to select the entire paragraph to change its attributes - having the caret anywhere in the paragraph will do.

Alignment

The paragraph can either be

left-justified,

right-justified,

or center-justified.

Margins

You can set the left and right indentations, the indentation of the first line of each paragraph in the selection. The value of the first line indent is relative to the left indent, so to get an outdented paragraph use a negative value, and use a positive value for a more common indented paragraph.

Bullets

Check to have bulleted paragraphs, useful for lists:

•	item 1

•	item 2

•	item 3

See Also:

Measurements


Page Setup Dialog

This dialog allows you to modify a document's printing settings.

Layout Page

Margins

These are the top,left,right and bottom margins of the page, measured from the edge of the page. Valid ranges are 0..4in/10cm.

Columns - Number

The number of newspaper-style columns used for printing. The valid range is 1..12.

Columns - Gutter

The amount of space between columns. The valid range is 0..4in/10cm.

Orientation

Print in either portrait mode or landscape mode.

Options Page

After Note - No Break

Print each note one after the other, fitting as many notes as possible onto the page. This is the default value.

After Note - Column Break

Print each note in a new column. If multi-column output is not being used, this option is equivalent to the Page Break option below.

After Note - Page Break

Print each note on a new page. This will be very wasteful with short notes!

Note Indent - Title

Each level of note after the top level will be indented further by this amount (e.g. If Note Ident is 0.5cm then the first level has an indent of 0, the second level 0.5cm, the third level 1.0cm, and so on). The valid range is 0..4in/10cm.

Note Indent - Page

The amount the note text is indented relative to that note's title. The valid range is 0..4in/10cm.

Spacing Between - Notes

Extra spacing placed between the end of one note and the beginning of the next.

Spacing Between - Title and Text

Extra spacing placed between the title of the note and its text

Long Titles

When printing titles you can either use the short format or the long format.

Fonts Page

Title Font

The font used for printing titles. Press the Change button to select a new font.

Header/Footer Font

The font used for printing the header and footer.

Use as Default

If this box is checked, then the current font and margin selections will be stored and used as the default values for all new notefiles.

See Also:

Measurements


Registration Dialog

This is where you enter the licensing details provided by the author. To get these licensing details, see Purchasing Jot+.

Enter the information carefully, to avoid errors.

Dialog Controls

User Name

Normally your user or company name.

Serial Number

The unique ID number allocated to you.

Activation Key

An alphanumeric password used to verify your registration.

Paste

If you received your registration details via electronic mail, Jot+ can attempt to read those details directly, avoiding potential problems with mistyping. Simply copy the entire e-mail message to the Clipboard (check your mail reader's documentation for help on this) and press this button.


Search Dialog

This dialog is used to search the document. You can keep the dialog open while you work, and you can minimise it.

Dialog Controls:

Find What

The text to search for (the pattern). A history is kept of the last ten unique strings used.

Match Case

If unchecked, the pattern "abc" will match both "abc" and "ABC".

Whole Word Only

Any match must be a whole word (whitespace and punctuation delimit words).

Regular Expression

Treat the pattern as a regular expression.

Include Titles

Include titles in the search. When a match is found in a title, the cursor is positioned at the beginning of the note.

Scope

Either Global to search the entire document, or Selected Note to only search the current note.

Find Next

Find the next match for these criteria.

Close

Close the dialog.


Replace Dialog

This dialog is used to search the document and replace matches. You can keep the dialog open while you work, and you can minimise it.

Dialog Controls:

Find What

The text to search for (the pattern). A history is kept of the last ten unique strings used.

Replace With

The text to replace matches with. A history is kept of the last ten unique strings used. Each instance of the ampersand ("&") character in this text will be replaced with the match text. For example, if the search matched "hello" and the replacement pattern was "Ot&" then "Othello" would be the final replacement text; "& &" would result in "hello hello", and you can use "&&" to put a single "&" in the replacement text ("& && &" results in "hello & hello").

Match Case

If unchecked, the pattern "abc" will match both "abc" and "ABC".

Whole Word Only

Any match must be a whole word (whitespace and punctuation delimit words).

Regular Expression

Treat the pattern as a regular expression.

Scope

Either Global to search the entire document, or Selected Note to only search the current note.

Find Next

Find the next match for these criteria.

Replace

Replace this match with the replacement text, and then find the next match.

Replace All

Find all matches for these criteria and replace them. Note that you will not be prompted to confirm replacements. This operation may take some time. The number of replacements made will be displayed when it is finished.

Close

Close the dialog.


Text Import Dialog

Used to configure the text import operation. The text file imported must be specially formatted to load properly, so Jot+ can identify multiple notes as well as proper paragraph endings.

Dialog Controls

Note Separator

This text is used to separate individual notes in a file. The text should be on a line on its own.

Fill Paragraphs

Most text files, such as electronic mail and newsgroup postings, will have lines no longer than around 70 characters, with blank lines to indicate paragraphs. If this option is selected, groups of lines are merged to create a proper paragraph with line breaks only between paragraphs. A new paragraph is marked by a blank line or whitespace (eg tab or spaces) at the beginning of a line.

Indent Paragraphs

When used with the Fill Paragraphs option, paragraphs have a leading tab character inserted.

See Also

File Formats


Text Export Dialog

Used to specify options for exporting Jot+ notes to a text file.

Dialog Controls

Note Separator

This text is used to separate individual notes in a file.

Wrap Text

Breaks paragraphs up into lines of a maximum length, with blank lines between paragraphs. This may be required if the text is to be used with software that cannot handle long lines.

Column

When the Wrap Text option is selected, this option specifies the maximum number of characters permitted on a line. The valid range is 20..256 characters, though 80 is generally considered the acceptable maximum for this value.

Long Titles

Use the long format for note titles instead of the short format.

See Also

File Formats


CSV Import Dialog

CSV stands for Comma Separated Values, but you do not have to use commas to separate fields when importing.

Dialog Controls

Field Separator

The character used between fields in a line.

Quote Character

The character used to quote fields.

Has Header Row

The first line in the data file is often used to hold the names of the relevant fields. When selected, this first line is extracted and used internally.

Include Field Titles

Used with the Has Header Row option, each field in a line becomes an entry in the resulting note of the form "NAME: FIELD", where NAME is the field's name from the header row.

Ignore Empty Fields

When checked, if a field has no value, an empty paragraph will not be added to the resulting note.

See Also

File Formats


Autosave Dialog

You have made changes to your document, and are being given an opportunity to save those changes right now. This will protect your work in the unlikely event of a power failure, application failure, or system crash.

You can configure the autosave via the Tools|Options command.

Your Options

Yes

Saves the changes. Equivalent to using the File|Save command.

No

Does not save your changes. You will be prompted again when the autosave timer next triggers.

Skip

Does not save your changes, and turns off autosave for this file only. Generally not a good idea.


Note List Dialog

This dialog displays all of the notes in the current document that are marked. You can perform a number of operations on the set of marked notes.

Operations

Goto

Closes the dialog and makes the selected note the current note. Double-clicking on the title of the note has the same effect.

Unmark

Removes the mark from the note, and removes it from the list. Unmarking the last note closes the dialog automatically.

Delete

Deletes all marked notes. You will be asked to confirm before continuing. Please note that this operation will also delete any unmarked child notes of the marked notes. On completion, this dialog will be closed.

Print

Prints all of the marked notes using the current page settings.


Query Dialog

A query is made up of one or more criteria which must be satisfied for a particular note to be a successful match. A criterion is a string (usually a word) which must be found in a note. When multiple criteria are specified, either they all must succeed (an AND query) or just one needs to succeed (an OR query).

An example or two should clarify things.

If the criteria are "bagel", "cheese" and "lox" and an AND query is chosen, then a note will match only if it contains "bagel" AND "cheese" AND "lox" - a note that has just "lox" will not succeed.

Use the same criteria above with an OR query, then a note with any of the criteria will match.

Dialog Controls:

Find What

The criteria. Each criterion should be separated by a space - eg "bagel cheese lox" for the above example.

Match Case

When checked, the criterion "abc" will not match "Abc" or "ABC".

Whole Word Only

When checked, the criterion "abc" will not match "abcd" or "xyzabcd".

Include Titles

Include a note's title in the search.

Query Type - Match Any Word

Selects an OR query - if any of the criteria are found, a match is found.

Query Type - Match All Words

Selects an AND query - all of the criteria must be found for a match.


Dialogs

Dialog boxes used in Jot+:

 List of Dialogs


Summary Information Dialog

Displays information about the content of the document, as well as statistical information. This information is stored in the document and can be accessed via the Explorer - select the document and choose the Properties option from the menu.


User Information Dialog

The information provided here is used by the application for summary information, printing, and other general uses.


System Information Dialog

Used by Help|System Info Command.

This dialog displays information about your system, such as Windows version, Processor type, Jot+ version, memory load. It also displays the version number of all DLL's use by Jot+.

Some of this information may be of interest to you, but it is primarily intended to assist the Jot+ technical support staff by collecting the basic information needed for all technical support queries. This information can be included in an e-mail or word-processor document by pressing the Copy button and then pasting the data into the other application.

See Also:

Technical support


Note Add Dialog

Used by the Note|New command.

Dialog controls:

Title for the new note

Enter the title for the new note. Be descriptive but not too verbose.

Child Note

If this option is checked, the new note will be a child note of the current note, otherwise it will be a sibling of the current note. The value of this field is remembered during the current session, but it is not preserved between sessions.

If the current note is the root note, this field is ignored - you cannot create a sibling of the root note.

Date/Time

This button lets you insert the current date, time, or both into the title at the current position.


Main Menu

These are the sub-menus on the Main Menu - click to see their contents.

File Menu

Edit Menu

Note Menu

Tools Menu

Help Menu


Main Window

This the Jot+ main window. Click on an area for more information.


Toolbars

Jot+ has four toolbars available. You can do the following with toolbars:

•	Hide or show them, either through Tools|Options, or the popup toolbar menu (right-click on any toolbar).

•	Re-order the toolbars by dragging them around.

•	Undock toolbars, which can be left as floating toolbars or docked to any side of the main window.

•	Floating toolbars can be resized.

The toolbar configuration will be saved between sessions.

The Main Toolbar:

Click on a button to see its description.

The Font Toolbar:

Click on a button to see its description.

The Format Toolbar:

Click on a button to see its description.

The Ordering Toolbar:

This toolbar is not visible by default, as it it only useful when notes are being reorganised.

Click on a button to see its description.


StatusBar

The statusbar displays information about the state of Jot+ in its panels. Click on a panel for a description of its function.


Titles Pane

The Titles pane is a tree view control containing the titles of all the notes in the current document.

All documents have a root note, which cannot be deleted. The root note's default name is "Untitled", but that can be changed using the Note|Rename command.

Selecting a note in the Titles pane causes that note to become the current note, and loads the Editor Pane with the contents of that note. Right-clicking on a title pops up a menu with some of the most common note operations.

Title icons

A marked note has a red dot on the title icon, while a locked note uses a lock symbol instead of the note symbol.

See Also:

Editor Pane

Moving Notes

Titles Pane Shortcut Keys


Editor Pane

The Editor pane is used to display and modify the contents of the current note. The Jot+ editor allows you to format the text of notes with multiple fonts and styles, paragaph alignments, bullets, and more. Jot+ is not a word-processor though, so some formatting options are simply not possible.

See Also:

Editor Pane Shortcut Keys

Formatting Text


Note Title Pane

Displays the title of the current note - the full title may not be visible in the Titles Pane.

Double-clicking on the pane executes the Note|Rename command on the current note.


File Formats

Jot+ supports a number of file formats, allowing you to import data from a wide variety of applications and in many cases export as well.

Jot+

Naturally you can both import and export in the Jot+ native format.

Jot 1.x

You can import Jot 1.x data without restriction.

When exporting to Jot 1.x format, the hierarchy will be flattened and long note titles will be used, which could cause problems with Jot 1.x's 255-character title limit. Formatting is not exported, and note text will be truncated as required.

Jot+ Text

MS Cardfile

You can import MS Cardfile data, but any images or OLE objects in the cardfile will be ignored.

When exporting to Cardfile format, the Jot+ hierarchy will be flattened, and note titles and text will be truncated to fit Cardfile's measly limits. Cardfile export is really a bit pointless and will probably be removed altogether in a future release.

Rich Text Format (RTF)

Applications such as Word and WordPad can export RTFdata, which can then be imported into Jot+. Jot+ can also export notes and the entire notefile as RTF.

Comma Separated Values (CSV)

Plain Text

HTML

Jot+ can export notefiles to HTML, suitable for use on web sites. Note formatting is not supported in this release, but hyperlinks will be translated in their HTML equivalents.


Jot+ Text File Format

The Jot+ Text format is a text-based format designed to preserve a lot more information about a Jot+ notefile than a simpler plain text file. It is intended to be used as an interchange format between Jot+ and other applications, and alternatively as a text backup format.

With the growing acceptance of XML as a standard data format, it is highly likely that Jot+ Text usage will be deprecated in future releases of Jot+.

Jot+ Text files have the extension .jtx.

Details of the Jot+ Text format are available to registered  Jot+ users on the Jot+ Private web site.


CSV File Format

The CSV file format is commonly used to share data between record/field-based applications such as spreadsheets and databases. Because of its rigid nature, Jot+ supports CSV import, but not CSV export.

Normally, CSV data has commas between field values (CSV means "Comma Separated Values"), but this is not a requirement. The rules for valid CSV data files are as follows:

Rules for CSV Data Files

•	When importing structured data, each line becomes a separate note, with each field in the line becoming a new paragraph.

•	Each field is separated by a special character, the field separator, which is usually a comma.

•	Each line must have the same number of fields.

•	There can be no whitespace around the field separator.

•	If a field contains whitespace or the field separator as part of its value, the entire field must be enclosed by quote characters, usually double-quotes ("example field"). To include a literal quote character in a quoted field, double the quote character ("an ""example"" value").

•	Newlines are not permitted within fields. Some applications (eg Excel) generate CSV data with newlines in fields, but this is not strictly legal.

How Jot+ Imports CSV Data

The first field in each record is always used as the note title. The remaining fields become the text of the note, with each field being a separate paragraph.

Example File 1

This file uses the defaults of commas and double-quotes:

"LASTNAME","FIRSTNAME","ADDRESS","POSTCODE"

"Munster","Herman","1313 Mockingbird Lane","13666"

"Holmes", "Sherlock","221b Baker Street","W2 7CD"

Example File 2

This files uses colons as the field separator:

DATE:TIME:MESSAGE

1997-10-04:0811:"Sample message #1"

1997-11-10:1233:"System startup succeeded"


Text File Format

To just import a text file into a note, no special preparation is required. To import a text file, you may wish to prepare the text file beforehand, especially if the single text file is to be imported as multiple notes.

Each note in the text file needs to be separated by a special text sequence called the Note Separator, which should not otherwise appear in the text. The default is "=====". The separator must be the only text on the line, and must start at the beginning of the line.

The separator is not required at the beginning or the end of the file.

The first non-empty line after the separator is used for the note title, and the text after the title and before the next note separator becomes the note text.


Preview Next
Displays the next page.


Preview Previous
Displays the previous page.


Preview One Page
Displays a single page at a time.


Preview Two Page
Displays two pages at a time.


Preview Zoom In
Switches to one-page mode and zooms into the current page to show more detail.


Preview Zoom Out
Returns to normal display mode.


Preview Margins
Displays the document margins (in red), and the non-printable region of the current printer (in green). This can assist in choosing proper margins.


Preview Print
Prints the current document.


Preview Pages
Indicates which page or pages are currently displayed.


Preview Close
Closes the preview display.


Format Bold
Toggles the bold attribute of the selection.

Shortcut: Ctrl+B


Format Italic
Toggles the italic attribute of the selection.

Shortcut: Ctrl+I


Format Underline
Toggles the underline attribute of the selection.

Shortcut: Ctrl+U


Format Strikethru
Toggles the strikethrough attribute of the selection.


Regular Expressions

Regular expressions a means of matching text more flexibly than a standard search. For example, with a standard search you can look for "Miami" or "seagull", perhaps ignoring uppercase/lowercase distinctions and matching whole words only. With regular expressions, you could search for all 5-character words starting with "B" or "g" and ending on a vowel, or for numbers embedded in text, postal codes, etc.

A regular expression can look very cryptic - [Bg]...[aeiou] or -?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)? are two examples - but they can be very powerful - the second example will match any simple number.

The Basics

c	Matches the character c.

.	Matches any single character.

^	Matches the beginning of a paragraph.

$	Matches the end of a paragraph.

\c	Matches the character c, and can be used to match any of the special characters.

\\	Matches a backslash.

[abc]	Matches one of the characters in the set. You can include ranges using the syntax x-y, eg [ab0-9G-R]. If you want ] in the set, it must be the first character.

[^abc]	Matches one character not in the set. The ^ is only special as the first character in the set.

Grouping

AB	Matches A followed by B

(A)	Matches A (useful with other commands)

A|B	Matches either A or B (but not both)

Advanced

A?	Matches 0 or 1 instance of A (use for optional parts of a pattern)

A*	Matches 0 or more instances of A

A+	Matches 1 or more instances of A (equivalent to AA*)


Header and Footer Strings

A header/footer string has three parts, all of which are optional - the left section, the center section, and the right section. The string is composed of plain text and embedded code strings which are substituted at print time. All special codes have the form &X, where & is the ampersand character, and X is a single character code. Case is important, as the code &d has a different meaning than &D.

The codes supported are as follows:

Code	Value

&l	Text after this code is placed in the left part. This code is optional and assumed if no position code is present. It may not occur after &c or &r.

&c	Text after this code is placed in the center part. This code may not occur after &r or before &l.

&r	Text after this code is placed in the right part. It may nor occur before &l or &c.

&d	Inserts the current date using the system short date format (eg 7/12/97).

&D	Inserts the current date using the system long date format (eg Sunday, 7 December 1997).

&f	Inserts the name of the current file (eg 'sample.jot').

&F	Inserts the full pathname of the current file (eg 'e:\misc\sample.jot').

&p	Inserts the current page number.

&t	Inserts the current time, formatted using the system settings.

&T	Inserts the title of the current file (from the File Properties).

&N	Inserts the user name (from the User Information Dialog).

&O	Inserts the organisation name (from the User Information Dialog).

Sample Strings

&c- &p -

Useful as a footer, put the page number in the center of the page.

&l&T&rPrinted &d &t

This one puts the document title on the left and the date & time on the right.


Moving Notes

The easiest may to move a note from one parent to another is to just drag and drop the note. You can only move one note at a time, and the note's children will be moved as well. When you drop the note on the new parent, its new location will depend on the new parent's sort option - if its children are unsorted, the note will be placed at the bottom of the child list, otherwise its position will be determined by its title.

You cannot undo a move.

If a note's parent has unsorted children, you can use the shortcut keys Alt+Up and Alt+Down to move that note up or down the child list. You cannot move a note outside of the child list, and these shortcuts only work with unsorted children.

Finally, you can move a note (and its children) through the Clipboard Cut/Copy and Paste commands.

See Also:

Note|Properties


Formatting Text

Formatting text in Jot+ is unfortunately not as simple as it is in a proper word processor such a Microsoft Word or Lotus WordPro. Part of the reason is that Jot+ uses the standard Windows RichEdit control, which has a number of limitations of its own.

There are a couple of concepts that need to be discussed first, to better understand how the editor works, and so understand the limitations.

The first concept is the Base Font. This is the font that applies from the beginning of the text to the first formatting in a note; if a note has no formatting, it applies to the entire note. If you have the Base Font as Arial and create a new note, the text you enter will be displayed in Arial. Now if you make a word in the middle of that text bold, and then change the Base Font to say Baskerville, only the text before that bold word will be affected. For this reason, it is generally a good idea to set up your Base Font when you create a new notefile. It must be emphasised that this is the behaviour of the Windows RichEdit control, not Jot+!

The other concept that needs to be addressed is the functionality of the editor - it is not a full-featured editor, so please do not expect data copied from Word97 to import into Jot+ with complete accuracy. The Windows application WordPad is built on top of the same RichEdit control, so basically anything you can do in WordPad is possible in Jot+ (though perhaps not yet supported), and anything you cannot do in WordPad you definitely cannot do in Jot+.

The easiest way to format text is to select it and edit the font and/or the paragraph attributes. When you edit paragraph attributes, you do not need to select the entire paragraph - the caret just needs to be somewhere in the desired paragraph.

See Also:

Format|Font

Format|Paragraph

Format|Tabs

Toolbars


Limits

Note Limits

The title of a Jot+ note is limited to 255 characters.

The text of a Jot+ note is limited to approximately 1MB (or about 1,024,000 characters), though this may be limited by your system's available memory. If your note size is over 100KB, seriously consider splitting the note into subnotes.

Notefile Limits

There is no explicit limit to the size of a Jot+ notefile, though in practice you will be restricted by your computer's available memory and the complexity of your notes (formatting, size, etc).


Network and Multiuser Access

Jot+ is primarily a single-user application, and only limited support is provided for multiple users accessing the same file simultaneously.

If multiple users may try to access the same file simultaneously, then you need to activate file locking (via Tools|Options); this functionality is not required in a single-user environment and so is not active by default.

When file locking is active, whenever a Jot+ notefile is opened/created a lock file is created. If a lock file already exists for that file, the implication is that the file is currently in use; you will be notified of the lock's existence and the file will be opened in read-only mode.

File locking is only supported for accessing Jot+ native files - lock files will not be used for Jot 1.x files, MS cardfiles, or any other file types.


OLE Automation

Jot+ has replaced the DDE interface used in previous releases with OLE Automation, which allows you to access Jot+ documents from a variety of clients, from Visual Basic and Borland Delphi to Microsoft Word and the new Windows Scripting Host. Details on programming with the automation interface are beyond the scope of this help file and depend heavily on which development tool is used.

Support for the Automation interface will be provided only to registered Jot+ users.

The automation interface is still under development, and will be greatly enhanced in future releases of Jot+. The type library for Jot+ can be found in the Jot+ executable.

If you plan to make serious use of the Jot+ Automation interface, please contact the author so you can be kept informed of developments and plans.


Jot+ Feature List

A reasonably complete list of Jot+'s capabilities:

•	Imports/Exports Jot 1.x, MS Cardfile, HTML, CSV, and a variety of plain text formats

•	Document properties compatible with the Explorer

•	Search/Replace supports regular expressions

•	Query command to perform boolean (AND/OR) text searches

•	Mark individual notes for group operations and bookmarking

•	Highlight individual notes for emphasis

•	Individual notes can be ignored during searches and/or printing

•	Each note can have an unlimited number of child notes

•	Child notes can be sorted in title order, by numeric prefix, or unsorted (user defines order). Each note can sort its children diffferently

•	Note titles can be up to 255 characters long

•	Note text can be up to approximately 1MB (1,024,000 characters) long (restricted by available memory)

•	Number of notes in a document restricted only by available memory

•	Marked notes can be printed or deleted in a single operation

•	Note text can contain multiple fonts, different attributes, bulleted text, different paragraph alignments, and more

•	Multiple toolbars which can be reordered, docked to any edge or floating

•	Timestamp command to insert current date/time

•	Word Count command calculates number of characters, words, and paragraphs in a note or just the selected text

•	URL/hyperlink support - double-click on a hyperlink launches the appropriate Internet application - no special formatting required!

•	Autodial facility is Windows Telephony-compliant (shares modem with other applications)

•	Special commands to help reformat plain text (eg imported e-mail or news articles)

•	Import/export text/RTF files from the current note

•	Automation to control Jot+ from other applications such as Delphi or Microsoft Word

•	Optional file locking for concurrent access to notefiles

•	Advanced printing options includes multiple column output, new column/page between notes, choice of fonts, configurable note spacing

•	Print preview displays up to two pages at a time, zoom in/out, show margins

•	Recent files list stores last 10 accessed documents, with commands to clear the list and remove obsolete entries

•	Online help including tutorials

•	Character map facility to select and insert any character in any installed font


Statusbar Position
Displays the current line and column in the Editor Pane.


Statusbar Indicator
Indicates whether the document has unsaved changes. Possible values displayed are:

<blank> - The document is unmodified.

MOD - The document has unsaved changes (MODified).

RO - The document is Read-Only.


Statusbar Overwrite
Indicates whether the Editor Pane is in Overwrite mode or not.


Statusbar Messages
A catch-all area. Displays progress messages when performing file operations, displays hints for toolbar buttons and menu items, and displays other miscellaneous messages.


Statusbar Sizegrip
A sizegrip, used to resize the Jot+ window.


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Getting Started With Jot+

Jot+ can be a powerful application if you know what it can do. The object of this tutorial is to introduce you to Jot+'s basic functionality, so you can start benefitting from Jot+'s abilities. This on-line help file covers all of Jot+ and will tell you about its more advanced functionality.

This tutorial will concentrate on using Jot+ as a simple address book. The sample notefiles distributed with Jot+ demonstrate other uses for Jot+.

The buttons below will take you to other starter topics which may be useful before continuing with the tutorial.

BACK button to return to this topic when you're ready.

 Review the Jot+ User Interface

 Review Jot+ Terminology

To move back and forth in the tutorial, just use the << and >> buttons on the toolbar.

Conventions Used

Menu commands will be displayed like this: File|New or Format|Style|Hyperlink. The first example asks you to select the New item from the File menu, while the second example asks you to select the Hyperlink item from the Style submenu of the Format menu.

Actions you should take will be displayed like this:

Select the Help|About command


Tabs Editor Dialog

Used to view and change the tab stops for one or more selected paragraphs.

Tab Stop

The selected tab stop or the measurement for a new tab stop.

Tabs

The list of tab stops currently defined. Up to 32 tab stops are permitted.

Set Tab

Adds the value from Tab Stop to the Tabs list, inserting it into the appropriate place.

Clear Tab

Removes the selected tab stop.

Clear All

Remove all defined tab stops.

See Also:

Measurements


Format Typeface
The typeface and character set of the selection.

Not all fonts support multiple character sets.


Format Size
The font size of the selection. Currently you are restricted to the values listed.


Format Color
The color of the selection.


Format Indent
Increases the indentation of the selected paragraph(s) by ¼"/0.6cm


Format Unindent
Decreases the indentation of the selected paragraph(s) by ¼"/0.6cm.


Terms and Concepts

Here are definitions of some of the terms used in the Jot+ application and in this help file.

Note

The basic element of data in Jot+ is a note, which has a title and some text.

Notefile

A collection of Jot+ notes is called a notefile, which is stored on disk in a .jot file. The terms notefile, document, and .jot file are synonymous.

Root Note

All notefiles have a single note which all other notes descend from; this is called the root note.

Sibling

Two notes with the same parent are siblings

Child Note

A note which is subordinate to another note. Technically, every note in a notefile is a child note except for the root note.

Subnote

An alternative name for a child note.

CSV

Comma Separated Values, a class of text file which holds field-oriented data (perhaps exported from a database); a common data interchange file format.


Tutorial Chapter 1 - Creating a Notefile

Jot+ should currently be running.

Select the File|New command to create a new notefile.

A notefile is never "empty" - it always has a single root note, initially called "Untitled". You cannot delete or move this note, but other than that it can be treated like any other note.

Now let's rename this root note to make it more descriptive.

Select the Note|Rename command

In the dialog, change the name from "Untitled" to "Address Book" or perhaps "<Name>'s Addresses". Press OK when you're done.

Hold down a SHIFT key and press the TAB key

The Shift+Tab shortcut switches focus between the title pane and the editor pane; clicking with the mouse in the desired pane has the same effect.

Now let's put some text into this root note.

Type "This is my sample Jot+ notefile!"

Finally, we should save the notefile.

Select the File|Save command or press the [image] toolbar button

Give it the filename "address.jot".

Well, so far we have created a new Jot+ notefile. In the next section, we will start adding some data to the notefile.


Tutorial Chapter 2 - Adding Notes

In the previous chapter we created a new Jot+ notefile - address.jot - which will become an address book. Now let's add some addresses!

Select the Note|New command or press the [image] toolbar button

Change the title from "Untitled" to your own name. Enter the name in the form "Last Name, First Name", so the names will sort properly. Press OK when done.

A new note has been added to the notefile as a child of the root note. Select the editor pane and enter your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (if you have one).

Select the Note|New command again

Uncheck the "Child Note" box in the dialog - this will place the new note on the same level as the current note (a sibling).

For the title of this new note, use the name of a friend. Press OK when done.

Select the editor pane and enter the name, address, phone number and e-mail address of your friend.

Save the notefile using the File|Save command

Repeat these steps to add entries for a couple more friends, relatives, shops, restaurants, utilities, etc. Try to add at least one of each type, since we'll want to use them in the next chapter.


Tutorial Chapter 3 - Child-notes and Organising

In this chapter we're going to start using Jot+'s ability to organise notes in a hierarchy or outline.

For an address book, it would be logical to group many of the entries under category names, such as Restaurants, Utilities, or Shops.

Create a new top-level note called Restaurants.

In the last chapter you should have added a few restaurant notes - if you haven't then add a couple now.

Select one of the restaurant notes.

Click on the note title in the title pane and hold the mouse button down.

Drag the note to the Restaurants note in the title pane and release the mouse button.

If all went well, the selected note should now be a child note of the Restaurants note. Dragging and dropping a note onto another note makes the dragged note a child of the note you drop it upon.

You can also create child notes using the Note|New command.

Select the Restaurants note.

Select the Note|New command.

In the dialog, check the Child Note option.

Give the new note a title, press OK when finished.

The new note will be created underneath Restaurants.

In the next chapter we'll be looking at note properties and how you can use them.


Tutorial Chapter 4 - Note Properties

So far you have already encountered two properties of a note - its title and its text. In this chapter we can explore some of a note's other properties.

Start off by selecting one of the notes, perhaps one of the friend notes.

Select the Note|Properties command

This brings up the Note Properties Dialog, which displays the current note's properties and allows you to modify most of them. Some of the information, such as the created and last modified times, are updated automatically. The note title cannot be modified via this dialog - you need to use the Note|Rename command.

The Do Not Print and Do Not Search options can be useful for notes that you may want to view but are not intended for printing or searching - contact histories, confidential notes, etc.

The Locked property makes a note read-only - you cannot modify it and it is displayed differently than other notes - the editor is given a different background color and the title pane displays a lock symbol next to the note's title. You would use Locked to prevent accidental changes to certain critical notes, or to mark something as completed.

The Highlight property merely displays the note title in bold in the title pane - you can use it to make a particular note stand out. When printing notes, highlighted note titles are not printed differently.

The Marked property will be discussed in the next chapter, when we discuss marking notes.


Tutorial Chapter 5 - Marking Notes

As your notefile grows, you will find the need to perform operations on selected notes as opposed to a single note or the entire notefile - printing is the most common such operation. Jot+ includes a feature to mark individual notes.

Select a note

Press Ctrl+K or select the Note|Mark command

The note title will now be displayed with a little red dot next to it - this is the mark indication. To remove a mark select the Note|Mark command again.

Select a couple more notes and mark them as above

Now that we have some notes marked, let's see how to manipulate them.

Select the Tools|View Marks command

This will bring up the Note List Dialog, which displays a list of the marked notes and provides options for managing the marked notes. You can jump to a marked notes, unmark a note, delete all of the marked notes, or print only the marked notes.

In the next chapter, we'll discuss formatting your note text.


Tutorial Chapter 6 - Formatting Text

With Jot+, you can do more with your text then just enter it - you can format your note text using facilities quite similar to your favorite word processor.

But first it must be emphasised that Jot+'s text formatting facilities are quite limited compared to a full-fledged word processor - many things word processors can do easily are simply not possible in Jot+. Why? Part of the reason is that the Jot+ editor is based around Microsoft's RichEdit control, which defines what facilities are available, and part of the reason is that Jot+ is not a word processor.

So what kind of formatting does Jot+ support? Quite a bit actually, as the Format Toolbar can show. Additional formatting commands can be found on the Format Menu.

The font combo box on the toolbar is worth a special mention. You may notice that some of the fonts listed have multiple entries such as Arial (Western) and Arial (Turkish). Some of the fonts you may have installed on your system may support multiple languages and alphabets, which means that certain characters will be displayed differently depending on which typeface and character set are selected. The Tools|Character Map tool will display these characters for you.

The formatting of each note is competely independent of each other. Some attributes such as the base font will apply to all notes.

Select the Tools|Options command

This brings up the Options Dialog.

Select the Fonts Page

This displays the font used for the base font.

Press the Change button in the Base Font group

This brings up the font dialog. Select a different typeface and/or size and press OK.

The base font we have just selected will only apply to this notefile. If we want this base font to be used by all new notefiles, check the Use as Default box. Select OK to confirm your font choice. The notefile text should be updated to reflect the new base font.

Now here is one of the problems with Microsoft's RichEdit control: If any formatting has been applied to a note (eg making a word bold), the base font will only be honored between the start of the note and where the first formatting occurs. Future releases of the RichEdit control may remove this restriction, but this is dependent on Microsoft. It is confusing, but there is nothing we can do about it!

In the next chapter we're going to turn to printing.


Tutorial Chapter 7 - Printing

Jot+ has very powerful printing facilities, which include multiple columns and flexible headers and footers. You do not have to print the entire contents of the notefile - Jot+ lets you print everything, just the current note, just the selected text, or just notes that are marked.

Select the File|Print command

This will bring up the Print Dialog, where you can select options for this printout.

Press the Preview button

This switches to Print Preview mode, allowing you to get an idea of how your printed output will look. From this point, let's remove the note titles from the output.

Press the Print button on the toolbar

This returns us to the Print Dialog so we can alter the options.

Select the Text Only option

Press the Preview button

The preview should now reflect the changes made in the print dialog. To end the print/preview mode you can press the Close button, and to send the printout to the printer you select Print then OK.

See Also:

File|Page Setup

File|Print

File|Print Preview

Tools|Options

In the next chapter we'll be discussing hyperlinks.


Tutorial Chapter 8 - Hyperlinks

Jot+ includes support for hyperlinks, which allow you to create links to other documents on your local computer, local network, and the wider Internet.

To set up for this section, create a new notefile and save it under the name "Links". Then create a new note and call it "Test 1".

Make sure you are in the Editor Pane.

Type in "http://www.kingstairs.com" (without the quotes) and ENTER

That's it. You've entered a hyperlink.

Double-click anywhere within the hyperlink

If your system is configured correctly, your default browser should start up and attempt to connect to the King Stairs Software web site. If you are not currently connected to the Internet then don't worry if the attempt fails.

Formatting

Hyperlinks do not require any special formatting to be recognised, but you may want to make a hyperlink look like a hyperlink.

Select the hyperlink

Select the Format|Style|Hyperlink command

The hyperlink will now look something like: http://www.kingstairs.com.

Web Browsers

An easy way to insert links into your notefile is to extract them from your web browser directly!

This tutorial assumes you are using the Netscape browser, but the procedures should be the quite similar (if not identical) for Opera, Internet Explorer, and other browsers.

Select the Help|Jot+ Web Site command

Your default web browser should be launched and jump immediately to the Jot+ main web page.

In the browser, click the HOME link in the top menu bar and hold the mouse button down

Drag the link to the Jot+ editor window and release

A link should be dropped into the current note: http://www.kingstairs.com/index.html

Another way to do this is to "copy" the link from the browser to the current note.

In the browser, right-click on the DOWNLOADS link in the top menu bar

From the pop-up menu, select the Copy Link Location command

In Jot+, select the Edit|Paste Hyperlink command

A link should be inserted into the current note, this time automatically formatted with the hyperlink style.

See Also:

Hyperlinks


Tutorial Chapter 9


Tutorial Chapter 10


History of Jot+

These are the release dates for each version of Jot Cardfile and Jot+ Notes:

1993	Jot initial release

18 Dec 1993	Jot 0.7.0

6 Jan 1994	Jot 0.7.1

22 May 1995	Jot 1.0.0 (Win 3.x)

27 Jun 1995	Jot 1.0.14 (Win 3.x and Win95)

23 Oct 1995	Jot 1.1.0

24 Mar 1996	Jot 1.2.0

2 May 1996	Jot 1.2.1

15 Sep 1996	Jot 1.2.2

21 Mar 1997	Jot 1.3.0

29 Dec 1997	Jot+ 2.0.0

9 Jan 1998	Jot+ 2.0.1

29 Jan 1998	Jot+ 2.0.2

13 Mar 1998	Jot 1.3.1 (Freeware, Win 3.x only)

31 Aug 1998	Jot+ 2.1.0

10 Sep 1998	Jot+ 2.1.1

28 Nov 1998	Jot+ 2.2.0

10 Apr 1999	Jot+ 2.3.0

1 Jun 1999	Jot+ 2.3.1

31 Jan 2000	Jot+ 2.4.0


Hyperlinks

Jot+ provides a basic hyperlinking facility, which allows you to double-click on special hyperlink text to launch your web browser, e-mail, Usenet news, or another application. For example, double-clicking on http://www.kingstairs.com in a Jot+ note will launch your default web browser, which in turn will attempt to load the King Stairs Software web site.

Hyperlinks are identified by a special prefix of the form protocol:, where protocol determines how Jot+ and Windows will handle the hyperlink. The characters following the protocol and the colon are the body of the hyperlink, and can contain most characters except for backslash (\), left and right parenthesis, and spaces, tabs and newlines. No special formatted is required to enable the hyperlink - typing or pasting the hyperlink into a Jot+ note is all that is required. To activate the hyperlink, just double-click anywhere within it.

Currently, the following types of hyperlinks are supported:

World Wide Web (WWW)	These links have the form http://www.kingstairs.com

FTP	These links have the form ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/

E-Mail	For sending e-mail. These links have the form mailto:info@kingstairs.com

News	For accessing Usenet newsgroups, such links have the form news:alt.rec.cookery.spam

File	For accessing files on the local machine. These links have the form file:///c:/data/foobar.doc

Additional protocols may be supported in the future. All of these formats assume that appropriate software is available on the system to handle the request (e.g. a web browser for http:) - if no e-mail is available for example then double-clicking mailto: links will have no effect or display an error message.

File Links

The File links need some special discussion because their format can be fairly non-intuitive. The general format is as follows:

file:///<DRIVE>:/DIR/FILENAME.EXT

Note that three forward slashes follow the file: prefix, and that forward slashes are used in the file path instead of backslashes. Finally, if your filename includes spaces, you will have to replace them with the string "%20" - this is basically required by the Internet standards.

Relative paths (eg ..\something.doc) should be avoided.

As an example, a reference to the WordPad application under Win95:

C:\Program Files\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE

The hyperlink would be:

file:///c:/Program%20Files/Accessories/WORDPAD.EXE

Jot+ Links

Links between Jot+ notes is not currently supported, but is planned for a future release.

Jot+ supports copy/paste of hyperlinks from web browsers and other applications using the Edit|Paste Hyperlink command.


Passwords & Encryption

A Jot+ notefile can have a password assigned to it. The contents of a password-protected notefile will be encrypted to prevent unauthorised access. When opening a protected file you will be prompted for the password.

Default Encryption

Due to United States and international restrictions on encryption technology, the default encryption algorithm used in Jot+, while reasonably secure, is not based on "strong" encryption. Without getting technical, Jot+ default encryption will be enough to stop casual and unsophisticated attempts to access the notefile contents (eg colleagues, nosy siblings/parents, casual hackers), but it will not stop encryption professionals (eg industrial spies, law enforcement, criminals) from eventually getting at your data.

Enhanced Encryption

Starting with Jot+ 2.3.0, an enhanced encryption algorithm is provided which does provide "strong" encryption suitable for secure storage of important information. This facility is implemented using a special module which (for legal reasons) cannot be distributed with Jot+. Please visit the Jot+ web site for details on how to acquire the module.

Lost Passwords

Do not forget your password!!

If you forget or lose your password, you will not be able to access the protected notefile, period. There is no backdoor or technique which can retrieve the data. King Stairs Software will not be able to recover your data.

Again, do not forget your password.

Choosing Passwords

Selecting a good password is actually far more important than the type of encryption used. No matter how powerful the encryption used, if you use your last name backwards or the name of your hamster as the password, it will not take long for someone who knows you to access your data. Choosing a good password is essential for good data security. Here are some basic guidelines for choosing a good password:

•	Do not use the name of a close friend, relative, pet, favorite celebrity, sports team, etc - these are the first things someone will try!

•	Try to make use something easy for you to remember but difficult for anyone else to guess. Names of random objects (eg vegetables or city names) or words from a dictionary are good.

•	If at all possible include numbers, mixed case, and special characters like +&#@%$. This can greatly increase the difficulty of someone else guessing your password.

•	Don't make the password too short - the longer the password the better, but just make sure you can remember it!

•	One good technique is to take two random words from a dictionary or book and join them together with a special character or number: cheaply+spike or sloth7chrome are examples. Such passwords can be easy to remember yet very difficult to guess!

•	Do not write the password down somewhere - that's like leaving the keys to your house under the doormat!

Legal Issues

Use of encryption (especially "strong" encryption) is restricted or illegal in some countries or localities. You are entirely responsible for ensuring all use of Jot+ is in compliance with local regulations; King Stairs Software will accept no responsibility for any violations.

See Also:

Contact Information


Splitter

Use the splitter to adjust the relative sizes of the title and editor panes. Click and drag the splitter to the desired position and release. By default the title and editor panes are left to right, but if you want them top to bottom then this can be changed in the Options Dialog.


Print Preview Shortcut Keys

These are shortcut keys specific to Print Preview mode.

Key	Function

Escape	Close the print preview

PageUp	Displays the next page

PageDown	Displays the previous page

1	Displays one page at a time

2	Displays two pages at a time

+ (NumPad)	Zooms in

- (NumPad)	Zooms out

Ctrl+M	Toggles display of the margins

Ctrl+Z	Toggles zoom

Ctrl+Home	Jumps back to first page

 See Also


Titles Pane Shortcut Keys

These shortcut keys are specific to the Title Pane.

Key	Function

Enter	Expands/collapses the current node

Ctrl+X	Edit|Cut

Ctrl+C	Edit|Copy

Ctrl+V	Edit|Paste

Ctrl+Del	Edit|Delete

Alt+Left	Promotes the current note

Alt+Right	Demotes the current note

Alt+Up	Moves selected note up

Alt+Down	Moves selected note down

<letter>	Moves to the next note starting with that letter

Some functions may not be permitted in certain contexts.

 See Also


Editor Pane Shortcut Keys

These shortcut keys are specific to the Editor Pane.

Key	Function

Ctrl+B	Toggles the bold attribute of the selection

Ctrl+I	Toggles the italic attribute of the selection

Ctrl+U	Toggles the underline attribute of the selection

Ins	Toggles between insert and overwrite modes

F4	Tools|Autodial

Ctrl+T	Tools|Timestamp

Ctrl+W	Tools|Word Count

F8	Tools|Fill Text

Shift+F8	Tools|Trim Text

Ctrl+Z	Edit|Undo

Ctrl+X	Edit|Cut

Ctrl+C	Edit|Copy

Ctrl+V	Edit|Paste

Ctrl+Del	Edit|Delete

Ctrl+A	Edit|Select All

Shift+Ctrl+L	Format|Bullets

Ctrl+Space	Format|Default Font

Ctrl+0(zero)	Format|Style|Remove All

Ctrl+]	Format|Increase Font Size

Ctrl+[	Format|Reduce Font Size

Ctrl+D	Format|Font

Ctrl+M	Format|Increase Indent

Shift+Ctrl+M	Format|Decrease Indent

 See Also


Print Preview

The print preview display is used to get a reasonable idea of how the current notefile will look when printed. It will not be a 100% faithful  representation, but the general format and column/page breaks will be correct.

Click on parts of the image below for an explanation of that part's function.

See also:

Print Preview Shortcut Keys


Preview Page
A preview page. Up to two pages can be displayed at a time. Resizing the main window will also resize the preview pages.

When margins are displayed (as in the screenshot), a green line reflects any non-printable area on the printer (defined by the hardware and its drivers). The red line displays the page margins set by the user.


Print Preview Toolbar

Click on a toolbar button or area below for a description of its function:

The toolbar can be undocked from the window and moved around, but its position is not currently saved between sessions.


Measurements

Many of the dialog fields in Jot+ accept a measurement - margins, tab stops, column spacing, etc. Measurements are displayed in either inches or centimeters (depending on your current Control Panel settings), but you are not forced to enter measurements in those units; Jot+ will convert from the units you entered into inches/cm for display.

Entering Measurements

All measurements consist of a number (eg 1 or 2.54) followed by an optional unit abbreviation (defined shortly). Space between the number and unit is optional.

Example legal measurements:

1.5 in

250mm

.5"

Units Supported

The following units and their abbreviations are supported in this release of Jot+. Please note that only the abbreviations are recognised - "1 inch" is not recognised.

Unit	Definition	Abbreviation

Inch	in or "

Centimeter	cm

Millimeter	0.1 cm	mm

Point	1/72 in	pt or pts

Twip	1/20 point	tw


HTML Export Dialog

Specifies options to use for HTML export.

Style - Headers

Notes are nesting using HTML <Hx> codes - the root is <H1>, first-level notes are <H2>, and so on.

Style - Definition Lists

The notefile is treated as an HTML definition list - note titles use <DT> tags, note text is enclosed by <DD>, and child notes are enclosed in a nested definition list.

Active Links

When this option is checked, hyperlinks using the http, https, ftp, and mailto protocols will be detected and converted into HTML hyperlinks.


Note Promote
Promotes the selected note, making it a sibling of its current parent.

Shortcut: Alt+Left


Note Demote
Demotes a note, making it a child of the sibling above it. If there is no sibling above it, demotion is not possible.

Shortcut: Alt+Right


Note Move Up
Moves the note up relative to its siblings. Only permitted within unsorted notes.

Shortcut: Alt+Up


Note Move Down
Moves a note down relative to its siblings. Only permitted within unsorted notes.

Shortcut: Alt+Down


Assign Password Dialog

Displayed to assign or update the notefile's password.

Password

Confirm

Both fields must have the same value to be accepted - you'll get a warning if they differ. To remove an existing password, clear both fields.

Enhanced Security

Check this field to use the advanced encryption method available in Jot+ 2.3.0 and later. Note that loading/saving files with this option will be slower, and that Jot+ releases earlier than 2.3.0 will not be able to read the file.

See Also:

Passwords & Encryption


File Menu

File and Printing commands:

New

Open

Reopen

Save

Save As

Import

Export

Page Setup

Print Preview

Print

Properties

Exit


File|New

Shortcut: Ctrl+N

Creates a new Jot+ document. If the document you are currently working on has unsaved changes, you will be asked to save those changes first.


File|Open

Shortcut: Ctrl+O

Opens an existing document.

If the current document has unsaved changes, you will be prompted to save that document before the new document is opened.

See Also

File Formats

Network and Multiuser Access


File|Reopen

Selecting this item displays a sub-menu listing your ten most recently used files (up to ten), with the most recent file at the top of the list. Selecting one of these items re-opens that file.

You will not see this menu item if there are no entries in your recent files list.

If the current document has unsaved changes, you will be prompted to save the document before the new document is opened.

Files will always be opened in read-write mode, regardless of how the file was opened originally.

The Reopen submenu has two additional commands for managing the recent files list:

Clear List

Removes all entries from the recent files list.

Remove Obsolete

Removes entries from the recent files list that are no longer valid (eg nonexistent files).


File|Save

Shortcut: Ctrl+S

This command saves any changes to the current document to disk. If the document does not have a filename yet, or the current file is not a Jot+ file, then this command is equivalent to the File|Save As Command.


File|Save As

Saves the current document under a new filename. You will be prompted for the filename to use and the document will be stored.

Please note that you can only save files in the native Jot+ file format using this command; to save the notefile in another file format you need to use the File|Export Command.


File|Import

This command allows you to import data into the current document. You will be prompted for a filename and format to load. The filename extension is important as Jot+ uses the extension to help identify the contents of a file and load it correctly.

The imported data will normally be merged with existing data, but alternatively the entire imported file can be placed under a top-level note with the imported file's filename as its title. The option is configured via Tools|Options.

See Also:

File Formats


File|Export

This command exports the current document to another file. Unlike the File|Save or File|Save As commands, the current document will not be modified. You will be prompted for the filename and file format to use, and the data will be copied to that filename.

See Also:

File Formats


File|Page Setup

This command allows you to specify settings to use when printing the document. All of these settings are specific to the current document and stored with that document.

Displays the Page Setup Dialog.


File|Print Preview

Replaces the main display with a special preview display of the document as it would be printed. Fonts, headers/footers, margins and other settings are represented.

See Print Preview for more information.


File|Print

Shortcut: Ctrl+P

Prints the either the entire document or a specific subset of that document, as selected in the Print Dialog.


File|Properties

Displays the Summary Information Dialog, for viewing and updating document information such as author and title.


File|Exit

Terminates Jot+. You will be given an opportunity to save the current document if it has been modified.


Edit Menu

Commands for Clipboard operations, search and replace, and editing.

Undo

Cut

Copy

Paste

Paste Hyperlink

Delete

Select All

Insert File

Export Selection

Find

Replace

Query

Go To


Edit|Undo

Shortcut: Ctrl+Z

Reverse the last modification made to the current note.

Using Edit|Undo twice in succession reverses the undo (you end up where you started).


Edit|Cut

Shortcut: Ctrl+X

Moves data from the current document to the Clipboard. What exactly is moved depends on the current context:

Titles Pane: Moves the selected note (and its children) to the Clipboard.

Editor Pane: Moves the selected text to the Clipboard.


Edit|Copy

Shortcut: Ctrl+C

Copies data from the current document to the Clipboard. What exactly is copied depends on the current context:

Titles Pane: Copies the selected note (and its children) to the Clipboard.

Editor Pane: Copies the selected text to the Clipboard.


Edit|Paste

Shortcut: Ctrl+V

Inserts data from the Clipboard into the current document. Where the data is inserted depends on the current context, and how it appears depends on the contents of the Clipboard.

Titles Pane: If the Clipboard contains a Jot+ note, it will be inserted as a child of the current note.

If text is on the Clipboard, the first line of the entry will be used as the title for a new note, with the remainder used for the body of the note. The new note will be a child of the current note.

Editor Pane: The contents of the Clipboard will replace the current selection.

See Also:

Edit|Paste Hyperlink


Edit|Paste Hyperlink

This inserts the contents of the Clipboard into the document, formatted as a hyperlink. This command handles references to files and to Internet shortcuts, which the Edit|Paste command does not recognise.


Edit|Delete

Shortcut: Ctrl+Del

Deletes/clears the current selection. What exactly is deleted depends on the current context.

Titles Pane: The current note (and its children) will be deleted. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion first.

Editor Pane: The selected text is deleted from the note.


Edit|Select All

Shortcut: Ctrl+A

Selects the entire text of the current note.


Edit|Insert File

Inserts the contents of a text or RTF file into the current note. You will be prompted for the file to insert. The text inserted replaces the selection.

See Also:

File Formats


Edit|Export Selection

Saves the current selection to a text or RTF file. You will be prompted for the filename and format to use.


Edit|Find

Shortcut: Ctrl+F

The main command for locating specific patterns of text in the title and body of notes.

Displays the Search Dialog for finding text.


Edit|Replace

Shortcut: Ctrl+H

Displays the Replace Dialog for finding and replacing text.


Edit|Query

Shortcut: Ctrl+Q

Performs a query on the document, selecting notes which match criteria you specify. The following steps are performed:

1. All current marks are cleared.

2. The Query Dialog is displayed to enter the query.

3. The query is performed, and each matching note is marked.

4. The Note List Dialog is displayed if any matches were found.


Edit|Go To

Shortcut: Ctrl+G

Finds the next note with a title containing a specified string. You will be prompted for the string to search for, and all notes will be searched, starting from the next note and wrapping around at the end of the document. A note's No Search flag is ignored for this operation, and case is ignored.

This command can be significantly faster for searching titles than Edit|Find.


Note Menu

Commands for manipulating notes:

New

Rename

Mark

Print

Collapse All

Expand All

Properties


Note|New

Shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+N

Creates a new note. The Note Add Dialog will be displayed, and the new note added. This note becomes the current note.


Note|Rename

Shortcut: F2

This command allows you to rename a note (unless the document is read-only or the note is locked). You will be prompted with the note's current name and allowed to make changes. Press OK to accept the changes. Depending on the properties of the current note's parent, the location of the current note may change.

The dialog used is similar to the Note Add Dialog, so see that article also.


Note|Mark

Shortcut: Ctrl+K

Toggles the marked state of the current note. Marks are saved with the document, so the document will be marked as modified. Marked notes are displayed with a red dot in the icon.

Related Topics


Note|Print

Shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+P

Prints the current notes and its children. No dialogs are displayed, so if you want output different from the default format used, use File|Print.


Note|Collapse All

Closes up the Titles Pane so only the top level of notes is visible.


Note|Expand All

Opens up the Titles Pane so all notes and child notes are visible.


Note|Properties

Displays the Note Properties Dialog for the current note, so various note properties can be modified.


Format Menu

Commands for formatting the note text:

Font

Paragraph

Tabs

Style Submenu

Bullets

Increase Font Size

Reduce Font Size

Default Font

Increase Indent

Decrease Indent


Format|Font

Shortcut: Ctrl+D

Lets you change the current font of the selection. The standard Windows font dialog is displayed where you can alter the typeface, size, attributes (bold, italic, underline, strikethough), and color of the font.


Format|Paragraph

This command allows you to change the attributes of the selected paragraphs. Displays the Paragraph Attributes Dialog.


Format|Tabs

This commands brings up the Tabs Editor Dialog, which allows you to alter the tab stops of the paragraphs covered by the selection.


Format|Bullets

Shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+L

This command toggles the bullet attribute on the selected paragraph(s), or the current paragraph if there is no selection.

Example:

•	Item 1

•	Item 2

•	Item 3


Format|Increase Font Size

Shortcut: Ctrl+]

This command increases the size of the selection's font by 2pts, up to a limit of 72pts. If the selection contains multiple font sizes, the results may be unexpected.


Format|Reduce Font Size

Shortcut: Ctrl+[

This command reduces the size of the current font by 2pts, to a minimum of 6pts. If the selection contains multiple font sizes, the results may be unexpected.


Format|Default Font

Shortcut: Ctrl+Space

This command (re)sets the selection's typeface, character set and size to that of the default font.

Please note that bold/italic/underline/strikethrough attributes in the selection are left untouched.

See Also:

Format|Styles|Remove All


Format|Increase Indent

Shortcut: Ctrl+M

Increases the left indentation of the selected paragraph(s) by ¼"/0.6cm. This command can be used multiple times.

See Also:

Format|Decrease Indent


Format|Decrease Indent

Shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+M

Decreases the left indentation of the selected paragraph(s) by ¼"/0.6cm - the opposite of the Format|Increase Indent command. This command may be used multiple times.


Format|Style Submenu

This submenu permits quick application of a pre-defined character or paragraph style.

The styles are not configurable.

Paragraph Title

Selects the current paragraph, sets the bold attribute and font size to be 2 points larger than the default font size.

Hyperlink

Displays the selection using a nice blue color and with an underline, representing a hyperlink or URL. Jot+ currently gives no special meaning to this style, so hyperlinks do not require this style to be recognised.

Remove All

Shortcut: Ctrl+0 (that's zero)

Resets the selection back to the default font, removing all formatting and attributes.


Tools Menu

Configuration command and useful tools:

Options

Register

Stay on Top

Autodial

Timestamp

Password

Character Map

View Marks

Clear Marks

Word Count

Fill Text

Trim Text


Tools|Options

The command lets you configure Jot+ to your personal preferences. Displays the Options Dialog.

See Also:

File|Page Setup


Tools|Register

This command allows you to enter your license details into Jot+ and turn your unregistered package into a registered one.

Displays the Registration Dialog.

Once you are fully registered, this command will be hidden.

See Also:

Purchasing Jot+


Tools|Stay on Top

Selecting this command keeps the Jot+ window on top of other applications, useful with full-screen applications. A check against the menu item indicates that this feature has been activated, selecting the command again will restore Jot+ to normal.

The "On Top" state is saved between sessions.


Tools|Autodial

Shortcut: F4

Prompts for a number to dial (uses the current selection as a default) and dials that number using the Windows dialer. A modem needs to be available and properly configured within Windows for Autodial to function correctly.


Tools|Timestamp

Shortcut: Ctrl+T

Inserts the current date/time at the current caret position. The timestamp's format can be configured via the Options Dialog.


Tools|Password

This command allows you to assign or modify the password associated with the current document. You will be prompted to enter the password and confirm it. Both entries must match or the password will not be accepted.

This facility is only available to registered Jot+ users. If you are not registered and attempt to use this command, Bad Things Will Happen.

See Also:

Passwords & Encryption


Tools|Character Map

Displays the character map. The 256 available characters in the current font and character set of the selection are displayed in the grid, with a preview of the selected character on the right-hand side. Double-clicking on a character will insert it into the editor at the current point.

As an added bonus, if you change the selection or current font/character set, the character map will be updated to reflect the new font when you re-activate its window.


Tools|View Marks

If any notes are marked, then the Note List Dialog is displayed, which allows you perform operations on the set of marked notes.

Related Topics


Tools|Clear Marks

Removes marks from all notes.

Related Topics


Tools|Word Count

Shortcut: Ctrl+W

Counts the number of characters, words, and paragraphs in the selection (or entire note if no text is selected) and displays the results in a dialog.

Empty lines between paragraphs are not included in the paragraph count.


Tools|Fill Text

Shortcut: F8

This command is intended for use with imported text that uses line breaks within a paragraph and blank lines between paragraphs, such as e-mail messages, newgroup articles, and many text files. The selected text is reformatted to remove the extra line breaks.

Example:

These are some lines

of text, which were imported

from an e-mail message or

newsgroup article.

There are two paragraphs

here, split across many lines.

They don't look very good

inside Jot+.

After the Fill Text command was used:

These are some lines of text, which were imported from an e-mail message or newsgroup article.

There are two paragraphs here, split across many lines. They don't look very good inside Jot+.


Tools|Trim Text

This useful little command takes the selection and removes any leading and trailing spaces and tabs on each line. It also removes any leading or trailing empty lines from the selection. This facility can be extremely useful when dealing with imported text that has each line indented by one or more characters, and can be useful prior to using the Tools|Fill Text command.


Help Menu

This menu covers on-line help and technical support.

Topics

Jot+ Quick Start

Search For Help On

How to Use Help

System Info

Jot+ Web Site

Purchasing Jot+

About


Help|Topics Command

Displays the table of contents for the on-line help system.


Help|Search for Help On Command

Displays the on-help search dialog. Type in a keyword to locate relevant topics.


Help|How to Use Help Command

Displays (perversely) the Window help system's own help file!


Help|System Info Command

This dialog displays a variety of information about your computer and the Windows environment. Some of this information may be meaningless to you, but if you run into problems with the application, this information could be very useful to the developer (that's me!) to help you locate the problem.

System Information Dialog


Help|Jot+ Web Site Command

If you have a web browser installed (such as Netscape or Internet Explorer) and a connection to the Internet, this command will launch that browser and attempt to connect to the Jot+ WWW site. At the web site you can download updated versions of Jot+ and sample files, post questions to the authors, and find out the latest Jot+ news.

See Also:

Technical support


Help|About Command

Displays the Jot+ About Box, showing the current version of Jot+ and the name of the registered user.

See Also:

Purchasing Jot+