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<p class="tearoffbox_text">Contributing Editor <a href="http://www.tidbits.com/matt/">Matt Neuburg</a> has been writing for TidBITS since 1991, concentrating on issues surrounding word processing, databases and text organization programs, scripting and innovative programming systems, and a variety of utilities. He has written some popular freeware programs, such as <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13636">MemoryStick</a> and <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29015">NotLight</a>. He has created the online documentation for a number of applications, such as <a href="http://latenightsw.com/sd4/index.html">Script Debugger</a> and <a href="http://a-sharp.com/opal/">Opal</a>. He has written books about programming <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/frontier/">Frontier</a>, <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/realbasic2/">REALbasic</a>, and <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/applescpttdg2/">AppleScript</a>, and is the author of various <a href="http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/">Take Control</a> ebooks.</p><p class="tearoffbox_text_email"><span class="shift_down"><img src="/images/gettb_button_email.gif" height="12" width="12" border="0" alt="Send Email to Author"></span> <a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="document.check_human_7.submit_type.value='email'; document.check_human_7.author_id.value='7'; ShowTipBox('hc_7', 'hc_recaptcha_7', 'cb_item_add')">Email the author</a></p>
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<p><p>If you create a lot of documents, coming up with a name for them can sometimes be a hassle. This is especially true now that search is becoming a more prevalent way to find documents. Pear Note provides a way to have the application automatically generate a filename so you can avoid this hassle. To use this:</p><ol>
<li>Open Saving under Pear Note's preferences.</li>
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<li>Select a default save name template (Pear Note's help documents all the fields that can be automatically filled in).</li>
<li>Check the box stating that Command-S saves without prompting.</li>
<li>If you decide you want to name a particular note later, just use Save As... instead.</li>
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