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Useful Notes Version 1.1 Documentation
======================================
What is Useful Notes?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Useful Notes lets you create, organize, and access information on
electronic notes.
Think of Useful Notes as being a blank pad of "post-it" notes. Each
time you want to remember something you the grab the top sheet, jot
down the information, then put it on your desktop someplace. Pretty
soon you'll have a whole bunch (pile) of these notes.
Unlike paper notes however, Uno gives you instant access to the random
pieces of information on your notes.
Features
~~~~~~~~
Useful Notes (Uno) is a small, fast, information manager that is
suitable for a wide variety of productivity tasks. Some of Uno's
features include:
- can be run from command line or as TSR
- number and length of notes only limited by available memory
- notes can be copied, moved, sized, ordered, and locked
- establish "hot links" between notes, files, and programs
- typeover and insert mode editing
- search keyword or full text (case sensitive or insensitive)
- cut and paste
- word wrap and paragraph reformat
- smart indentation
- easy to use consistent interface
- user configurable preferences
Quick Start
~~~~~~~~~~~
You should find two sample "piles" of notes with this distribution;
tutorial.uno and sample.uno. A good way to introduce yourself to
Useful Notes is to try the tutorial. Simply type:
uno tutorial.uno
at the DOS prompt then follow the on screen instructions. You should
be able to work through the tutorial without having read the
documentation.
To explore some ideas about how Useful Notes might be used, type:
uno sample.uno
at the DOS prompt and again follow the on screen instructions.
System Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Uno runs on any IBM PC or compatible. Uno automatically determines
the type of video card installed and uses 80 X 25 text mode when it
starts up. The following video cards (or ones that are compatible)
are supported:
- Color Graphics Adapter (CGA)
- Monochrome Graphics Adapter (MGA)
- Hercules Graphics Adapter (HGA)
- Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)
- Video Graphics Array (VGA)
- Multi-Color Graphics Array (MCGA)
Any monitor that can display 80 X 25 text works with Uno. If you have
a color monitor and card, you can change the default colors (of black
and white) by running unocfg.exe (see Configuring Uno). In addition
Uno supports a 43 line display on EGA systems and a 28 or 50 line
display on VGA systems.
Uno is very small and runs on systems with as little as 128K of
memory. Of course the more memory that you have, the larger the notes
that you are able to edit.
Starting Up Uno
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the DOS prompt, type:
uno <pilename>
then press the Enter key.
"Pilename" is the name of a existing "pile" of notes.
You can also start up Uno with no pile specified. In this case Uno
starts within an empty unnamed pile of notes.
Screen Layout
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Uno uses the top 23 lines of the screen to display your notes. Think
of this area as a "desktop" (that is 80 columns wide and 23 lines
deep) onto which any number of notes can be piled. This desktop is
bordered on the top and sides by the edge of the screen, and bounded
on the bottom by an inverse line.
That inverse line is called the "status line". On the left edge of
the status line is the name of the "pile" of notes that you are
working with. To the right side of the status line, the line and
column position of the cursor within the current note is displayed.
Below the status line are the command lines. All of the commands that
are currently available to you are displayed on these two lines.
Piles
~~~~~
Piles of notes are loaded onto the Uno "desktop". A "pile" is simply
a group of notes that can be loaded from or saved to disk(ette) as a
file. The pile name is used as the file name when loading or saving.
Notes
~~~~~
Notes appear as rectangular areas on the Useful Notes desktop with
either a single or double line border around them. The text for a
note will be contained within this border.
In the lower right hand corner of each note you will find the note
number. The number for each note will be unique within the current
pile and will not change.
╔EFLN═══════════───────────────┐
║ │
║ └ Shows which Properties the │
║ note has (Execute, File, │
║ Locked, or Nowrap). │
║ │
║ │
║<- Double border if the note │
║ is the "Current" note. │
║ Single border around all ->│
║ other notes. │
║ │
║ │
║ ┌ Unique number assigned to │
║ │ each note upon creation. │
║ │
╚300════════════───────────────┘
Each note can be any size up to the full size of the desktop. The
text for a note can be as much as 1,000 characters wide, and 10,000
lines deep.
One note, which is usually a different color than the rest of the
notes on the desktop and has a double line surrounding it, is the
"current" note. The current note will always have a flashing cursor
in it. You can move this cursor anywhere in the note and the "text
window" will follow the cursor as you move about. If there is no
"current" note it means that you are at the end of the pile.
Notes (continued)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you could see the backside of a note it might look like this:
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ Time/Date: │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ │
│ │
│ Description: │
│ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
│ │
│ │
│ Properties: │
│ │
│ Execute ░ Locked ░ │
│ │
│ File ░ Nowrap ░ │
│ │
└──────────────────────────────┘
When a note is created, the time and date is automatically recorded
for you. While editing you have the option of typing in a short
description for the note or setting certain note properties. See the
sections on Description and Properties under the Edit command for
more details on how Useful Notes uses this additional information.
The Cursor
~~~~~~~~~~
The "cursor" is a pointer within the current note. When in Edit mode,
text can be added or deleted here. In Uno the flashing cursor appears
as an inverted half block when you are in "insert mode", and an
underscore when you are in "typeover mode". Since text for a note can
be bigger than the note itself, you can use the cursor keys to move
the text around inside a note window.
Moving the Cursor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Moving the cursor around can be accomplished with the following keys.
In all cases, the text window is adjusted when necessary in order to
keep the cursor within the note's border.
Space Bar Moves the cursor to the next note.
Backspace Moves the cursor to the previous note.
Up Arrow Moves the cursor up one line of text.
Down Arrow Moves the cursor down one line of text.
-> Moves the cursor right one character.
<- Moves the cursor left one character.
Home Moves the cursor to the first character on the current
line. If you are already on the first character, moves the
cursor to column 1.
End Moves the cursor one position past the last character on
the current line.
PgUp Moves the cursor up one note of text.
PgDn Moves the cursor down one note of text.
Tab Moves the cursor to the next "Hot Spot" (see section on Hot
Spots). If there are no more Hot Spots, Tab moves the
cursor to the next tab stop.
Backtab Moves the cursor to the previous "Hot Spot" (see section on
Hot Spots). If there are no more Hot Spots, Backtab moves
the cursor to the previous tab stop.
Moving the Cursor (continued)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Additional cursor movement commands can be accessed by holding down
the "Ctrl" key (you will see the command menu change when you do this)
and pressing one of these keys:
Back
Section Moves the cursor to the next note that has a different
"Description" (see section on Description) than the current
note.
Next
Section Moves the cursor to the previous note that has a different
"Description" (see section on Description) than the current
note.
Goto Note Prompts for a note number, then moves the cursor to the
note number entered.
Ctrl Home Moves the cursor to the first line of the current note.
Ctrl End Moves the cursor one line past the end of the current note.
First
Note Moves the cursor to the first note in the pile.
Last
Note Moves the cursor to the last note in the pile.
Ctrl PgDn When a search Pattern has been defined, moves the cursor to
the next occurrence of Pattern in the pile.
Ctrl PgUp When a search Pattern has been defined, moves the cursor to
the previous occurrence of Pattern in the pile.
Other Keys You Should Know About
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following keys are important to the operation of Uno:
Esc Returns to the previous level of menus. If you are at the
main command menu nothing happens.
Ins Switches between "typeover" and "insert" modes.
Main Menu Commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most commands in Uno are invoked by pressing the first letter of the
command name. In cases where this is not so the key to press will
precede the command name and be highlighted. In addition, pressing
and holding down the Ctrl key reveals additional cursor movement keys.
Many of the main menu commands have sub-options. Sub-option menus
replace the main command menu when invoked. They show the main com-
mand selected in inverse text (just below the file name on the status
line) and the option choices on the bottom line of the screen. You
also select options by pressing the first highlighted letter or
character of the appropriate choice.
You can always get out of sub-option menu(s) by pressing the Esc key.
The sections that follow describe the main menu commands and sub-
options in more detail.
Bottom
~~~~~~
Move the current note to the end of the pile. The next note in the
pile becomes the current note.
If you order your pile with the most important notes at the front, it
is often useful to "bury" notes with this command that cannot be dealt
with right away.
Copy
~~~~
Make a copy of the current note. You will automatically be in Edit
mode on the new "copied" note. The new note will be positioned
immediately AFTER the current note in the pile's order.
Delete
~~~~~~
Delete the current note. You will be prompted to verify that you
really want to delete. The next note in the pile becomes the current
note.
Edit
~~~~
To enter text in Uno you must be in Edit mode. Press the 'E' key from
the command menu to edit the current note, or press the Note key to
create a new note (you will automatically be in Edit mode). The
following few sections assume that you are in Edit mode.
Edit - Entering Text
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To enter text into a Uno note, position the cursor where you want the
text to be added and then type. If you make a mistake use the
Backspace or Del key to erase the error. In insert mode, characters
to the right of the half block cursor (including the current
character) shift right to make room for new text being entered.
You can do "power" data entry using Uno. By default the "word wrap"
feature is turned on within a note so that any word that is incomplete
when it "hits" the right border is moved down to the next line. With
this feature you can enter long passages of text without having to
worry about the ends of lines.
Uno considers a block of text separated by at least one blank line
above and below to be a paragraph. Editing text within a paragraph
when word wrap is on might be a little disconcerting at first,
especially when in insert mode. Uno makes no attempt to reformat
paragraph text "on-the-fly" as you are editing it. When in insert
mode Uno moves any text to the right of the cursor down to the next
line (if necessary) to make room for new text. The Paragraph Reformat
option under the Edit command can be used to fix things up after you
have made all your changes.
Edit - Enter Key
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When editing, the Enter key moves the cursor down one line and
positions it at the current level of indentation. If you are in
insert mode, a new line is created immediately after the current line,
and any text to the right of and including the cursor character is
moved down with the cursor.
Edit - Smart Indentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you press the Enter key, the cursor moves down one line and Uno
positions the cursor under the first character of the current line.
This makes it easy to enter blocks of indented text.
Similarly the Paragraph Reformat looks at the leading spaces on the
SECOND line of a paragraph to determine where to place the left
margin. The right margin will always be the right border of the note.
Any positive or negative indentation on the first line will be
preserved.
The Outdent option under the Ctrl key (when in Edit) moves the cursor
to the previous level of indentation (which it determines by looking
"up" in the text of the note).
Edit - F1 File
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This command is identical to the File command described later. It
appears under the Edit command as a convenience to the user.
Edit - F5 Cut
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cut allows you to select a block of text which can subsequently be
deleted or copied. Text selection begins at the current cursor
position. As you move the cursor around (using the standard cursor
movement keys) selected text is highlighted. Selection ends when you
press the Copy or Delete command keys. All the text from one selected
position in the text to another will be affected.
Any time that you select a block of text and copy or delete it, the
selected text is copied to a "clipboard" or "cut buffer" for Uno. The
former contents of "clipboard" are lost when newly selected text is
copied to it.
Once marked, there are two operations that can be performed on the
highlighted text.
Copy Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
Delete Copies the selected text to the clipboard then removes it
from the current note.
Edit - F6 Paste
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This command copies the text from the clipboard into the current note
at the current cursor position. If you are in insert mode, the
note text is moved to make room for the clipboard text being
added. Care should be exercised when you are in typeover mode as the
clipboard text is copied on top of the text in the current note.
If there are more than 2 lines of text being Pasted and you
are in typeover mode, you are asked to verify that you really want to
Paste.
The clipboard works for all the notes in the current pile, so you can
Cut from one note and Paste into another.
Edit - F7 Description
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can type any text you want into the Description for a note. Press
the Enter key then you are done typing.
The Description is used in many ways by Useful Notes. You can "Order"
notes alphabetically by description. You can "Search" for specific
"Patterns" within descriptions, and we'll see later how descriptions
can be used to "link" notes together (see Hot Spots).
Edit - F8 Properties
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes can have special "Properties". For instance, when a note is
"Locked" you can no longer Edit it. Word wrapping can be turned off
in a note with the "Nowrap" option. If a Property has been selected,
its first letter appears in the upper right corner of the note.
Notes with the "Execute" property set ON can be used to run DOS
commands. When you press the Enter key while on an Executable note,
Useful Notes will "shell out" to DOS using the note's Description as a
command. Uno will not use any text following a ';' character in the
description as part of the command.
Execute will NOT work if you have popped-up Useful Notes (resident
version) from the DOS prompt or there is not enough memory to run the
command specified by the Description.
When Execute is selected two additional sub-Properties appear.
"Clear" can be used to blank the screen prior to running the command,
and "Restore" will redraw the desktop when the command returns (if
selected).
With the "File" property set, a note's Description will be treated as
a file name (except for any text following a ';' character). When
saving a note, Useful Notes normally puts the text for the note in the
"pile file". A "File" note's text will be saved in a separate file
named by the Description. Likewise when loading, Useful Notes gets
the text from the named file.
Edit - F9 Reformat
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Reformat command will adjust the text in the current paragraph so
that each line has the maximum number of words between the left and
right margins. The left margin is determined by looking at the number
of spaces preceding the second line of the paragraph. The right
margin is the right border of the note.
Edit - Cursor Commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By pressing and holding down the Ctrl key, an Edit sub-menu with the
following additional cursor movement options appears:
Ctrl -> Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word. (A
word is considered to be a series of characters preceded
and followed by at least one space.)
Ctrl <- Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
Goto Line Prompts for a line number, then moves the cursor to the
line number entered. Adjusts the text window so that the
cursor is centered vertically in the note.
Outdent Moves the cursor left to the previous level of indentation.
Ctrl Home Moves the cursor to the first line of the current note.
Ctrl End Moves the cursor one line past the end of the current note.
Tab Moves the cursor to the next Data Entry Point (see section
on Data Entry Points). If there are no more Data Entry
Points, Tab moves the cursor to the next tab stop.
Backtab Moves the cursor to the previous Data Entry Point (see
section on Data Entry Points). If there are no more Data
Entry Points, Tab moves the cursor to the previous tab
stop.
Edit - Deleting Things
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Characters are deleted with the following keys:
Del Deletes the character under the cursor. Any text to the
right of that character shifts left to "fill the gap". If
the cursor is past the end of the line and you are in
insert mode, Uno brings up the next line of text and joins
it with the current line.
Backspace Moves the cursor left one character. If you are in insert
mode, Uno deletes the character to the left of the cursor
and all text to the right of and including the cursor
shifts left. Also in insert mode, if the cursor is in
column 1, Uno moves the current line up and joins it with
the previous line.
By pressing and holding down the Alt key, an Edit sub-menu with the
following additional delete options appears:
Word Deletes the word under the cursor. If the cursor is not on
a word, the first word to the left of the cursor (if
there is one) is deleted.
Beginning
of Line Deletes all of the text to the left of the cursor. The
remaining text and the cursor shift left to the current
level of indentation.
End
of Line Deletes all of the text to the right of and including the
character under the cursor.
Line Deletes the line that the cursor is on.
File
~~~~
File commands are used to copy Uno piles to and from disk files. In
addition the current pile can be erased or renamed, and text can be
imported or exported from the current note.
Load Prompts for the name of a pile to load. If the entered
pile name is found on the disk, Uno copies it onto the
desktop at the current notes position. Piles can be loaded
into an empty desktop or inserted into the currently loaded
pile. An empty desktop is given the name of the first pile
loaded onto it.
Save The desktop pile is copied to a disk file and given the
current pile name. Uno prompts for a pile name if the
desktop is unnamed.
Clear Erases the contents of the current desktop. If any notes
have been changed since the last time it was saved, Uno
prompts you to verify that you really want to clear the
desktop. You will also have the option of saving the
current pile before clearing.
Name Prompts for a name for the current pile. The name entered
must be a valid DOS file name. If the name is the same as
one on your disk, Uno prompts you to verify that you really
want to use that name.
Import Prompts for the name of an ASCII file to load into the
current note. If the entered file name is found on the
disk, Uno copies it into the current note at the cursor
position. Existing text is moved to make room for the text
being loaded. If you import a file into an empty note, Uno
will automatically set the "File" and "Nowrap" properties
(see section on Properties).
Export Prompts for the name of an ASCII file where the contents of
the current note are to be saved. The name entered must be
a valid DOS file name. If the name is the same as one on
your disk, Uno prompts you to verify that you really want
to use that name.
Note
~~~~
This command will create a new blank note. You will automatically be
in Edit mode on the new note. The new note will appear immediately
BEFORE the current note in the pile's order. The position of the note
on the desktop will be selected at random.
When you create a note, the time and date is recorded. Useful Notes
can use this Time/Date stamp to "Order" your notes based on when you
entered them.
Order
~~~~~
This command can be used to change the order of the notes in the pile.
Clean Cleans up the desktop so that only the current note is
visible but does not otherwise affect the other notes.
Descrip-
tion Reorders notes alphabetically by the notes' descriptions.
Notes can be arranged in either ascending or descending
order.
Position Neatens up all the notes on the desktop. Notes are laid
out side by side and in rows so that the top three lines of
each note are visible when the desktop is full.
Number Reorders notes according to the note number. Notes can be
arranged in either ascending or descending order.
Time/Date Reorders notes by the Time and Date that each note was
created. Notes can be arranged in either ascending or
descending order.
Print
~~~~~
The contents of the current note are sent to the printer attached
to LPT1. No formatting is performed on the text.
Quit
~~~~
This command is used to exit Uno. If any of the notes have been
modified in any way, you are prompted to verify that you really want
to quit with the following options:
Save
First Save the current pile before quitting.
Just
Quit Quits without saving.
Don't Ask
Anymore Quits without saving. Also instructs Useful Notes not to
prompt for verification until the pile changes again.
(This option only appears in the Resident version of
Useful Notes).
Search
~~~~~~
Search allows you to find strings or "Patterns" within the text of the
current pile's notes or their Descriptions.
Pattern Prompts for a search Pattern. If the Pattern entered is in
all lower case, searches will be case insensitive. If any
of the letters in the Pattern are in upper case, the text
and Pattern must be exactly the same for a match to occur.
-> Moves the cursor to the next note whose Description
contains an occurrence of Pattern. If there are no more
matches the cursor does not move.
<- Moves the cursor to the previous note whose Description
contains an occurrence of Pattern. If there are no more
matches the cursor does not move.
PgUp Moves the cursor to the note that contains the previous
occurrence of Pattern in the current desktop. If there are
no more matches, moves the cursor to the beginning of the
first note.
PgDn Moves the cursor to the note that contains the next
occurrence of Pattern in the current desktop. If there are
no more matches, moves the cursor to the end of the
last note.
Top
~~~
Move the current note to the beginning of the pile. The next note in
the pile becomes the current note.
If you order your pile with the most important notes at the front, it
is useful to "promote" notes with this command that must be dealt with
right away.
Zoom
~~~~
Expands the current note to be the full size of the desktop. If the
note is already "zoomed" and you press the zoom key, the note will
revert to its original size.
Move (Scroll Lock)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This command allows you to move or resize the current note. Press the
Scroll Lock key to put you in "Move" mode (the border of the current
note should switch to the active color).
,,->,<- Move the current note around the screen.
Shift
,,->,<- If you hold down the shift key and press the arrow keys,
the size of the current note will change.
Fit To
Text Resizes the current note so that the border exactly fits
around text of the note with no wasted space.
Zoom Expands the current note to be the full size of the
desktop.
Press the Scroll Lock key again when you are done moving or resizing.
Hot Spots
~~~~~~~~~
If you enclose some text in [square brackets], Useful Notes will treat
that text as a "hot spot". You can use the Tab key to move between
hot spots. When the cursor is on a hot spot, the hot spot will be
highlighted. Pressing Enter while on a hot spot will cause Useful
Notes to search for that hot spot's text in the notes' Descriptions.
If the search succeeds, you will be moved to the first note with the
matching Description.
Data Entry Points
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
One possible use for Useful Notes is to create simple data entry forms
that contain some fixed information, and spaces for you to key in
additional information. To facilitate this, Useful Notes recognizes
the ':' character as a Data Entry Point. The Tab and Backtab keys
will automatically position the cursor at these points when you are in
Edit Mode.
Notes on Resident Version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You run Useful Notes Resident the same way as the command line
version. From the DOS prompt, type:
unores <pilename>
then press the Enter key.
Press Ctrl-Alt-u (the Ctrl, Alt, and u keys simultaneously) to pop-up
Useful Notes Resident. The Quit command or the Esc key will return
you to the application that was running when you popped-up.
The resident version of Useful Notes will use about 77K of DOS memory.
About 32K of that memory is available for notes. Registered users
will receive a version of Uno that will work with EMS memory to reduce
this overhead, and also allow you to configure the amount of memory to
set aside for notes.
Although every effort has been made to ensure that Useful Notes is a
"well behaved" TSR, there are far too many configurations with other
TSR programs to test. If you are having problems getting Uno to
pop-up, try changing the order that Uno gets loaded.
Notes for Useful Editor Users
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The command layout and interface for Useful Notes is very similar to
that of Useful Editor. At the main command level of Useful Notes, you
can use the following Useful Editor key equivalents:
F1 or 'f' - File
F3 or 's' - Search
F4 or 'p' - Print
F8 or 'z' - Zoom
F10 or 'q' or Alt-x - Quit
Configuring Uno
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A separate program (unocfg.exe) is provided to modify Uno and/or
Unores with some of your own preferences. When you run this Uno
Configuration, you must ensure that Uno.exe and/or Unores.exe are in
the current directory. Follow the prompts for the configuration
program. When you have answered the last question the executable(s)
will be updated with your selections.
The following user preferences can be configured within Uno :
- video display mode
- initial text entry mode
- color of normal text
- color of inverse text
- color of active (edit) text
- distance between tab stops
- size of new notes
Licensing
~~~~~~~~~
The programs and documentation in this archive are
Copyright (c) 1990 by Useful Software
Uno is a shareware information manager. This means that you only pay
for it if you decide to continue using it. If you don't think that it
is worth the asking price, delete the program, or better yet give it
to someone who might find it useful. However if you do decide to keep
Uno after a 2 week trial period, please send $20 (see REGISTRATION
FORM on next page) to:
Useful Software
340 Dale Crescent
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada, N2J 3Y3
The shareware fee pays for unlimited use of Uno by a single person.
You are allowed (and encouraged) to give away copies of Uno with the
understanding that each person receiving a copy is under the same
obligation as you are to send in the shareware fee if they decide to
keep it. You can upload THIS VERSION ONLY of Uno to other computer
systems, either free or commercial, as long as this archive remains
intact, with the copyright and shareware notices unchanged.
Useful Notes can be installed on LANS. In such situations I ask only
that the LAN Administrator estimate the maximum number of people that
will be making "simultaneous" use of Uno and pay the shareware fee
based on that estimate. I do not expect that the limit be closely
monitored or enforced (I appreciate how much trouble that would be),
but I do expect that the estimate will be revised (and additional fees
paid) should a substantial increase in the number of nodes on the LAN
and Uno usage occur.
No guarantee is made as to the functionality of this software; however
it has been tested quite thoroughly by a large number of people. If
it doesn't do what you want, don't keep it and send no money.
Please support the shareware concept. Shareware means useful programs
at a fraction of the cost you might pay for them commercially. You
can try-before-you-buy, and you are not subjected to copy protection
or other atrocities that many software vendors inflict on their
customers. Software updates can also be distributed much faster than
is possible through normal channels.
Any questions, suggestions, or bug reports, can be mailed to the above
address. Enjoy.
Useful Software
Registration Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All registered users of Useful Notes will receive one update with the
most recent version of the program, and notification of subsequent
major updates (available for $2.00 on request).
Discounts are available if you register both Useful Notes and Useful
Editor (see "Bundled" price schedule below). If you are already a
registered user of Useful Editor, remit only the difference in price
between what you have already paid and the "Bundled" price. (For
instance if you own 1 copy of Useful Editor at $20, you pay only $10
for the registration of 1 copy of Useful Notes).
Registration Bonus
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As a bonus, all registered users will also receive a version of Useful
Notes Resident which has EMS support and configuration control of the
amount of memory to use for notes.
REGISTRATION FORM
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TO: FROM:
Useful Software Name: ___________________________________
340 Dale Crescent
Waterloo, Ontario (Company): ___________________________________
Canada, N2J 3Y3
(Title): ___________________________________
Address: ___________________________________
City,State: ___________________________________
(Prov.)
Telephone: ___________________________________
Useful Notes Price Schedule
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1-9 copies - $20 per copy
10-49 copies - $15 per copy
50-99 copies - $10 per copy
100+ copies - One time fee of $1000
Useful Notes/Editor Bundled Price Schedule
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1-9 copies - $30 per bundle
10-49 copies - $25 per bundle
50-99 copies - $15 per bundle
100+ copies - One time fee of $1500
I would like to register _______ copies of Useful Notes Version ____
for single person use.
(Yes/No) I am already a Useful Editer Version ____ user.
(Yes/No) I would also like to register _______ copies of Useful Editor
Version ____ for single person use at the bundled price.
Signature: _______________________________
Update Log
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The following changes were made in version 1.1
- added Fit To Text and Zoom options to the Scroll... option
- default note pile option now included in the unocfg program
- modified tab support to recognize Data Entry Points while in Edit
mode
- added configurable option to backup piles (to a .bak file) prior
to saving
- Alt-x can be used as an alternate to Quit (F10)
- Esc can be used to exit Uno Resident
Planned Enhancements
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- Cut and Paste from application screens (Resident version)
- Alarm clock notes (Resident version)