This file contains important information on installing and starting Quiknote. To install Quiknote you must use the Setup program as the files are distributed in compressed format. If you received the program from a bulletin board, first expand the files into a subdirectory and run Setup from that directory.
To install from a floppy in drive A:
1. Place the floppy disk in drive A
2. Quit any other Visual Basic programs that may be running (you may well not know a program was written in Visual Basic, but if Setup doesn't run it will tell if the reason is because another Visual Basic program is running. You may have to quite programs until you unload the Visual Basic program.)
3. Using the Program Manager, File, Run Menu selection or the File Manager, File, Run selection switch to drive A and run SETUP.
4. Setup will prompt you for the subdirectory where you want to install Quiknote; default is c:\windows but can be changed.
5. Setup install the program files, creates a Program Manager Group and then closes down. You can then go to the Program Manager and launch the program.
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Introduction
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Quiknote is a small, free-form, note manager. It is ideal as a personal information manager, contact manager or Windows Cardfile replacement. Features include: sorting by titles or note text, filtering the note set, autodial telephone numbers and powerful searching capability. Note capacity is 1000 characters. Titles, maximum length 24 characters, are displayed in a listbox and can be selected by clicking the desired title. Shareware, $19 by Handyware. Full support during evaluation, no crippling, full release, no Nags. ASP member.
By default, when you start Quiknote, it will open the file QUIKNOTE.QNT located in your Windows directory. You can force Quiknote to open another file by specifing that file as part of the command line. For example, if at startup you want to open MYNOTES.QNT located in C:\WINDOWS directory then the command line to start QUIKNOTE would be:
Quiknote.exe C:\windows\Myfiles.qnt
Note; paths are note needed if files are within the path
Quiknote has an Auto-Save feature. Approximately every 10 mintues, Quiknote will save the current file, provided the file is not UNTITLED.
Capacities:
Title Size: 24 characters
Note Size: 1000 characters
Search Phrase: 15 characters
Total num of notes: approx 32,000 but limited by the amount
of memory since the entire note file must be kept in memory.
Quiknote will read Windows CardFiles but it converts them to Quiknote file format. You cannot export a Windows Cardfile. Their are two differences between the two programs: Quiknote titles are limited to 24 characters, CardFile titles can be 39 characters. Quiknote text can be 1000 characters, approximately twice the size of CardFile. When Quiknote imports or opens a CardFile, it takes the left 24 characters of the title. If the title is blank, Quiknote labels it as an Untitled Note.
Quiknote strips spaces from the start of a note each time it saves the note. You cannot use Spaces to force a note to the top of the stack on a sort since they are stripped. It does this so that you won't inadvertently have a space at the start of the note when you are sorting.
When Filtering the sata set, if the first character in the Search Phrase is a minus or hyphen, then the note set is filtered to show only those notes that DO NOT contain the search phrase.
The easiest way to use the Titles Search box is by picking from the drop down combo box, a predefined keyword. You can, however, just type in a new word or phrase. To configure the preset titles in the drop down combo box, use the Title Search Presets menu selection under the File Menu.
The easiest way to load a phrase in the Note Search box, is to double click on a word (a word beginning with a letter) in the note text. That word will be placed in the Note Search box.
When using the AutoDial features you must have a Hayes compatible modem. To autodial a number, you first highlite the number in the note you wish to dial. If the telephone number does not contain spaces then you can highlite the number by simply double-clicking the number. If you double click a number, Quiknote guesses it is a phone number and automatically opens the autodial dialog box. This will select the whole word, or whole telephone number.
Hints for Using
To facilitate quickly locating you notes, use a standard keyword for certain items. For example: under the File Menu, TitleSearch Presets, configure the preset titles to: Meet, ToDo, Cont, Idea, and Tel. These titles will then appear in the dropdown combo box for the Titles search and on the New Title dialog. Use them as follows:
Meet
Use for enterring meeting for a day. To quickly see all of your meeting schedule, filter the data sets using the Title search phrase MEET from the drop down combo box. When adding new meetings, use one note for each day. In the title, first select Meet from the drop down combo box on the New Title dialog, then add to the end of Meet, the month and day in the format MM/DD. This will allow you to sort your meeting in day order.
ToDo
Use this for action items. You will then be able to quickly filter out your action items using the Title search drop down combo box. When adding a new action item, first select ToDo from the drop down combo box on the New Title dialog. You can add to the end an amplifier, for example A for hiogh priority items, B for medium, and C for low priority items.
Cont
Use for all contacts. As an amplifier you could add the last name.
Idea
Use for new ideas or for projects
Tel
Use for telephone numbers. AS an amplifier you could add the last name.
