Note

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It is clear that note is a basic element of PNotes.NET. Depending on your choice, made on Appearance page of Preferences dialog, it can be skinnable or skinless.

Each note consists of three areas: header, text area and footer.

Header of note includes note's caption and two command buttons, which allow you to hide or delete current note.

In case of skinnable note notifications marks will appear elsewhere on note (depending on note's skin) , if note has been changed, scheduled, locked, has a high priority, marked as complete task, password-protected, pinned to other window, has been sent/received or encrypted. For skinless notes these notification will be displayed at note's footer .

All these icons are clickable, i.e. click on some of them will toggle current state (e.g. high priority or pinned status), or show schedule dialog, or save changed note etc.

Text area is an area you type your text in. Right mouse button click somewhere in text area will show context menu for note's text operations:

Menu item	Shortcut	Description
Undo	Ctrl+Z	Undoes last text operation
Redo	Ctrl+Y	Redoes last text operation
Cut	Ctrl+X	Cuts selected text
Copy	Ctrl+C	Copies selected text
Paste	Ctrl+V	Pastes text from clipboard into note
Copy As Plain Text		Copies selected text discarding any formatting
Paste As Plain Text		Pastes text from clipboard into note discarding any formatting
Format	---	Opens submenu with text formatting options
Insert	---	Opens submenu which allow you to insert pictures, smilies, date/time stamp, tables, special symbols, free drawing and links to other notes
Spell Checking	---	Opens submenu which allow you to set spell checking preferences and add dictionaries
Find	Ctrl+F	Brings up Find dialog
Find Next	F3	Finds next occurrence of text fragment
Replace	Ctrl+H	Brings up Replace dialog
Search Selected With:		Performs web search for selected text using specified search provider
Post Selected On:		Posts selected text on one of available social networks
Insert Post From:		Replaces selected text by post from one of available social networks
Select All	Ctrl+A	Selects all text in note's text area

Footer of note (usually, but not necessary, it may be any other part of note's surface) includes toolbar (visible only on active note) and, in case of skinless note, sizing grip, allows you to resize the note.

Note's toolbar includes 12 buttons (explained in table below) and gives you unrestricted formatting abilities.

Button	Shortcut	Description
Font		Applies specified font to selected text
Font Size		Applies specified font size to selected text
Font Color		Applies specified font color to selected text
Bold	Ctrl+B	Applies bold font style to selected text
Italic	Ctrl+I	Applies italic font style to selected text
Underscore	Ctrl+U	Applies underscore font style to selected text
Strikethrough		Applies strikethrough font style to selected text
Highlight		Highlights selected text with specified color
Align Left	Ctrl+L	Aligns selected text left
Center	Ctrl+E	Centralize selected text
Align Right	Ctrl+R	Aligns selected text right
Bullets/Numbering		Applies bullets/numbering style to selected text

Menu items with same functionality can be found under "Format" menu. In addition the "Format" menu includes the following items:

Menu item	Description
Convert To Uppercase	Converts selected text to uppercase
Convert To Lowercase	Converts selected text to lowercase
Capitalize Sentences	Capitalizes all selected sentences
Capitalize Words	Capitalizes all selected words
Toggle Case	Toggle case of selected text from lower to upper and vice versa
Line spacing	With options to set sing, one-and-half, double and triple line spacing and also add (remove) space before (after) paragraph
Subscript	Converts selected text to subscript
Superscript	Converts selected text to superscript
Clear All Formatting	Removes all rich text formatting from selected text, leaving unformatted plain text

Right mouse button click anywhere on note's area (not on text area), will show note's context menu with items described in table below (you may assign hot key to each command at Behavior page):

Menu item	Shortcut	Description
Save	Ctrl+S	Saves current note
Rename/Change Group	---	Renames current note and/or changes its group
Save As Text File	---	Saves current note as simple text file
Restore From Backup	---	Restores current note from backup copy
Duplicate Note	---	Duplicates current note
Save As Desktop Shortcut	---	Saves note as desktop shortcut
Print	Ctrl+P	Prints content of current note
Adjust Appearance	---	Brings up the dialog for adjusting note's appearance
Adjust Schedule	---	Brings up the dialog for adjusting note's schedule
Hide	---	Hides current note
Delete	---	Deletes current note (choosing this command with left Shift button pressed will delete the note completely, otherwise the note will be sent to Recycle Bin)
Dock	---	Opens submenu with docking options
Send As Text	---	Sends current note's content via email
Send As Attachment	---	Sends current note via email as attachment (MS Outlook users - Outlook tries to treat received .pnote file as RTF file and even changes its extension to .rtf. Just save the received file as .pnote and continue to work with it)
Send In ZIP Archive		Sends current note in ZIP archive
Send Via Network	---	Opens submenu which allows to send current note to single contact or multiple contacts, single group of contacts or multiple groups, as well as create new contact and/or group of contacts
Reply		Replies current note, if it has been previously received
Post Entire Note On:		Posts entire note on one of available social networks
Replace Note Text By Post From:		Replaces entire note's text by post from one of available social networks
Export To MS Office As:		Exports content of current note to MS Office (currently Notes only)
Tags	---	Brings up Tags dialog
Linked Notes		Opens list of notes linked to current one and submenu which allows to manage them
Add To Favorites (Remove From Favorites)	---	Adds/Removes current note to favorites
On Top	---	Makes note topmost window
Toggle High Priority	---	Toggles note's priority status
Toggle Protection Mode	---	Toggles note's protection mode
Set (Remove) note Password	---	Sets/removes note password
Mark As Complete	---	Marks note as complete task
Roll/Unroll	---	Rolls/unrolls skinless note to its caption size (appropriate option should be allowed on "Behavior" page of Preferences dialog)
Pin To Window	---	Pins or unpins note to/from specified window
Encrypt Text	---	Visually encrypts note's text