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Holmes</holder> +</copyright> +<copyright> +<year +>2001</year> +<holder +>Fabian Del Santo</holder> +</copyright> + +<legalnotice +>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> + +<date +>2003-09-18</date> +<releaseinfo +>3.0</releaseinfo> + +<abstract +><para +>&knotes; is a sticky notes application for the desktop.</para +></abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword +>KDE</keyword> +<keyword +>Knotes</keyword> +<keyword +>kdeutils</keyword> +<keyword +>notes</keyword> +<keyword +>popup</keyword> +<keyword +>pop-up</keyword> +<keyword +>knotes</keyword> + +</keywordset> + +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title +>Introduction</title> + +<para +>&knotes; is a program that lets you write the computer equivalent of sticky notes. The notes are saved automatically when you exit the program and they display when you open the program. </para> + +<para +>You may print and mail your notes if you configure &knotes; to use helper applications. </para> + +<para +>Display features of notes such as colour and font may be customised for each note. You may also customise the defaults. </para> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="using-knotes"> +<title +>Using &knotes;</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term +>Creating a new note:</term> +<listitem> +<para +>To create a new note &RMB; click on the &knotes; panel icon and select <guimenuitem +>New Note</guimenuitem +> or using the shortcut <keycombo action="simul" +>&Alt;&Shift;<keycap +>N</keycap +></keycombo +>.</para> +<para +>You can create a new note containing the contents of the clipboard by selecting <guimenuitem +>New Note From Clipboard</guimenuitem +> or using the shortcut <keycombo action="simul" +>&Alt;&Shift;<keycap +>C</keycap +></keycombo +>.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>Writing your note:</term> +<listitem> +<para +>To write your note, simply type the note in the space provided. Normal keyboard and mouse editing functions are supported. <mousebutton +>Right</mousebutton +> clicking in the editing space provides the following menu options:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem +><para +><guimenuitem +>Undo</guimenuitem +></para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +><guimenuitem +>Redo</guimenuitem +></para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +><guimenuitem +>Cut</guimenuitem +></para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +><guimenuitem +>Copy</guimenuitem +></para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +><guimenuitem +>Paste</guimenuitem +></para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +><guimenuitem +>Clear</guimenuitem +></para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +><guimenuitem +>Select All</guimenuitem +></para +></listitem> +</itemizedlist> +<para +>Text may be selected by holding down the &LMB; and moving the mouse, or by holding down the &Shift; key and using the <keycap +>arrow</keycap +> keys.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>Inserting the date:</term> +<listitem> +<para +>To insert the current date in the Note &RMB; click on the title bar of the note and select <guimenuitem +>Insert Date</guimenuitem +>.</para> +<para +>The current date and time will be inserted at the cursor position in the text of the note.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>Renaming a note:</term> +<listitem> +<para +>To rename a note &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem +>Rename...</guimenuitem +>.</para> +<para +>Type the new name of the note in the dialogue that appears. To accept the new name, press the <guibutton +>OK</guibutton +> button. To exit the dialogue without renaming the note, press the <guibutton +>Cancel</guibutton +> button. To clear what you have typed and start over, click the <guibutton +>Clear</guibutton +> button.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>Mailing a note:</term> +<listitem> +<para +>To mail a note &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem +>Mail...</guimenuitem +>.</para +> +<para +>What happens next depends on how you configured the Mail action in the <guilabel +>Preferences...</guilabel +> dialogue.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>Printing a note:</term> +<listitem> +<para +>To print a note &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem +>Print</guimenuitem +>.</para> +<para +>A standard &kde; print dialogue will open.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>Deleting a note:</term> +<listitem> +<para +>To delete a note &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem +>Delete</guimenuitem +>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>Hiding a note:</term> +<listitem> +<para +>To hide a note, click the <guiicon +>X</guiicon +> in the upper right corner of the title bar of the note. The note will no longer be displayed on the screen. The note itself will not be deleted.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>Displaying notes:</term> +<listitem> +<para +>When you start &knotes;, all notes will display on the screen. If you hide a note and later want to display it, &LMB; on the &knotes; panel icon and select the note you wish to display.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>Desktop functions:</term> +<listitem> +<para +>To send a note to a specific desktop, &RMB; click on the title bar of the note and select <guisubmenu +>To Desktop</guisubmenu +>. Choose the desktop desired, or alternatively, <guimenuitem +>All desktops</guimenuitem +></para +> +<para +>To make the note remain on top of other windows &RMB; click on the title bar of the note and select <guimenuitem +>Always On Top</guimenuitem +>.</para +> +<para +>To return the note to more normal window behaviour, simply repeat this process.</para +> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>Quitting &knotes;</term> +<listitem> +<para +>To quit &knotes; &RMB; click on the panel icon and select <guimenuitem +>Quit</guimenuitem +>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="configuration"> +<title +>Configuration</title> + +<sect1 id="defaults"> +<title +>Configuring &knotes; Default Settings</title> + +<para +>To configure &knotes; &RMB; click on the panel icon. Select <guimenuitem +>Configure KNotes...</guimenuitem +> The &knotes; <guilabel +>KNotes Defaults</guilabel +> dialogue will open.</para> + +<variablelist> +<title +>The <guilabel +>Display</guilabel +> Section</title> +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Text colour:</guilabel +></term> +<listitem +><para +>The colour square shows the current text colour. By clicking this colour square you open the standard &kde; colour selection dialogue.</para +></listitem +> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Background colour:</guilabel +></term> +<listitem +><para +>The colour square shows the current background colour. By clicking this colour square you open the standard &kde; colour selection dialogue.</para +></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Default width:</guilabel +></term> +<listitem +><para +>The width of the note in pixels. Edit this number as desired.</para +></listitem +> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Default height:</guilabel +></term> +<listitem +><para +>The height of the note in pixels. Edit this number as desired.</para +></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Show note in taskbar</guilabel +></term> +<listitem +><para +>By default, &knotes; notes do not show an entry in the taskbar for each note. If you prefer they do so, enable this option.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<variablelist> +<title +>The <guilabel +>Editor</guilabel +> Section</title> +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Tab Size</guilabel +></term> +<listitem +><para +>This is the size of the indent produced by the 	 key in spaces. Edit this number as desired.</para +></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Auto Indent</guilabel +></term> +<listitem +><para +>This is a check box. If selected, auto-indenting is on.</para +></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Rich Text</guilabel +></term> +<listitem> +<para +>Not yet implemented</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Title Font: Click to Change</guilabel +></term> +<listitem +><para +>You can change the font used for the title of your notes.</para> + +<para +>Click this button to open the standard &kde; font selection dialogue.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Text Font: Click to Change</guilabel +></term> +<listitem> +<para +>You can change the font used for the text of your notes.</para> + +<para +>Click this button to open the standard &kde; font selection dialogue.</para +></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<variablelist> +<title +>The <guilabel +>Actions</guilabel +> Section</title> +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Mail Action</guilabel +></term> +<listitem +><para +>Type a mail command and any required command line switches in this box.</para> +<para +>By using <token +>%f</token +> in the command line you can pass the filename of the note body to the mail command.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="customizing-display"> +<title +>Customising a Single Note Display</title> + +<para +>You can customise each note independently of the global settings. The settings you can customise are identical to those described in the <link linkend="configuration" +>Configuration</link +> section, but they will apply only to the note you are changing. Any other open notes, and any new notes you create, will use the default settings.</para> + +<para +>To customise a single note display &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem +>Preferences...</guimenuitem +>.</para> +<para +>The <guilabel +>Local Settings</guilabel +> dialogue will open, allowing you to configure the note.</para> +</sect1> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="credits"> + +<title +>Credits and License</title> + +<para +>&knotes;</para> + +<para +>Program copyright 1997 Bernd Wuebben <email +>wuebben@kde.org</email +></para> + +<para +>Contributors:</para> +<itemizedlist> +<listitem +><para +>Wynn Wilkes<email +>wynnw@calderasystems.com</email +></para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para +>Documentation copyright 2000 Greg M. Holmes <email +>holmegm@earthlink.net</email +></para> + +<para +>Documentation updated 2001 by Fabian Del Santo <email +>linuxgnu@yahoo.com.au</email +> and 2003 by &Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;.</para> + + +<para +>Andrew Coles<email +>andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email +></para +> +&underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> + +&documentation.index; + +</book> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:nil +End: + +// vim:ts=2:sw=2:tw=78:noet +--> |