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Notes are arranged in an easy to use tree view arrangement for simple organization.

Search all notes at once using a single Find command.

MyNotes Really QuickStart

Copy some text in another application.
Launch MyNotes
Paste the text using Ctrl-V
Exit MyNotes

The text will have been saved as a new note in MyNotes, and ready for retrieval or editing the next time you launch MyNotes! The first line of text in the note will be the title that shows up in the treeview. Any note changes you made are automatically saved when exiting MyNotes!

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MyNotes QuickStart

Installing MyNotes
Running MyNotes
Creating new Notes
Saving your Notes
Editing your Notes
Organizing your Notes
Finding and Searching through your Notes

Installing MyNotes

MyNotes does not have an installation program. Simply move or copy the MyNotes.exe file to a convenient folder.

A folder or subfolder within your My Documents folder is the suggested location. It is also suggested that you create a separate folder just for the exe file. Though not necessary, future versions of MyNotes may place additional files in the same folder.

The first time MyNotes is run, it will create a file called MyNotes.txt in the same folder. ALL the notes and sub notes you create will be stored in this single txt file.

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Running MyNotes

you can launch MyNotes by double clicking the exe file.

For easier use, it is recommended that you create a shortcut to the exe file.

1) right click the exe file
2) choose Create Shortcut from the popup menu
this will create a shortcut in the same folder

3) right click on that shortcut
4) choose Cut from the popup menu
5) right click on your Desktop
6) choose Paste from the popup menu
this will move the shortcut from the exe folder to your desktop

If you wish, you may also want to assign a shortcut keystroke to the shortcut (if it is located on your desktop or in the Start menu). This will allow you to launch MyNotes or make it the active application if already running.

1) right click the shortcut
2) choose properties from the popup menu
3) on the shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut key textbox
4) type a key on your keyboard such as n
the shortcut key textbox will change to Ctrl + Alt + N, it is not case sensitive

5) click the OK button
Now you can launch MyNotes or make it the active application at any time by typing Ctrl + Alt + whichever key you assigned to the MyNotes shortcut.

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Creating New Notes

To create a new blank note,

1) select an existing note in the lower treeview portion of the MyNotes window.
2) From the Note menu, choose New (or type Ctrl-N)
the new note will be created just below and at the same level as the previously selected note, and the cursor will be placed in the new note area, ready for you to enter text
3) a completely blank note can be made a sub note of the previous note, by pressing Ctrl-Right - the Right arrow key.

To create a new note from copied text,

1) select some text from any other application which allows you to copy text
2) launch or switch to MyNotes
3) select an existing note in the lower treeview portion of the MyNotes window
4) from the Note menu, choose Paste (or type Ctrl-V)
the new note will be created just below and at the same level as the previously selected note, the focus will remain on the newly created note in the treeview, ready to be moved or manipulated.

5) to make it a sub note of the previous note, on the Note Menu, choose Move Right (or press Ctrl-Right - the Right arrow key)

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Saving your Notes

Choose File...Save to save all the notes in their current state.

Choose File...ReOpen to "undo" all note changes since the last File Save

Closing MyNotes, by using the X in the upper right corner, or by choosing File...Exit automatically saves all changes to the notes, without any additional prompting.

To close MyNotes without saving the changes, in case you have made changes you don't want to keep, choose File...Quit.

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Editing your Notes

Modify your notes in the upper Text portion of the MyNotes window.

Working in the text window is very similar to working in notepad, including using the same (or very similar) Edit menu, popup menu, or shortcut keys

Use the ctrl-End key or Tab key to save the note changes and to move focus from the text window to the treeview.

When working in the treeview, use the Tab key to move focus to the Text window to start editing the note text.

Pretty much any action that moves focus away from the text window will save the note changes - once those note changes have been saved, it will not be possible to "undo" those changes except to "ReOpen" the file from the File menu, which will Undo all changes made to all notes since the last time the file was saved.

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Organizing your Notes

You can change a note's position in the treeview by using the Note Menu or the shortcut keys listed there.

Moving notes up or down, only moves them within the current branch.

Moving a note to the right, makes it a child note note of the previous note

Moving a note to the left moves it a sibling note of it's parent note

When a note is moved, all it's child notes are moved with it (they move as a whole branch)

When a note is deleted, all it's child notes become sibling notes of the deleted notes parent note. The child notes are NOT deleted along with their parent. They must each be deleted individually.

Cut, Copy and Paste only affect the current note, not their children notes. If you need to move an entire branch, use the move commands. For moving a single note, without it's children, it is easier to use Cut or Copy and Paste to the new location.

Branches may be collapsed or expanded as desired, and the state of all branches is saved when the file is saved, and restored when the file is reopened

You may resize the MyNotes window and adjust the splitter bar between the text window and tree view window as needed..

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Finding and Searching through your Notes

Use Find on the View menu or Ctrl-F to set up the initial search, including

the Text to search for
Search direction, Up or Down in the note and tree branches
and whether the search is case sensitive

Then click Find Next

Then use Find Next on the View menu or F3 to search again using the same settings

Or use Find on the view menu or Ctrl-F to change the search settings

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Terms of Use

MyNotes is copyright OutOfNoWare 2006

MyNotes is free to use, copy and redistribute under the following conditions:
This notice must be included with the MyNotes.exe file
Distribution must not require payment of any kind whatsoever

For information regarding donations for continued development of MyNotes, Personalized or Rebranded versions of MyNotes, please contact:

lynnschauer@bis.midco.net
or
Lynn Schauer
76 McDougal Dr.
Lincoln, ND 58504
USA

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