☑PC-Tips and Tricks: Sticky Notes in Windows 7

Sticky Notes in Windows 7

Ok Friends!  I'm a bit excited about today's post because if there's one thing I love using in Windows 7 it's the Sticky Note app!

Already as necessary as pencils and paper clips, Sticky Notes just got more useful. In Windows 7, you can format a note’s text, change its color with a click, and speedily resize, collapse, and flip through notes.

If you've got a Tablet PC or a touchscreen, Windows 7 Sticky Notes support pen and touch input, too—you can even switch between different input methods within the space of a single note. Sticky Notes is available only in the Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions of Windows 7.

Using Sticky Notes



My Sticky-Note list!



You can use Sticky Notes to write a to-do list, jot down a phone number, or do anything else that you'd use a pad of paper for. (I use mine just to keep track of what posts I do on what days, lol.)

You can use Sticky Notes with a tablet pen or a standard keyboard. To write a note using a tablet pen, simply start writing on the note where you want the ink to appear. To type a note, click where you want the text to appear, and then start typing.

To Create a New Sticky Note

Open Sticky Notes by tapping the Start button . In the search box, type Sticky Notes, and then tap or click Sticky Notes in the list of results.

To create additional notes, click the New Note button.

You can also open a new note by pressing Ctrl+N.

☝Tip

To resize a note, drag an edge or corner of the note to make it larger or smaller.

To Delete a Sticky Note

When you've finished using a note, you can delete it to clean up your desktop.

1. Click the Delete Note button.
2. In the Sticky Notes dialog box, click Yes.

You can also delete a note by pressing Ctrl+D.

Note

Sticky Notes closes if you delete all of your notes. To create a new note, reopen Sticky Notes.

• Open Sticky Notes by tapping the Start button . In the search box, type Sticky Notes, and then tap Sticky Notes in the list of results.

To Change the Colour of the Sticky Note
Right-click the note that you want to change, and then click a color. 



To Format Text in Sticky Notes

You can even format text, add bullets to make a list, or change the text size by using keyboard shortcuts. Here's how:

1. Select the text that you want to change.
2. Use the following keyboard shortcuts to format the text on your note:

Pretty neat huh?  And they will be there all the time until you eventually decide to delete them!

Don't go crazy now.  You don't want your desktop looking like your fridge or monitor - all cluttered with sticky notes, lol.

Resource:  microsoft.com/canada/