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• Introduction
  • About dtNotes
  • System requirements
• User interface
  • Note window
  • Notes list
  • Tray icon
  • Recent Notes List
  • Notes switcher window
  • Note settings
    • General settings
    • Alarm Settings
  • Program settings
    • General settings
    • Note Types page
    • Data Storage page
  • Shortcuts summary
• How To
  • Create new note
  • Change note color
  • Set reminder for note
  • Set default note properties
  • Import/Export notes
  • Use note as desktop clock
• Technical support
  • Problems resolution
• License and Registration
  • Registration
  • License Agreement

Note Types page

"Note types" page allows you to create new categories of notes or edit the existing ones. The left part of this dialog window contains a complete list of all note types.

What's a note type?

A type is certain note template that has its own style - color, icon, size, position and transparency settings. When creating a new note, it is automatically displayed according to the selected type. For example, you can automatically set all new "Note" type notes be yellow and positioned in the upper right corner of the screen, and all "Task" type notes be red and located in the center of the screen.

You can create your own note type templates and delete the existing ones. To delete a note type, select it and press the "Delete" button.

Please note that at least one note type should be always remaining in the list. When you try to delete the last note type, you will see a warning message and the program won't let you delete it.

To edit note type parameters, select a note type and set the parameters for it in the right half of the dialog window.

• Name - note type name. For example, "Note", "Birthday Party", or "Meeting".
• Default color/transparency - color and transparency settings the note window will have, when it is created.
• Default size and position - default note size and its position on the screen. To set those, press the "Adjust" button and use the mouse to set the size and position for the note. Press "OK" to save the settings.

• Hotkey - view or set a hotkey for creating new notes. You can use this hotkey any time to create a note of this type.
• Is default type - select this option to set this note type as the default one. This note type will be used when you press "Ins" in the notes list, double-click the tray icon in the system tray or import notes from other sources, if their type can not be automatically determined.