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The Apple Menu
Use this menu to open an item in the Apple Menu Items folder (system 7), a desk accessory (previous versions), or to see information about PasteIt Notes.

The About PasteIt Notes… Command
Use this command to display general information about PasteIt Notes and its author. The information will be placed in a new note. This note can be treated just like any other note -- except that it will not be saved for you if you don't modify it.

The PasteIt Notes Commands… Command
Use this command to display detailed instructions for using each PasteIt Notes menu command. The instructions will be placed in a new note. This note can be treated just like any other note -- except that it will not be saved for you if you don't modify it.

The File Menu
Use this menu to perform operations with files, notes and printers.

The Open Note File… Command
Use this command to open an existing note file (document). All notes in that note file will be displayed just as they were when the file was last used.
The behavior of this command is modified by the Multiple Files Open Simultaneously  check box in the Power User Preferences  dialog box. If this box is not checked, the Open Note File  command will be dimmed if you already have a note file opened (even just an untitled note file). See the section Working with Multiple Note Files  below for details on using multiple note files.

The New Note File Command
Use this command to create a new note file (document).
The behavior of this command is modified by the Multiple Files Open Simultaneously  check box in the Power User Preferences  dialog box. If this box is not checked, the New Note File  command will be dimmed if you already have a note file opened (even just an untitled note file). See the section Working with Multiple Note Files  below for details on using multiple note files.

The Close Note File Command
Use this command to close an open note file (document). You will be prompted for whether you wish to save any changes.
The behavior of this command is modified by the Multiple Files Open Simultaneously  check box in the Power User Preferences  dialog box. See the section Working with Multiple Note Files  below for details on using multiple note files.

The New Note Command
Use this command to create a new note. This command will be dimmed if you don't have an open note file (document). Use the New Note File  command to create a note file, or the Open Note File  command to open an existing one.
The behavior of this command is modified by the Multiple Files Open Simultaneously  check box in the Power User Preferences  dialog box. See the section Working with Multiple Note Files  below for details on using multiple note files.

The Delete Note Command
Use this command to delete the current (topmost) note. If there are no visible notes, this command will be dimmed.

The Save Note Command
Use this command to save the selected (top most) note. The command will be dimmed if the selected note is not dirty.  A note is dirty when something about it has been changed since it was displayed (via Open Note File) or since it was created (via New Note). These changes include virtually anything that can be done to the note (changing the text, setting the font/size/style, moving or resizing the note, etc.).
If you depress the option key while selecting the Save Note command, all dirty notes will be saved.

The Revert Note Command
Use this command to revert the selected (top most) note to its last saved version. The command will be dimmed if the selected note is not dirty.  . A note is dirty when something about it has been changed since it was displayed (via Open Note File), since it was created (via New Note) or since it was last saved (via Save Note or Save All Notes). These changes include virtually anything that can be done to the note (changing the text, setting the font/size/style, moving or resizing the note, etc.). The selected (top most) note will be re-read in from the note file. All unsaved changes will be lost.
If you depress the option key while selecting the Revert Note command, all notes will be reverted.

The Export Text… Command
Use this command to save the current (topmost) note to a TEXT  file. Such 'TEXT' files can be read via a variety of editors and word processors. This command is not available if you don't have a selected note. Note, formatting information is not saved by this command.
The behavior of this command is modified by the Export Text File Type  text entry area in the Power User Preferences  dialog box. You may use this preference setting to customize your export file type for your favorite word processor or editor.

The Import Text… Command
Use this command to import (read in) the contents of a new note from a TEXT file. TEXT files can be created by most editors, word processors and communications programs.

The Summarize Sub-Menu
Use this sub-menu to generate a note summary for any of several destinations (to the clipboard, to a new note, to a text file or to the printer). A note summary consists of the title of each note followed by the text in the note.  If Summarize To a Text File is selected, the file type of the resulting document can be customized for your favorite word processor or editor.  See the Power User Preferences  command for information on how to customize the text file for use with your favorite editor.

The Page Setup… Command
Use this command to display a dialog box which allows you to set paper size, orientation and other printing options.

The Print Note… Command
Prints the contents of the current (topmost) note.

The Quit command
Exits PasteIt Notes. You will be asked if you wish to save any changed you may have made to your notes.

The Edit Menu
Use this menu to work with text or to undo an action. You may also use this menu to set preferences.

The Undo Command
Use this command to undo the previous operation. Nearly any operation that changes something about a note can be undone.

The Cut Command
Use this command to remove the selected text from the note. The text will be left in the clipboard.

The Copy Command
Use this command to copy the selected text to the clipboard.

The Paste Command
Use this command to copy the text from the clipboard into the selected note. The text will appear at the selection point.

The Clear Command
Use this command remove the selected text from the note.

The Select All Command
Use this command to select all of the text in the note.

The Create Publisher… Command
Use this command to create a publisher edition that can be used to share information with other applications.

The Subscribe To… Command
Use this command to subscribes to a publisher edition that can be used to share information with other applications.

The Subscriber Options… and the Publisher Options…Commands
Sets options for your published or subscribed edition.

The Find… Command
Use this command to open a dialog box that may be used to search for a particular text string in a (any) note.

The Replace… Command
Use this command to open a dialog box that may be used to search and replace a particular text string in a (any) note.

The Preferences… Sub-Menu
The Preferences command will allow you to customize the behavior of PasteIt Notes.

Cleanup Options
Display a dialog box which allows you to select which note characteristics will be defaults when you clean up a note. The check boxes in this dialog will allow you to customize the Clean Up commands. You may select the set of attributes for which you wish to have default values set for when you clean up your notes. The check boxes and their meanings are:
Default the window's fontCheckmark this box if you wish the 'clean up…' command to default the font for your notes.
Default the window's text styleCheckmark this box if you wish the 'clean up…' command to default the text styles for your notes.
Default the window's text sizeCheckmark this box if you wish the 'clean up…' command to default the text size for your notes.
Default the window's text alignmentCheckmark this box if you wish the 'clean up…' command to default the text alignment for your notes.
Default the window's tab settingCheckmark this box if you wish the 'clean up…' command to default the tab setting for your notes.
Default the window's frame styleCheckmark this box if you wish the 'clean up…' command to default the frame style for your notes.
Default the window's sizeCheckmark this box if you wish the 'clean up…' command to default the window size for your notes.
Default the window's colorsCheckmark this box if you wish the 'clean up…' command to default the foreground and background colors for your notes.
Make hidden windows visibleCheckmark this box if you wish the 'clean up…' command to make hidden notes visible.

Power User Preferences
Display a dialog box which allows you to select various options that will modify the behavior of other PasteIt Notes. The options and their meanings are:
Export text file type isType in a four character file signature here. Exported documents will be created with this file signature. The Export text file type field will allow you to select your favorite text editor or word processor to be used to view a summary or export text file. Some popular values for this field are ttxt for teachtext, QED1 for the QUED text editor or MSWD for Microsoft Word. This field must contain exactly 4 characters.
Ask about note titlesCheckmark this box if you wish to be prompted to type in note titles for new notes.
Multiple Files Open SimultaneouslyCheckmark this box if you wish to be have multiple note files open simultaneously. See the section Working with Multiple Note Files  below for details on using multiple note files.
Show Full TitlesCheckmark this box if you wish to have the document name in note titles. For example if you have a note titled Phone number list within the note file Miscellaneous Notes, the title will be shown as Miscellaneous Notes:Phone Number list.
Show full PathsCheckmark this box if you wish to have complete paths in note titles. For example if the note file (from the Show Full Titles example above) is on your hard disk (named HD) within a folder named Applications Δí, the title will be shown as HD:Applications Δí:Miscellaneous Notes:Phone Number list.
Rainbow Color NotesCheckmark this box if you wish to have rainbow colored notes. If this box is checked, your newly created notes will be colored from a list of 256 possibilities. Not all color monitors can distinguish between all of the colors.
Preserve Note OrderingCheckmark this box if you wish to preserve the ordering of your notes when a document is opened. If you choose this option, your note files may take a little longer to be opened.
Hide the noteCheckmark this box if you wish to hide a note when you click in the close box.
Delete the noteCheckmark this box if you wish to delete a note when you click in the close box.

The Show Clipboard Command
Use this command to display the a window that shows the contents of the clipboard.

The Notes Menu
Use this menu to perform operations on notes (windows).


The Set Note Title Command
Use this command to change the title of the selected note. If you have some text selected in the note, that text will appear as the proposed choice for the new title. If there is no text selected, the current note title will be proposed.

The Set Note Defaults Command
Use this command to set the attributes for all newly created and cleaned-up notes. All of the attributes shown on the Notes menu below the dotted line will be saved. Use this command in conjunction with the Preferences and Clean Up commands.

The Clean Up Sub-Menu
Use this Sub-Menu to reposition your notes or icons along either edge of the screen, on an angle (top left to bottom right), or to tile the notes (make them non-overlapping). When this command is used in conjunction with the Set Note Defaults and Preferences commands, you may re-set any of your note attributes to the default values.
Reset This Note's DefaultsSet the clean up attributes of the selected (top most) note to their saved default values. See the Clean Up Preferences command to select the set of clean up attributes.
Place Windows On LeftThe notes will be placed along the left edge of the screen. When the notes stack to the bottom of the screen, a new column will be begun to the right of the first one.
Place Windows On RightThe notes will be placed along the right edge of the screen. When the notes stack to the bottom of the screen, a new column will be begun to the left of the first one.
Place Windows DiagonallyThe notes will be placed along a diagonal from the top left to the bottom right of the screen. When the notes stack to the bottom of the screen, a new diagonal will be begun to the right of the first one.
Tile WindowsThe notes will be checkered on the screen starting from the top left and proceeding down. When the notes stack to the bottom of the screen, a new column will be begun to the right of the first one. This command will always resize the notes -- even if the CleanUp Preferences dialog does not have the option checked.
Place Icons On LeftThe icons will be placed along the left edge of the screen. When the icons stack to the bottom of the screen, a new column will be begun to the right of the first one.
Place Icons On RightThe icons will be placed along the right edge of the screen. When the icons stack to the bottom of the screen, a new column will be begun to the left of the first one.
Place Icons DiagonallyThe icons will be placed along a diagonal from the top left to the bottom right of the screen. When the icons stack to the bottom of the screen, a new diagonal will be begun to the right of the first one.

The Font Sub-Menu
Use this Sub-Menu to select the font for the selected text of the top most note. Only the selected text will be changed. If all of the selected text is in the same font, it will be check-marked.

The Style Sub-Menu
Use this Sub-Menu to select the text style for the selected text of the top most note. Only the selected text will be changed. If all of the selected text is in the same style, it will be check-marked.
Plain TextClears all styles from the current selected text. If there is no selected text, the next character typed at the insertion point will be without styling.
BoldSets a bold style for the current selected text. If there is no selected text, the next character typed at the insertion point will be have bold styling. If all of the selected text is already bold, the bold styling will be cleared.
UnderlineSets a underline style for the current selected text. If there is no selected text, the next character typed at the insertion point will be have underline styling. If all of the selected text is already underlined, the underline styling will be cleared.
ItalicSets a italic style for the current selected text. If there is no selected text, the next character typed at the insertion point will be have italic styling. If all of the selected text is already italic, the bold italic will be cleared.
OutlineSets outline style for the current selected text. If there is no selected text, the next character typed at the insertion point will be have outline styling. If all of the selected text is already outlined, the outline styling will be cleared.
ShadowSets a shadow style for the current selected text. If there is no selected text, the next character typed at the insertion point will be have shadow styling. If all of the selected text is already shadowed, the shadow styling will be cleared.
CondensedSets a condensed style for the current selected text. If there is no selected text, the next character typed at the insertion point will be have condensed styling. If all of the selected text is already condensed, the condensed styling will be cleared.
ExtendedSets an extended style for the current selected text. If there is no selected text, the next character typed at the insertion point will be have extended styling. If all of the selected text is already extended, the extended styling will be cleared.

The Size Sub-Menu
The Size Sub-Menu may be used to select the point size of the text in the note. All of the selected text will be displayed in the selected point size. Menu items that are outlined are installed in the system file or are outline fonts. Items that are in plain text are scaled by quickdraw. If all of the point sizes are shown in outline form, the font is most likely an outline font (ATM or TrueType).

The Change Window Style Sub-Menu
This menu will allow you to change the style of window for the selected note. Four styles are available…
The text in the standard resizable note will not wrap text at the right margin. It can be viewed by scrolling the window over. This note style has a close box, a zoom box, a horizontal and a vertical scroll bar.
The text in the resizable (no horz scroll) note will wrap text at the right margin.  This note style has a close box, a zoom box and a vertical scroll bar.
The shadowed box window style will wrap text at the right margin. This style has an additional method for moving and for resizing the note. Hold down the apple and option keys and drag a corner to resize this note type. Hold down the apple and the option keys and drag the interior (content region) to move the note.
The plain box window style will wrap text at the right margin. This style has an additional method for moving and for resizing the note. Hold down the apple and option keys and drag a corner to resize this note type. Hold down the apple and the option keys and drag the interior (content region) to move the note.

The Alignment Sub-Menu
The Alignment and Spacing Sub-Menu may be used to change the justification or the spacing of the text in the selected note. You may align the text to the left, the center or to the right. All of the text in the note will be aligned to the requested setting.

The Set Tab Stops… Command
The Set Tab Stops Sub-Menu is used to control the tab expansionof text that is typed or pasted into the note. If this value is zero, then tabs are not expanded (they are left as tabs). A non-zero value (of  N) will cause tabs to be expanded to every Nth character position. In this case, the tab characters will not be kept.

The Foreground Color and Background Color Commands
If you have a color Mac, you will be able to change the colors of your notes. Use the Background Color command to change the color if the area on which the text is displayed. Use the Foreground Color  command to change the color of the text.
The Foreground Color command will change the color of the selected text only.

The Windows Menu
Use the Windows Menu to show, hide or iconify a note. You can also cycle through all notes.
The title of each note name may be preceded by any of three characters. The characters and their meanings are:
•    The Bullet Mark    The Note is Dirty
    The Diamond Mark    The Note is Hidden
    The Check Mark    The Note is Selected

The Cycle Windows Command
This command will select another note and make it the topmost (current) note.

The Show/Hide Notes Sub-Menu
You can hide your notes. A hidden note will remain in the file -- as well as in the Windows menu. To see a hidden note, either select Show All Notes, or select the note from the Windows menu.


Working with Multiple Files
If you use the power user preferences dialog box to select the Multiple Files Open Simultaneously option, you will be able to have two or more PasteIt Notes documents (files) active at the same time. Each document may have many notes in it.
When more then one document is opened, several of the menus change. The New Note command, the Close Note File  and the Import Text command each become a hierarchical sub-menu. You can choose to create a new note in any of the opened note files. You can choose to import a text file into any of the opened note files. You can also choose to close any of the opened note files. The N and the K command are each assigned to the note file associated with the active (topmost) note.

Moving and Resizing Notes
Notes may be moved and resized in ways other then dragging the title bar or the resize box. This method must be used with the plain box and the shadow box note styles.
To move a note, hold down the apple and option keys while the cursor is in the center of your note. The cursor will change shape. When you hold down the mouse button, the window may be dragged.
To resize a note, hold down the apple and option keys while the cursor is on one of the corners or one of the edges of the note. The cursor will change shape. When you hold down the mouse button, the corner or edge may be dragged.