The WintextCom Notes facility uses the WintextCom Notes folder.

WintextCom Notes enables you to make notes, organise to-do lists, etc., using the WintextCom directory interface. You can easily enter, modify, re-organise and delete items, and move them into a records section for permanent filing.

When you create a new note, you type everything in the name field, including commas if necessary. You can include text to categorise the item in the information field. WintextCom prefixes any information text with a semicolon, and appends an identity string of characters based on the date and time when the note item is saved. This identity string ensures unique corresponding filenames even if you subsequently use the same text for a note in the list. This naming pastern also enables you to easily search WintextCom Notes for items in a particular category, just by typing a semicolon followed by the category text and pressing F3 to move to the next occurrence. Searching can be useful to find items of a particular type in the records section.

Short notes can be accommodated in the notes list displayed by WintextCom on pressing Alt-SPACE. If you need to include more text for an entry, click or press ENTER on the line to create a file in this folder ("notes" in the WintextCom installation folder) and open it in the directory editor. The filename consists of the text in the name field of the entry line, up to, but not including, any comma, followed by the text in the information field; it is given a ".txt" extensions so that it can be easily accessed with other software, if required.

Subsequently clicking or pressing ENTER on the WintextCom Notes entry will open the file again. WintextCom Notes provides one of the simplest and quickest ways possible to quickly write and print a few lines or paragraphs of text, and then make a permanent record of the job. Simply crate a note entry in WintextCom, then press ENTER. You can access the file repeatedly by just clicking the same note before you print it or whatever, and it does not matter if the entered note in WintextCom uses the same text as one already in the records section or elsewhere; all notes with the same text will correctly reference their own files. In the diary, exactly the same simple technique is available to accumulate information for a diary engagement, and then print it out or whatever on the day and permanently record it. Items do not have to be recorded, they can just be deleted when no longer needed by pressing DEL and confirming.

You can set up WintextCom note items to work like ordinary directory menu items, opening files in other locations with appropriate applications, web pages, etc. To do this, simply include a type field when creating or modifying the item; the type is separated from the name by a semicolon instead of a comma. WintextCom does not modify the information field for standard menu items created with a type.

WintextCom Notes can also greatly facilitate work with a laptop when you need to travel.

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Maintaining Lists and Keeping Notes