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+<article id="index" lang="en">

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+ <articleinfo>

+ <title>&applet; Manual</title>

+ <abstract role="description">

+ <para>&applet; enables you to create, view, and manage

+ sticky notes on your desktop.</para>

+ </abstract>

+

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2005</year>

+ <holder>Davyd Madeley</holder>

+ </copyright>

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2004</year>

+ <holder>Shaun McCance</holder>

+ </copyright>

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2004</year>

+ <holder>Angela Boyle</holder>

+ </copyright>

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2003</year>

+ <year>2004</year>

+ <holder>Sun Microsystems</holder>

+ </copyright>

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2003</year>

+ <holder>Loban A Rahman</holder>

+ </copyright>

+

+ <!-- Translators: uncomment this:

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2002</year>

+ <holder>ME-THE-TRANSLATOR (Latin translation)</holder>

+ </copyright>

+ -->

+

+ <publisher role="maintainer">

+ <publishername>MATE Documentation Project</publishername>

+ </publisher>

+

+ &legal;

+

+ <authorgroup>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Shaun</firstname>

+ <surname>McCance</surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <orgname>MATE Documentation Project</orgname>

+ <address><email>[email protected]</email></address>

+ </affiliation>

+ </author>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Angela</firstname>

+ <surname>Boyle</surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <address><email>[email protected]</email></address>

+ </affiliation>

+ </author>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Loban</firstname>

+ <surname>Rahman</surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <address><email>[email protected]</email></address>

+ </affiliation>

+ </author>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Davyd</firstname><surname>Madeley</surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <orgname>MATE Project</orgname>

+ <address><email>[email protected]</email></address>

+ </affiliation>

+ </author>

+

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+ </affiliation>

+ <contrib>Latin translation</contrib>

+ </othercredit>

+ -->

+ </authorgroup>

+

+ <releaseinfo revision="2.26" role="review"/>

+

+ <revhistory>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>Version 2.12</revnumber>

+ <date>September 2005</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Davyd Madeley</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>Version 2.10</revnumber>

+ <date>March 2005</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Davyd Madeley</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>Version 2.8</revnumber>

+ <date>September 2004</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Angela Boyle</para>

+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>&applet; Applet Manual V2.3</revnumber>

+ <date>February 2004</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Sun MATE Documentation Team</para>

+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>&applet; Applet Manual V2.2</revnumber>

+ <date>November 2003</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Sun MATE Documentation Team</para>

+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>&applet; Applet Manual V2.1</revnumber>

+ <date>August 2003</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Sun MATE Documentation Team</para>

+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>&applet; Applet Manual V2.0</revnumber>

+ <date>May 2003</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Loban A Rahman

+ <email>[email protected]</email></para>

+ <para role="publisher"></para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+ </revhistory>

+

+ <releaseinfo>This manual describes version &appletversion; of &applet;.</releaseinfo>

+

+ <legalnotice>

+ <title>Feedback</title>

+ <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the

+ <application>&applet;</application> application or this manual, follow the directions in the <ulink url="help:mate-feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback Page</ulink>. </para>

+ </legalnotice>

+ </articleinfo>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>Sticky Notes</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+<sect1 id="stickynotes-introduction">

+ <title>Introduction</title>

+ <figure id="stickynotes-fig">

+ <title>&applet;</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/stickynotes_applet.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject><phrase>Shows Sticky Notes</phrase></textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+

+ <para>The <application>&applet;</application> panel application enables you

+ to create,

+ view, and manage sticky notes on your desktop. You can edit the title,

+ contents, dimensions, and style of sticky notes. When the panel is

+ restarted, for example when you log out and log in again, all sticky

+ notes are saved and reopened in the same position with the same

+ dimensions and style.</para>

+

+ <para>To add <application>&applet;</application> to a panel,

+ right-click on the panel, then choose <guimenuitem>Add to

+ Panel</guimenuitem>. Select <application>&applet;</application>

+ in the <application>Add to the panel</application> dialog, then

+ click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>

+</sect1>

+

+<sect1 id="stickynotes-usage">

+ <title>Using Sticky Notes</title>

+

+ <sect2 id="stickynotes-show-hide">

+ <title>Showing and Hiding Sticky Notes</title>

+ <para>

+ To hide all your notes, either click on the desktop, or right-click the <application>&applet;</application> applet and choose <guimenuitem>Hide Notes</guimenuitem>.</para>

+ <para>To show all your notes, click the <application>&applet;</application> applet.</para>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="stickynotes-create-note">

+ <title>Creating a Sticky Note</title>

+ <figure id="stickynotes-using-right-new-fig">

+ <title>creating a new sticky note</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/stickynote-right-menu-new.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject><phrase>creating a new sticky note</phrase></textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <para>You can create a sticky note by right-clicking on the sticky note icon and

+ selecting <guilabel>New Note</guilabel>, or by double-clicking the applet.</para>

+ <para>Creating a note causes all hidden notes to be shown.</para>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="stickynotes-lock-notes">

+ <title>Locking and Unlocking Sticky Notes</title>

+ <para>You can lock or unlock all sticky notes at the same time, or you can

+ lock or unlock individual sticky notes. Locking a sticky note prevents you

+ from accidentally changing the contents of the note.</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><phrase>To Lock or Unlock All Sticky Notes</phrase></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <figure id="stickynotes-using-right-lock-fig">

+ <title>Right Clicking on the Icon</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/stickynote-right-menu-lock.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject><phrase>Right Clicking on the Icon</phrase></textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <para>To lock all sticky notes so that the notes cannot be edited,

+ choose <guimenuitem>Lock Notes</guimenuitem> from the icon

+ right-click menu so that there is a check mark next to it. To

+ unlock all sticky notes, choose <guimenuitem>Lock Notes</guimenuitem>

+ from the icon right-click menu again so that there is not a check

+ mark next to it.</para>

+ <para>Note that all panel applications have the

+ <guimenuitem>Lock to Panel</guimenuitem>

+ item in the right-click menu, which locks the position of the panel

+ application

+ on the panel. Do not confuse this with the

+ <guimenuitem>Lock Notes</guimenuitem> item.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><phrase>To Lock or Unlock Individual Sticky Notes</phrase></term>

+ <listitem><para>To lock an individual sticky note, right-click on the

+ title of the note, then choose <guimenuitem>Lock Note</guimenuitem>

+ from the popup menu. To unlock an individual note, right-click on the

+ title of the note, then choose <guimenuitem>Lock Note</guimenuitem>

+ from the popup menu again. You can also toggle the lock/unlock state of

+ a sticky note by clicking the lock button in the top left corner of the

+ sticky note.

+ </para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="stickynotes-delete-notes">

+ <title>Deleting Sticky Notes</title>

+ <para>You can delete all sticky notes at the same time, or you can delete

+ individual sticky notes.</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>To Delete All Sticky Notes</term>

+ <listitem><para>To delete all sticky notes, choose <guimenuitem>Delete

+ Notes</guimenuitem> from the icon right-click menu. A confirmation

+ dialog will appear; click on the <guibutton>Delete All</guibutton>

+ button to confirm the deletion.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>To Delete Individual Sticky Notes</term>

+ <listitem><para>To delete an individual sticky note, right-click on the

+ title of the note, then choose <guimenuitem>Delete Note</guimenuitem>

+ from the popup menu. You can also delete a sticky note by clicking the

+ <guibutton>x</guibutton> in the top right corner.

+ </para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ </sect2>

+

+</sect1>

+

+<sect1 id="stickynotes-advanced-settings">

+ <title>Preferences</title>

+

+ <figure id="stickynotes-prefs-fig">

+ <title>&applet; Preferences</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/stickynotes-prefs.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject><phrase>Shows Sticky Notes preferences</phrase></textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+

+ <sect2 id="stickynotes-size">

+ <title>Adjusting Size</title>

+ <para>To configure the default size for all sticky notes, right-click on the

+ sticky notes icon, then choose <guimenu>Preferences</guimenu> from the popup menu. The

+ <application>Sticky Notes Preferences</application> dialog is displayed.</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Width</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem><para>Use this spin box to specify the default width of new

+ sticky notes, in pixels.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Height</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem><para>Use this spin box to specify the default height of new

+ sticky notes, in pixels.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="stickynotes-color">

+ <title>Changing Color and Font</title>

+ <para>To configure the color and font for all sticky notes, right-click on

+ the icon, then choose <guimenu>Preferences</guimenu> from the popup menu.

+ The <application>Sticky Notes Preferences</application> dialog is

+ displayed.</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Font Color</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ Click on the color selector button to display the color selector

+ dialog. On the color selector dialog, use the color wheel or spin

+ boxes to choose the default font color for stickynotes.

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ If you have selected, <guilabel>Use color from the system

+ theme</guilabel>, then the current theme colors will be used and you

+ will not be able to select new defaults.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Note Color</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the color selector button to display the color

+ selector dialog. On the color selector dialog, use the color wheel or

+ spin boxes to choose the default base color for sticky notes.</para>

+ <para>If you have selected, <guilabel>Use color from the system

+ theme</guilabel>, then the current theme colors will be used and you

+ will not able to select new defaults.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Font</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the font selector button to display the font selector

+ dialog. On the font selector dialog, use the list boxes to choose the

+ default font for sticky notes.</para>

+ <para>

+ If you have selected, <guilabel>Use font from the system

+ theme</guilabel>, then the current Application Font set in <!--

+ FIXME: can I cross reference preferences? -->Font Preferences will be

+ used and you will not be able to select new defaults.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="stickynotes-behavior">

+ <title>Customizing Behavior</title>

+ <para>To customize the behavior of <application>&applet;</application>,

+ right-click on the icon, then choose <guimenu>Preferences</guimenu>

+ from the popup menu. The <application>Sticky Notes Preferences</application>

+ dialog is displayed.</para>

+ <para>To specify that sticky notes are visible on all workspaces on the

+ desktop, select <guilabel>Put notes on all workspaces</guilabel> in the

+ <guilabel>Sticky Notes Preferences</guilabel> dialog. If you are using

+ multiple workspaces, this will cause all sticky notes to be visible on

+ all workspaces.</para>

+

+ <para>

+ The option, <guilabel>Force default color and font on notes</guilabel>,

+ will force all sticky notes on your desktop to use the color and font

+ settings specified in the <guilabel>Default Note Properties</guilabel>

+ above (see <xref linkend="stickynotes-color"/>).

+ </para>

+ </sect2>

+

+ </sect1>

+

+ <sect1 id="stickynotes-settings-individual">

+ <title>Customizing Individual Notes</title>

+ <figure id="stickynotes-note-prefs-fig">

+ <title>Sticky Note Preferences</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/stickynotes-note-prefs.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject><phrase>a Sticky Note's preferences</phrase></textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <para>You can customize the look of each individual sticky note. This

+ can be useful for visually distinguishing different types of notes

+ quickly. To configure the settings for an individual sticky note,

+ right-click on the note's title, then choose <guimenu>Properties</guimenu>

+ from the popup menu. The <application>Sticky Note Properties</application>

+ dialog is displayed.</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Title</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem><para>Use this text box to specify the title of the sticky

+ note.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Use default color</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem><para>Select this option to use the default base color for

+ this sticky note. For information on setting the default base color,

+ see <xref linkend="stickynotes-color"/>.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Font Color</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the color selector button to display the color selector

+ dialog. On the color selector dialog, use the color wheel or spin boxes

+ to choose the font color for this sticky note.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Note Color</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem><para>Click on the color selector button to display the

+ color selector dialog. On the color selector dialog, use the color

+ wheel or spin boxes to choose the base color for this sticky

+ note.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Use default font</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem><para>Select this option to use the default font for this

+ sticky note. For information on setting the default font, see

+ <xref linkend="stickynotes-color"/>.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Font</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem><para>Click on the font selector button to display the font

+ selector dialog. On the font selector dialog, use the list boxes to

+ choose the font for this sticky note.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+</sect1>

+</article>