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<!-- ############### GNOTES! ############### -->
<sect2 id="gnotes">
<title>GNOTES! Applet</title>
<para>
<application>GNOTES!</application> applet, shown in <xref
linkend="gnotes-fig">, allows you to cover your
GNOME desktop with little, yellow, virtual sticky-notes. To
learn how to add this applet to a <interface>Panel</interface>,
right-click on the <interface>Panel</interface> and choose
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu>
<guisubmenu>Applet</guisubmenu>
<guisubmenu>Utility</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>GNotes!</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
<figure id="gnotes-fig">
<title>GNOTES!</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>GNOTES!</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/gnotes-fig" srccredit="Michael Hall">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<sect3 id="gnotes-usage">
<title>Usage</title>
<para>
This applet places a yellow sticky-note on your desktop. To use it,
left-click on the <guiicon>GNOTES!</guiicon> icon to make a new
note appear on your desktop. After creating a new note, you may
then left-click within the yellow area of the note to begin
adding text to it.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="gnotes-right-click">
<title>Right-Click Pop-Up Menu Items</title>
<para>
In addition to the standard menu items, the right-click pop-up menu has
the following items:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Properties…</guimenuitem> — opens
the <link linkend="gnotes-properties"><interface>
Properties</interface></link> dialog which allows you to
customize the appearance and behavior of this applet.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> —
displays this document.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>About…</guimenuitem> —
shows basic information about <application>APPLET
Applet</application>, inluding the applet's version and the
author's name.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Raise Notes</guimenuitem> — causes all your
notes to appear above any overlapping windows.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Lower Notes</guimenuitem> — causes all your
notes to be hidden below any overlapping windows.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Hide Notes</guimenuitem> — causes all your
notes to become hidden from view. It does not destroy your notes.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Show Notes</guimenuitem> — brings your
notes back into view if you used the
<guimenuitem>Hide Notes</guimenuitem> menu command.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="individual-note-right-click">
<title>Right-Clicking on the Left Border of Individual Notes</title>
<para>
You may also right-click on the left border of each of the notes on your
desktop to change their individual properties.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Raise Note</guimenuitem> — This menu
item causes your note to appear above any overlapping windows.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Lower Note</guimenuitem> — This
menu item causes your note to be placed below any overlapping
windows.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Hide Note</guimenuitem> — This menu
item causes your note to become hidden from view. It does
not destroy your note.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Destroy Note</guimenuitem> — This menu
item permanently removes your note from the desktop. Unlike
<guimenuitem>Hide Notes</guimenuitem>, you may not recover
your note.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="gnotes-properties">
<title>Properties</title>
<para>
You can configure <application>GNOTES!</application> applet by
right-clicking on the applet and choosing the
<guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> menu item. This will open the
<interface>Properties</interface> dialog, shown in
<link linkend="gnotes-properties-fig">Figure 2</link>.
</para>
<figure id="gnotes-properties-fig">
<title>Properties Dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Properties Dialog</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/gnotes-properties" srccredit="Michael Hall">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
To change the default size at which your notes appear on the desktop, you
may either click on the <guibutton>up</guibutton> and
<guibutton>down</guibutton> arrows, or type values (in pixels) directly
into the fields next to the <guilabel>Default Height</guilabel> and
<guilabel>Default Width</guilabel> labels.
</para>
<para>
After you have made all the changes you want, click on
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes and close the
<interface>Properties</interface> dialog. To cancel the changes
and return to previous values, click the
<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button.
</para>
<!-- Not needed for 1.x applets
<para>
For more information on the <interface>Properties</interface>
dialog, including descriptions of the <guibutton>OK</guibutton>,
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton>, <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>, and
<guibutton>Help</guibutton> buttons, see <xref
linkend="applet-properties-dialog">.
</para>
-->
</sect3>
<sect3 id="gnotes-bugs">
<title> Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
<para>
Setting the <guilabel>Default Height</guilabel> or <guilabel>Default
Width</guilabel> may cause the <application>GNOTES</application> to crash.
</para>
<para>
After first adding <application>GNOTES!</application> to your
<interface>Panel</interface>, clicking on the first note you create may
cause a second note to be created on your desktop.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="gnotes-authors">
<title>Authors</title>
<para>
This applet was writen by spoon
<email>spoon@ix.netcom.com</email> and dres
<email>dres@debian.org</email>. Please send all comments,
suggestions, and bug
reports to the <ulink url="http://bugs.gnome.org" type="http">GNOME
bug tracking database</ulink>. (Instructions for submitting bug
reports can be found <ulink
url="http://bugs.gnome.org/Reporting.html" type="http">
on-line</ulink>. If you are using
GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use <application>Bug Report
Tool</application> (<command>bug-buddy</command>), available in the
<guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu> submenu of <guimenu>Main
Menu</guimenu>, for submitting bug reports.
</para>
<para>
The documentation for this applet
which you are reading now was written by
Michael Hall <email>mphall@cstone.net</email>. Please send all comments and
suggestions regarding this manual to the <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp">GNOME Documentation Project</ulink>
by sending an email to <email>docs@gnome.org</email>. You can also
submit comments online by using the <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp/doctable/">GNOME Documentation Status
Table</ulink>.
</para>
<!-- For translations: uncomment this:
<para>
Latin translation was done by ME
(<email>MYNAME@MYADDRESS</email>). Please send all comments and
suggestions regarding this translation to SOMEWHERE.
</para>
-->
</sect3>
<!--
<sect3 id="license">
<title>License</title>
<para>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the <citetitle>GNU General Public
License</citetitle> as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
</para>
<para>
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> for more details.
</para>
<para>
A copy of the <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> is
included as an appendix to the <citetitle>GNOME Users
Guide</citetitle>. You may also obtain a copy of the
<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> from the Free
Software Foundation by visiting <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web site</ulink> or by writing to
<address>
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
<street>59 Temple Place</street> - Suite 330
<city>Boston</city>, <state>MA</state> <postcode>02111-1307</postcode>
<country>USA</country>
</address>
</para>
</sect3>
-->
</sect2>
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