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>Gnotes Applet</A
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>Copyright</A
> &copy; 2000 by <SPAN
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>Michael Hall</SPAN
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><B
>Table of Contents</B
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><DT
><A
HREF="index.html#GNOTES"
>GNOTES! Applet</A
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><DIV
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><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="GNOTES"
>GNOTES! Applet</A
></H1
><P
> 
    <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOTES!</TT
> applet, shown in <A
HREF="index.html#GNOTES-FIG"
>Figure 1</A
>, allows you to cover your 
    GNOME desktop with little, yellow, virtual sticky-notes.  To 
    learn how to add this applet to a <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>, 
    right-click on the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> and choose
    <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Panel</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Add to panel</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Applet</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Utility</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>GNotes!</B
>.
  </P
><DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><A
NAME="GNOTES-FIG"
></A
><P
><IMG
SRC="gnotes-fig.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 1. GNOTES!</B
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="GNOTES-USAGE"
>Usage</A
></H2
><P
>     This applet places a yellow sticky-note on your desktop. To use it,
     left-click on the <B
CLASS="GUIICON"
>GNOTES!</B
> 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. 
    </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="GNOTES-RIGHT-CLICK"
>Right-Click Pop-Up Menu Items</A
></H2
><P
> 
     In addition to the standard menu items, the right-click pop-up menu has 
     the following items: 
     <P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Properties&#8230;</B
> &#8212; opens
	the <A
HREF="index.html#GNOTES-PROPERTIES"
><SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
> 
	Properties</SPAN
></A
> dialog which allows you to
        customize the appearance and behavior of this applet.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Help</B
> &#8212;
       displays this document.
      </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>About&#8230;</B
> &#8212;
       shows basic information about <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>APPLET
       Applet</TT
>, inluding the applet's version and the
       author's name.
      </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Raise Notes</B
> &#8212; causes all your
	notes to appear above any overlapping windows.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Lower Notes</B
> &#8212; causes all your
 	notes to be hidden below any overlapping windows.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Hide Notes</B
> &#8212; causes all your
	notes to become hidden from view.  It does not destroy your notes.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Show Notes</B
> &#8212; brings your
	notes back into view if you used the 
	<B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Hide Notes</B
> menu command.
       </P
></LI
></UL
>
    </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="INDIVIDUAL-NOTE-RIGHT-CLICK"
>Right-Clicking on the Left Border of Individual Notes</A
></H2
><P
> 
     You may also right-click on the left border of each of the notes on your
     desktop to change their individual properties.

    <P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Raise Note</B
> &#8212; This menu
        item causes your note to appear above any overlapping windows. 
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Lower Note</B
> &#8212; This
        menu item causes your note to be placed below any overlapping
	windows.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Hide Note</B
> &#8212; This menu
        item causes your note to become hidden from view.  It does
	not destroy your note.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Destroy Note</B
> &#8212; This menu
        item permanently removes your note from the desktop. Unlike
	<B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Hide Notes</B
>, you may not recover
	your note.
       </P
></LI
></UL
>
    </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="GNOTES-PROPERTIES"
>Properties</A
></H2
><P
>     You can configure <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOTES!</TT
> applet by
     right-clicking on the applet and choosing the
     <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Properties...</B
> menu item. This will open the
     <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Properties</SPAN
> dialog, shown in 
     <A
HREF="index.html#GNOTES-PROPERTIES-FIG"
>Figure 2</A
>.
    </P
><DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><A
NAME="GNOTES-PROPERTIES-FIG"
></A
><P
><IMG
SRC="gnotes-properties.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 2. Properties Dialog</B
></P
></DIV
><P
> 
     To change the default size at which your notes appear on the desktop, you
     may either click on the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>up</B
> and
     <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>down</B
> arrows, or type values (in pixels) directly 
     into the fields next to the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Default Height</B
></TT
> and
     <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Default Width</B
></TT
> labels.
    </P
><P
> 
      After you have made all the changes you want, click on
      <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>OK</B
> to apply the changes and close the
      <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Properties</SPAN
> dialog. To cancel the changes
      and return to previous values, click the
      <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Cancel</B
> button.
    </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="GNOTES-BUGS"
>Known Bugs and Limitations</A
></H2
><P
>     Setting the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Default Height</B
></TT
> or <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Default
     Width</B
></TT
> may cause the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOTES</TT
> to crash.
     </P
><P
>    After first adding <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOTES!</TT
> to your
    <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>, clicking on the first note you create may
    cause a second note to be created on your desktop.
    </P
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><H2
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><A
NAME="GNOTES-AUTHORS"
>Authors</A
></H2
><P
>	This applet was writen by spoon
	<TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:spoon@ix.netcom.com"
>spoon@ix.netcom.com</A
>&#62;</TT
> and dres
	<TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:dres@debian.org"
>dres@debian.org</A
>&#62;</TT
>.  Please send all comments,
	suggestions, and bug 
	reports to the <A
HREF="http://bugs.gnome.org"
TARGET="_top"
>GNOME
	bug tracking database</A
>. (Instructions for submitting bug
	reports can be found <A
HREF="http://bugs.gnome.org/Reporting.html"
TARGET="_top"
>	on-line</A
>. If you are using
	GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Bug Report
	Tool</TT
> (<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>bug-buddy</B
>), available in the
	<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Utilities</B
> submenu of <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main
	Menu</B
>, for submitting bug reports.
      </P
><P
>	The documentation for this applet
	which you are reading now was written by
	Michael Hall <TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:mphall@cstone.net"
>mphall@cstone.net</A
>&#62;</TT
>. Please send all comments and
	suggestions regarding this manual to the <A
HREF="http://www.gnome.org/gdp"
TARGET="_top"
>GNOME Documentation Project</A
> 
	by sending an email to <TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:docs@gnome.org"
>docs@gnome.org</A
>&#62;</TT
>. You can also
	submit comments online by using the <A
HREF="http://www.gnome.org/gdp/doctable/"
TARGET="_top"
>GNOME Documentation Status
	Table</A
>.
      </P
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><A
NAME="LICENSE"
>License</A
></H2
><P
>    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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CLASS="CITETITLE"
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