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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title
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>The &knotes; Handbook</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author
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><firstname
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>Fabian</firstname
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> <surname
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>Dal Santo</surname
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> <affiliation
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> <address
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><email
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>linuxgnu@yahoo.com.au</email
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></address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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<author
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><firstname
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>Greg</firstname
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> <othername
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>M.</othername
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> <surname
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>Holmes</surname
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> </author>
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<othercredit role="reviewer"
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><firstname
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>Lauri</firstname
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> <surname
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>Watts</surname
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> <contrib
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>Reviewer</contrib>
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</othercredit>
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<othercredit role="translator"
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><firstname
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>Andrew</firstname
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><surname
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>Coles</surname
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><affiliation
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><address
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><email
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>andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email
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></address
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></affiliation
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><contrib
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>Conversion to British English</contrib
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</authorgroup>
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<copyright>
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<year
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>2000</year>
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<holder
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>Greg M. Holmes</holder>
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</copyright>
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<copyright>
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<year
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>2001</year>
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<holder
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>Fabian Del Santo</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice
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>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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<date
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>2003-09-18</date>
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<releaseinfo
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>3.0</releaseinfo>
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<abstract
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><para
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>&knotes; is a sticky notes application for the desktop.</para
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></abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword
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>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword
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>Knotes</keyword>
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<keyword
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>tdeutils</keyword>
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<keyword
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>notes</keyword>
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<keyword
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>popup</keyword>
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<keyword
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>pop-up</keyword>
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<keyword
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>knotes</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</bookinfo>
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title
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>Introduction</title>
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<para
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>&knotes; is a program that lets you write the computer equivalent of sticky notes. The notes are saved automatically when you exit the program and they display when you open the program. </para>
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<para
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>You may print and mail your notes if you configure &knotes; to use helper applications. </para>
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<para
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>Display features of notes such as colour and font may be customised for each note. You may also customise the defaults. </para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="using-knotes">
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<title
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>Using &knotes;</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Creating a new note:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>To create a new note &RMB; click on the &knotes; panel icon and select <guimenuitem
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>New Note</guimenuitem
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> or using the shortcut <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Alt;&Shift;<keycap
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>N</keycap
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></keycombo
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>.</para>
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<para
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>You can create a new note containing the contents of the clipboard by selecting <guimenuitem
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>New Note From Clipboard</guimenuitem
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> or using the shortcut <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Alt;&Shift;<keycap
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>C</keycap
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></keycombo
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>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Writing your note:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>To write your note, simply type the note in the space provided. Normal keyboard and mouse editing functions are supported. <mousebutton
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>Right</mousebutton
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> clicking in the editing space provides the following menu options:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem
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><para
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><guimenuitem
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>Undo</guimenuitem
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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><guimenuitem
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>Redo</guimenuitem
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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><guimenuitem
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>Cut</guimenuitem
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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><guimenuitem
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>Copy</guimenuitem
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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><guimenuitem
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>Paste</guimenuitem
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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><guimenuitem
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>Clear</guimenuitem
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></para
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></listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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><guimenuitem
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>Select All</guimenuitem
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></para
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></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para
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>Text may be selected by holding down the &LMB; and moving the mouse, or by holding down the &Shift; key and using the <keycap
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>arrow</keycap
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> keys.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Inserting the date:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>To insert the current date in the Note &RMB; click on the title bar of the note and select <guimenuitem
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>Insert Date</guimenuitem
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>.</para>
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<para
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>The current date and time will be inserted at the cursor position in the text of the note.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Renaming a note:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>To rename a note &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem
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>Rename...</guimenuitem
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>.</para>
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<para
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>Type the new name of the note in the dialogue that appears. To accept the new name, press the <guibutton
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>OK</guibutton
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> button. To exit the dialogue without renaming the note, press the <guibutton
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>Cancel</guibutton
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> button. To clear what you have typed and start over, click the <guibutton
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>Clear</guibutton
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> button.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Mailing a note:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>To mail a note &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem
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>Mail...</guimenuitem
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>.</para
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>
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<para
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>What happens next depends on how you configured the Mail action in the <guilabel
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>Preferences...</guilabel
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> dialogue.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Printing a note:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>To print a note &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem
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>Print</guimenuitem
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>.</para>
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<para
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>A standard &kde; print dialogue will open.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Deleting a note:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>To delete a note &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem
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>Delete</guimenuitem
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>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Hiding a note:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>To hide a note, click the <guiicon
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>X</guiicon
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> in the upper right corner of the title bar of the note. The note will no longer be displayed on the screen. The note itself will not be deleted.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Displaying notes:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>When you start &knotes;, all notes will display on the screen. If you hide a note and later want to display it, &LMB; on the &knotes; panel icon and select the note you wish to display.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Desktop functions:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>To send a note to a specific desktop, &RMB; click on the title bar of the note and select <guisubmenu
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>To Desktop</guisubmenu
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>. Choose the desktop desired, or alternatively, <guimenuitem
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>All desktops</guimenuitem
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></para
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>
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<para
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>To make the note remain on top of other windows &RMB; click on the title bar of the note and select <guimenuitem
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>Always On Top</guimenuitem
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>.</para
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>
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<para
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>To return the note to more normal window behaviour, simply repeat this process.</para
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>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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>Quitting &knotes;</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>To quit &knotes; &RMB; click on the panel icon and select <guimenuitem
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>Quit</guimenuitem
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>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="configuration">
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<title
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>Configuration</title>
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<sect1 id="defaults">
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<title
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>Configuring &knotes; Default Settings</title>
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<para
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>To configure &knotes; &RMB; click on the panel icon. Select <guimenuitem
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>Configure KNotes...</guimenuitem
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> The &knotes; <guilabel
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>KNotes Defaults</guilabel
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> dialogue will open.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<title
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>The <guilabel
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>Display</guilabel
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> Section</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Text colour:</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The colour square shows the current text colour. By clicking this colour square you open the standard &kde; colour selection dialogue.</para
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></listitem
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>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Background colour:</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The colour square shows the current background colour. By clicking this colour square you open the standard &kde; colour selection dialogue.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Default width:</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The width of the note in pixels. Edit this number as desired.</para
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></listitem
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>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Default height:</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The height of the note in pixels. Edit this number as desired.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Show note in taskbar</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>By default, &knotes; notes do not show an entry in the taskbar for each note. If you prefer they do so, enable this option.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<title
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>The <guilabel
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>Editor</guilabel
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> Section</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Tab Size</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>This is the size of the indent produced by the 	 key in spaces. Edit this number as desired.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Auto Indent</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>This is a check box. If selected, auto-indenting is on.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Rich Text</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>Not yet implemented</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Title Font: Click to Change</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>You can change the font used for the title of your notes.</para>
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<para
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>Click this button to open the standard &kde; font selection dialogue.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Text Font: Click to Change</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>You can change the font used for the text of your notes.</para>
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<para
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>Click this button to open the standard &kde; font selection dialogue.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<title
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>The <guilabel
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>Actions</guilabel
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> Section</title>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><guilabel
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>Mail Action</guilabel
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Type a mail command and any required command line switches in this box.</para>
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<para
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>By using <token
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>%f</token
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> in the command line you can pass the filename of the note body to the mail command.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="customizing-display">
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<title
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>Customising a Single Note Display</title>
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<para
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>You can customise each note independently of the global settings. The settings you can customise are identical to those described in the <link linkend="configuration"
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>Configuration</link
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> section, but they will apply only to the note you are changing. Any other open notes, and any new notes you create, will use the default settings.</para>
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<para
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>To customise a single note display &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem
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>Preferences...</guimenuitem
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>.</para>
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<para
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>The <guilabel
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>Local Settings</guilabel
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> dialogue will open, allowing you to configure the note.</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="credits">
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<title
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>Credits and License</title>
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<para
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>&knotes;</para>
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<para
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>Program copyright 1997 Bernd Wuebben <email
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>wuebben@kde.org</email
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></para>
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<para
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>Contributors:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Wynn Wilkes<email
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>wynnw@calderasystems.com</email
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></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para
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>Documentation copyright 2000 Greg M. Holmes <email
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>holmegm@earthlink.net</email
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></para>
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<para
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>Documentation updated 2001 by Fabian Del Santo <email
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>linuxgnu@yahoo.com.au</email
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> and 2003 by &Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;.</para>
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<para
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>Andrew Coles<email
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>andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email
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></para
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&underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter>
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