Creating a reminder


To create a reminder make a new note and then press Ctrl+R or click the bell icon as it is shown in the picture:

NotesHolder - Reminder Settings

You can also create a reminder with the help of the system-wide hot key (Ctrl+Shift+J by default). Note: The use of this hot key will create a reminder in the active note category.

After that in the pop-up "Reminder Settings" window you should set the options for triggering the reminder. You can see this dialog window in the following picture.

NotesHolder - Reminder Settings

The detailed description of all the options that may be changed is given below.

Active Reminder - Uncheck this box to turn the reminder off.


Reminder

Start At - Specify here the starting time for counting down to the next triggering of the active reminder. To put here the current time press the "Now" button.

Remind Me - In the first drop-down list select the appropriate triggering method. After that set the additional options in the appeared fields. You may select one of the four variants:

  1. Remind Me Once...
    Once - the reminder will trigger only once at the time the "Start At" field is set to.

  2. Remind Me Once In...
    Once in - the reminder will trigger only once after the specified period of time have passed since the time set in the "Start At" field. E.g., if the "Start At" field is set to "Jun 25, 2005", and the period of 3 months is specified, the reminder will trigger on Sep 25, 2005.

  3. Remind Me Every...
    Every - the reminder will trigger unlimited number of times (until you turn it off) at the interval specified in the corresponding fields. The countdown for triggering will start at the time specified at the "Start At" field. E.g., if the "Start At" field is set to "Jun 25, 2005", and the interval is set to 2 days, the reminder will trigger on June 25, 2005, then June 27, 2005, then June 29, 2005, July 1, 2005 etc.

  4. Remind Me Daily...
    Daily - the reminder will trigger unlimited number of times (again until you turn it off) on the chosen days of the week, starting from the date indicated in the "Start At" field and exactly at the time this field is set to.

Next Reminder - This field shows the nearest time at which the reminder will trigger.

Note Text - The text of the note the reminder is set for. This text will also appear in the NotesHolder window when the reminder triggers:

NotesHolder - Reminder

Reminder Tasks

In the "Reminder Tasks" section you can specify some actions NotesHolder will perform at the moment the reminder triggers:

Run application - Check this box and specify the name of the program file to run when the reminder triggers.

Play sound - Check this box and specify the name of the wave file to play when the reminder triggers. By default the standard Windows sound is used.

Note: The "Reminder Tasks" section is not available in NotesHolder Lite. [More info about NotesHolder Standard]



If you want to use the current reminder settings as the default settings for new reminders, press the "Action" button and in its menu select "Save as default reminder settings". The second item in this menu "Load default reminder settings" allows to set default options for all the fields of the current reminder at any moment.