If you already have some text on the clipboard then you can right click in the note text box and choose Paste or simply press Ctrl-V on the keyboard to paste it in the note.

Note Properties

Date

Set a note date here. If you opened this dialog by clicking on a specific date on your desktop calendar, or by double clicking a date in the Active Desktop Calendar workspace window, the date will automatically be set.

Layer

If you are using data layers then choose the destination layer for your note/alarm from this list. Please note that the list shows only your own layers because you can not add or edit data in layers owned by other people.

Desktop View

With this option you can control how individual notes are displayed on the desktop. Default view for each new note is Normal (Visible). If you set a note to be Private then the generic text "(private)" will be displayed on the desktop in place of the original note text. This will prevent those who just pass by your computer screen to read that note and you will still have a visual reminder of its existence. However, if you set a note to be Invisible then it will not be displayed at all on the desktop.

Attach Icon

Allows you to attach an icon to the note. If you select this option, you can specify which icon you wish to attach by clicking on the button labeled "..." to the right. Please note if you attach icon to a note that is in a layer you are sharing with other people, the icon will not appear on their desktops.

Span this note over ... day(s)

You can make multi-day notes using this option.

 

Alarm Properties

Enable Alarm

With this option checked, alarm will be attached to the note.

Snooze Time

Set snooze time which will appear on alarm's pop-up dialog.

Play sound file

Opens dialog for choosing wav sound file to be played when alarm is due.

NOTE: If you are adding an alarm (not attached to a note) then Note Properties and Enable Alarm will not be available for editing. The reason for this is that stand alone alarms are considered by the program as a special kind of notes that are not displayed on the desktop so editing Note Properties for them would not make sense. If you want to have a note with all attributes and an alarm then start by adding a note and checking Enable Alarm option.

 

Recurrence pattern

Enable recurrence

Check this option if you want your note to repeat with a certain pattern. There are four recurrence pattern options with additional parameters that will appear to the right upon selection.

Daily

With this option selected, the note will repeat itself daily.

Weekly

With this option selected, the note will repeat itself weekly.

Monthly

With this option selected, the note will repeat itself monthly.

Yearly

With this option selected, the note will repeat itself yearly.

 

Range of recurrence

No end date

If there is no end date for recurrence pattern it will go on forever. (e.g. birthdays, holidays)

End after ... occurrences

Here you can set the exact number of occurences you want. (e.g. if taking some medicine)

End by

Use this option if you do not know the exact number of occurences, but you know the date after which there should be no more occurences.