Appearance

Font

Opens dialog to change font parameters for writing notes text.

Header background 1 & 2

Opens dialog to change color for notes header text background. If you choose two different colors program will create header text background as nuanced transition from one color to the other. Try to experiment with this one because resulting effect could be really great.

Header text

Opens dialog to change color for notes header text.

Notes/Tasks text

Opens dialog to change color for notes text.

Notes/Tasks background

Opens dialog to change color for notes and tasks area background.

Background transparency

Determines the level of transparency applied to notes and tasks area background color. Experiment a little bit to achieve the best result. 0% position means solid background color i.e. no transparency at all and 100% means no background color.

 

Size & Position

Tablet PC orientation

If Active Desktop Calendar is installed on a Tablet PC computer it will detect desktop orientation automatically and keep separate Size & Position parameters for portrait and landscape so you only have to set them once. On other computers this indicator is greyed out and orientation information displayed is "Not available".

Notes/Tasks width

Defines Notes/Tasks bar width as a percentage of horizontal screen resolution.

Header blank

Use this parameter to make some free space at the top of the screen before the Notes/Tasks bar.

Footer blank

Use this parameter to make some free space at the bottom of the screen after the Notes/Tasks bar.

Right margin

Use this parameter to move entire Notes/Tasks bar to the left of the screen.

Notes/Tasks aspect

Defines appearance ratio for notes and tasks on the Notes/Tasks bar. Leftmost position means only notes and rightmost position only tasks will be shown. Center position (50%) means equal division of space on the list between notes and tasks.

Regardless of the selected aspect, if either Show Notes or Show Tasks option is disabled, the entire sidebar will be allocated to Tasks or Notes, respectively.

Notes spacing

Use this parameter to adjust spacing between notes displayed on the desktop. Default value is 16 pixels.