Getting Started
- 2.1. Adding Gnote to the Panel
- 2.2. Creating Notes
- 2.3. Editing Notes
- 2.4. Table of Contents
2.1. Adding Gnote to the Panel
To add Gnote to a panel, right-click on the panel, then choose Figure 1.
. Select Gnote in the Add to the panel dialog, then click . You should see a yellow note icon appear in the panel, representing Gnote. The panel icon is illustrated in2.2. Creating Notes
Once you have successfully added Gnote to the Panel, you can create new notes using one of the following methods.
To create a new note using the mouse:
- Click on the Gnote note icon present in the GNOME Panel. A menu will appear.
- Select the option in the menu.
To create a new note using the keyboard:
- Open the Gnote menu using the key combination Alt+F12.
- Use the N key to select the menu option .
2.3. Editing Notes
After creating a new note, a new window will appear with the title New Note N. At the top of the note is a toolbar with several buttons and text. Directly below this toolbar is the content area of the note. This is illustrated in Figure 2.
The note can be edited by clicking in the content area and using the keyboard to add and remove content. The first line is considered the title of the note. By default this is populated with the text “New Note N”. The title is changed by clicking in the content area on the first line and using the keyboard to change the title. By default, focus is given to the content area upon creation of a new note, so you can immediately start editing the note without the need to click on the content area with the mouse.
Using the toolbar available on each note is discussed in Section 3 ― Working With Notes.
2.4. Table of Contents
To get an overview of all the notes managed by Gnote, select the Search All Notes dialog will display the notes in the order that they were last modified. Click the Note or Last Changed column headings to change the sort order. Click the column heading a second time to toggle between ascending and descending order.
menu item from the panel menu. By default, theYou can find specific notes by entering text into the search field in the Search All Notes dialog. The list of notes will automatically update to list only the notes which have matching text.
To open a note in the Search All Notes dialog, do one of the following:
- Double-click on a note.
- Highlight a note by selecting it and then select from the menu.
- Right-click on a note and select from the context menu that appears.
- Highlight a note by selecting it and then press the key combination Ctrl+O.