Need a sticky note? Put
it on your computer!
by Linda Gonse, Editor &
Webmaster, Orange County IBM
PC Users’ Group, CA
www.orcopug.org
editor(at)orcopug.org
Obtained from APCUG with the
author’s permission for publication
by APCUG member groups.
Sticky note programs for your pc,
as you might imagine, are a utility
that takes the place of paper Post-
It notes that we all stick to our
monitors!
But, sticky note programs I’ve
researched this year discouraged
me from even trying them out.
Sometimes they didn’t have
enough features, or if they did, they
were expensive.
Then, someone recommended
a program called Stickies,
created by Tom Revell, at www.
zhornsoftware.co.uk/. So, I looked
at Stickies on the web page, liked
what I saw, and downloaded the
program.
My rst discovery a bout the
program is that it is small, 953Kb,
and doesn’t interfere with system
les and doesn’t write to the
registry. In fact, Stickies stores all
its information in a single text-
based ini le. When was the last
time you had a program on your
computer as well-mannered as this
one?
An icon in your system tray will
allow you quick access to Stickies’
features and options. From this
dropdown list you can manage
your Stickies notes, congure
them, get help, and download new
skins. When you do make a Sticky,
it won’t disappear unless you tell it
to, and it stays where it is placed.
You can edit, format, and print
them. Make as many as you want,
or as many as your screen space
will permit. But, to save room
and keep Stickies organized, they
will snap to each other and to the
sides of the screen where they can
be neatly lined up. You can even
“hide” them from view.
Besides viewing Stickies on your
screen, you can attach them to a
website, a document, or a folder, so
they only appear when the objects
they are attached to are on the
screen.
Stickies are portable, too. You
can transfer Stickies from one
computer to another over your
TCP/IP network connection, to
your PDA and back again, or send
to friends in email.
as announcements or reminders.
They can be set to “sleep” and
appear on a specied date and time,
They can even play a sound alarm
so they get your attention when
they “awaken”!
What’s fun is being able to
customize the notes with various
fonts, colors and buttons. You can
even download customized skins
from a big selection to change the
outward appearance of the notes
— plain, borderless, simple border,
etc. The notes can be resized, just
like the sticky notes in Acrobat.
Stickies are located in ve
categories within the application
so you can see and manage them.
You can search for information in
Stickies, wake sleeping Stickies,
restore closed Stickies and detach
Stickies.
What else? Oh, yes! Another
attractive feature of Stickies is...the
program is free!
What are you waiting for? Try it
out and see if you like this little
program as much as I do!
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