Quick Access to Personal Notes

Here's another one that I use all the time. Once you set it up all you have to do is click on the icon on your Quick Launch Bar and you have instant access for taking or retrieving your notes. It's really handy when you're on the phone and your computer is on.. You'll never have to scramble for paper and pencil again. Just click the icon and type away! Combine this with the date/time tip above and imagine how quickly you can access notes.. follow the dates to find that note you took while one the phone last Saturday morning. MUCH better than trying to find the back of the envelope that you scribbled on!


click Start
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click Programs
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click Accessories
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click Notepad
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click File
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click Save As
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in the Save In navigation bar go to the Desktop directory under the Windows directory
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enter a file name for your file (ie My Notes)
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click save
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close the Note Pad Window
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find the new icon on your desktop and drag it to the Quick Launch Bar (the group of icons just to the right of your Start Menu button) and release
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then simply drag the icon on your desktop to the Recycle Bin.

Now all you have to do is single click on the Note Pad icon on the Quick Launch Bar to open your Notes Window. Press F5 to enter Date/Time and add your note to the top of the page. Cool? And since it's on the task bar it's easily accessible from whatever you are working on, no need to close any windows.

You can use this same trick with your other text editors and word processors as well, I have a Note Pad 'quicky' and a Word 'quicky'.

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