Tips for using Sticky Notes in Windows 7 most effectively


Having trouble using Sticky Notes in Windows 7 ? Sticky notes is a simple utility that is included in Windows 7, these notes are like the famous Post-it, stay on the screen of your desktop and you can use to target cell, task lists pending, or whatever you want, in short has become as necessary as pencils or paper clips.

How to start the application?
Click Start , type “Sticky” (without the quotation marks) in the search field and sticky notes will appear on the top of the list. Press Enter to launch it:

Tips for using Sticky Notes in Windows 7 most effectively

You can hold and drag its corner to it bigger:

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You can change its color by right clicking over any open and active sticky note:

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To create a new note, press CTRL + N or click the plus sign on the left top corner of any sticky note. To delete any sticky note, Press CTRL + D or click the x sign on the right top corner of any sticky note.

To format the text of a note, you can use the following shortcuts:

Ctrl + B = Bold
Ctrl + I = Italics
Ctrl + U = Underline
Ctrl + T = Strikethrough
Ctrl + Shift + L = bulleted list
Ctrl + Shift + L = (2 times) Numbered List
Ctrl + Shift + L = (3 times) lower Alphabetical list
Ctrl + Shift + L = (4 times) uppercase alphabetic list
Ctrl + Shift + L = (5 times) List lowercase Roman numerals
Ctrl + Shift + L (6 times) uppercase Roman numerals List
You must select the text before using the text formating shortcuts. We are showing an example of a where all type of possible text formatting has been done in a single Sticky note:

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