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Nota Bene offers 3 “popup” files — little floatable Nota Bene windows that can be used for to-do lists, taking notes when reading PDF files or web pages, or for any other purpose.
To configure your popup files:
| 1 | Click File, File Options, Configure Popup Files. The Configure Popup Windows dialog will open. |
| 2 | For the first available popup files (next to the red circle with the number 1), use the dropdown list to choose one of the four kinds of popups: |
| • | User file: User files are specific (named) files that can be saved anywhere on your computer. For example, you might have a file named todo.nb that contains your to-do list. If you select User File, click the Browse button and select the file that you would like to use for this popup. |
| • | Clean Scratchpad: This is a file that is blank/reset every time it is invoked. When you make this selection, the file is created for you and the name of the file and the location is automatically filled in. |
| • | Saved Scratchpad: This is a file where all edits are saved between sessions. When you make this selection, the file is created for you and the name of the file and the location is automatically filled in. |
| • | Linked File: note/scratch files automatically linked to files with particular extensions.(Note that Nota Bene files can have user-defined extensions other than the .NB extension.) You can specify the file type for these auto-generated linked files, as well as the file type of the files to which they are linked For example, you could have Nota Bene automatically open an .NTS file to go along with all your .DIS dissertation files. |
| 3 | On the next line, make the following selections: |
| • | Save: If checked, contents will be automatically saved when you return from the popup to Nota Bene |
| • | Re-Open: If checked, contents will be automatically reopened when restarting Nota Bene. |
| • | Send Selection: .If checked, selected text in the active NB file in which you are working will be copied to the popup, without leaving the main Nota Bene window. Text will be copied only if it is less than the specified number of characters. |
| • | On Top: The popup can be always on top, either of Nota Bene, or even on top of Windows in general. (This lets you minimize NB without minimizing the popup, so that it can be available for use when working in other applications.) |
| 4 | Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the second and third popups (if you wish to use them). |
| 5 | Click to check or clear each of the three option in the middle section of the dialog. |
Once the popups have been configured, they can be opened by clicking Ctrl+Shift+1 (or 2 or 3) or by clicking the red circle with the number 1 (or 2 or 3), or by clicking File, File Options, Popup File 1 (or 2 or 3).
Popups are very flexible. When typing in the popups, you can change print modes, switch languages, enter accents, undo/redo, and otherwise type any desired text. If you want to format the text in the popups, a single click lets you transfer the file into Nota Bene, where you can use any Nota Bene formatting commands (you can then reopen the popup in the popup window with a single click). You can color code popups to make them easily identifiable. You can change the zoom size of each popup. And, of course, popups can be resized and positioned anywhere on your screen.
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