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Do you know about the Sticky Notes application in Windows 7?

Well you will do now and read on to find out how they can be used to their fullest potential.

You’ll find the Sticky Notes application under Accessories in the start menu, or just type Sticky Notes in the Start Menu search.

Sticky Notes are ideal for jotting down some quick text users need to remember, like messages while on the phone or To-do lists. The image at the top of this text shows how a default note looks: yellow with 11 point Segoe Print font.

• easily change a note’s colour from the right-click men;
• paste text into the Sticky Note; most of its original formatting will be maintained;
• use a scroll bar on the right if there’s more text than can be displayed on the screen;
• drag the bottom right corner to resize the note to any size required;
• click the plus sign in the top left corner to create a new note;
• click the x in the right corner to delete an existing note; Windows will double-check that users want to delete the note; if they don't wish to see this message each time, they should check the Don't display this message again box;
• format Text on Sticky Notes Although the Sticky Notes app doesn’t include any formatting tools, it still accepts many common keyboard shortcuts for formatting text. These include:
  • Ctrl+B – Bold
  • Ctrl+I – Italics
  • Ctrl+U – Underline
  • Ctrl+T – Strikethrough
    Press the keyboard shortcut to activate the formatting option, and press it again to turn it off as normal. Note: this works in exactly same way as the shortcuts in Word or other common applications.
    
    
  • Ctrl+T – Strikethrough
    Press the keyboard shortcut to activate the formatting option, and press it again to turn it off as normal. Note: this works in exactly same way as the shortcuts in Word or other common applications.
    
  • make your text centered or right justified with these keyboard shortcuts:

• Ctrl+L - Normal, left-justified
• Ctrl+E - Centered
• Ctrl+R - Right-justified
  
  

• To make an outline or list,
  press:Ctrl+Shift+L
  ...this will give you a bullet point, but to cycle through the options press it again; Note: On the 7th time, users will be back to plain, non-outlined text.
  
  As with bullet points in word, the next outline number or point will automatically appear when users press Enter.
  Note: Sticky Notes
  can be pinned to the taskbar so users can easily jot down a note (Rightclick icon on taskbar and select Pin this program to Taskbar). 
  
  If you have notes open when you shutdown your computer, they’ll be automatically opened when you reboot just like the Desktop Gadgets.