Stickies on your PC

A couple of weeks ago I posted StickPin Boards that looked at web based sticky notes. I said then I would mention software for the PC in a later post so here we go ....

www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/

Created by Tom Revell (latest version 7.1c 2012), I used this Freeware package (PayPal donations welcome) at work a year or so back and very useful it was too. Double click the system tray icon, add a new sticky note and right click for the settings.

The main menu allows you to manage:

• the stickies database
• individual and group contacts
• a wide range of software options
• backup
• other useful functions

I liked the software and used it a lot previously but now I prefer to use web based applications for portability. Here are a few other packages that may be of interest (for one reason or another):

www.sticky-notes.org

Looking very similar, the choice is mostly down to personal preference.
This site provides a download facility and an online manual for the main functions.

http://www.greeneclipse.com/stickypad.html
Available for a variety of windows platforms:

• Windows 7
• Windows Vista
• Windows Server 2008 & R2
• Windows XP
• Windows 2000
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows 8 (Desktop)
• Windows 95/98/ME
• Windows NT 4.0 SP6

HOWEVER, Windows 7 has its own Sticky Notes software built in.
See: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Using-Sticky-Notes

http://atnotes.free.fr/
The development of this software stopped in 2005 although the downloads are still available. The functionality is familiar:

• dragable and resizeable notes anywhere on the desktop
• notes are autosizing as text is entered
• custom font, background colour, text colour and border colour for each note
• single or repeated alarms for each note with visual and audio alarm signal
• hide notes until manually activated or until a specified date/time
• minimize notes to the first line of text and restore the note size to fit the whole text
• open URLs, e-mail adresses and file shortcuts in notes with the associated program
• get an overview of all current notes in the note list
• search for notes containing a specified text
• user defined system-wide hotkeys for important functions
• send notes to other computers in a local network
• user interface can be translated into any language

It is the last point here that perhaps is most useful - there are 46 language packs available!

Until next week