  <!-- ###############   GNOTES!   ############### -->
                      
<sect1 id="gnotes">
  <title>GNOTES! Applet</title> 

  <para> 
    <application>GNOTES!</application> applet, shown in <xref
    linkend="gnotes-fig">, allows you to cover your 
    GNOME desktop with little, yellow, virtual sticky-notes.  To 
    learn how to add this applet to a <interface>Panel</interface>, 
    right-click on the <interface>Panel</interface> and choose
    <menuchoice>
      <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
      <guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu>
      <guisubmenu>Applet</guisubmenu>
      <guisubmenu>Utility</guisubmenu>
      <guimenuitem>GNotes!</guimenuitem>
    </menuchoice>.
  </para>
  
 
   <figure id="gnotes-fig">
   <title>GNOTES!</title>
   <screenshot>
    <screeninfo>GNOTES!</screeninfo>
    <graphic format="png" fileref="figures/gnotes-fig" srccredit="Michael Hall">
    </graphic>
   </screenshot>
   </figure>

   <sect2 id="gnotes-usage">
    <title>Usage</title>
    <para>
     This applet places a yellow sticky-note on your desktop. To use it,
     left-click on the <guiicon>GNOTES!</guiicon> icon to make a new
     note appear on your desktop.  After creating a new note, you may
     then left-click within  the yellow area of the note to begin
     adding text to it. 
    </para>
   </sect2>

   <sect2 id="gnotes-right-click">
    <title>Right-Click Pop-Up Menu Items</title>
    <para> 
     In addition to the standard menu items, the right-click pop-up menu has 
     the following items: 
     <itemizedlist> 	
      <listitem>
       <para>
        <guimenuitem>Properties&hellip;</guimenuitem> &mdash; opens
	the <link linkend="gnotes-properties"><interface> 
	Properties</interface></link> dialog which allows you to
        customize the appearance and behavior of this applet.
       </para>
      </listitem>

     <listitem>
      <para>
       <guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> &mdash;
       displays this document.
      </para>
     </listitem>

     <listitem>
      <para>
       <guimenuitem>About&hellip;</guimenuitem> &mdash;
       shows basic information about <application>APPLET
       Applet</application>, inluding the applet's version and the
       author's name.
      </para>
     </listitem>

      <listitem>
       <para>
        <guimenuitem>Raise Notes</guimenuitem> &mdash; causes all your
	notes to appear above any overlapping windows.
       </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
       <para>
        <guimenuitem>Lower Notes</guimenuitem> &mdash; causes all your
 	notes to be hidden below any overlapping windows.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        <guimenuitem>Hide Notes</guimenuitem> &mdash; causes all your
	notes to become hidden from view.  It does not destroy your notes.
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        <guimenuitem>Show Notes</guimenuitem> &mdash; brings your
	notes back into view if you used the 
	<guimenuitem>Hide Notes</guimenuitem> menu command.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
    </para>
   </sect2>
    <sect2 id="individual-note-right-click">
    <title>Right-Clicking on the Left Border of Individual Notes</title>
    <para> 
     You may also right-click on the left border of each of the notes on your
     desktop to change their individual properties.

    <itemizedlist>

      <listitem>
       <para>
        <guimenuitem>Raise Note</guimenuitem> &mdash; This menu
        item causes your note to appear above any overlapping windows. 
       </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
       <para>
        <guimenuitem>Lower Note</guimenuitem> &mdash; This
        menu item causes your note to be placed below any overlapping
	windows.
       </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
       <para>
        <guimenuitem>Hide Note</guimenuitem> &mdash; This menu
        item causes your note to become hidden from view.  It does
	not destroy your note.
       </para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
       <para>
        <guimenuitem>Destroy Note</guimenuitem> &mdash; This menu
        item permanently removes your note from the desktop. Unlike
	<guimenuitem>Hide Notes</guimenuitem>, you may not recover
	your note.
       </para>
      </listitem>

     </itemizedlist>
    </para>
   </sect2>


   <sect2 id="gnotes-properties">
    <title>Properties</title>
    <para>
     You can configure <application>GNOTES!</application> applet by
     right-clicking on the applet and choosing the
     <guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> menu item. This will open the
     <interface>Properties</interface> dialog, shown in 
     <link linkend="gnotes-properties-fig">Figure 2</link>.
    </para>

    <figure id="gnotes-properties-fig">
     <title>Properties Dialog</title>
     <screenshot>
      <screeninfo>Properties Dialog</screeninfo> 
      <graphic format="png" fileref="figures/gnotes-properties" srccredit="Michael Hall">
      </graphic>
     </screenshot>
    </figure>
    
    <para> 
     To change the default size at which your notes appear on the desktop, you
     may either click on the <guibutton>up</guibutton> and
     <guibutton>down</guibutton> arrows, or type values (in pixels) directly 
     into the fields next to the <guilabel>Default Height</guilabel> and
     <guilabel>Default Width</guilabel> labels.
    </para>

    <para> 
      After you have made all the changes you want, click on
      <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes and close the
      <interface>Properties</interface> dialog. To cancel the changes
      and return to previous values, click the
      <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button.
    </para>
<!-- Not needed for 1.x applets
    <para>
     For more information on the <interface>Properties</interface>
     dialog, including descriptions of the <guibutton>OK</guibutton>,
     <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>, <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>, and
     <guibutton>Help</guibutton> buttons, see <xref
     linkend="applet-properties-dialog">.
    </para>
-->
   </sect2>
  
   <sect2 id="gnotes-bugs">
    <title> Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
    <para>
     Setting the <guilabel>Default Height</guilabel> or <guilabel>Default
     Width</guilabel> may cause the <application>GNOTES</application> to crash.
     </para>

    <para>
    After first adding <application>GNOTES!</application> to your
    <interface>Panel</interface>, clicking on the first note you create may
    cause a second note to be created on your desktop.
    </para>


   </sect2>

   <sect2 id="gnotes-authors">
    <title>Authors</title>
      <para>
	This applet was writen by spoon
	<email>spoon@ix.netcom.com</email> and dres
	<email>dres@debian.org</email>.  Please send all comments,
	suggestions, and bug 
	reports to the <ulink url="http://bugs.gnome.org" type="http">GNOME
	bug tracking database</ulink>. (Instructions for submitting bug
	reports can be found <ulink
	url="http://bugs.gnome.org/Reporting.html" type="http">
	on-line</ulink>. If you are using
	GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use <application>Bug Report
	Tool</application> (<command>bug-buddy</command>), available in the
	<guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu> submenu of <guimenu>Main
	Menu</guimenu>, for submitting bug reports.
      </para>  

      <para>
	The documentation for this applet
	which you are reading now was written by
	Michael Hall <email>mphall@cstone.net</email>. Please send all comments and
	suggestions regarding this manual to the <ulink type="http"
        url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp">GNOME Documentation Project</ulink> 
	by sending an email to <email>docs@gnome.org</email>. You can also
	submit comments online by using the <ulink type="http"
        url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp/doctable/">GNOME Documentation Status
	Table</ulink>.
      </para>

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  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="license">
   <title>License</title>
   <para>
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the <citetitle>GNU General Public
    License</citetitle> as published by the Free Software Foundation;
    either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
    version.
   </para>
   <para>
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> for more details.
   </para>
   <para>
    A copy of the <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> is
    included as an appendix to the <citetitle>GNOME Users
    Guide</citetitle>.  You may also obtain a copy of the
    <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> from the Free
    Software Foundation by visiting <ulink type="http"
    url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web site</ulink> or by writing to
    <address>
     Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     <street>59 Temple Place</street> - Suite 330
     <city>Boston</city>, <state>MA</state> <postcode>02111-1307</postcode>
     <country>USA</country>
    </address>
   </para>
  </sect2>
  </sect1>











