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FYI Notes Information Manager, Outline and Report Generator for Writers and Students

a superior Notes Manager, Outliner and Report Generator for all Writers and Students


FYI NoteLiner is a versatile Writing Management Tool similar to an electronic note-card system integrated with an Outliner for generating Reports, Papers and other compositions. Excelling at flexible management of your subject matter and organizing your notes, it is a feature-rich pre-Document idea database system that all writers, consultants and "information gatherers" should take a close look at!


INTRODUCTION

FOR PROFESSIONALS: If you are required to produce professional Documents, you should review FYI NoteLiner as a breakthrough management system. It is easy to use and accommodates extremely specialized areas of expertise by defining salient themes in your professional field. Cross-referencing volumes of free form data is always a problem, and current solutions, short of custom development, do not allow such a personalized and simple approach as does FYI NoteLiner. This versatile Windows application, which will maintain all your critical data safely and securely, will make your on-demand information available for Briefs, Reports, Abstracts, and other professional Documents at the touch of a button.

FOR STUDENTS and WRITERS: FYI NoteLiner is a unique Windows Application almost guaranteed to save you hundreds of hours of tedious work. Conceived from practical, hands-on experience, it was designed with special consideration for students. Any disciplinary study can be coordinated by the simple elegance of FYI NoteLiner. Subjects such as English, Philosophy, Social Sciences, History, Psychology, Anthropology are a few examples, but students of any department -- undergrad or grad -- who will write many papers over their years of academic study will find it an indispensible aid. Other publishable disciplines (e.g., physics, math, engineering) which require keeping track of references will also find it very valuable. (Actually, the Outliner is an excellent tool for systematic development of logical arguments, such as complex math proofs.) All writers will find it an extraordinarily useful means to retrieve thematic information effortlessly into a "pre-typed" rough draft paper or article.

QUICK START TIPS

LEGEND: Any description written green like CLEAR NOTES FILTER indicates a Toolbar Icon or other Button to be clicked.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS: A complete ALT-Key Table also implements actions.

OPENING THE PROGRAM: The executable file is FYI.EXE. Create a Shortcut to it on your desktop; doubleclick the File or its Shortcut to run the application. Several sub-directories ("folders") under your Main Installation Folder coordinate output. The particular location of this Installation Folder on your computer can be retrieved from the About Help box, accessed by ? HELP on the MainMenu.

TUTORIAL GUIDES: If you stepped through the six instructional lessons at Start-up (recommended), you may skip this Quick Start Tips section. (Those all-important guides may be re-started from TOOLKIT.) Otherwise, to gain a working knowledge of FYI NoteLiner, begin here (Quick Start Basics) and use "How do I ...?" for particular questions (also see Index at left).

QUICK START BASICS: YOU WILL WANT TO LEARN HOW TO...
  1. Define some Topics of personal interest
  2. Add your own Notes (about those Topics you are interested in)
  3. Create an Outline with your new Notes:
    • Setup a Query View Filter on your new Topics
    • Open the Outliner from Query View
    • Make a new Outline and drag your Notes into it
  4. Print them out to a Rough Draft report
Quick Start Basics are given next in a concise step-by-step overview. Following that, a Sample "ReadMe" Notes Tutorial shows how the Basics Steps are accomplished with the seeded introductory Notes.

STEP 1: HOW TO ADD YOUR OWN INFORMATION...

From any Window, Add New will insert your own information. First select the ADD NEW icon on the Toolbar, which looks like a Blank Page. Fill in the empty sections with your information, then click SAVE CHANGES from the Toolbar Verify section. (More)

  • Enter some personal Topics of interest via the Topics Management Window, accessed by the TOPICS Icon (looks like a Hand Writing) on the MainMenu. From there, add your new Topic(s) as described in the previous paragraph. Your current working list of Topics is visible in yellow background on the Query View for the purpose of Filters and on any Note Detail for the purpose of Note definitions.

  • Add your Notes (Blank Page icon) from any Note Detail or from the main Query View list. For instructional practice, define your new Note(s) with your newly created Topic(s). (How?)

STEP 2: HOW TO SELECT NOTES FROM QUERY VIEW - USING A FILTER...

In the Query View, highlight your newly added Topic in the Filter Topics area on the bottom right (in yellow background) and activate the Filter with the SET NOTES FILTER icon on the Toolbar. Your Notes List is trimmed to show only those Notes. (You can CLEAR NOTES FILTER later.)

STEP 3: HOW TO OPEN THE OUTLINER WITH SELECTED NOTES. PREPARING A REPORT...

With the trimmed List showing in the Query View, click the Toolbar icon to OPEN OUTLINER. This opens a separate Outliner Window. Next, CREATE a new Outline (more) (you must first select a section, say "Paper", then CREATE ... pick "Standard Paper Outline"), and then Drag-and-Drop your Notes into it. Highlight a branch (or the entire Paper by selecting the top Branch Title) and click the PRINT Toolbar button. In the Print Dialog Box, choose the WRITE Button (toggles with PRINT caption) to output your outline to a "File". Say Yes to view the output.



These overview Quick Start Basics introduce the power of FYI NoteLiner. Later, take the time to review its many features. Refer to Basic Notions and supplementary examples detailed within this Help Documentation.

Sample Notes Tutorial: Use the Sample "Readme" Notes to create an Outline and generate a Draft Report. Follow these steps with the sample notes:
  1. In Query View, highlight (click once so it turns blue) Test: Filter in the Topics list on the bottom right (in yellow background).

  2. Activate this Filter by selecting the SET NOTES FILTER icon on the Toolbar. Now only Notes defined with "Test: Filter" are displayed in the list.

  3. With this trimmed list showing, click the Toolbar icon to OPEN OUTLINER. The Outliner Window opens with your Notes listed in the right Panel.

  4. Create a new Outline (more) (you must first select a section, say "Paper", then CREATE ... pick "Standard Paper Outline"), and then Drag-and-Drop your Notes into it by holding down the Left Mouse button and moving your Note into any Branch. (Since this is practice, it does not matter where you put them; you can drag them around at leisure later.)

  5. To optionally see a Rough Draft Report from this Outliner material, highlight a branch (or the entire Paper by selecting the top Branch Title) and click the PRINT Toolbar button to "Print" your outline to a "File".

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BASIC NOTIONS

This section will define Basic Windows, specialized Controls and the types of Actions taken with FYI NoteLiner.

Help: All Windows have a Quick Help summary (F1) accessed by their ? HELP Icon -- doubleclick any Text Area for an expanded popup view of information. Get an overview of the Help System itself from the MainMenu (Alt-H).

Desktop:

  1. The Desktop is FYI NoteLiner's main work space, which can be instantaneously populated with current work. Moreover, the Desktop contains a Right-Mouse Menu (click any empty area) to access Project short-cuts.

  2. Two important notions for the Desktop are Active Project and Auto-Open Project, to be discussed in Projects Management a bit later.

  3. Closing Windows: In general, any window is terminated with its right-most CLOSE (Alt-X) Icon on the Toolbar or the standard 'X' Box when available. To quit FYI NoteLiner, you do NOT have to close individual windows first (any incomplete edits prompt for verification), but simply utilize the same CLOSE Icon on the MainMenu (also Alt-F4) and all windows will be closed automatically.

  4. Opening Windows: The Desktop can be activated with current work immediately upon Start-up. Here is the Auto-Open order of priority:

    1. First, any Project (more) defined as "Auto-Open at Start-up" will be automatically activated; that is, all Note Detail windows defined in the Project will be opened on the Desktop.

    2. Next, the previous state of the Desktop will be reinstated if no Project has been defined as Auto-Open. This is the case when closing FYI NoteLiner with a number of windows still visible on the Desktop. (See "Closing Windows" above.)

    3. In addition to the above activations, Auto-Open status (TOOLKIT option) will be checked for two individual windows, Query View and Quick Lists, which can be automatically opened at start-up.

Windows:

  1. The main view into your entire Notes Library is the Query View (Alt-Q), a complete listing of all your Notes. You may Query ("ask") this list to focus on special sets of Notes. This trimmed down list then becomes a "Filtered" view of your Notes.

  2. The Outliner (Alt-O) may be opened from the MainMenu Toolbar without showing additional Notes; but, most importantly, when a Filtered list in displayed in Query View and the Outliner is opened from Query View, those Notes are available to be inserted into any Outline.

  3. Multiple Windows may be opened simultaneously. The Note Detail Window and its Zoom Detail Window work together as a bounded pair (see 4). As stated, Query View and the Outliner have significant interconnection. All your information is coordinated and integrated in FYI NoteLiner's specialized database.

  4. Working with any particular Note is accomplished with the Note Detail window, opened by doubleclicking it in the Query View (except the leftmost TAG Column). An expanded writing area is available via the Note's Zoom Detail window, accessed by Toolbar or, again, by doubleclicking the (cyan-colored) writing area. Both the Note Detail and its companion Zoom Detail are "Buddy Windows" and changes in one are reflected in the other; they are two views into the same Note. The main Note Detail is where most definitions are placed on your particular Note and where the final SAVE or CANCEL of changes must be verified.

  5. Projects (Alt-J) are user-defined groups of Notes that can be activated for instant access to current work.

  6. Topics are created and personalized via the Topics Management Window (Alt-T).

  7. Quick Lists (Alt-L) is a handy system for simple notes, such as your To Do List. You may elect to have your Quick Lists automatically opened at Start-up from the TOOLKIT.

  8. The Query Window has a companion ZoomList, which shows a longer list of your Notes. It is closed automatically with the Query View window.

  9. There are a number of secondary Utility Windows that should be self-explanatory. From the MainMenu you may access the TOOLKIT (Alt-K), HELP (Alt-H) and WEB (Alt-W) Resources. More details are presented in the Manage Your Information section below, including Topics as well as functions and features of Query View, Note Detail and its Zoom Detail companion window.

Controls:

  1. Use Control Tooltips (place mouse over button) to get a detailed description of function. Once learned, however, use the TOOLKIT Setup Options to remove those Tooltips if they get in your way.

  2. Control COLORS have meaning, and some aspects of these colors may be adjusted from the TOOLKIT.

  3. Any area colored CYAN (light blue) may be doubleclicked for additional functions. Notably, Date Fields bring up a Calendar (doubleclick any date to select it); as well, Files and Paths may be searched in other such Controls. Doubleclicking the cyan writing areas toggle back and forth between a Note Detail and its Zoomed companion. (This color is for consistency; you can change the background to White in the ToolKit and still be able to doubleclick jump between Buddy Windows.)

  4. Any area colored YELLOW is generally for Information purposes only and cannot be edited. The Topics Area is such a control, though you may select (multiple) Topics there.

    Topics exist as a List (bottom right) on both the Query View and on the Note Detail, and are managed under a separate Utility Window (more). On the Note Detail, you highlight a group of Topics describing your Note under the red-labeled "Topics Available List" and then click the Yellow Arrow Button which sends them over to the left side, "Topics Assigned to Note". Individual Topics may simply be doubleclicked to be sent back and forth between the lists. Naturally, Topics are deleted from a Note by the reverse procedure. On the Query View, Topics are selected in group fashion, but here are used as potential "Filters" to trim your Notes Library to focused subjects (more).
  5. The Source control is an intelligent pull-down which will remember previous entries, so you will only have to type a working title once and then you may simply select it. Otherwise new data is entered or edited in any white-colored box.

Actions:

  1. As an alternative to the Mouse, a complete ALT-Key Table also implements actions.

  2. Various Actions are reflected in the Title Bar of a Window, such as "My Note: Edit" or "Query View: Filtered", which reports current status.

  3. When you are looking through your Notes, you are in "View" mode, but making any change switches over into "Edit" mode. In Edit mode, some toolbar options are dimmed and unavailable until you SAVE or CANCEL the edit. ADD NEW is automatically an Edit. Cancelling reverts back to previous data, and Saving overwrites previous data. Edit a Note by simply overwriting existing Text.

  4. To "Filter" your Notes means to ignore Notes that do not match the theme you are interested in, bringing only pertinent Notes to the forefront. You define this theme with various criteria (Topics, Book Title/Source, etc.) on the Query View in the "Filter Notes to" box. Ignored records then become invisible and are retrieved when you clear the working Filter. (More)

  5. To "Tag" is simply to add a Checkmark to the Note, and offers a means to group Notes in a one-by-one, ad-hoc fashion. Various group actions within the Query View can be made to operate on such Tagged Records. (More)

  6. To "Launch" (or "Run") a Reference is to open a File or go to a Website directly from FYI NoteLiner. Any Reference to an external File or Website must be defined by URL or FILE designators (more) in the Note. Thereafter, a File can be opened by its associated program, such as MS-Word for *.doc files, from the Toolbar LAUNCH Icon.

  7. In standard Windows terminology, to "Highlight" a Note or Topic will be to click that item in a list so that it becomes accentuated, usually with Blue color. Equally, Text is highlighted with the mouse as "Block Text."

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MANAGE YOUR INFORMATION

The sections which follow examine many features in detail that allow you to manage, access, and refine the information in your FYI NoteLiner Notes Library. For an overview of definitions, please refer back to Basic Notions.

Quick Lists Features:

Quick Lists (Alt-L) are side-kick lists for jotting down temporary information, such as your To Do List and other "pre-Note" ideas. Information is presented in a simple, flexible outline form. There is a Right-Mouse Menu to complement the standard Toolbar functions, including the ability to accent important notices with bold text or image flags, along with the ability to save the size of the expandable Window to suit your preference.

  1. Add items on the same level, or insert new sub-items to create lists of lists.

  2. Edit an Item by single clicking and typing any corrections.

  3. Search for an Item from the highlighted branch and below, or search all Lists by highlighting "Quick Lists" at the top. Found items will be expanded into view.

  4. Printing a List goes directly to your Printer (other facilities within FYI NoteLiner usually give a choice for File output).

  5. Quick Lists can be opened automatically at Start-up (recommended) via an option in the TOOLKIT (more).

Query View Features:

Query View (Alt-Q) is the major listing of your Notes Library, from which you find particular Notes or organize groups of related Notes.

  1. Locate a Note by typing its Source Name or by selecting it among the pull-down entries of recent Sources in the "Seek" area. Additionally, Notes may be located by Edit Date (doubleclick the cyan-colored Date Box).

  2. Sort your List by Source Name or Edit Date by clicking in either Seek Box. The associated column title will turn blue, with Dates sorted with the most recent edits on top. Note the ability to "Touch" a Note to stamp it with today's date and percolate it to the top of the date list.

  3. Filter your List (def.) to special areas of focus (and use that list in conjunction with the Outliner, Tagging and other group functions).

    HOW TO FILTER: Multiple criteria may be combined to Filter your view into your Notes Library. After defining items of interest, the Filter is enacted by selecting the SET NOTES FILTER icon on the Toolbar, with a subsequent CLEAR NOTES FILTER to return to the entire List. The following types of Filter Criteria may be picked in any manner of grouping:

    • Note Origin shows general areas which may be selected in combination or none at all.

    • Date Edit ranges specify a period to focus Notes, perhaps all Notes from a Semester. A blank Date implies no limitation; no Ending Date, for example, will include all Dates after the Starting Date, if one is set.

    • Source will subset all Notes from a particular Source.

    • Topics, like Note Origin, may be selected in combination or none at all. Additionally, if the AND radio button is selected, a Note must be defined with all chosen Topics to be included in the result. This results in a smaller list than if the OR option is utilized to allow Notes with any matching Topic highlighted in the Topics Areas.

    • Text Search also operates like a Filter, described next.

  4. Search for Text within a Filter or within your entire unfiltered Notes Library. Both the Source and the full Note description is searched, and will subsequently trim down your Notes list even further. CLEAR NOTES FILTER also resets any Text Search. (A Text Search and Replace function is available on a per Note basis from either the Note Detail or the Zoom Detail windows, described in the next section.)

  5. Tag Notes (def.) individually or as a group. The presence of an "X" in the Tag Column shows an active Tag. Notes retain their Tag marking until untagged, and so Tagging offers very flexible Notes management and can be used to combine the results of several Filters.

    • Individual Notes may be Tagged by doubleclicking the TAG column.

    • Groups may be Tagged with the Toolbar option to TAG ALL NOTES in the Query View, usually with some filter set to focus particular themes.

    • View all Tagged Notes (within a Filter or not) with the Toolbar option to TOGGLE SEEING ALL TAGGED NOTES. This particular function disables some Query View options until the Toolbar option is re-selected.

  6. Send Notes to Outliner is an extremely important facility which will be discussed in detail in The Outliner section.

  7. Other group actions include Printing and Deleting. The Print Options Dialog allows you to select five levels of output from a single Note to All Notes, as well as to send that information to a File or to the Printer. Similarly, the Delete Options Dialog allows you to delete All Tagged Records within the current Filtered View (or entire Library!) or all Records based on the Note Expiration Date. For Tagged Records, you might elect to TOGGLE SEEING ALL TAGGED NOTES to verify which Notes are actually tagged. In both cases, there is an option to write out all Note information to a secondary Archive File prior to removing those Notes from your active Notes Library, as indicated by the "Archive Records before Deleting them" checkbox. This output goes, as a Text file, into the \Archives directory under your main FYI installation Folder. (Where?)

  8. ZoomList the Query View to see a longer listing in smaller font.

  9. In general, the Query View works with groups of notes, but the Right-Mouse menu, clicked within the List of Notes (the Browser), contains several shortcut options for working on the single highlighted Note. (Otherwise, functions fully addressing individual Notes are managed with the specialized windows described next.) This Right-Mouse menu also contains means to customize the appearance of the Browser. Select "Apply to All" to cascade that appearance into all Browser lists.

  10. The Topics Filter List has quick Right-Mouse menu shortcuts to enact "Filter and Outliner" functions.

Note Detail and Zoom Detail Features:

The Note Detail Window is the primary area where you not only record the text of your Note (we'll examine the flexible and expandable Zoom Detail window in a minute), but also register Topics, Origin, and other definitions as applied to that Note. Thus, FYI NoteLiner manages specific text (quote, idea, reference, URL) but also organizes it thematically into the particular framework of your conceptual, creative or professional context.

  1. The Source can be anything you like; a title of a Book, perhaps, but not necessarily. The Source and some Text for your Note are the only required information.

  2. Note Origin indicates general categories with which to classify your Notes. The Book Checkbox indicates "Hardcopy" for Notes whose origin is Books and Magazines, etc. "Internet" Resources can be data taken from or related to the Web. Lecture notes and quotations can fall under the category of "Personal" but all combinations are allowed. For example, a Note marked as "Internet" and "Hardcopy" might contain the URL for Amazon.

  3. Topics for this Note may be selected in combination or none at all. These "keyword" descriptions are extremely flexible and allow you to work with focused themes which personalize FYI NoteLiner to your liking. The TOPICS Utility itself is disabled while in the midst of any active Note Edit, but is reinstated upon Edit verification. See the Topics Management Window for details.

    NOTE: An additional shortcut feature is indicated by the TOP to BOT radio buttons next to the Topics. Defining Sort Groups for Topics (more) organizes sections within Topics, putting frequently used items at the Top, for example. Selecting a "Jump" button here scrolls to the first Topic in a Sort Group.
  4. Expiration Dates may indicate Notes with a limited shelf-life. By assigning an Expiration Date, you may automatically remove all such expired entries with Query View's DELETE option.

  5. Touch a Note to give it today's date and extend its Expiration Date, if any.

  6. There is a Listbox showing any Projects (more) that the Note is a member of.

Obvious utility exists with the PRINT and DELETE Toolbar Icons. Additionally, however, notice the Icons LAUNCH (to open a File or URL) and MAKE DUPLICATE COPY, which copies all information in the Note to a new, separate Note. As well, you may ENCRYPT a Note to hide its information or utilize standard TEXT SEARCH AND REPLACE functions -- both open a secondary window for you to specify conditions.

Tagging and Encryption for a Note operate as a toggle, instantaneously, but further text edits and definitions require the safety SAVE or CANCEL verification.


The companion Zoom Detail Window is a "Buddy Window" since both it and the main Note Detail window work together. The Zoom Window presents a different view into the same Note with a greater editing surface and offers a flexible writing area.

A few things should be pointed out regarding the Zoom Detail window:

  1. Edit changes in the Zoom Detail are referred back to its parent Buddy Window for final SAVE or CANCEL verification.

  2. This complementary Zoom Window closes automatically when its originating Note Detail Window closes.

  3. It has an expandable writing area (drag and resize the Window).

The RIGHT MOUSE MENU contains important editing functions for both the Note Detail and the Zoom Detail views into your Note.
  1. Insert FILE or URL markers to initialize the Quick Launch capability. Highlight the full path name to a FILE or an Internet Address URL, then bring up the Right-Mouse Menu and select "Insert URL markers", for example. Subsequently, you may LAUNCH from this Note to open that web site directly. Additionally, you may Locate FILE Insert to navigate through your files and select a file to be automatically inserted as a FILE reference.

    NOTE: Other related information may also be included in this same Note outside the URL or FILE markers. As well, one Note can contain lists of external References, but the default action to LAUNCH (or "Run") the first one only. Other References within the same Note, however, can be highlighted and then launched.
  2. Automatic formatting to remove excess Spaces, Tabs, or Lines. If you do not like the results, you can CANCEL CHANGES as an unDo option from the main Note Detail Window.

  3. Basic Windows Block Text options for cutting, pasting, copying and deleting to the Clipboard.

  4. Font size selection applies to the entire writing area, not just any highlighted Text, and establishes the Font Size for all windows of the same type.

  5. Window size is recorded by the "Set Window Size" option and will then be applied to all Zoom Detail Windows (only) after a minimum size check. So you can set the default Zoom Detail window size to your preference.

Project Management Features:

Projects (Alt-J) deal with open Notes on your Desktop, FYI NoteLiner's work area. You may create new Projects, delete old ones or rename Projects without effecting their constituent Notes. As a Desktop utility, the idea behind Projects is to facilitate access to groups of Notes at once. Right-mouse any empty area of the Desktop to bring up a short-cut menu, including the ability to clear the Desktop of all open Notes.

Two special projects, the Active Project and the Auto-Open Project, are defined in relation to the Desktop. You set the currently Active Project from among all your Projects by the pull-down box, and optionally elect to have that Project open automatically at Start-up.

Any Project may be defined as "Auto-Open at Start-up". When you begin FYI NoteLiner, the Auto-Open Project (if any) opens on your Desktop and becomes your initial Active Project. Selecting a different Project from your list sets a new Active Project for the session, and it need not be the Auto-Open one. Your pick is persistent, so the Projects Manager itself does not have to be opened for the Desktop short-cuts to work. You may Right-mouse the Desktop and populate it with all Notes from your Active Project instantaneously.

Utility actions for the Projects Manager itself include:

  1. Create a Project simply gives a "namespace" for Notes, but does not insert Notes into the Project.

  2. Delete a Project will remove the Project definition, but, again, does not effect Notes in any way.

  3. Update a Project will define all currently open Notes (Note Detail windows) as part of the selected Active Project. There are two possibilities, given by a Choice box: you can add all open Notes to the Active Project (accumulative), or you may re-define the Active Project to consist only of those Notes currently open on your Desktop (destructive). In the latter case, any previously defined Notes that are not currently opened are removed from the Project.

  4. Activate a Project to automatically close all desktop Notes and open all Notes defined in the Project. You will be prompted to SAVE or CANCEL any incomplete concurrent Note edits. The "Add New" Note Detail window, however, if you are in the process of entering data, remains on the Desktop.

Topics Management Window Features:

The Topics Management Window (Alt-T) is a system Utility to Enter, Edit and Remove Topics, those particular definitions of thematic interest which customize FYI NoteLiner. Topics are very important. They appear in various lists by which Notes can be described (see Note Detail Window and assigning Topics) and by which Filters can be activated in order to find and group related Notes (see Query View).

NOTE: The Topics Management Window is temporarily disabled when editing a Note because of the crucial, interactive relationship between Topics and Note Detail windows. It is automatically reinstated when edits are verified.

Open the Topics Management Window with the TOPICS Icon on the main Toolbar. From there, to enter a new Topic, one would ADD NEW from the Toolbar.

ADDING YOUR TOPICS: This is how one begins to construct the main subjects of one's discipline or the primary objects of one's professional field. The entire process is very flexible, and includes significant management functions, explained in the next sections. As a preview, you should realize the great advantage of the Topics Usage Report combined with the ability to Merge Topics. As well, you have the ability to Import and Export Topic Lists.
Topics may be considered as "keywords" to define important areas of interest and study. However, consideration is suggested for a two-tier or even three-tier naming system so that main ideas can be tracked easily. Here are a few examples:
  • Person: Gandhi
  • Person: Einstein
  • Philosophy: Greek: Ancient
  • Philosophy: Greek: Plotinus
  • Philosophy: General
  • Philosophy: Mathematics
  • Philosophy: Religion: East
Naturally, more specialized areas of focus can result in more refined, particularized Topics, perhaps growing longer than a three-tier system. Again, the most general concept should be first, stepping down into more refined designations.

Removing a Topic is accomplished simply with DELETE, and any other corrections can simply be overtyped in the "Edit" box. Note that removing a Topic does not alter the Notes themselves, save that that Topic is not longer available as a way to describe any Note. Finally, consistent across all Windows, a final SAVE CHANGES or CANCEL CHANGES must be Verified.

Topics Management has several SPECIAL FUNCTIONS:
  1. Sort Group can simply be selected from the pull-down box. Little-used items can be relegated to the bottom of the Topics list, while frequently used Topics can be promoted to the top for easier access and greater visibility. Radio Buttons (more) in Query View and Note Detail allow jumping to the top of each Sort Group. Moreover, the Sort Group for any Topic may be updated at any time.

  2. Priority Highlight Color is another variable for accenting Topics, but is currently not used in this version.

  3. The Merge Function, in the lower box, requires two Topics. The first Topic will be deleted and merged into the second one as a way to consolidate Topics. Select the Topic to be merged with the SET Button (you may CLEAR the Topic to be merged at any time). Then scroll the Topics List to the Topic which will inherit the old Topic. Activate the Merge Function with MERGE OLD TOPIC INTO HIGHLIGHTED TOPIC; verification of correct items will then be requested before proceeding. Changes are reflected immediately in all Notes defined with the chosen Topics.

    NOTE: You should understand the difference between editing, deleting and merging. Corrections in spelling can be done simply by overtyping errors in the Topic's description field in the topmost Edit box. To completely removed old Topics, you can DELETE them. The Merge Function, however, combines an old Topic with a new one before deleting the old Topic, and these changes are inherited by all related Notes.
The Toolbar, also, has UNIQUE CAPABILITIES:
  1. Importing or Exporting a Topics List (IMPORT EXPORT OPTIONS from the Toolbar) allows automatic insertion of a Topics List into FYI NoteLiner. You can export your List to share with another user, but primarily the capacity to download pre-defined Topics (say, from a syllabus as a suggested study guide) and import them directly can be a significant shortcut.

  2. In the same vein, provided you have an active connection with your Browser, CHECK WEB FOR TOPIC LISTS will jump directly to the FYI NoteLiner page to see downloadable Topics Lists . As stated above, you insert (Import) such Lists without any typing.

  3. Topic Reports: The REPORT TOPICS USAGE Icon details statistical facts about Topics usage. Little-used or outdated Topics can either be deleted or merged into more recent definitions. The subsequent Report Window views the information on screen, sorted by Number of Notes or Topics description. Additionally, you may PRINT or FILE your Usage Report.

  4. The PRINT Icon on the Topics Management Window will output your entire list directly to the Printer after confirmation. However, the REPORT TOPICS USAGE Icon explained above (3.) also allows Printing and contains more facility and information. Try that first.
Outliner Features are described next.

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THE OUTLINER

The Outliner (Alt-O) is a full-featured writing management tool, integrated with your Notes Library. Significantly, sets of Filtered Notes may be readied for Drag-and-Drop insertion into your Outlines -- an intelligent method of pre-edit arrangement far superior to cutting and pasting between pages of full Text. As a Quick Start, you can review the Sample Notes Tutorial given earlier.

If accessed from the MainMenu, the Outliner is positioned for design only. However, if opened from the Query View, a list of Notes in the Notes Panel will be available to be inserted by Drag-and-Drop into any working Branch. The NOTES Icon can be used to toggle the Notes Panel on and off, if it exists, in order to enlarge the working area.

OVERVIEW: Drag Outline Branches around to different locations, promoting or demoting them to new sections -- even between Reports. MOVE Branches and Notes up and down in their section to further organize your work, and insert Notes from the Notes Panel by standard Drag-and-Drop operation.

The Outliner comes pre-defined in five sections under the main "Library" title.
  1. Store your active work under Papers, Reports or Books, whichever is appropriate.

  2. Snippets of outline work may be stored in the Fragments area to be (re)used in other work. Fragments can be moved and copied around conveniently.

  3. Archives will save entire Outlines (Papers, Reports or Books), including Note information (the body of the Note remains in the Notes Library, however). Archiving allows you to concentrate active work by moving old Outlines into the Archives section. Such Papers, say, or parts thereof, can be dragged back into any section and re-used.

STEP 1: TO CREATE A NEW OUTLINE...

  1. Pick a section. First choose any work area within your Outline Library by highlighting a Branch below "Library," otherwise you will be prompted to pick a particular top-level section, say, "Reports". You can actually be multiple layers deep within any outline when you elect to start one -- that section will be used.

  2. Create vs. Add New. Select the CREATE blank page Icon, similar to "Add New". Since, within Outlines, we will also want to insert new Branches to expand our paragraphs, there is another icon labeled ADD for that purpose. "Blank" outlines are stubbed with several Branches and hence are called "Templates."

  3. Standard vs. Custom Templates. Your initial Outlines are created from either of two sources, as indicated by a Dialog Box. An automatic "Standard [Report] Outline" option will generate a basic Outline with several ready-made Branches to be renamed and customized. Aside from this, special FYI NoteLiner Template Files may be used. You IMPORT these pre-designed frameworks as Templates from which to build your new Outline. (Also see EXPORT below.) When we CREATE with the "Custom Outline Template" option, this special type of file is requested and will be used as an empty Outline.

STEP 2: TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR OUTLINE...

  1. RENAME the main Title to reflect your work. Naturally, you do this with the other Branches as well. As you prepare the conceptual structure for your work, you will ADD new and DELETE other Branches at will.

  2. In the design stage, promote or demote Branches by simple Drag-and-Drop operation. Thus, utilize the left Mouse button to drag Branches around within your Report. When crossing between different Reports or Library sections, you are asked to "Move" or "Copy" the selected Branch.

  3. From the Toolbar, MOVE Branches Up and Down in the Outline Tree at the same level -- or simply drag to different levels. This includes both Notes and Branches, though Notes themselves are necessarily "bottom level" and cannot have anything underneath them. This is handled automatically by FYI NoteLiner.

OTHER IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT YOUR OUTLINE:
  1. Notes themselves can only be inserted (moved/copied) under Outline branches, and not other Notes.

  2. Doubleclicking a Note in the Outliner or its Notes Panel will launch the associated Note Detail Window.

  3. With an active Internet connection, CHECK WEB FOR OUTLINES will jump directly to the FYI NoteLiner page to see downloadable Outline Templates. Such Outlines may be used when you CREATE a new Outline and select Custom Outline Template for your work.

  4. To aid visibility while working with your constructions, the Right-Mouse Menu contains formatting options to bold, disable (dim), or set an image flag on any line item. Setting a Warning Flag or Alert Flag adds an associated image; select the same option again to turn off. From the Right Mouse Menu, expand all such Flags into view instantaneously.

  5. A "disabled" Outline branch, indicated by a dimmed image, will not automatically expand or collapse when utilizing Right-Mouse shortcuts "Expand All" and "Collapse All", but can be dealt with manually. For example, standard doubleclicking on a Branch will open or close that section of Outline.

  6. Auto-numbering is not implemented within the Outliner, but there is an option for "Auto-numbering" when you Print or Write your Outline material. The FYI Outliner makes no attempt to maintain Branch numbers; the visual indentations should be adequate while in the flexible Drag-and-Drop stage of development. However, Roman Numeral or Legal Decimal Point are types of Auto-Numbering which can be produced on output, if required.

  7. There is also an Auto-Introduction feature for output. This will take all the first-level Branch information under the current Branch and write its text descriptions as an initial paragraph. This is intended to facilitate bringing important ideas to one place. For top-level items, such as a Report or Paper Title, this will consolidate all your main points and can serve as an Introduction ready for final editing. Remember, PRINT works on the current Branch and below.

  8. Shortcut: "New Note from Branch" (Right-Mouse Menu) will start an empty (ADD NEW) Note Detail seeded with Outline information as a Note stub while designing an Outline. There is a similar function "New Topic from Branch" to insert a New Topic based on an Outline Branch name. Once selected, you must naturally SAVE or CANCEL your new items in their respective Windows to finalize their input.

  9. The Outliner only keeps a reference to your Note, save the first part of the Text which serves as a Branch Title, as indicated visually when the Note is inserted into your Outline and dragged around. If you elect to include Full Note material when you Print or output to a File, the entire Note itself is retrieved from your Notes Library. Therefore if you Edit a Note that has already be inserted into an Outline, the Edited Changes (not the previous copy) are referred to. If you Delete such a Note, only the Branch Title will remain. Naturally, if already written to a Rough Draft File, that Report output remains unchanged.

  10. There is a Text SEARCH function which will search Branch titles (from the highlighted Branch and below) for any given text. Notes themselves are not searched in full (as they are from the Query View) but only that part shown of the Note serving as a Title.

Aside from the Archives section in the Outliner, two additional possibilities to maintain complete Outline material are:
  1. Complete output, including full Note Detail and named Outline Branches, is achieved via the PRINT option, under "Full Notes Outline". All information and structure is saved to a File of your choice.

  2. By contrast, you may EXPORT your Outline structure to a special Template File. This is written without any Note detail since we are establishing the Outline portion only as a customizable framework for individual work. This Export File is then available for importing and sharing. See "To create a new Outline" above.

Note: Along with importing Topic Lists to concentrate study themes, custom Outline frameworks (imports) add profound facility for organizing subject matter in academic courses utilizing FYI NoteLiner. Therefore:

WEB TIP: Import Files are posted on the FYI NoteLiner website area for Topic Lists and Outlines (open now) for selected academic courses. Sample Import Files are available there concurrently for testing and instructional practice. This is an important resource that should be checked often for free materials. Jump to quick Web Access by the WEB Toolbar option.

Naturally, you will undoubtedly discover many uses for the flexible Outliner. In particular, you will create Outlines as the basis for Generating Rough Draft Reports to be discussed next. For now, realize that you can design your Outline simultaneous with collecting pertinent Notes about your subject. Use the Right-Mouse Menu shortcuts "New Note from Branch" and the similar "New Topic" to stub material in your Notes Library while working with Outline themes. The Outliner and your Notes Library are interactive.

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GENERATE ROUGH DRAFT REPORTS

Rough Draft Reports (Papers, Books, etc.) are generated with the PRINT Icon from either the Query View or, preferably, the Outliner, which accommodates very refined organization and pre-arrangement of ideas. Instead of printing directly to the Printer, what we want to do is send our information to a File for presentation editing. Remember, the Notes themselves will be re-usable in a systematic fashion and be available for subsequent writing projects or dissertations, and simultaneously as professional resources.

Instructional Tutorial Practice: To see how this is accomplished in the Outliner with the seeded "ReadMe" or your own Notes, try the following steps. Note that we are using TAGs (as an illustration), but just as easily you can be using Filters on your selected themes:

  1. In Query View, Tag one or two Notes (doubleclick the TAG column and an "X" will appear).

  2. From the Toolbar icons, select TOGGLE SEEING ALL TAGGED NOTES.

  3. With this trimmed list showing, click the Toolbar icon to OPEN OUTLINER. The Outliner Window opens with your Tagged Notes listed in the right Panel.

  4. CREATE a new Outline (how?), and then Drag-and-Drop your Notes into it by holding down the Left Mouse button and moving your Note into any Branch.

  5. Highlight the Title of your new Outline (or any sub-section Branch) to focus a particular area. Select the PRINT icon from the Toolbar or from the Right-Mouse menu.

  6. In the Print Options Dialog box...

    • Make sure the "Write Notes to File Document" is checked (it is the default).

    • Optionally include the Source name and/or Note Topics.

    • Choose the extent of your output: you may generate a brief skeletal overview on up to a full Notes detail (with or without Outliner indentation). There is an Auto-Number (more) possibility to label your Branches in Legal Form (e.g., 2.3.1.1.2) or Roman Numerals as well as an Auto-Intro option (more) for producing an automatically generated Introduction. Try each possibility.

    • Click the WRITE button and view the written report when asked.

  7. The suggested name of the Output File, based on the Date, is indicated in the Print Options Dialog box by the Folder and File sections. You may change it or rename the File later in Windows. The default Folder is the \Reports directory under your main FYI installation Folder. (Where?)

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UTILITIES

This section explains the ToolKit and the built-in Backup Utility.

The TOOLKIT (Alt-K) option from the main Toolbar opens up the Setup Utility that allows various customizations and Database functions. These are:
  1. Set Sound Usage On or Off for various Alerts. There is a SAMPLE Button to demonstrate the various Sounds; click it several times.

  2. Set the Background Color for Writing Areas, while maintaining the ability to doubleclick back and forth between Buddy Windows.

  3. Auto-open Query View at Start-up.

  4. Auto-open Quick Lists at Start-up.

  5. Always Confirm Deletions with a Message Box before permanently removing data.

  6. Auto-open the six Tutorial Lessons at Start-up.

  7. Set Control ToolTips On or Off in FYI NoteLiner work areas. Tooltips will remain on the Menu Toolbar Icons, however.

  8. Set Menu Subtitles On or Off to add or remove the Toolbar Description bar.

  9. Set an Animated Cursor to show processing, such as the standard Windows Hourglass.

  10. Set the background Wallpaper to a preferred bitmap (default is the blue Gradient).

  11. Set the default Output Type when writing files.

    TIP: Output is either generic Text or MS-Word Document format. If you use another Editor for final presentation, output your Notes or Outline to Text and then import it (or copy/paste it into a new blank document). If your Editor says that the File is not in correct format, it should also give you the ability to "translate" or "import" such Text. Select "Yes" to such a question.
  12. Set Messaging Colors to Enhanced, Standard or None depending on Monitor capacity and setting. Enhanced is recommended unless the colors appear too "grainy." Consistent meaning is conveyed by Messaging Colors, equally to Message Boxes (Error and Help Boxes, for example) that appear within the system as well as to the pre-defined Cyan and Yellow controls.

  13. Reindex your Notes Library (if the "Sort" order has been corrupted). This is a Database function.

  14. Defragment your Notes Library to compact data. This is similar to a Harddisk Defragment which rewrites files, reclaiming unused space.

  15. Open a Calendar (same as the pop-up calendar when selecting Dates).

  16. Open the Memory View and Refresh Box. There is a "before" and "after" memory report.

Backup Utility:

An automatic Backup Message Box is displayed when exiting, with options to Backup your data to an External Floppy drive, to another directory on your harddisk (doubleclick the cyan "Path" box to select any folder), or both. Please understand the important WARNING given below!

Backing up to an External Drive: Although there are limitations related to the capacity of external drives and the size of your data files, the Backup Utility will optionally copy your Library information to an external (Floppy) Drive. As with all backup systems, it is recommended that you rotate (Floppy) Disks to keep redundant copies and backup frequently, especially after entering a lot of data.

Restoring data: In an emergency, to reinstate data from your Backup copies, all saved files will have to copied back into your \data Folder (where?), overwriting existing files. When that is completed, very importantly, you must access the TOOLKIT in order to reindex your newly restored data. This will synchronize your updated Library information.

Aside from the \data folder, your \reports, \download and \archives FYI NoteLiner folders may well contain personal reports, etc., that you may want to backup. The automatic Backup Utility Exit Box only backups your \data directory.

The Backup Exit Box also contains an option to reindex System Files. You will probably never need this choice; try it only if reindexing data files does not re-sort your information correctly, or if you have had some kind of system crash. (There is no harm in using this option.)

WARNING: (For advanced users) If you use another Backup scheme, be aware that files in \system folder contain critical pointers. It is okay to backup and restore data files only, as described above. However, if you ever backup the \system directory, it must be done along with the \data files to maintain synchronized information. That is, in the special case of backing up your \system directory, both \data and \system folders must be copied or reinstated together because of interrelated Record Pointers. Reindexing may or may not be required depending if you include *.CDX (Index) files in your Backup.

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ODDS AND ENDS

To remove the initial "ReadMe" Notes that were installed with FYI NoteLiner:
  1. Open Query View. The following steps all pertain to actions within Query View.

  2. Highlight the Filter Topic ReadMe: Introduction in the yellow background area.

  3. SET NOTES FILTER to see only those "Readme" Notes.

  4. TAG ALL NOTES in the Filtered List; i.e. the "Readme" Notes.

  5. Open the Deletion Options Box with the DELETE Icon and choose "All Tagged Notes".

  6. Confirm the action with the DELETE Button and you are done.

Uninstalling FYI NoteLiner
  1. If you choose to uninstall FYI NoteLiner, do so by running (doubleclicking in Windows Explorer) the "Uninstall" file found in the main FYI NoteLiner installation directory. Follow the two-step process.
Known Bugs
  1. Menus, associated with the variously opened Windows, become active as the Top Menu. You will see the Title "Query View", "Note Detail", "Outliner", etc., in the top left corner of the application. At times, there is a lag (known bug) between this Menu-Window communication. However, all functions are accurately available on the given ToolBars. Selecting the Toolbar Icon is a fast, recommended course, as well as implementing actions with the Keyboard Shortcuts defined in the ALT-Key Table below.
Final Issues
  1. Congratulations if you got this far! We are interested in your comments; let us know what you think. Email now.

  2. Background coloring of Text (highlighting), underlining passages and other Rich Text accents are not features of FYI NoteLiner. FYI NoteLiner is designed to be a pre-Document database system with the intention that all presentation formatting be done within your Word Processor. It is a flexible but straightforward Writing Management Tool for your notes prior to creating and editing any composition.

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HOW DO I...?

    BASICS

  1. Add and Edit my own Notes?

  2. Customize FYI NoteLiner?

  3. Add my own Topics?

  4. Use Topics?

  5. Use the ToolKit?

  6. Understand what a Filter is?

  7. Set Filters in the Query View?

  8. Clear a Text Search?

  9. Create an Outline?

  10. Start a Rough Draft report?

  11. Use the Source box?

    INTERMEDIATE

  12. Use TAGs?

  13. Define FILEs and URLs in my Notes?

  14. Create a Project?

  15. Set the "Auto-Open" priorities for my Desktop?

  16. Re-sort my Information? (Index Function)

  17. Use Sort Groups for Topics?

  18. Delete a single note from the Query View?

  19. Find my generated Rough Draft report?

  20. Learn more about the Query View?

  21. Learn more about the Note Detail and its companion Zoom Window?

  22. Use the ZoomList companion with Query View?

    ADVANCED

  23. Understand the effects of Deleting a Keyword Topic?

  24. Know what happens if I Edit a Note that is already part of an Outline?

  25. Combine or Merge two Topics?

  26. See how I am using Topics?

  27. Use the Backups to reinstate my Notes Library?

  28. Use my own Backup Scheme?

  29. View my Archived Deleted Notes?

    ODDS AND ENDS

  30. Remove the sample "ReadMe" Notes?

  31. Uninstall FYI NoteLiner?

  32. Write FYI NoteLiner support with questions, comments and suggestions?

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ADDENDUM for TEACHERS and STUDENTS

FYI NoteLiner has profound capabilities for all levels of academic involvement, so consider the following radical possibilities.

Students and Writers can utilize FYI NoteLiner as a persistent management system that maintains transcribed Notes in a flexible manner.

  1. Add your own Topics, both academic and personal from the greater vista of your interests. FYI NoteLiner becomes your Notes Library from which you will draw unanticipated uses!

  2. For every course, add a Topic for the course name, such as "Education: Psych 101". Then these Notes will always be accessible very simply, plus they will be available in a cross-reference capacity based on their additional Topic definitions (e.g. "Politics: Racial Issues" and "Writing: Personal: Character Studies" et al.), as well as by Date Ranges, etc. A Text Search can also seek out particular material.

  3. Use post-its to mark pages and insert information at one sitting. You have to type (scan/copy/paste) your Notes at least once anyway -- do so within FYI NoteLiner, and you will never have to type those notes again! All material is reusable.

  4. Download any pertinent Topic Lists or Outline structures available for your course(s) and use them to focus and track the main ideas for your concentrated study. Keep this thematic overview in mind as you record Notes while engaged in required reading.

  5. Design (or modify downloaded) Outlines early, even before all Notes are compiled! There is a facility to start new Notes and Topics from Outline Branches -- this allows interactive design between your Notes and your Outlines.

  6. Share Notes; copy/paste them into any Note Detail area and then add your own definitions(Topics) for personal reference. (Topic Lists and Outlines have special structure and require Import/Export, as stated.)

For advanced students, FYI NoteLiner offers exceptional features. Years of study material can be organized, and the Outliner has tremendous interconnected potential. It is difficult to imagine writing a Term Paper, Masters Thesis, or Dissertation, for example, with a simpler system than having groups of thematic Notes at the touch of a button and the ability to Drag-and-Drop those Notes into flexible Outlines.

Teachers and Instructors from any school or college will realize that FYI NoteLiner enables an interactive syllabus and study guide, complete with Outliner and Notes Manager, customizible to particular content. Here's how...

  1. Emphasize important ideas! Make a list of the major Topics of study within your discipline or, more probably, the particular ideas for your course subject matter.

  2. Add structure to Student Writing! Suggest one or more basic Outline frameworks for Term Paper themes, expecting additional Branches and Details to be designed by Student work.

  3. Export your Topic List(s) or Outline(s) (a very simple, built-in process) and email them to the Internet Department managing the FYI NoteLiner web page for that purpose. (You may actually post them privately or distribute them by class email; that's OK. Our Internet page is for convenience and for potentially sharing with a larger audience.) Thus...

Curriculum can be defined, delineated and then posted on the Internet to be synthesized into personal copies of FYI NoteLiner by Students via downloading and importing files in an integrated, straightforward manner. Students can then use these current, flexible study guides. For those teaching how to write -- for example, "Critical Thinking", "Logic", "Subject-A Writing" and a multitude of others -- this can become an outstanding professional learning tool.

STUDENT/TEACHER DISCOUNTS: Academic Discounts are generally available on promotional materials. If you qualify but do not have a Discount Code, you may inquire for a valid Code by emailing registrar@wssys.com prior to accessing the Registration page. Include all relevant information.

FREE COPIES: For promotional purposes, there are even a limited number of free copies available per Discount Code, given on a first-come, first-serve basis. Stipulation #1 - You must convince us that you understand what FYI NoteLiner does. Email us with some cogent comment or suggestion pertaining to the product, along with both your Discount Code and Product Registration Code. Since there are a limited number of free copies, this offer is extended only to those who understand FYI NoteLiner's potential and can benefit from it (to distinguish from those just trying to get free software without really knowing if they want it). Stipulation #2 - We may use your statement as an anonymous (e.g. "Peter W.") testimony as review of our software product.

Teachers, with many students who are required to write papers, are especially encouraged to contact us. And anyone who uses it should examine the Partnership Program on the MainMenu HELP.

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KEYBOARD ALT-KEY TABLE

General Keyboard Shortcuts to open Top Level Windows are given first. Basic Windows and Basic Windows Actions describe the most general cases next. Unique combinations and exceptions follow that, as shown under the Window Name. Note: Keyboard shortcuts are also listed when opening any Menu to display its items.

LEGEND: * indicates the same ALT-Key combination is used in different situations. Check the Table.

Thank you for using and supporting FYI NoteLiner!

KEYBOARD ALT-KEY TABLE
Alt-Key ActionNotes and Exceptions
TOP LEVEL MENU
Alt-HHelp System Overview
Alt-JProjects Manager
Alt-L Quick Lists
Alt-KThe ToolKit
Alt-O Outliner
Alt-Q Query View
*Alt-TTopics ManagementGenerally Tags Notes
Alt-WWeb Access Options
BASIC WINDOWS
*Alt-N Note DetailNote Detail; Toggles Notes Panel in the Outliner
Alt-X Exit (Close) Window
*Alt-Z Zoom WindowZoom Note or Query View ZoomList; Font Size in Topics Report
F1 Quick Help
Alt-F1 StatisticsNot available in all Windows
Alt-F4 Exit FYI NoteLinerExit App (you do not have to Close Windows first)
BASIC WINDOW ACTIONS
*Alt-A Add NewAdds New; Inserts New Branch in Outliner or Quick Lists
*Alt-C Create NewCopies Duplicate Note; Clears Query View Filters
Alt-D Delete Options
Alt-E Import Export OptionsTopics Management and Outliner only
Alt-P Print Options
*Alt-R Run-Launch File or URLReports in Topics Management; Renames Outline Branch
*Alt-S Search/Replace for TextSearch for (expands) Outline or Quick List; Sorts Topics Report
*Alt-T Tag NoteAlso opens Topics Management in MainMenu
Ctrl-Alt-SSave Edit ChangesAny Edit window
Ctrl-Alt-CCancel Edit ChangesAny Edit window
QUERY VIEW
*Alt-C Clear FilterCopies Note in Note Detail (Duplicate)
*Alt-F Set FilterAlso writes Topics Usage Report to a File
Ctrl-Alt-T Tag AllGroup Tag actions
Ctrl-Alt-U UnTag All
Ctrl-Alt-V View Tagged
Home Top of ListLists only: Query View and Topics Management
Page Up Scroll List UpLists only
Page Down Scroll List DownLists only
End End of ListLists only
NOTE DETAIL
Alt-Y Encrypt Decrypt Text
PROJECTS
Alt-I Insert NotesAdd Notes or re-define Project Notes
Alt-V Activate current Active Project
OUTLINER
*Alt-A Add New BranchAlso used in Quick Lists
*Alt-C Create Outline TemplateAlso used in Quick Lists
*Alt-N Toggle Notes Panel
*Alt-R Renames a BranchAlso Run-Launches external resource; Topics Usage Report
*Alt-Up Arrow Move Branch up at same levelCloses Branch in Quick Lists
*Alt-Down Arrow Move Branch down at levelOpens Branch in Quick Lists
QUICK LISTS
*Alt-A Adds new sub-Item (inserts level)Adds new Information generally
*Alt-C Creates new Item (same level)Used variously (see above)
*Alt-Up Arrow Collapses (closes) BranchMoves Branch in Outliner
*Alt-Down Arrow Expands (opens) Branch
TOPICS REPORT WINDOW
*Alt-F File your Topics ReportOtherwise enacts Query View Filters
*Alt-S Sorts Report InformationSearch routines
*Alt-Z Set Font SizeZoom windows