Notes

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• Viewing Notes
• Creating or Editing a Note
• Creating a Template
• Creating a Note with a Template
• Creating a Recording
• Find a Note
• Attaching a Note to E-mail

With Notes you can quickly capture your ideas and thoughts. In the Notes list view you can use the recording feature. You can also share your notes with others through e-mail, infrared, and synchronization with your PC.

Note: To create documents with advanced formatting or templates, such as bulleted lists and tabs, use FSEdit.

Appendix A lists the commands that are specific to the Notes program.

Viewing Notes

The Note list view displays a list of your notes and recordings. If you have a long list, press CTRL+T (Sort By) and select the option you want to sort on. To open a note or play a recording, press ENTER on it. To see a list of available actions for a note or recording, select the note in the list view and press the Application Key.

Creating or Editing a Note

1. To create a note, ALT and press ENTER on New.
2. Type your note.
3. When finished, press ESC to return to the Notes list view.

Note:  You can insert the date in a note. In an open note, press the Application Key and then select Insert Date.

Creating a Template

1. Create a note as you normally would.
2. In the Notes list view, move to the note with the arrow keys and select it with the SPACEBAR.
3. Press the Application Key.
4. On the menu, select Rename/Move.
5. Press TAB to move to the Folder list box, select Templates. The template is stored in the Templates folder under the All Folders list.

Creating a Note with a Template

1. Press CTRL+Y to open the Show By menu and then select Templates.
2. Press ENTER on the template you want to use and make your changes.
3. Press ESC to close the note.
4. In the notes list, select the note and press the Application Key, choose Rename/Move. Enter a new name and location for the note.

Note:  To create a new folder, in the Note or document list view, press CTRL+Y to open the Show By Menu, then press ENTER on Add/Delete.

If you want to store the item on a storage card, insert the card into your PAC Mate and select Storage Card from the Location combo box in the Rename/Move dialog.

Creating a Recording

Your PAC Mate has a voice recording feature that has multiple sound and transmission rate settings. These settings reflect the quality and size of the recording file. Typically, a high sample size (Bit) and rate (Hz), equals a larger file size, which equals better fidelity. Since the PAC Mate has 64 MB of RAM, a recording set to 44,100 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo (172 KB/s) is going to give the best recording quality, but with the least amount of recording time.

Tip: This setting is ideal if you are going to use audio editing software on the recording.

You can synchronize recordings between your Pocket PC and your desktop PC. If you are unable to play them on your desktop PC, it may be due to the setting on your Pocket PC. In this situation, it is best to set your voice recording format to "8,000 Hz, 8 Bit, Mono (8 KB/s)." This gives you compatibility with your desktop sound player, acceptable voice recording fidelity and relatively small file sizes.

Your PAC Mate is also equipped with an internal microphone, which is the semicircular prominence above the PRINT SCREEN and SCROLL LOCK keys. If you are truly concerned about recording fidelity, you can also purchase a high quality external microphone to fit into the 1/16 inch audio input jack.

You can create a stand-alone recording from the Notes list view, using these recording commands.

1. While in the notes list view, move the PAC Mate's microphone near the source of sound.
2. When you are ready, press ALT+V, R to record. You will hear a single beep, which is your signal that recording has begun.
3. When you are ready to stop, press S. You will hear a double beep, which indicates the recording has stopped.
4. To play a recording, press ENTER on the recording in the Notes list view.
5. To stop playing the recording, press ALT+V, S.

Or you can access the recording feature from anywhere on PAC Mate with the default hotkey command, JAWS Key+SPACEBAR, 1. No other commands are necessary as this immediately starts the stand-alone recording. When you want to stop the recording, press S. Your recording is then saved in the Notes list view. To play the recording, just select it and press ENTER. To learn more about hotkey commands, please see Setting Up PAC Mate, Buttons

Find a Note

You can find a note by using the Find Feature or by pressing ALT and choosing Show By. Then select and press ENTER on the folder you want displayed. To show all folders again, select All Folders. For more information on the Find Feature, please see Using Windows Mobile with PAC Mate, Using File Explorer.

Attaching a Note to E-mail

In the Notes list view; select the note or recording and press the Application Key. To select multiple notes or recordings, use the SHIFT+UP/DOWN ARROW. Then, press the Application Key. From the Context Menu, choose Send via E-mail.

A new e-mail message is created with the note attached.

If you are working offline, the message with the attached note is moved to the Outbox folder and will be sent the next time you connect.