With the Windows 10 October 2018 update, you can now save & sync your desktop notes. Here's how to use the new & improved Sticky Notes feature.
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First, you can open Sticky Notes one of several ways. Click on the Start button, scroll down the All Apps list and click on the entry for Sticky Notes. You can also simply type "Sticky Notes" in the Cortana tìm kiếm field & click on the result for Sticky Notes.
Alternative Ways to open Sticky Notes
Windows 10 allows you a few different ways to activate the Sticky Notes feature. If you prefer, you can điện thoại tư vấn on Cortana for help by saying, "Hey Cortana. Launch Sticky Notes." You can also go through the Windows Ink Workspace by right-clicking on the Windows taskbar and selecting the option lớn "Show Windows Ink Workspace button." A stylus icon then appears in the system tray. Click on that icon and select the first option for Sticky Notes from the Windows Ink Workspace pane.
Sign in & Sync Sticky Notes
The first time you launch Sticky Notes, a Welcome screen pops up inviting you lớn sign in with your Windows trương mục so you can sync your notes on other devices. Click on the button for your trương mục name/email address to sign in.
Type your first cảnh báo in the chú ý window; you can create additional notes by clicking the plus sign. When done, you can then close the note. But it"s not deleted; it"s stored in your Sticky Notes history.
Even if you close out the Sticky Notes app entirely, your notes will remain saved in the program. You can double-click a closed cảnh báo to open it back up again, and even revise it if necessary.
To delete a note, click on the ellipsis icon and select Delete note, or hover your mouse over the chú ý in the history list and click on the trash can icon.
You"re asked lớn confirm if you want to lớn delete the note. Click on Delete lớn remove it or click on Keep to lớn save it from the axe. Lớn disable the confirmation question, check the box for Don"t ask me again.
You can also open, close, or delete a lưu ý with the context menu. Right-click on a cảnh báo and then select the option lớn open, close, or delete it.
You can paint your notes with different colors. For any lưu ý you want to lớn repaint, click on the ellipsis icon và choose a different color.
You can also play with the formatting of the text in the note. Select the entire chú ý or just the text you want to lớn reformat. The note window offers icons for bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, và bullet points.
Sticky Notes supports cut, copy, & paste. Select & right-click on the text in a chú ý and choose Cut or Copy. Right-click any empty area in a cảnh báo and choose Paste.
If your notes start to lớn pile up, you can search for specific ones. In the history window, type your keyword in the tìm kiếm field khổng lồ display the relevant results.
Finally, you can sync your notes via the cloud. At the history window, click on the Settings icon. Click on the button lớn Sign in và then sign in with your Microsoft Account, if you didn’t already do so when you first launched Sticky Notes.
Move to lớn another computer with the Windows 10 October 2018 Update installed. Xuất hiện Sticky Notes, and you should see the notes you created on the first computer.
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