PinUp Notes Version 1.2 for Microsoft Windows Copyright (C) 1992 Jonathan Reed All Rights Reserved 1 Introduction Have you ever found yourself scrambling for a pencil and paper even though you are sitting right in front of a PC loaded with word processing, graphics, and other software? Ironic, isn't it? It's still often easier (or quicker) to jot something down by hand than to use your computer. Well, not any more. PinUp Notes is a Windows program that provides instant access to the creation, editing, and printing of brief notes containing not only text but graphics (or bitmaps) as well. PinUp Notes is a shareware program so you are welcome to try it out free of charge. However, if you like it and decide to keep it on your system, you are obligated to register your copy by paying $5.95 U.S. to the author at the address given below. Registration entitles you to legally use this and all future releases of PinUp notes, notification of future releases, and technical support. 2 Usage To use PinUp Notes, run the accompanying executable file PINUP12.EXE from the Program Manager, File Manager, WIN.INI, or other Windows launch mechanism. Upon doing so, a PinUp Notes icon will appear at the bottom of your screen. Double click the left mouse button on the icon to create a text note. Double click the right mouse button to create a bitmap note. Both types of notes may also be created from the icon's system menu. Text notes are used to enter and store text from the keyboard. Simply select the note and type in. Bitmap notes are used to copy and store regions of the screen. To do this, select Edit from the bitmap note's system menu, then choose the Grab submenu item. Use the mouse to outline the rectangular region to be copied. The image will be stretched to fit into the dimensions of the note window. Both types of notes may be minimized to pushpin icons. Green pushpins represent text notes and red pushpins represent bitmap notes. Both notes' captions may also be changed to reflect their contents. To do this, select Edit from the note's system menu, then choose the Caption submenu item. A dialog box will appear in which you may type the new caption. The remaining items on the Edit submenu provide note editing capabilities. Cut and Copy move data from the note to the Windows clipboard. Paste copies data from the clipboard to the note. For text notes only the currently selected text is affected, while for bitmap notes the entire bitmap is copied or pasted. To print a note, select Print from the note's system menu then choose the Print submenu item. The note will automatically be printed on the default Windows printer. Choose the Setup submenu item to view or modify the configuration of the printer. Text notes are printed in text mode while bitmap notes are printed in graphics mode. The size of a printed bitmap may be modified by selecting one of the Scale items on the Print submenu. For example, after selecting Scale 2x, bitmap notes will be printed at twice the normal (1x) size. Upon exiting Windows, any notes that are still open will be saved in a file named PINUP12.NTS in your Windows directory. The notes will then be automatically restored the next time PinUp Notes is executed. Loading PinUp Notes from your WIN.INI file makes this feature particularly useful. Notes may also be archived in a file named PINUP12.ARC. Archived notes are not automatically loaded or displayed, but may be retrieved when needed. This is useful for backup purposes and for reducing the number of icons and system resources utilized. To save and load notes to and from the archive, select Archive from the PinUp Notes icon's system menu. A dialog box will appear showing the currently loaded notes on the left and the archived notes on the right. Select a note from either list and then the appropriate Save or Load button. You may also double click on the note to copy it to the other list. One last tip...clicking left once on the PinUp Notes icon brings all existing notes to the top of any other windows currently displayed on the screen. 3 Legal Rights PinUp Notes is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. No liability is assumed from any damage or loss resulting from the use of this program. You are free to copy and share PinUp Notes with others, as long as the two files PINUP12.EXE and PINUP12.TXT are distributed together and not modified in any way. Shareware distributors are permitted to include PinUp Notes with their distributions, but any fee charged by the distributor DOES NOT cover the $5.95 registration fee that you the user owe to author if you decide to keep and use PinUp Notes. Businesses, Government agencies, and other organizations may purchase a site license by contacting the author for additional information. 4 Registration To register your copy of PinUp Notes, send a check or money order for $5.95 U.S. to: Jonathan Reed 1575 Agnes Avenue Palm Bay, FL 32909 USA Be sure to include the name PinUp Notes, your name, full mailing address, and the type of computer on which you are running PinUp Notes. In return you will receive a registration card and notification when new releases of PinUp Notes are made available. The notification will include BBS phone numbers and Internet addresses from which the new release may be obtained. You may also contact the author electronically for technical support which may consist of technical questions, comments, and requests for improvements. All of the improvements in version 1.2 were asked for by registered users! The author may be contacted electronically at: Prodigy: rdts35a CompuServe: 70570,3171 5 Release History 1.0 12/2/91 - Original release. 1.1 12/27/91 - Fixed bug which caused notes to change position every time .nts file was reloaded. Added "safe save" feature which writes notes to a temporary file then renames to .nts. Modified program to save .nts file only when notes have been changed. Also, changed location of .nts file from start-up directory to Windows directory. 1.2 3/26/92 - Added note printing, editing, and archiving.