Instead of sticking
the yellow sticky pads all over your monitor and messing up your
workstation, the Redmond Company understands your inconveniences and
has incorporated the Sticky note feature in Windows 7 (and also in
Vista). With Sticky Notes app in Windows 7
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(open via All Programs -> Accessories -> Sticky Notes),
users can freely write to-do list or jot down important numbers for
later reference. Windows 7 users can either type in their note or use a
table pen to start jotting essential notes. Even though the feature is
cool and useful especially for absent minded people, improvements can
still be made particularly on the default fonts. Since it is meant for
quick jotting of important messages, Win 7 has set Segoe Print as the
font style and 12 as the font size respectively. Users are allowed to
change the background colour, but there is no option in the app itself
to change the font size and font format. The rather traditional default
Segoe Print font style and the font size might not be favourable to
everybody, especially for younger users.
Since
Sticky Notes is not a word processor which has many options for text
editing, users who do not like the default font format and size cannot
change the setting easily. Having said that, users can refer to the
keyboard shortcut keys below if they want to make some changes:
- Bold Text: Ctrl+B
- Underlined Text: Ctrl+U
- Strikethrough: Ctrl+T
- Bulleted List: Ctrl+Shift+L (press the same keys again to switch to a numbered list)
- Increased Text Size: Ctrl+Shift+> or Press Ctrl + scroll up the middle mouse wheel
- Decreased Text Size: Ctrl+Shift+< or Press Ctrl + scroll down the middle mouse wheel
In the event users do
not like Segoe Print, users can type their short notes and select the
preferred fonts from some word processor apps such as Microsoft Word
and paste to Sticky Notes accordingly. If handwriting reveals a lot
about a person, the font type may be significant to the message writer.
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