Just right-click on the button and select the Close Window command, as shown in Figure B. This means that you can close the Sticky Notes applet without fear of losing your notes. When you create a note, the Sticky Notes applet automatically saves the note. Likewise you can restore them by clicking that button. As such, you can easily minimize all notes on the desktop by clicking that button. When you launch Sticky Notes, you'll see that it has a button on the Taskbar. To delete a note, just click the 'x button' in the upper right corner or press +.

To create a new note, just click the '+ button' in the upper left corner of an existing note or press +. You can change a note's color by right-clicking inside a note and selecting one of the available color choices. However, you can resize the note anyway you wish.įigure A As you type, the note will increase in length. As you type ( Figure A), the note will automatically increase in length up to a certain point and then a scroll bar will appear. You can then just start typing your note. You can drag the note anywhere on the desktop that you want. Once you launch the applet as I explained above, a blank Sticky Note will appear on the desktop. This blog post is also available in PDF format in a TechRepublic download. In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, I'll show you how to take advantage of the Sticky Notes applet in Windows 7. With no other option, I clicked the Start button, typed sticky in the Start Search box, and launched the Sticky Notes applet.Įver since that day, I have been using the Sticky Notes applet here and there, discovering its features and its shortcomings, and of course learning about workarounds.

However, I recently reached for a real sticky note and discovered that somebody had absconded with the last pad of 3M Post-it Notes from my desk drawer. I must admit that when I first looked at the Sticky Notes applet in Windows 7, I really wasn't that impressed and promptly forgot about it. And, believe it or not, there's a lot more to Sticky Notes than meets the eye. While the Sticky Notes applet may not be the most exciting feature in Microsoft Windows 7, there are actually a number of situations where this little applet can come in handy.

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