![]() ![]() At the bottom of the OneNote screen is a Sticky Notes tab. Sticky Notes on the Windows desktop on your PC can be accessed on phones – Android and iOS. It does not have to be running and this is a useful feature you may not be aware of. Syncing between computers is fine, but what if you are not at your computer? When you are out of the office or home, you can still access the sticky notes on your Windows PC’s desktop, even when it is turned off. Make sure all the sync options are enabled in Windows Settings. ![]() You do need to be logged in to your Microsoft account for syncing to occur of course. This means that you can create notes on one computer and they appear on another, such as work and home computers. ![]() The best feature of Sticky Notes is that notes are synced. Position the text cursor elsewhere and press Ctrl+V to paste it in. Right clicking shows a menu offering Cut, Copy and Paste, but it is quicker and easier to use the standard keyboard shortcuts, Ctrl+C to copy or Ctrl+X to cut the text. More hidden features: Click and drag the mouse over text to select it, double click a word to select it or triple click anywhere to select a whole paragraph. Use these hidden shortcuts If you prefer to keep your hands on the keyboard, select some text with Shift+arrow keys and press Ctrl+B to make it bold, Ctrl+I to make it italic, Ctrl+U for underline, Ctrl+T for strike through, and Ctrl+Shift+L for a bulleted list. A formatting toolbar at the bottom of a note window when it is selected enables you to make text bold, italic, underline or strikethrough. Open a note in its own window and click the three dots in the top right corner. Some editing and formatting features are obvious, but some are hidden. If you really want to quit Sticky Notes, close all windows. The next time you start the computer and open Sticky Notes, those notes will be there in the same place. Click the cross to close the main Sticky Notes window and it closes, but any notes stuck to the desktop remain open. In some ways it is an oddly behaved app and there is no obvious way to quit. The cross icon in the top right corner is used to delete a note. There is a plus icon in the top left corner of each note and this is used to create more notes of the same color. You can write on the notes and then drag them to any position on the screen, such as out of the way at the side. You can place Sticky Notes on the desktop anywhere you like. Create notes and stick them to the desktop Click the plus button in the top left corner and a new sticky note window is created. The main Sticky Notes window contains a list of notes and some extra features like settings and search. You may see one window or several of them. It opens a small window on the desktop and it may contain a sample note or two if you have never used it before. You can also click the Start button and type ‘sticky’ and open it that way. Where was it, under Windows Accessories or somewhere else? These days you just have to click the Start button, scroll down to S and there it is. Sticky notes used to be buried deep in the Start menu where it was hard to find. It has changed and while some features have been removed, it has gained new abilities that make it more useful. Today’s app is different to the one you may have looked at years ago, if you ever did look at it. Sticky Notes has been around for a long time in Microsoft’s operating system and it is still in Windows 10, although it is often forgotten about by many people. It tends to be forgotten, but it has some great features. How many Windows owners use Sticky Notes on their computer? I bet a lot of people don’t even know they have a Sticky Notes app. ![]()
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