Author: Clive Whitear
Date: June 24th 1998
Version: ER4 release
Jotter
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Jotter: Quick start
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Jotter is the EPOC machine’s “notepad”. Use it to jot down information quickly, e.g. if you’re on the phone or in a meeting.
When you first start Jotter, you’ll see a new blank entry, so you can start typing straight away.
From then on, tap the New entry button on the toolbar to create new entries.
•	You can set up the Jotter program so it always starts on a new entry when you open the program. To do this, select Entry preferences from the Tools menu and set the Always start on a new entry line to Yes. board archive=calc name=squareroot

You can view your entries as a list, as individual cards, or as a combination of the two, where you see a list of entries with the currently selected entry displayed on a card.
Keypresses (Jotter)
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Ctrl+PgDn to move to the next entry.
Ctrl+PgUp to move to the previous entry.
Ctrl+Fn+PgDn to move to the last entry.
Ctrl+Fn+PgUp to move to the first entry.
Fn+PgDn to move down through the current entry one screenful at a time.
Fn+PgUp to move up through the current entry one screenful at a time.
Tap on the dog ears to move to the next or previous entry.
Combining Jotter files
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You can merge another Jotter file into the one you are currently using. The resultant file will contain all the entries from both files.
To merge in another Jotter file:
1.	Select More|Merge in from the File menu.
2.	Select the file you want to insert and tap OK.
Deleting entries (Jotter)
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You can delete any Jotter entries you no longer require.
To delete an entry:
1.	Go to the entry you want to delete.
2.	Select Delete entry on the Edit menu.
If you delete an entry by mistake, you can restore it by selecting Undo delete entry on the Edit menu.
•	You can only restore the last entry you deleted.
Finding entries (Jotter)
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You can locate the entry you need quickly, by searching through all entries for specific text.
To search for entries:
1.	Select Find from the Edit menu, or tap the Find button on the Toolbar.
2.	Enter the text you want to search for and tap OK.
•	Type a ? for a single unknown letter or * for any number of unknown letters (known as "wildcards").
3.	Jotter highlights the first occurrence of the text. Tap the:
•	Next button to move to the next occurrence of the text.
•	Prev button to display the previous occurrence of the text.
•	Done button to stop the search.
Formatting text (Jotter)
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You can edit and format the text in Jotter entries.
To format highlighted text:
•	Select Bold from the Text menu to make the text bold.
•	Select Italic from the Text menu to make the text italic.
•	Select Underline from the Text menu to underline the text.
To add a bullet to the start of the paragraph:
•	Select Bullet from the Text menu.
To change the font and size of text:
•	Select Font from the Text menu.
Views in Jotter
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Jotter has three different views, so you can choose how to display your entries.
•	List view: shows a list of the entries displaying one line of text for each entry.
•	Edit view: displays one entry at a time.
•	Split view: combines the List and Edit views, so you can view a list containing the first line of each entry, and a card showing the current entry.
•	You can change the display of the Split view by selecting View preferences from the Tools menu.
To change view:
•	Select the view you want from the Switch view cascade on the View menu, or
•	Tap the View button on the toolbar and select the view.
Adding entries (Jotter)
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Each Jotter file can contain as many entries as you need. 
To create a new entry:
•	Select New entry from the Insert menu, or tap the New entry button on the toolbar.
New entries are added to the end of the list of entries. If you create a new entry when in the List view, the view changes to the Edit view so you can see the whole entry as you type it in.
To move between the entries:
•	Select Next entry or Previous entry on the View menu, or
•	Display the list of entries and tap on the entry you want.
Inserting objects (Jotter)
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You can insert Sketch, Word, Record and Sheet objects into a Jotter entry.
To insert a Sketch object:
1.	Tap the Insert sketch button on the toolbar, or select Sketch from the Insert menu.
2.	Once you’ve finished creating the sketch, tap the Done button to return to Jotter and insert the sketch into the current entry.
To insert objects from other programs:
1.	Select Other object from the Insert menu.
2.	Choose the program you want to create the object in and tap OK.
3.	When you have finished the object tap the Done button to return to Jotter and insert the object into the current entry.
You can re-edit objects you insert into Jotter entries, and you can change the display format of Sketch and Sheet objects (Word and Record objects are always displayed as icons).
Formatting objects (Jotter)
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You can edit objects you have inserted into Jotter entries, and change the formatting of Sketch and Sheet objects.
To edit an object:
1.	Select the object.
2.	Select Object|Edit object from the Edit menu to open the object.
3.	Once you’ve finished editing the object, tap Done to return to Jotter and update the object.
To format a sketch or sheet object:
1.	Select the object.
2.	Select Object|Format object from the Edit menu.
3.	You can:
•	display an icon instead of the sketch or sheet by ticking the Display as icon box on the Appearance page.
•	change the size of the sketch or sheet on the Scaling page.
•	trim the sketch or sheet on the Cropping page.
Special characters & the date (Jotter)
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You can add special characters to Jotter entries and also insert the present day’s date.
To insert a special character:
•	Select Special character from the Insert menu. Highlight the character you want to insert and tap OK.
To insert today’s date:
•	Select Date from the Insert menu.
Display preferences (Jotter)
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You can change the look of the Split view.
To change the display:
1.	Select View preferences from the Tools menu.
2.	You can amend these settings:
•	Display: choose whether the date you created an entry or the date you last updated an entry is displayed on each entry.
•	Show titles of entries on: select whether the list of entry titles is displayed on the left or right hand side of the screen.
•	Entry width: specify the width of entries as a percentage of the screen size.
Entry preferences (Jotter)
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You can choose to automatically create a new entry, and specify the amount of text shown in List view.
To change the entry preferences:
1.	Select Entry preferences from the Tools menu.
2.	You can change these settings:
•	Always start on a new entry: choose whether to start on a new entry each time you open Jotter, or each time the machine is turned on, or not to create a new entry, unless specified.
•	Include in list: select whether just the first line of text or all the text of an entry is displayed in the list of entries.
Sorting entries (Jotter)
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Your Jotter entries are listed in the order you create them, unless you specify an alternative order.
To change the sort order:
1.	Select Sort from the Tools menu.
2.	Specify whether you want to search the entries according to the date they were created, the date they were last updated or alphabetically.
3.	Indicate whether you want to sort the entries in ascending or descending order and tap OK.
Printing Jotter entries
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You can print Jotter entries to a serial, parallel or Infrared printer. Before you can print, you need to set up your page (paper size, margins, headers & footers, etc.) using Printing|Page setup from the File menu.
Use Printing|Print setup on the File menu to specify whether you want to print 'All entries in view' (i.e. all the entries that result from a search, or the entire Jotter file if you haven't done a search), or only the current one and to indicate the number of copies you want.