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Use the text editor NOTES to create text notes. You can type your notes and edit them later. Not only is this a very high quality editor, but it is also easy to use.

How to start

Select Notes icon on the Main Desktop and press <Enter>. You'll see the Open File screen (see Fig.1.)

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Figure 1. Open File screen

How to Work

How to create a new file:

  1. Press <Enter> or <Select> on the "Disk" item (Fig.1.) You'll see the list of files on your Cybiko Xtreme's disk.
  2. Press <Enter> or <Select> on "<New File>..." item (Fig.2) or press <Ins> here.
  3. Type in the file name.
  4. Press <Enter>.

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Figure 2. File list

How to open a file:

  1. Press <Enter> or <Select> on the "Disk" item. You'll see the list of files on your Cybiko Xtreme's disk.
  2. Choose the folder where the file is located (use <Up/Down arrows> to move through the list, press <Enter> or <Select> to open a folder, press <Esc> to move one level up).
  3. Press <Enter> or <Select> on the file you want to open.

Note: You can open only one file. To open another file, you should close the previous one.

How to work with the text:

Type text from the keyboard.

Table 1. Operations with text

ButtonsOperation
<Left/Right arrows> Move the cursor one character left/right.
<Up/Down arrows> Move the cursor one line up/down.
<Ins>Toggles insert/overwrite mode.
<Del>Deletes a character after the cursor if it works as <Del>, or deletes a character before the cursor if it works as <BackSpace>.
<Shift><Del>Toggles the function assigned to the <Del> button (it works either as <Del> or as <BackSpace>)
<Enter>Inserts a line break.
<Fn><Left/Right arrows>Moves the cursor to the beginning/end of line.
<Fn><Up/Down arrows>Moves the cursor one page up/down.
<Shift><Left/Right arrows>Selects text to the left/right of the cursor.
<Shift><Up/Down arrows>Selects text one line up/down.
<Select>Selects all text.

How to edit text using the context menu items:

The context menu provides advanced control.

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Figure 3. The Context Menu

Press <Menu> or <Fn><Enter> to open the context menu. Choose the item you want by using <Up/Down arrows>. Press <Enter> or <Select> to execute the action.

Table 2. Editing the text

Context Menu ItemOperation
UndoCancels the last operation. You can cancel only one operation.
Select AllSelects all text.
CutCuts the selected text and moves it to the clipboard.
CopyCopies the selected text to the clipboard.
PastePastes text from the clipboard.

How to save the file:

  1. Press <F1> to open the task menu.
  2. In this menu, choose "Save" item using <Up/Down arrows>.
  3. Press <Enter> or <Select>.

Also, if you press <Esc> to exit, the application will ask you "Do you want to save changes?" Choose "Yes" to save changes or "No" if you don't want to save them (use <Left/Right arrows> to move between the buttons.) Then press <Enter>.

How to close a file:

  1. Press <F1> to open the task menu.
  2. In this menu, choose "Close" item using <Up/Down arrows>.
  3. Press <Enter> or <Select>.
  4. Confirm if you would like to save changes.

You will see the file list. You can either open another text file or press <Esc> to move one level up or exit if already on the upper level.

How to revert to the saved version of the document:

  1. Press <F1> to open the task menu.
  2. Choose the "Revert" item by using <Up/Down arrows>.
  3. Press <Enter> or <Select>.

How to exit Notes

  1. Press <Esc>.
  2. Confirm if you would like to save changes

or

  1. Press <F1> to open the Task Menu.
  2. Choose the "Exit" item by using <Up/Down arrows>.
  3. Press <Enter>.