Templates

DayNotez Desktop user interface > Dialogs > Templates

These dialogs are associated with the management of entry templates (also known as "Entry Templates").

(Entry) Templates are synchronized between the desktop and handheld.

(Entry) Templates allow users to save a predefined set of text and attributes which can easily be re-applied to entries. For example, maybe you are someone who takes meeting notes. For those meetings, you always have a predefined layout for your text with simple labels marking the who, what, when and where of the meeting. You also always categorize these meetings a "Business". Templates makes doing this quite simple.

This is the Template list dialog. In the top portion you see a list of template name and their categories. Buttons are provided to edit existing templates, create new ones, or delete selected ones. The currently "Selected" template is marked in inverse and there is an indicator arrow on the left. (You can not multi-select here)

The "Template Editor" is the dialog which allows you to create new or edit existing templates.

Template Name: The template name is just text that identifies this particular template. The text is not used as part of the actual template itself.

Options:

       Private: If checked, the template will be marked as "Private" by default.

       Category: The category to assign to the entry when the template is applied.

       Set Time: If checked the template time is given to the entry.

       Time: The time that will be set as default to the entry if the "Set Time" check box is marked.

Template Text: This is the actual text that will be inserted into the entry at the time it is applied. Text is always inserted at the point in the existing text in which the cursor is at.

Note: If applying a template to an entry that already has existing text, the "Private" and "Set Time" will be ignored. Category will also be ignored unless the existing entry has a category of "Unfiled", in which case the Category will be applied.

Hint: You can apply templates to an existing entry as many times as you wish. Templates simply "type for you" the text and attributes they contain.