Using template notes

GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1

Aurimas Cernius
2011-2012
Adam Dingle
adam@yorba.org 2013

# Template Notes

# Template Note Usage

Template notes are used to define the content for newly created notes. Templates are just like regular notes with some additional features.

You can define a single main template note and one for each notebook you have. These templates define the content of every new note you create:

Every new note you create in Gnote, but not in any notebook, will have the content of the main template. If you have not created a main template, the default content will be used.

Every new note created in a notebook will have the content of that notebook's template note, if any. If no template note for a notebook is defined, the default note content will be used.

To create or modify a template note:

## Main template note

Open Gnote's preferences and in the General tab press the Open Template Note button.

## Notebook template note

Right click on a notebook in the main window and select Open Template Note.

# Template Note Features

A template note is like an ordinary note except that it is not shown in note lists and has a template bar at the top.

## Template note

Template note window

The template bar has the following features:

## Convert to regular note

Press this button to turn the template into a regular note, visible in the list of notes. This action is similar to deleting a template note.

## Save Size

If you check this box, the size of a newly created note will be identical to that of the template note. When this checkbox is not checked, new notes' windows will have the default size.

## Save Selection

If this box is checked, new notes will have not only the content of the template note, but also its selection. Use this option if you want a certain part of the content in the new note to be initially selected.

## Save Title

This checkbox lets you base the title of new notes on a template note's title. With this box checked, a new note will have the template note's title with a unique number appended. Otherwise the default title will be used.