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Journal allows you to make notes with the current date added automatically. You can use it to help you in business or as a diary for yourself.

How to start

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

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Figure 1. Journal screen

How to Work


How to work with the text

Type text from the keyboard. Dates will be inserted automatically.

Table 1. Operations with text


KeysOperation
<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 is set to work as <Del>, or deletes a character before the cursor if it is set to work as <BkSp>.
<Shift><Del>Toggles the function assigned to the <Del> button (it works either as <Del> or as <BkSp>)
<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 2. The Context Menu

Press <Menu> or <Fn><Enter> to open the Context Menu (see Fig.2.) Choose the item you want 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 your notes

  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 wish to save them (use <Left/Right arrows> to move between the buttons.) Then press <Enter> or <Select>.

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Figure 3. The task menu

How to revert to the saved version of Journal

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

Actually, the Journal is stored in the "MyJournal.txt" file in the root folder on the Disk. You can also edit the Journal using the text editor Notes.

Note: If the file MyJournal.txt was deleted due to any reason, a new empty file is created automatically once you start the Journal application.

How to exit Journal

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

Or

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

Confirm if you would like to save changes.