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Using NoteVelocity | ||
Background | ||
NoteVelocity is not a typical note-taking program. | ||
As an extended project, it works in ways which are supported by research | ||
These are not necessarily the ways in which the user wants it to work. | ||
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Structure of notes | ||
As you can see from the formatting of this note, there is a certain way notes in NoteVelocity are structured: | ||
Titles have no indentation | ||
Subtitles are indented only once | ||
Notes are indented more than once | ||
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Structuring your notes in this way will allow you to show a heirarchy of points in your notes | ||
It also allows the note formatting to work. Notice that titles are larger and bolder than subtitles | ||
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Indenting and de-indenting | ||
Indenting | ||
The keyboard shortcut to indent the current line depends on where you are in the line | ||
If you are at the start of the line, you can simply use the "Tab" key | ||
If you are elsewhere in the line, the shortcut "Ctrl-Space" can be used | ||
De-indenting | ||
If at the start of the line, you can simply use the "Backspace" key to de-indent | ||
If you are elsewhere, the shortcut "Ctrl-Shift-Space" will de-indent the current line | ||
Making line have a specific indentation level | ||
There are keyboard shortcuts available for making the current line a title or subtitle | ||
To make the current line a title, use the shortcut "Ctrl-H" | ||
To make the current line a subtitle, use the shortcut "Ctrl-Shift-H" | ||
The T (Title), S (Subtitle) and N (Notes) buttons in the formatting bar on the left can be used for this | ||
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File Operations | ||
File operations are the functions to manage notes included in NoteVelocity. These are: | ||
Save | ||
Save As | ||
Rename | ||
Open | ||
Rewrite | ||
These are available in the title bar at the top of the window | ||
Currently only the Save and Open buttons will be visible | ||
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If you roll your mouse over the two buttons but hold down the "Control" key, the buttons will change to Rename and Rewrite | ||
If you do the same with the "Shift" key held, Save will change to Save As | ||
This provides a fast way to get to this functionality without a maze of buttons | ||
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The rewrite functionality will be explained in the next section | ||
All other functionalities should work as standard | ||
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Rewrites | ||
Rewriting and summarising notes to revise them is an important part of note-taking for learning | ||
To make this easy, NoteVelocity has a Rewrites feature | ||
Accessible using the formatting bar's R button, the shortcut "Ctrl-Shift-R" or holding control and clicking "Open" | ||
Pressing any of these will toggle the Rewrites box to appear at the right of the page | ||
In the Rewrites box the current note can be summarised, and it will be saved with the current note | ||
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Linking | ||
Notes can be linked together - this allows you to easily link together notes for improved recall | ||
Please note that the linking functionality is currently broken by switching tabs, severely limiting its usefulness. | ||
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Pressing "Ctrl-L" will bring up a standard "Open" dialog box. Selecting a note will bring up the link box | ||
The link box contains a scrollable container which has all the titles and subtitles of the selected note in it. | ||
Double-clicking on a title or subtitle will insert it into the previously selected text box | ||
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A link appears blue and underlined, and the mouse cursor will change when hovering over it | ||
Upon clicking the link it should open in a new tab | ||
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Keyboard shortcuts | ||
Save - "Ctrl-S" | ||
Save As - "Ctrl-Shift-S" | ||
Rename - "Ctrl-R" | ||
Open - "Ctrl-O" | ||
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Rewrite - "Ctrl-Shift-R" | ||
Next tab - "Ctrl-D" | ||
Previous tab - "Ctrl-Shift-D" | ||
New tab - "Ctrl-T" or "Ctrl-N" | ||
Close tab - "Ctrl-W" | ||
Quit - "Ctrl-Shift-W" | ||
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Increase indent - "Ctrl-Space" | ||
Decrease indent - "Ctrl-Shift-Space" | ||
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Make title - "Ctrl-H" | ||
Make subtitle - "Ctrl-Shift-Space" | ||
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Create link - "Ctrl-L" |