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 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.