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How Do You Use CyberNotes?

New to CyberNotes? Start here with simple everyday examples to get value from the app in your first five minutes.

Pick the situation that sounds like you, follow two or three steps, and you are done. Each example links to the full guide in case you want more detail later.

1. Capture a thought in seconds

You just thought of something and do not want to lose it.

  1. Press Alt+Shift+N from anywhere to bring up CyberNotes, or click New Note.
  2. Type it. It saves automatically, no save button needed.
  3. Give it a clear first line, that becomes the title.

Tip: do not worry about organizing yet. Just capture first, sort later with folders and favorites.

Learn more: Organization, Editing

2. Keep a recipe, checklist, or project visible

You want a note on screen while you work in another app.

  1. Open the note you need.
  2. Click the floating note icon in the editor toolbar, or right click the note and convert it to a floating note.
  3. It stays on top of other windows while you cook, code, or study.

Tip: you can hide floating notes from the taskbar to reduce clutter, and set them to restore on startup.

Learn more: Organization

3. Organize notes without overthinking it

You have 20 notes and finding anything takes forever.

  1. Create a few folders like Personal, Work, and Ideas. Pick an icon and color for each so they are easy to spot.
  2. Drag notes into folders. Drag again to reorder.
  3. Star the 3 notes you open every day, then use the Favorites filter to jump to them.

Tip: open several notes in tabs at once instead of opening and closing the same note all day.

Learn more: Organization

4. Write nicer notes with almost no effort

You want headings, lists, and checkboxes but hate formatting toolbars.

  1. Just type: # for a big heading, - for a bullet list, 1. for a numbered list, - [ ] for a task list.
  2. Select text and press Ctrl+B for bold, Ctrl+I for italic, or use the toolbar for highlight and links.
  3. Paste images straight in. They are stored locally with your notes.

Tip: check the status bar for word count and reading time when you write something longer.

Learn more: Editing

5. Protect private notes on a shared computer

You share your PC or step away often and do not want others reading your notes.

  1. Go to Settings, Security and set a Master Password.
  2. Set auto-lock to something like 5 or 10 minutes.
  3. When you walk away, it locks by itself. Type your password to get back in, with a timer showing how long it was locked.

Tip: floating notes can hide or close automatically when the app locks, so sensitive content never stays on screen.

Learn more: Security

6. Make it comfortable in two minutes

You just installed it and the default look is not quite you.

  1. Try a theme under customization settings until one feels right for day or night use.
  2. Adjust the interface scale if text feels too small or too big.
  3. Turn on line numbers or the minimap only if you write long documents. Otherwise leave them off.

Tip: everything stays 100 percent local. No accounts, no cloud, so feel free to experiment.

Learn more: Customization, Settings

What next?

Once one of these feels natural, explore the rest at your own pace:

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