It's always convenient to have "Desktop" relevant notes or reminders about some important upcoming events. Their display can be organized in the form of stickers, which are displayed using gadgets. Let's study the most famous applications of this class for Windows 7.
Although in the original Windows versions 7 does not have a built-in sticker gadget; it could be downloaded from the official web resource of the OS developer, Microsoft. Later, the corporation refused to support this type of application due to the increased level of PC vulnerability due to them. At the same time, it is still possible, if desired, to install sticker gadgets from other developers on your computer. We will talk about them in detail in this article, so that each user has the opportunity to choose the most suitable option to suit their taste.
Method 1: NoteX
Let's start exploring apps for organizing notes and reminders on "Desktop" with a description of the operation of the popular NoteX gadget.
- Run the downloaded file with the gadget extension. In the dialog box that opens, click "Install".
- The NoteX shell will be displayed on "Desktop".
- Select the text "Header" and press the button Delete on keyboard.
- The inscription will be deleted. After that, delete in the same way "The Title" And "Some text here".
- After the sticker interface is cleared of extraneous inscriptions, you can enter the text of your note.
- You can format your note as you please. For example, in place of the inscription "Header" you can place the date instead "The Title"- the name, and in place "Some text here"— the actual text of the note.
- If desired, you can change the style of the note. To do this, hover your cursor over it and click on the key icon that appears on the right.
- In the settings window that opens, from the drop-down list "Color" select your preferred color. Click "OK".
- The color of the sticker interface will be changed to the selected option.
- To close a sticker, move the cursor over its shell and click on the cross among the icons that appear.
- The gadget will be closed. But you should remember that when you open it again, the previously entered information will not be saved. Thus, the entered note is stored until the computer is restarted or NoteX is closed.
Method 2: Chameleon Notescolour
The next notes gadget we'll look at is called Chameleon Notescolour. It has great possibilities in choosing the interface design.
- Unpack the downloaded archive. Go to the folder "gadget", which was in it. It contains a set of “Chameleon” gadgets for various purposes. Click on the file name "chameleon_notescolour.gadget".
- In the window that opens, select "Install".
- The Chameleon Notescolour gadget interface will be displayed on "Desktop".
- In the Chameleon Notescolour shell, use the computer keyboard to type the text of the note.
- When you hover the cursor over the sticker shell, an element in the form of an icon will appear in its lower right corner «+» . It should be clicked if you want to create another sheet of notes.
- This way you can create an unlimited number of sheets. To navigate between them, you need to use the pagination element located at the very bottom of the Chameleon Notescolour interface. Clicking on the arrow pointing to the left will take you one page back, and clicking on the arrow pointing to the right will take you forward.
- If you decide that you need to delete all information on all pages of the sticker, then in this case, move the cursor to its lower left corner on any sheet and click on the element in the form of a cross. All pages will be deleted.
- You can also change the color of the Chameleon Notescolour interface shell. To do this, hover your cursor over it. Controls will appear to the right of the sticker. Click on the key-shaped icon.
- In the settings window that opens, by clicking on the icons in the form of arrows pointing to the right and left, you can select one of the six design colors that you consider the most successful. After the desired color is displayed in the settings window, click "OK".
- The color of the gadget interface will be changed to the selected option.
- In order to completely close the gadget, hover over it and click on the cross icon that appears to the right of its interface. Just like the previous analogue, when closed, all previously entered text information will be lost.
Method 3: Longer Notes
The Longer Notes gadget is very similar in appearance and functionality to Chameleon Notescolour, but has one important difference. Its shell interface has a narrower shape.
- Run the downloaded file called "long_notes.gadget". In the installation window that opens, as always, click "Install".
- The Longer Notes interface opens.
- You can add any reminder to it in the same way as was done in the previous case.
- The procedure for adding a new sheet, navigating between pages, and clearing content are completely identical to the algorithm of actions that was described when reviewing Chameleon Notescolour. Therefore, we will not dwell on this in detail again.
- But the settings have some differences. Therefore, we will pay attention to them. The transition to control parameters is carried out in the same way as for all other gadgets: by clicking on the key icon to the right of the interface.
- Adjusting the interface color is carried out in the same way as in Chameleon Notescolour, but in Longer Notes, in addition, it is possible to change the font type and its size. To do this, respectively, from the drop-down lists "Font" And "Font Size" it is necessary to select acceptable options. After all the necessary settings have been set, do not forget to click "OK", otherwise the changes will not take effect.
- This will change the Longer Notes interface and the font it contains.
- The gadget is closed, like the analogues discussed above, by clicking on the cross icon to the right of the notes interface.
This is not a complete list of all possible sticker gadgets for Windows 7. There are many more. But there is no point in describing each of them separately, since the interface and functionality of this type applications are very similar. Once you understand how one of them works, you can easily figure out the others. At the same time, there are some minor differences. For example, NoteX is extremely simple. In it you can only change the theme color. Chameleon Notescolour is more complex as it allows you to add multiple sheets. Longer Notes has even more possibilities, because in this gadget you can change the font type and size of the note.
What are the desktop stickers we are talking about?
The simplest analogy is physical paper stickers with a sticky strip, which are usually stuck on surfaces with which they are constantly interacting.
Stickers for your PC desktop work in a similar way.
They have the following distinctive features:
- Displayed on top of shortcuts and programs (although it is possible to customize this function);
- Can be moved around the desktop if they get in the way;
- May be of different sizes depending on the amount of information written on the sticker;
- Typically, they have a bright color that cannot be ignored (although this indicator is also customizable);
- Some programs even have a setting that allows you to place a “sticker” on top of the window of the running program;
- Often even in external design they resemble paper stickers.
The use of such “reminders” is convenient when the desktop is slightly overloaded. Because otherwise they will only get in the way, covering the necessary shortcuts.
You can create a sticker using the standard program included in the assembly. For older operating systems, you will have to download an additional program to do this.
Creating stickers in Windows
Such a program in the basic assembly operating system is called "Notes". You need to find it on your computer using one of the available methods:
- B - go to Start - All Programs - Accessories and find the corresponding program there;
- You can also find it by searching through Explorer.
After you click on the name of the program, it will launch. A sticker with an input field and a cursor positioned in it will appear on the desktop.
Just write down what you need in it, and then click on the workspace of the table where you want to attach the sticker.
This sticker will be on top of all labels. It will disappear only if some program is opened “on top” of it, or if all windows are minimized using hot keys.
However, in this case, the program icon will appear on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
At the top of each sticker there are two function buttons. This is a “+” in the upper left corner and a cross in the upper right.
When you click on the plus, you will create a new sticker; when you click on the cross, you will delete the existing one.
It does not require a large amount of system resources, installation, does not take up space in the menu, etc.
Its main drawback is that it is developed strictly for . In addition, in many sources it is implemented in English language, without localization.
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Third party programs
There are a lot of software for creating stickers. But mainly two programs are popular.
They allow you to perform a wide range of tasks and do not take up much space on your computer.
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- DeskStikers allows you to change the color of the sticker and its drawing style. It also allows you to divide text into paragraphs, groups, subgroups, and create headings and subheadings. A distinctive feature is the ability to insert icons and low demands on device resources;
In this video episode, I will show you two ways to use stickers on your desktop in Windows.
Many have become accustomed to this function and can no longer imagine their work at the computer without it. But don't confuse them with .
Stickers can be useful for you when you want to leave reminders, or simply leave any note that should always flash before your eyes.
METHOD-1: To use the first method of using stickers, the built-in function of Windows 10 is sufficient. To do this in Windows 10, go to the menu "Start"- and find the application there Sticky Notes.
In more earlier versions Windows this application is called "Notes" and is located in the folder "Standard".
METHOD-2: The second method allows us to install any sticker gadgets that we like. But for this you need to install the program Desktop Gadgets.
I recorded everything in more detail for you in the video!
VIDEO: Stickers for Work Windows table 7, 8, 10. Two ways!
By the way! There is a large selection of different stickers and other gadgets on this website: https://wingad.ru/gadgets/zametki/
Formatting the text of a note for METHOD-1
You can format the note text, add list bullets, or change the text size using keyboard shortcuts. Follow these steps:
Select the text you want to change.
Use the following keyboard shortcuts to format note text:
- Make it bold - CTRL+B
- Italics - CTRL+I
- Underline text - CTRL+U
- Strikethrough text - CTRL+T
- Create a bulleted list - CTRL+SHIFT+L (Press these keys again to switch to a numbered list.)
- Increase text size - CTRL+SHIFT+ (bracket on the "y" key)
- Reducing text size - CTRL+SHIFT+ (bracket on the “b” key)
Well, that's all for today! Please write in the comments if you managed to install stickers on your Windows desktop?
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One of the best free e-sticker management systems available today. It has good tools for scheduling reminders, a convenient note manager, and supports not only text, but also graphic data types! In addition, the crowning feature of the program is the ability to exchange stickers with other users over the Internet!
The human brain is a unique system! It stores information about the entire life of an individual, but, at the same time, not all of it is accessible to our consciousness... The process of forgetting is responsible for the availability of certain knowledge. Moreover, we can forget everything: starting with memories of our childhood, and ending with: “What did I eat for breakfast today?” :).
Speaking seriously, few people can boast of excellent memory. In today's dynamic world, it is almost impossible to remember everything, so smart people began to come up with all sorts of tricks that allow them to remember important things at the right time.
One of these inventions was stickers. A simple piece of paper, stuck in time, for example, on a computer monitor, can quite successfully combat “forgetfulness.”
However, regular stickers also have their drawbacks. So, for example, if there are too many of them, then sometimes it can be difficult to find exactly the record we need at the moment. And aesthetically they are not very acceptable. In addition, many of them, after removal, leave traces of glue on the surface (or even don’t want to come off at all :)).
And since stickers are very popular with ordinary people who often work with a PC, the large programming fraternity decided to implement their own version of virtual sticky notes! And today I will introduce you to one of these developments, which is simply called Stickies.
Comparison with a paid analogue
Stickies allows you to quickly create and conveniently manage many virtual stickers, the appearance and content of which you define yourself! In its capabilities, Stickies is reminiscent of the popular paid utility Power Notes. A comparison of the possibilities is given in the table below:
As we see, free version can do everything the commercial one can do. And even more! Unlike its paid counterpart, Stickies can show not only formatted text but also graphics in notes, and also allows you to share stickers with friends via World Wide Web!
Installation and Russification of the program
To install Stickies, just download the archive with the program from our website and run the installer from it. Only one window will appear in which you can set all the presets:
From the options here, you can choose to install a special library to support hot keys, as well as install for all PC users or only for the administrator. Then everything is standard: the installation path and the ability to launch the program and get help on it after the installation process is completed. When all the options are set as required, click the “Install” button.
Upon completion of the installation (if you did not change the standard settings), the following windows will appear in front of us:
The topmost one (in the screenshot) is the installation status window. It can be closed by clicking the “Finish” button. Below you can see the help window for the program. Unfortunately, there is no Russian-language version, so if you are not very friendly with English, this window must also be closed.
The last window is actually an example of a program sticker, and is a greeting with links to the author’s website. The Stickies icon will also appear in the tray, but more on that. Now the main task is to force the program to change the interface to Russian.
To do this, open the downloaded archive again, find a folder in it called “RUSIFIER” and copy its contents to the folder in which the program is installed (by default: C:\Program Files\Stickies).
After this, just restart Stickies and we will get a Russian-language version of the interface. Similarly, the program can be translated into any of the languages available on the author’s website!
Program main menu interface
Now that Stickies has a Russian-language interface, I suggest taking a closer look at main menu programs. It can be called by right-clicking on the tray icon:
All functions here, as you can see, are divided into 4 (except for the exit button) sections. The first section contains items that allow you to create new notes, the second contains functions for displaying stickers, the third contains additional program features, and the fourth is dedicated to reference materials. We will return to the first section a little later, in the second everything is very clear, but I propose to consider the third now.
Program settings
Specifically, we should be interested in the “Options” item:
By activating this item, we will be taken to a window (see screenshot above), which contains all possible program settings. All Stickies options are divided into several tabs. I suggest briefly familiarizing yourself with the capabilities of each of them:
- Are common. This tab contains settings regarding the placement of new stickers on the screen, as well as their functionality. For example, here you can link the creation of new notes to certain coordinates, apply one of the possible actions when you double-click on the sticker title, and much more.
- Appearance. All possible settings regarding the styling of stickers are collected here. You have the opportunity to create up to 10 different styles designing notes with different colors and levels of transparency. In addition, it is possible to download additional skins from the Internet or even create your own using a special utility!
- Net. Allows you to enable Network support in the program to be able to exchange stickers with friends (disabled by default).
- Email. Here you can enable the program's support for mail protocols, through which you can also exchange notes (the function is also disabled by default).
- PDA. Provides the ability to configure the exchange of tasks between a computer and a PDA running Windows or a device based on Palm OS.
- Alarm clocks. Allows you to customize the functionality and sound design of alarms in Stickies.
- Hotkeys. Makes it possible to change some keyboard shortcuts to speed up work with certain program functions.
- Additionally. Here you will find the option to add search engines to the program for quick search selected texts on the Internet, and you can also configure logging of the application and some additional options. Of the latter, it is worth noting the “Link .sti and .ssk files to the program” item, which allows you to set the corresponding file associations in the registry (by default, Stickies does not make any changes to it).
That's all, actually, about the options - configure Stickies as you wish;).
Working with stickers
Now it's time for the fun part - actually creating the stickers! To do this, you need to either double-click with the left mouse button on the program icon in the tray, or select the “New note” item in the main menu (first item).
An empty window will appear in the form of a yellow sticker in which you can enter the desired text. By clicking on the text field of a note, we will call up the style change menu, with which you can change the appearance of entries, as well as set the highlighting of individual words and paragraphs (for example, create a list):
Also, with activated access to the Network, you can create a search for selected text from here (for example, in Google).
Besides the change appearance text, in Stickies we can also change the appearance of the background of the note itself, as well as set the time or event for its display. To do this, use another context menu, which is called by right-clicking on the sticker title:
All items in this menu are divided into five sections. The first section contains functions for saving and printing notes. Moreover, you can save it either in a separate file or in a note manager (more on that below). The second section allows you to configure the conditions under which the sticker will be displayed.
At the same time, using the “Alarm Clock” you can set the exact time for the reminder to be displayed, the “Fall asleep on” function allows you to delay the display of a sticker for a certain period of time, and “Attach” gives us the opportunity to link the appearance of a note to the appearance of a specific window (for example, the launch of some program or opening a specific web page):
The third section of the menu allows you to block editing of a note, cancel the display of a sticker on top of all windows, or minimize the recording window to the title. The last two sections are responsible for the appearance of our reminder and allow you to set a title for the sticker.
When you activate a network and/or email connection, another section will appear in the menu, allowing you to send notes to friends.
Adding graphics to a note
By default, all notes created in Stickies are text, but you can also create stickers containing graphics. There are several ways to take this type of notes:
- Copy the desired picture to the clipboard (select it and press CTRL+C), and then in the main menu, click the “New note from clipboard” button.
- Create a regular empty sticker and press CTRL+SHIFT+K (activates an empty graphic area without the ability to return to text mode).
- In Options, set the default to create graphic notes. To do this, in the “General” tab, activate the “New notes are images” item.
By right-clicking on the workspace of this type of sticker, you will have access to graphic editing tools that will allow you to change or create the desired image from scratch.
Otherwise, working with graphic notes is similar to text mode.
Additional Stickies Tools
Now that we've covered the basic functionality of Stickies, it's time to look at additional tools. These include a notes manager and a contacts manager.
The note manager is called by activating the “Manage notes” item in the main program menu:
With its help, we can quickly search for the reminders we need, edit them, or set the display time. Also, by selecting the “Saved” item, we can first create a new category for stickers, and then the stickers themselves in the created section using the corresponding items in the “File” menu:
Also interesting: in the “Desktop” section (where all active notes are stored) we can enable two modes that are not available in the sticker’s main menu. This hides the note and goes into “ghost mode.” The latter allows you to still display the sticker on the screen, but at the same time makes it “transparent” to mouse clicks.
That is, if there is a shortcut under a note, a click on the note will be perceived as a click on this shortcut! Combined with the ability to make the sticker translucent, we get the perfect reminder that is always in front of your eyes, but does not interfere with your work with the computer!
The last feature we'll look at is the contact manager. It is convenient to use if you have activated and configured Network support and/or Email in options. The manager is called from the main menu of the program when you click on the “Friends” item:
In order to add a new contact, just click the “Add Friend” button and fill out a simple form containing the name and email address the person you need. The contact manager allows you to sort friends by groups, as well as using separators. It also provides a quick send list of up to 10 contacts called Close Friends.
Advantages and disadvantages of the program
- unlimited number of reminders on your desktop;
- extensive options for customizing the ways and times of displaying notes;
- the ability to change the appearance of stickers with support for skins;
- convenient sticker manager;
- ability to create graphic notes.
- there is no way to set a password for mail;
- Not very convenient to work in graphical mode.
conclusions
After reviewing several apps for creating electronic stickers, I came to the conclusion that Stickies is the best of the free ones, and even one of the best of its kind, even in comparison with commercial counterparts! Rich options for customizing the appearance of notes, convenient functions for scheduling their display, and a function for sharing notes with friends are the main trump cards of the program.
Therefore, if you still buy paper stickers and stick them on your monitor so as not to forget about important things, then Stickies will allow you to forget about this thankless task and save you from constantly wasting money and nerves;).
P.S. Permission is granted to freely copy and quote this article, provided that an open active link to the source is indicated and the authorship of Ruslan Tertyshny is preserved.
Everyone has long been accustomed to the service, which allows you to store your own notes on your phone and always remember about current affairs. But you can download notes of this type not only for mobile devices, and also to the computer.
At the moment, there are many gadgets that display notes on the PC desktop and the user always remains aware of planned events.
Let's look at some common editors for Windows that you can use to create notes.
Notes are output to the desktop using the Outwiker tree program. It creates folders with user-recorded information on local disk. This gadget is provided free of charge.
The Windows system installed on your computer supports the Onenote note rubricator. In this case, notes are created for free on a PC, but for full functionality and to use all the features of the program, you need to create a personal account on the website of the same name.
There is a program called Colorenote, the widget of which contains notes from email, as well as from messages and personal notes.
Functional synchronization of notes from different PCs or mobile devices is supported by the Nimbusnote program. Designed for the operating room windows systems and works quickly even in congested conditions.
Outlook has options for creating a calendar of notes. It comes in the standard Microsoft Office package along with a text editor, Access and Excel.
The number of software for reminders and notes is constantly increasing. Its use has become in a convenient way remembering the necessary information at the right time, since this or that note is displayed on the display according to the date entered in the calendar. Thus, the user of the software in question will never miss important events.