| StickyPad -- Free Post-It-Style Notes |
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| Written by Sandy Berger |
 I am addicted Post-It notes. There is nothing like being able to jot down a quick note and stick it up where you will see it. Yet even Post-Its have their faults. Sometimes they fall off. Sometimes they get stuck to a piece of paper and lost. These problems are completely solved by using sticky notes on your computer screen. It's a great solution and it's free.
StickyPad is a free program from a company called Green Eclipse that brings sticky Post-It-type notes to your computer screen. The notes appear on your computer desktop as a constant reminder of chores, birthdays, and other things you have to remember. These electronic sticky notes are very customizable. You can control the looks of the note by choosing different colors. You can adjust the size of the text. You can drag the sides of the note to make it longer and/or wider. You can even make the note translucent. You can also set up the notes as reminders. You can then leave the reminder note on the desktop or hide it. In either case when the time you set comes, the note will reappear along with an audio alert. StickyPad is quite competent. You will want to look through the options to see all its functionality. You can email notes to others, save notes, and print them to name just a few of the features. The StickyPad icon sits next to the clock in the lower-right hand side of the screen. To create a note, you simply double-click on the yellow sticky note icon. Click once on yellow sticky note to see all the options including a question mark icon that will take you to a set of complete help instructions.
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