Getting Started
Welcome to Note Station. This section will quickly get you familiar with Note Station's layout by summarizing an overview of the user interface. A concise explanation of Note Station's structure will also be highlighted.
At the very top is a search box, the Create button, and Sync now! These features will be explained in detail later on. From left to right, Note Station is divided into three panels: menu panel, browser panel, and note panel.
The menu panel:
- Favorites: Click to show the items (including notes, notebooks, and tags) added to Favorites.
- To-do List: Click to view tasks that are starred, overdue, due today, or due in the next 7 days.
- Note: Show All Notes and Shared Notes here.
- Notebooks: Created notes can be grouped into notebooks for easy management. Shelf is also listed here.
- Smart Notebooks: Click to show notes that meet the specified criteria.
- Joined Notebooks: Click to show notes shared with you.
- Tags: Display all tags from your created notes.
- Recycle Bin: Deleted items will be moved here.
The browser panel:
- This panel displays all your notes within an item selected from the menu panel.
Note: If you select a shelf from the menu panel, you can view a list of notebooks within the selected shelf here.
The note panel:
- This panel displays the contents of a selected note. You can start editing the contents of your notes by using the editing toolbar at the top of the panel.
Note:
- There are a few items in the menu panel that you cannot add to Favorites: All Notes, Recycle Bin, All Shared Notes, and Joined Notes.
- The structure of Note Station is such that all notes must exist in a certain Notebook. Notes cannot exist on their own, they are saved in My Notebook by default when not created in a specific notebook.
- When viewing the To-do List, only the menu and task panels are displayed.
Back up and Restore
You can back up Note Station and restore it to a previous version via Hyper Backup.
To back up Note Station:
- Go to Hyper Backup > Create > Data backup task to create a backup task.
- Follow the Backup Wizard instructions, and choose Note Station when you are prompted to select applications to back up.
- After the backup task is complete, all current notebooks, notes, and settings will be backed up.
To restore Note Station:
- Go to Hyper Backup > Restore > Data to restore the desired backup task.
- After the restore task is complete, the backed up notebooks, notes, and settings will be restored. Existing notebooks, notes, and settings will be overwritten.
Note:
The backup and restore functions support DSM 5.1 (or later).
Manage Notes With Hotkeys
The following is a list of frequently used hotkeys that allow you to manage your notes efficiently. -->On the menu/browser panel:
| Hotkey | Function |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + N | Create notes (not available on Chrome) |
| Ctrl + Alt + L | Copy note links |
| Ctrl + Shift + M | Move notes |
| Ctrl + Alt + T | Add tags |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Search |
| Ctrl + S | Sync |
| Ctrl + Shift + I | Show note info |
| Delete | Move notes to Recycle Bin |
| Ctrl + Alt + Enter | Presentation mode |
| Ctrl + Alt + 8 | Add to/remove from Favorites |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | Encrypt/decrypt notes |
| Ctrl + Shift + T | Open the to-do list for the note (not available on Chrome) |
| Ctrl + P | |
| F1 | Open DSM Help |
On the note panel:
| Hotkey | Function |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + Shift + V | Paste as text (not available on Mac Client) |
| Delete | Delete |
| Ctrl + A | Select all |
| Ctrl + F | Search all notes |
| Ctrl + G | Find next |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Find previous |
| Ctrl + L | Align left |
| Ctrl + E | Align center |
| Ctrl + R | Align right |
| Ctrl + J | Justify paragraph |
| Tab | Increase indentation |
| Shift + Tab | Decrease indentation |
| Ctrl + Shift + > | Increase font size |
| Ctrl + Shift + < | Decrease font size |
| Ctrl + Shift + Up | Superscript |
| Ctrl + Shift + Down | Subscript |
| Ctrl + Shift + B | Bulleted list |
| Ctrl + Shift + O | Numbered list |
| Ctrl + K | Insert/edit links |
| Ctrl + Shift + R | Remove links |
| Ctrl + Shift + Enter | Open links |
| Ctrl + B | Bold |
| Ctrl + I | Italic |
| Ctrl + U | Underline |
| Ctrl + T | Strikethrough (not available on Chrome) |
| Ctrl + Shift + H | Highlight |
| Ctrl + Shift + - | Insert horizontal lines |
| Ctrl + Shift + C | Insert checkboxes |
| Ctrl + Shift + Space | Clear formatting |
| Alt + Shift + 1 | Apply [Heading 1] |
| Alt + Shift + 2 | Apply [Heading 2] |
| Alt + Shift + 3 | Apply [Heading 3] |
| Alt + Shift + 4 | Apply [Heading 4] |
| Alt + Shift + 5 | Apply [Heading 5] |
| Alt + Shift + 6 | Apply [Heading 6] |
| F2 | Put focus to the note name field |
| F3 | Put focus to the tag field |
Note:
- Some hotkeys are not supported in specific browsers and desktop clients.
Getting Started
Back up and Restore
Manage Notes With Hotkeys