Chapter 2: Making Notes

In This Chapter

check.png Opening a blank note and entering text

check.png Creating a new note

check.png Finding, e-mailing, and deleting a note

check.png Displaying the Notes List

Notes is a preinstalled application you can use to do everything from jotting down notes at meetings to maintaining to-do lists. It isn’t a robust word processor like Apple Pages or Microsoft Word by any means, but for taking notes on the fly or dictating a few pages of your novel-in- progress using the Dictation feature on a third-generation iPad while you sit and sip a cup of tea on your deck, it’s a great option.

In this chapter, you discover how to enter and edit text in Notes and manage notes by navigating among them, searching for content, or e-mailing or deleting them.

Making Notes

Notes are pretty simple to create — kind of like grabbing a sticky notepad, jotting down your thoughts, pulling off the note and sticking it somewhere, and starting to write the next one. You can use the included editing tools to select, cut, copy, and paste. Notes are saved for you in a list of notes so you can easily find the ...

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