WritePad Pro 3.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch

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WritePad Pro 3.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch
WritePad Pro 3.0
for iPhone
and iPod Touch
USER’S GUIDE
Copyright © 2008-2010 PhatWare Corp.
All Rights Reserved.
WritePad Pro User's Guide
Copyright © 2008-2010 PhatWare Corporation.
All rights Reserved.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
General Features .................................................................................................5
Overview .................................................................................... 5
System Requirements ..................................................................... 6
Installation.................................................................................. 6
Installing WritePad ...................................................................... 6
Working With Folders .........................................................................................7
Adding New Folders ....................................................................... 7
Searching Folders .......................................................................... 9
Sorting Folders ........................................................................... 10
Deleting Folders ......................................................................... 11
Changing Folder Properties ............................................................ 11
Main Options.............................................................................. 11
Using WritePad Affairs .....................................................................................13
Opening an Affair File .................................................................. 14
Searching Affairs Files .................................................................. 14
Sorting Affairs Files ..................................................................... 14
Affairs Folder Options .................................................................. 14
Editing Affairs Files ..................................................................... 16
Affair File Toolbar Buttons ............................................................ 18
Sending a file via WiFi .................................................................. 18
Sending E-mails .......................................................................... 20
Copying and Pasting Affairs ............................................................ 21
Using WritePad Events .....................................................................................22
Opening an Event File .................................................................. 23
Searching Events Files .................................................................. 23
Sorting Events Files ..................................................................... 23
Events Folder Options .................................................................. 24
Editing Events Files ..................................................................... 25
Using the Get Current Location option ....................................... 28
Event File Toolbar Buttons............................................................. 30
Copying and Pasting Events ............................................................ 30
Using WritePad Notes .......................................................................................32
Opening a Note File ..................................................................... 33
Searching Notes Files ................................................................... 33
Sorting Notes Files ...................................................................... 33
Notes Folder Options ................................................................... 33
Note File Toolbar Buttons .............................................................. 35
Notes Options ............................................................................ 36
Text Editing Settings ................................................................. 36
Importing/Exporting PhatNotes to/from Notes .................................... 36
Importing Notes from PhatNotes ................................................... 36
Exporting Notes to PhatNotes ....................................................... 38
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Copying and Pasting Notes ............................................................. 39
Using WritePad Voice Notes ............................................................................40
Searching Voice Note Files ............................................................. 40
Sorting Voice Note Files ................................................................ 41
Folder Options ........................................................................... 41
Editing Voice Note Settings ............................................................ 42
Voice Note File Toolbar Buttons ...................................................... 43
Recording a Voice Note................................................................. 44
Playing a Voice Note .................................................................... 44
E-Mailing a Voice Note .................................................................. 45
Using WritePad Editor ......................................................................................47
Quick Start Guide ........................................................................ 47
View mode ............................................................................. 47
Handwriting mode .................................................................... 47
Keyboard mode ........................................................................ 48
Handwriting Recognition ............................................................... 49
Alternatives Window.................................................................. 49
Punctuation keyboard ................................................................ 50
Recognition Toolbar Buttons ........................................................ 51
Edit Menu ................................................................................. 51
Undo/Redo Commands ................................................................. 52
Using Gestures ........................................................................... 53
Using Shorthand ......................................................................... 55
Shorthand Editor ...................................................................... 56
Editing in Keyboard Mode .............................................................. 61
WritePad Editor Options................................................................ 62
WritePad Editor Settings ............................................................. 62
User Dictionary ........................................................................ 67
Autocorrector Word List Editor ..................................................... 69
Edit Shorthand List .................................................................... 72
Manage User Data ..................................................................... 75
Accessing WritePad Pro files from the desktop PC .......................................77
Overview .................................................................................. 77
Downloading/uploading WritePad files .............................................. 77
Importing/Exporting Microsoft Outlook folders to/from WritePad. ............ 80
Importing a folder from Outlook to a WritePad Pro Folder .................... 80
Exporting Affairs/Events/Notes .................................................... 83
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General Features
General Features
Overview
WritePad Professional Edition is a combination of WritePad Affairs, WritePad Notes,
and WritePad Events. It also features Voice Notes. The data can be organized in
multiple folders, which can be sorted by type, name, and color.
Affairs folders assist users with organizing daily tasks,
jobs, and contracts. Users can create, edit, and view
items in landscape or portrait mode; sort items by
due date, subject, priority, color, category, and
status; and filter by text found in the subject.
Events folders enable users to create, edit, and view
events in landscape and portrait mode; sort events by
date, subject, priority, color, and category; filter
events by characters or words found in the subject.
While creating events a user can obtain a current
location using iPhone navigation feature, insert a new
or an existing photograph, and associate contact with
the event.
Notes folders allow creating, editing, and viewing
notes on an iPhone. Notes can be edited in ether
landscape or portrait mode and sorted by subject,
color, and category and filter notes by characters or
words found in the subject.
Voice Notes folders can be used to record and play
back voice notes and memos. Each voice note can
have name, color and importance properties and can
be organized by name, color, priority, creation, and
modification dates.
WritePad Pro uses the WritePad text editor developed specifically for iPhone and
featuring handwriting recognition input for cursive, print, and mixed handwriting
styles, in addition to an iPhone soft keyboard. Advanced features of WritePad's
handwriting recognition engine include an intelligent handwriting recognition engine
which improves recognition quality over time, and an auto-corrector which
automatically fixes common spelling and recognition errors, a spell checker, and a
shorthand feature which allows users to perform editing commands, insert current
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date and time and repetitive text by writing a short name and drawing a circle around
it, and simple gestures to perform standard editing commands.
In the beginning the recognition quality may depend on your style and how
comfortable you feel writing on the iPhone screen with your finger; however the more
you use it, the better it will become as the software will adapt to your patterns. In
addition, you can use simple finger gestures to select text, cut, copy, paste, insert
special characters such as space and return, invoke the spell checker for the selected
word, correct recognized text, and more (see the Using Gestures section below for a
complete list of gestures).
System Requirements
•
Apple iPhone or iPod Touch (any generation)
•
Apple iPhone OS 3.0 or later
Installation
This section provides instructions on how to install, register, upgrade, and uninstall
WritePad Pro on your system. Please read these instructions carefully before installing
WritePad Pro.
Installing WritePad
1. On your iPhone access the Apple iTunes App Store and select the WritePad Pro
application.
2. Touch the BUY button. It will change to the INSTALL button; touch it again.
3. When download begins iTunes will prompt for your login name and password.
4. Once installation is complete, the WritePad Pro icon will be added to your
home screen. Touch the WritePad Pro icon to start the application.
You can also purchase the application in iTunes app store on the desktop computer
and synchronize the content with your iPhone or iPod Touch.
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Working With Folders
Working With Folders
WritePad supports four types of folders: Affairs, Events, Notes, and Voice Notes.
When you start the application for the first time, four default folders, one of each
kind, are created. You can add new folders, rename existing folders, assign folder
color, sort and group folders by name, date, type and color, and search folders by
name.
Adding New Folders
You can add additional folders and select which of the above applications you want to
save each folder in. To add a folder, touch the new folder icon
Folder screen appears.
. The New
Type the Folder Name and select the Folder Type and the Folder Color.
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If you copied data to the clipboard and want to paste them into the new folder, turn
ON the Import Clipboard Data option. See the Copying and Pasting section of the
selected folder type for information on copying items from an existing folder.
Touch Save and the new folder will appear on the main screen.
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Working With Folders
Searching Folders
To search for a folder, either touch the search area at the top of the screen if visible.
If not visible, touch the search icon
. The keyboard will appear. Type a folder
name. As you type, only the possible folder names will appear on the screen, as
shown below. Search looks for sequence of entered letters anywhere in the word, not
just the beginning.
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Working With Folders
To remove the sort filter, touch the Cancel button.
Sorting Folders
To sort the folders, touch the Sort icon
. The sort scrollwheel appears.
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Working With Folders
You can select a new sorting preference by touching the scrollwheel, or reverse the
sort order of the current sorting preference by touching the sort icon.
Deleting Folders
To delete a folder, touch the Edit button, then touch the delete icon
row you want to delete, then touch the delete key.
in the folder
Changing Folder Properties
To change the properties of a folder, touch its Properties button
. Each folder
type has its own set of Options. See the applicable Folder Options section below for
the options available for the selected Folder.
Main Options
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To go to the Options window, tap on
Working With Folders
.
Share My Files - if ON the files on your iPhone can be
accessed from your desktop computer on the local
network. Note that this option is disabled if iPhone is
not connected to the local WiFi network. Entering the
URI shown into a browser will allow you to access your
WritePad files from your computer, similar to using
WritePad Sync Lite, as shown above.
Keep Awake - turn ON to prevent the device from
entering idle mode while sharing your files. Note that
if the device is not connected to an external power
source, make sure not to leave the WritePad
application running on your iPhone if the Keep Awake
switch is ON for a long time, as the device will not
hibernate and your battery will be drained quickly.
Require Password - when turned ON, will require a
password to be entered before uploading or
downloading files. Whenever you require access to
the iPhones File Server to see and access your files, it
will ask for this password. The password must be at
least two characters long. Single character passwords
are not accepted. (When using WritePad Sync Lite, it
also asks for a username. This field can be ignored.)
Group Folders - if ON, the folders will be arranged in
the sort order determined on the Folder page, with
the sort title above each sort group.
Text Editing Settings - See the WritePad Editor
Options section for more information.
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Using WritePad Affairs
Using WritePad Affairs
Use the Affairs folder to organize your affairs (tasks, jobs, contracts, etc.) You can
view and edit your affairs in landscape and portrait modes using either WritePad
handwriting recognition or the standard iPhone keyboard for text input. You can sort
affairs by due, completion, and start dates, subject, priority, status, percent
completed, and actual or total work hours in ascending or descending order. You can
also copy and paste text between text fields, or filter affairs by characters or words
found in the subject.
In addition, Affairs can be exported (imported) as a CSV file and later transferred to a
desktop computer (see Accessing WritePad Pro Files from the desktop section). This
CSV file is compatible with Microsoft Outlook Tasks CSV files, allowing the
importing/exporting of tasks from/to Outlook. Any affair can be sent via email with
the touch of a single button.
In progress
Cancelled
Low Priority
Completed
Completed
Past Due
Private
High Priority
Waiting
Status
Deferred
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Opening an Affair File
To create a new affair press the New Affair button in the toolbar
and start
writing (if using handwriting recognition mode) or typing (if using the keyboard
mode). To view/modify an existing Affair touch the desired affair subject row.
Searching Affairs Files
To search for an Affair file, either touch the search area at the top of the screen if
visible. If not visible, touch the search icon
. The keyboard will appear. Type a
file name. As you type, only the possible file names will appear on the screen.
Search looks for sequence of entered letters anywhere in the word, not just the
beginning.
Sorting Affairs Files
To sort the files, touch the sort icon
. The sort scrollwheel appears. The sort
options are:
• Subject
• Status
• Priority
• Due Date
• Start Date
• Completion Date
• Category
• Color (Even if Use Item Color is turned off in the Folder Options window).
• % Complete
To reverse the selected sort option, touch the sort icon to open the scrollwheel, then
touch the sort icon again. The selected sort sequence will be reversed.
Affairs Folder Options
Touch the Options icon
to adjust the Affairs Folder Options.
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Folder Name - Tap in the window to
change the current folder name.
Folder Color - Touch the preferred
folder color.
Group Affairs - if ON, the files will be
grouped according to the selected sort
order, with the title of each sort type
above each group. (See Sorting Affair
Files, above.)
Hide Completed - if ON, completed
affairs will not be shown.
Hide Private - if ON, affairs set to
Private will not be shown.
Hide Cancelled - if ON, cancelled
affairs will not be shown.
Show Complete Box - if OFF, the box
in the right side of each affairs file will
not be shown.
Use Item Color - Each file row will
show the select color. (To change a
file color, open a file and touch Edit.)
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Editing Affairs Files
To add addition information to a file, open an Affair file and touch Edit.
All possible Affair content will appear. The items not used will not appear after
editing is done, except for these default items:
• File icon
• File name
• Status
• Priority
• Private (on or off)
• Color
Once an item is used, you can change the item by touching the item without first
having to touch Edit (except for the file name).
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The icon can be changed by touching the icon
button.
Delete an item by touching the delete icon then
touching the Delete button that appears.
Reminders are done through "push" notifications.
To create and receive reminders the device must
be online (wifi or cellular) and must be allowed
to accept push notifications for WritePad
applications in order to receive reminders. The
reminder is actually created on the PhatWare
server and then sent to the device by the server
at the specified time. Depending on the network
performance at the reminder time, reminders
may be delayed by up to 5 minutes.
The contacts will come from the iPhone Contacts
application.
Private - If ON, will not appear in the Affairs
files list if the Hide Private option in the
Folders Options window is also ON.
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Affair File Toolbar Buttons
New File - To add a new Affair file. You are given the option to either start a
new generic file or copy the currently open file.
WiFi - To upload the Affair file onto another device that is running WritePad Pro
on the same local WiFi network. See the Sending a file via WiFi section below.
Send Mail - Sends the Affair file content via email.
Delete - Deletes the current Affair file after confirming.
Sending a file via WiFi
Open a file then touch the WiFi icon
. The list of available devices appear.
Select a device to start uploading.
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The receiving device will get a message once the item is uploaded.
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NOTE: if there are more than one database of the type of the item that is being
uploaded:
• If the selected database is of the same type as the uploaded item, the new
item will be created in this database.
• If a different database is selected or no database is selected, then the new
item is created in the first found database of the same type.
Sending E-mails
Open a file and touch the Send Mail icon
the title of the Affair file in the Subject line.
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Enter the addressee(s) and touch Send.
NOTE: If you have not configured your email account yet, the iPhone will first bring
up the account set-up screen.
Copying and Pasting Affairs
You can copy all the affairs files and paste them into the same folder or another
Affairs folder.
1. Open the desired Affairs folder and touch the Disk button
in the toolbar.
2. Touch the Copy All Affairs button.
3. If desired, open another Affairs folder, and touch the Disk button
toolbar.
4. Touch the Paste From Clipboard button.
5. Choose either to Replace Existing Affairs or Keep Existing Affairs.
6. The pasted affairs are now in the current Affairs folder.
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Using WritePad Events
Using WritePad Events
Use the Events folder to record various life events, such as appointments, meetings,
phone calls, tasks, etc. Each event may contain type, subject, start time, duration,
note, contacts, categories, and more. You can take a new picture, or select a picture
from your photo library to associate it with the event. In events you can mark your
current location on the map using the iPhone navigation feature.
Events can be viewed and edited in landscape or portrait mode using either WritePad
handwriting recognition or the standard iPhone keyboard for text input. You can sort
and group events by start time, subject, event type, priority, category, or duration in
ascending or descending order. You can also copy and paste text between text fields,
or filter events by characters or words found in the subject.
In addition, Events can be exported (imported) as a CSV file and transferred to a
desktop computer (see Accessing WritePad Pro Files from the desktop section). This
CSV file is compatible with Microsoft Outlook Journal CSV files, allowing the
importing/exporting of Journal entries from/to Outlook.
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Low Priority
Private
Status
High Priority
Opening an Event File
To create a new event press the New Event button in the toolbar
and start
writing (if using handwriting recognition mode) or typing (if using the keyboard
mode). To view/modify an existing Event touch the desired event subject row.
Searching Events Files
To search for an Event file, either touch the search area at the top of the screen if
visible. If not visible, touch the search icon
. The keyboard will appear. Type a
file name. As you type, only the possible file names will appear on the screen.
Search looks for sequence of entered letters anywhere in the word, not just the
beginning.
Sorting Events Files
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To sort the files, touch the sort icon
. The sort scrollwheel appears. The sort
options are:
• Start Time
• Subject
• Event Type
• Priority
• Category
• Color (Even if Use Item Color is turned off in the Events Folder Options
window).
• Duration
To reverse the selected sort option, touch the sort icon to open the scrollwheel, then
touch the sort icon again. The selected sort sequence will be reversed.
Events Folder Options
Touch the Options icon
to adjust the Events Folder Options.
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Folder Name - Tap in the window to
change the current folder name.
Folder Color - Touch the preferred
folder color.
Group Events - if ON, the files will be
grouped according to the selected sort
order, with the title of each sort type
above each group. (See Sorting Event
Files, above.)
Hide Misc Fields - if ON, when editing
an Events file, the four optional
miscellaneous fields will not appear.
Hide Private Events - if ON, events set
to Private will not be shown.
Use Item Color - Each file row will
show the selected color. (To change a
file color, open a file and touch Edit.)
Editing Events Files
To add addition information to a file, open an Event file and touch Edit.
All possible Event content will appear. The items not used will not appear after
editing is done, except for these default items:
• File icon
• File name
• Start date and time
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•
•
•
Using WritePad Events
Priority
Private (on or off)
Color
Once an item is used, you can change the item by touching the item, without first
having to touch Edit (except for the file name).
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The icon can be changed by touching the icon button.
Reminders are done through "push" notifications. To
create and receive reminders the device must be
online (wifi or cellular) and must be allowed to
accept push notifications for WritePad applications in
order to receive reminders. The reminder is actually
created on the PhatWare server and then sent to the
device by the server at the specified time.
Depending on the network performance at the
reminder time, reminders may be delayed by up to 5
minutes.
Instead of using an icon from list provided, you can
use any picture from the iPhone Photo Albums.
The contacts will come from the iPhone Contacts
application.
Delete an item by touching the delete icon then
touching the Delete button that appears.
Private - If ON, the file will not appear in the Events
files list if the Hide Private Events option in the
Folders Options window is also ON.
Touch Get Current Location to see your current
location using Google Maps, in Map, Satellite, and
Hybrid mode. See the Using the Get Current
Location Option section, below, for more
information.
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Using the Get Current Location option
1. Open an Event file, then touch the Edit button.
2. Touch Get Current Location. A Google map appears with a red pin at
your current location. Touch OK to search for your current location. If you
choose Don't Allow, the map view will close and you will be returned to your
Note.
NOTE: Your device must be connected to the Internet to view the map.
3. To move the map, drag your finger on the map. You can also double tap on the
map to expand your view.
4. To save a location shown on the map, tap on the pin icon
.
5. Tap or drag your finger to the area of the map to the address you want to save.
A red arrow will show the current location of your finger as you drag.
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6. Once you have moved the arrow to the chosen location, the arrow will change
to a red pin.
7. Tap on Save.
8. The Event File screen will return with the selected address in the Event
Location window.
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Event File Toolbar Buttons
New File - To add a new Event file. You are given the option to either start a
new generic file or copy the currently open file.
WiFi - To upload the Event file onto another device that is running WritePad Pro
on the same local WiFi network.
Send Mail - Sends the Event file content via email. If a picture is associated with
the event, it will also be sent.
Delete - Deletes the current Event file after confirming.
Copying and Pasting Events
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You can copy all the events and paste them into the same folder or another Events
folder.
1. Open the desired Events folder and touch the Disk button
in the toolbar.
2. Touch the Copy All Events button.
3. If desired, open another Events folder, and touch the Disk button
toolbar.
4. Touch the Paste From Clipboard button.
5. Choose either to Replace Existing Events or Keep Existing Events.
6. The pasted events are now in the current Events folder.
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Using WritePad Notes
Use the Notes Folder to organize your notes. You can view and edit your notes in
landscape and portrait modes using either WritePad handwriting recognition or the
standard iPhone keyboard. You can sort notes by creation date, modification date,
subject, category, color or priority in ascending or descending order. You can also
copy and paste text between notes, or filter notes by characters or words found in
the note title.
In addition, you can export (import) notes as CSV files and transfer it to a desktop
computer see (see Accessing WritePad Pro Files from the desktop section). Any note
can be sent via email with a touch of a single button.
High Priority
Private
Low Priority
Status
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Opening a Note File
To create a new note press the New Note button in the toolbar
and start writing
(if using handwriting recognition mode) or typing (if using the keyboard mode). To
view/modify an existing Note touch the desired note subject row.
Searching Notes Files
To search for a Note file, either touch the search area at the top of the screen if
visible. If not visible, touch the search icon
. The keyboard will appear. Type a
file name. As you type, only the possible file names will appear on the screen.
Search looks for sequence of entered letters anywhere in the word, not just the
beginning.
Sorting Notes Files
To sort the files, touch the sort icon
. The sort scrollwheel appears. The sort
options are:
• Modified
• Created
• Subject
• Category
• Color (Even if Use Item Color is turned off in the Folder Options window).
• Priority
To reverse the selected sort option, touch the sort icon to open the scrollwheel, then
touch the sort icon again. The selected sort sequence will be reversed.
Notes Folder Options
Touch the Options icon
to adjust the Notes Folders Options.
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Folder Name - Tap in the window to
change the current folder name.
Folder Color - Touch the preferred
folder color.
Group Notes - if ON, the files will be
grouped according to the selected sort
order, with the title of each sort type
above each group. (See Sorting Notes
Files, above.)
Use Item Color - Each file row will
show the select color. (To change a
file color, open a file and touch Edit.)
Hide Private Notes - if ON, Notes set
to Private will not be shown.
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Note File Toolbar Buttons
Undo - Undoes the last editing actions (up to 20 levels).
Spell Check - if a single word is selected shows alternatives, otherwise shows
the Last Recognition Results window. Also applicable in the keyboard mode.
Recognition mode - toggles recognition mode: mixed, capital
letters only, numbers only (including punctuation) and Internet (no spaces). Also
applicable in the keyboard mode.
WiFi - To upload the Event file onto another device that is running WritePad Pro
on the same local WiFi network.
Send Mail - sends the Note content via email.
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Delete - Deletes the current Note file after confirming.
Options - opens the Options window. See the Notes Options section, below.
Notes Options
To change the options to a Notes file, open the Note file and touch the Options icon
.
Note Color - Touch the preferred file
row color which will appear in the
Notes Files window.
Private - If ON, will not appear in the
Notes files list if the Hide Private
Events option in the Folders
Options window is also ON.
Priority - Can choose high, normal,
or low.
Add Category - Touch the Add
Category window to add a category
from the categories list. To delete a
category, touch the
icon, then
touch the delete button that appears.
Text Editing Settings
To access the Editor Settings, touch the WritePad Editor Settings row in the
Options view. See the WritePad Editor Options section for more information.
Importing/Exporting PhatNotes to/from Notes
Importing Notes from PhatNotes
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1. Start PhatNotes, select the desired notes database, then choose the
File/Import & Export menu.
2. In the Import and Export Wizard select Export to a Comma Separated
Values (CSV) format and touch Next.
3. In the Export to File dialog, enter the desired file name and check the
Save as UNICODE box.
4. Finish the Export to File wizard using the default options.
5. Upload the CSV file onto the device using WritePad Sync Lite software (WritePad
Sync Lite can be downloaded from PhatWare web site at
www.phatware.com/iphone).
6. From the Notes folder, touch the Disk button
in the toolbar.
7. In the Notes Admin view enter the name of the .CSV file you have copied onto
the iPhone and touch the Import Notes from CSV row. The file name is casesensitive. Note that the CSV file must not exceed 3MB in size.
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8. You can choose to delete all (or just filtered) events before importing, or keep
your existing entries.
9. Depending on file size import may take some time. When import successfully
completes, the WritePad Notes view will be automatically activated.
Exporting Notes to PhatNotes
1. From the Notes folder, touch the Disk button
in the toolbar.
2. Type a name in the window.
3. Touch the Export All Notes row. Note that the CSV file must not exceed
3MB in size.
4. A confirmation message will appear when the export is finished or in the case of
an error.
5. Start PhatNotes, then choose the File/Import & Export menu.
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6. In the Import and Export Wizard select Import from a Comma
Separated Values (CSV) format and touch Next.
7. In the Import from File dialog, enter the desired file name.
8. Finish the Import from File wizard using the default options.
Copying and Pasting Notes
You can copy all the notes and paste them into the same folder or another Notes
folder.
1. Open the desired Notes folder and touch the Disk button
in the toolbar.
2. Touch the Copy All Notes button.
3. If desired, open another Notes folder, and touch the Disk button
toolbar.
4. Touch the Paste From Clipboard button.
5. Choose either to Replace All Notes or Keep Existing Notes.
6. The pasted notes are now in the current Notes folder.
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Using WritePad Voice Notes
Use the Voice Notes folder to record and play voice notes. You can pause and resume
the recording of a single voice note. You can sort and group voice notes by modified
or created time, subject, priority, category, or color in ascending or descending
order. You can add and change information about each voice note such as subject,
priority, color, and category. You can also email a Voice Note as an attachment.
High Priority
Private
Low Priority
Status
Searching Voice Note Files
To search for a Voice Note file, either touch the search area at the top of the screen
if visible. If not visible, touch the search icon
. The keyboard will appear. Type
a file name. As you type, only the possible file names will appear on the screen.
Search looks for sequence of entered letters anywhere in the word, not just the
beginning.
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Sorting Voice Note Files
To sort the files, touch the sort icon
. The sort scrollwheel appears. The sort
options are:
• Modified
• Created
• Subject
• Category
• Color (Even if Use Item Color is turned off in the Folder Options window).
• Priority
To reverse the selected sort option, touch the sort icon to open the scrollwheel, then
touch the sort icon again. The selected sort sequence will be reversed.
Folder Options
Touch the Options icon
to adjust the Voice Note Folder Options.
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Folder Name - Tap in the window to
change the current folder name.
Folder Color - Touch the preferred
folder color.
Group Notes - if ON, the files will be
grouped according to the selected sort
order, with the title of each sort type
above each group. (See Sorting Voice
Note Files, above.)
Use Item Color - Each file row will
show the selected color. (To change a
file color, open a file and select the
color under the Voice Note
Settings area.)
Hide Private Notes - if ON, Voice
Notes set to Private will not be shown.
Editing Voice Note Settings
To change settings to a Voice Note, open a Voice Note file.
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Delete an item by touching the delete
icon then touching the Delete button
that appears.
Private - If ON, will not appear in the
Voice Notes files list if the Hide
Private Voice Notes option in the
Folders Options window is also ON.
Autoplay – if ON, the audio will
automatically play when the Voice
Note file is opened.
Voice Note File Toolbar Buttons
New File - To start recording a voice note. See Recording a Voice Note below
for more information.
WiFi - To upload the Voice Note file onto another device that is running
WritePad Pro on the same local WiFi network.
Send Mail - Sends the Voice Note file content via email. See E-mailing a Voice
Note below for more information.
Delete - Deletes the current Voice Note file after confirming.
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Recording a Voice Note
From the Voice Notes files list or from the Voice Notes Settings, tap the New Voice
Note button
.
NOTE: If recording from the Voice Notes Settings, you will have the option to keep
the settings of the currently opened Voice Note.
Tap the record button
to begin recording.
To pause the recording, touch the pause button
When complete, tap the stop button
.
.
Playing a Voice Note
If the Autoplay setting is ON, simply open the Voice Note to play the voice note.
If the Autoplay setting is OFF, open the Voice Note, then touch the play button
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To pause the Voice Note, touch the pause button
.
To stop the Voice Note, touch the stop button
.
E-Mailing a Voice Note
Open the voice note to email and tap the email icon
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The voice will be a .wav attachment.
To add addressees or change the subject, tap on the desired field.
To add an addressee from your contact list, tap the contact icon
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Using WritePad Editor
Quick Start Guide
You can use WritePad Editor in three basic modes by selecting one of the buttons on
the right side of the title bar in any window that requires text entry:
View mode
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Use up and down strokes to scroll text up and down.
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You can also tap on underlined phone numbers to dial, URLs to open, and Email
addresses to send emails.
Handwriting mode
(See the Handwriting Recognition section below, for more details.)
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To position the cursor, touch once at the desired location.
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To enter text, simply write anywhere on the screen: cursive, print, and mixed
handwriting styles are supported. You can write one or more words per
recognition session, but always complete the entire word in each session. When
you stop writing in the Recognition Delay time, handwriting will be converted
to the digital text, which will appear at the current cursor location. Letters of
the same word can be written on top of each other. This makes is easier to
write long words which do not fit on the screen. For this to work, the
Separate Letters option must be OFF.
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To adjust recognizer settings, touch the Options button in the toolbar.
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To scroll up, use a long up stroke (the Scroll Up gesture).
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To scroll down, use a long down stroke (the Scroll Down gesture).
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To select a word, double tap on the desired word.
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To use the cut/copy/paste/select commands, touch and hold your finger on the
screen until the magnifying glass appears, then removing your finger from the
screen, then selecting the command.
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To enter the selection mode, touch and hold your finger on the screen until the
Edit menu appears, then touch the Select button. The editor will enter the
selection mode allowing you to touch and drag your finger over the desired text
to select it.
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To perform undo/redo actions shake the device.
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To delete a character before the current cursor location or at the last stroke
while writing, use a long left gesture (the Backspace gesture).
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To delete all handwritten text before recognition in case of an error, use a
horizontal left-right gesture (the Backspace gesture).
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To spell check selected words, use a check mark gesture (the Spell Check
gesture).
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To undo last recognition results, use an up-down gesture (the Undo gesture).
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To insert a return character, use a short down-long left gesture (the Return
gesture).
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To insert a space character, use a short down-long right gesture (the Space
gesture).
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To select all text in the edit control, use a diagonal gesture from bottom-left
corner to top-right and back (the Select All gesture) or touch and hold your
finger on the screen until the Edit menu appears, then touch the Select
All button.
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To use built-in calculator, write something like "23.4+11.3="... The = symbol at
the end of the equation is required to invoke the calculator.
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To switch recognition modes touch the Mode button in the toolbar.
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Available modes are: Mixed, Upper Case characters only, Numbers only
(including punctuation), and Internet (no spaces, special internet dictionary).
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To dial a phone number, double touch the underlined phone number; to open a
URL, double touch the underlined URL; to send email, double touch the
underlined email addresses.
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To insert a Shorthand, write a shorthand name and draw a circle around it.
Keyboard mode
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To position the cursor, touch once at the desired location.
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To enter text use the touch keyboard as in any other iPhone application.
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Multi-word suggestions will appear above the keyboard. Touch one of the
suggested words to insert into the document.
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Use up and down strokes to scroll text up and down like in view mode.
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To select a word, double tap on the desired word.
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To use the cut/copy/paste/select commands, touch and hold your finger on the
screen until the magnifying glass appears, then removing your finger from the
screen, then selecting the command.
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To enter the selection mode, touch and hold your finger on the screen until the
Edit menu appears, then touch the Select button. The editor will enter the
selection mode allowing you to touch and drag your finger over the desired text
to select it.
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To spell check selected words, touch the Spell Check button in the toolbar.
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To undo last editing action shake the device.
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To dial a phone number, double touch the underlined phone number; to open a
URL, double touch the underlined URL; to send email, double touch the
underlined email addresses.
Handwriting Recognition
Alternatives Window
While in Handwriting Mode, for all windows that requires text entry, the Recognition
Alternatives window automatically appears at the end of the recognition session,
before the results are sent to the editor if the Show Alternatives option is ON.
If the Show Alternatives option is OFF, you can bring up the Alternatives window by
using the Spell Check gesture
or the Spell Check button in the toolbar
after recognition results appear in the editor.
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The window displays multiple alternatives returned by the recognizer and/or spell
checker for each recognized word. It also contains
and
buttons. Use this window
if a wrong result returned by the engine for quick corrections; it is very likely that the
correct word can be found on the alternatives list. Each word can contain up to 6
alternatives plus a blank word represented by <-->. To change the recognition result,
select the desired alternatives for each word and touch or anywhere outside the
Alternatives window.
When you use the Spell Check gesture with a single word selected, the Alternatives
window will appear populated by words suggested by the spell checker.
If the selected word is not found in the dictionary you will have an option to add it to
the user dictionary by touching the
button on the right side of the word. If the
selected word is already in the dictionary it will not appear on the spell checker list.
Punctuation keyboard
When you need to insert a stand-alone punctuation character such as period, comma,
backslash, etc. you can use the Punctuation Keyboard. To bring up the keyboard, use
the Keyboard gesture when nothing is selected in the editor.
contains 32 punctuation characters.
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This make it useful for entering a period or colon because you cannot begin the
recognition session with a dot (a single touch). The keyboard automatically disappears
after you touch the desired key and the selected character is inserted at the current
cursor location. To dismiss the keyboard without entering any characters, touch
anywhere outside the keyboard window.
Recognition Toolbar Buttons
Spell Check - if a single word is selected shows alternatives, otherwise shows
the Last Recognition Results window. Also applicable in the keyboard mode.
Recognition mode - toggles recognition mode: mixed, capital
letters only, numbers only (including punctuation) and Internet (no spaces). Also
applicable in the keyboard mode.
Punctuation Keyboard - brings up the Punctuation Keyboard (available only in
the Recognition mode).
Send Mail - sends the editor content via email.
Options - opens the Options window. See the Options section, below.
Edit Menu
The Edit Menu can be invoked by touching and holding your finger on the screen until
the magnifying glass appears , then removing your finger from the screen. This
works in either Handwriting or Keyboard modes.
NOTE: Only the applicable commands will appear on the Edit Menu; i.e. if you have
already selected some text, the Select command will not appear.
Cut - cuts the selected text into the clipboard
Copy - copies the selected text into the clipboard
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Select - The editor will enter the selection mode allowing you to touch the screen until the
magnifying glass appears, then drag your finger over the desired location to select text.
Select All - Selects all the text in the document.
Paste - inserts the clipboard content at the current cursor location
NOTE: In recognition mode you can also use gestures for the Cut, Copy, Select
All, and Paste commands. See the Using Gestures section, below.
Undo/Redo Commands
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To undo or redo the last editing actions (up to 20 levels), shake the device to bring up
the applicable commands. This works in either Handwriting or Keyboard modes.
NOTE: In recognition mode you can also use gestures for the Undo command. See
the Using Gestures section, below.
Using Gestures
Gestures can be used for common operations such as return, space, and backspace.
The gesture's action is always applied to either the current cursor location or to the
selected text. All the gestures, except for the Backspace and Cut gestures, work only
when nothing is currently written on the screen. If you are in the middle of writing a
word or a phrase and make a mistake you can use the Backspace gesture to delete the
last stroke or the Cut gesture to delete all written strokes before the recognition
occurs.
Return: similar to pressing enter on the keyboard.
Space: inserts space.
Backspace: removes a character to the left of cursor or the
selected text. To perform the gesture, draw a horizontal line from
right to left. This gesture can also be used to delete the last stoke
while writing. To avoid interference with handwriting this gesture
has minimum length of 150 or more pixels. The minimum gesture
length can be changed using the Options tab.
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Delete: removes a character to the right of the cursor or the
selected text. To perform the gesture, draw a horizontal line from
left to right. To avoid interference with handwriting this gesture
has minimum length of 150 or more pixels. The minimum gesture
length can be changed using the Options tab.
Spell Check: If a single word is selected this gesture opens the
spell checker window for the selected word with possible
alternatives, otherwise brings up the Last Recognition Alternatives
window containing multiple suggestions for each written word. This
operation is particularly useful to correct wrong recognition
results. If there are no recognition results in memory, this gesture
has no effect. Same as the Spell Check button.
Keyboard: Opens the Punctuation Keyboard containing hard-towrite punctuation characters. Same as the Keyboard button.
Scroll Up: scrolls the content of the edit window up. To avoid
interference with handwriting this gesture has a minimum length of
150 or more pixels. The minimum gesture length can be changed
using the Options tab.
Scroll Down: scrolls the content of the edit window down. To avoid
interference with handwriting this gesture has a minimum length of
150 or more pixels. The minimum gesture length can be changed
using Options tab.
Undo: removes the last recognition results from the editor content.
Same as the Undo button.
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Copy: copies the selected block of text to the clipboard. Same as
the Copy button.
Cut: copies the selected block of text to the clipboard and deletes
it. This gesture can also be used to delete all strokes while writing
and cancel the current recognition session. Same as the Cut
button.
Paste: inserts the clipboard contents at the current cursor location.
Same as the Paste button.
Select All: selects all text in the editor. Combine this gesture with
the Backspace gesture to quickly delete the entire WritePad
content.
Using Shorthand
The Shorthand feature offers quick and simple way to insert often-repeated text and
performs standard editing commands by writing the Shorthand name and drawing a
circle around it. You can add new or modify Shorthands using the Shorthand Editor,
which is accessible from the Options dialog.
WritePad Pro offers several built-in Shorthands:
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cut – copies selected text to the clipboard and deletes it
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copy –copies selected text to the clipboard
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paste – inserts the text from the clipboard at the current cursor location
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undo – undoes last editing action
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redo – redoes previously undone action
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date – inserts the current date using the current locale at the current cursor
location
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time – inserts the current time using the current locale at the current cursor
location
•
dt – inserts date and time using the current locale at the current cursor
location
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com – inserts www..com at the current cursor location and places the cursor
between the dots
•
org – inserts www..org at the current cursor location and places the cursor
between the dots
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net – inserts www..net at the current cursor location and places the cursor
between the dots
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www – inserts http://www. at the current cursor location
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ftp - inserts ftp://ftp. at the current cursor location
• all – selects all text in the note editor
• save – saves the current file without prompt, assigns generic name if name is
not specified.
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new – creates a new Shorthand from the selected text
Shorthand Editor
To start the Shorthand Editor, select the text you want to write a shorthand name
for, then write new and draw a circle around it.
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The Shorthand Editor will appear with the selected text.
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In the Enter Shorthand Name box, type in the shorthand command, then touch
Save.
NOTE: The shorthand name must only contain characters a..z and 0..9. It must not
contain spaces, is case-insensitive, and must be at least 2 characters long.
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Now anytime you need to add this command, write the command and draw a circle
around it.
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The text will appear at the cursor position.
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Editing in Keyboard Mode
While using the keyboard, multi-word suggestions will appear above the keyboard as
you type each word. Touch one of the suggested words to insert the completed word
into the document at the cursor location.
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WritePad Editor Options
To access the Editor Options, either go to the Folder menu or open any Notes file and
touch the Options icon
.
NOTE: These options will effect all WritePad Pro files, not just Notes.
WritePad Editor Settings
Touch the WritePad Editor Settings row.
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NOTE: You can also access these settings from any window that requires text entry
by touching the Options icon
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Show Alternatives - If ON the Recognition
Alternatives window will appear at the end of
each recognition session, before the results are
inserted into the document.
Auto Learner - If ON WritePad will learn your
handwriting patterns to attempt to improve
quality of recognition. It is recommended to use
the Recognition Alternatives and Spell Checker
windows to correct wrong results in the
beginning to accelerate the learning process.
Auto Corrector - Use this option to enable the
Auto corrector feature. Auto corrector
automatically fixes common spelling and
recognizer errors.
Shorthand - If ON can insert often-repeated
text and perform standard editing commands by
writing the Shorthand name and drawing a circle
around it.
Add Space - If ON a space is added at the end of
the recognition results when they are inserted
into the document.
Autocapitalization - if ON the first word of
every sentence will be capitalized.
Separate Letters - Use this option if you print
instead of using cursive and do not connect
individual letters. If this option is ON,
connected letters will not be recognized
properly.
Single Word Only - Use this option if you always
write only one word per each recognition
session. If this option is ON automatic word
segmentation is disabled.
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Only Known Words - If ON, the
recognition output will be limited
only to the dictionary words. This
improves quality of the recognition
but makes it impossible to write
non-dictionary words. If this option
is ON numbers can only be entered
in Numeric recognition mode.
Spell Checker - If ON misspelled
words in the WritePad editor will be
underlined with a red wavy line.
User Dictionary - If ON the user
dictionary is enabled.
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Draw Gridlines - If ON, horizontal grid lines
appear on top of the text in the edit mode to
help you write horizontally on the screen; it
helps to improve recognition quality.
Disable Landscape - If ON, the device will
always be in portrait mode; it will never
rotate the screen to landscape mode.
Vibrate - If ON, the device vibrates in case of
an error or at the end of the hold timeout
(iPhone only).
Play Sound - if ON, the device plays a sound
in case of an error or at the end of the hold
timeout.
Ink Color - This option allows you to select
the desired ink color.
Recognition Delay - This option allows you to
adjust the delay after the touch-up event
ends before recognition starts.
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Font Size - This option allows you to choose
the desired font size for the WritePad editor.
You may find that using larger fonts makes
text selection and cursor positioning easier.
Scroll Gestures - This option allows you to
choose the minimum length for the up and
down scroll, delete, and backspace
gestures. The minimum length is required so
these strokes do not interfere with your
handwriting (especially if you draw long
vertical lines for your t's and i's).
Touch and Hold Delay - Touch and hold is
used to enter the selection mode in Edit
mode. This option allows you to choose the
minimum touch and hold delay before
entering the selection mode.
User Dictionary
The WritePad handwriting recognition engine requires a vocabulary for a higher
recognition quality. Forcing the engine to recognize only words in the included
dictionary (this version includes a 100,000+ words US English dictionary) improves
overall recognition quality, but makes it impossible to write words that are not in
the dictionary. Even if you do not enable the Only Known Words option, it is
recommended that you add any new words to the user dictionary that you may be
using often, such as rare last and first names, company and product names,
abbreviations, etc.
To access the User Dictionary Editor touch the Edit User Dictionary row in the
Notes Options view.
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To add or delete words to the user dictionary, touch the Edit button in the navigation
bar.
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To add a command, touch the <enter new word> box and type the word you
want to add, then touch the
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button.
To delete a command, touch the
icon, then touch the delete button.
Autocorrector Word List Editor
To access the Autocorrector Word List Editor touch the Edit Autocorrector List row
in the Notes Options view.
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While using the Editor:
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To modify an existing word pair, touch the desired row while in the view mode.
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To add a new word pair to the word list, touch the Edit button in the title bar
to enter the edit mode. Touch the <new word correction> box.
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To delete a command, touch the
icon, then touch the delete button.
When adding or modifying a word pair, the Edit Word window will appear. (If
modifying an existing word pair was selected, the misspelled and correct word
windows will be filled in.)
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When adding or modifying a word pair, the following options can be used.
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If the Always Replace switch is ON, the word is always replaced; otherwise the
word is replaced only if the recognition engine alternatives contain the
replacement word.
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If the Ignore Case switch is ON, words are compared in lower case.
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If the Disabled switch is ON, the word replacement is disabled. This is useful to
disable a specific word replacement without removing it from the list.
Edit Shorthand List
To access the Shorthand List Editor touch the Edit Shorthand List row in the Notes
Options view.
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While using the Shorthand Editor:
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To modify an existing word pair, touch the desired row.
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From this window, you can edit the text as well as the command.
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To add or delete a command, touch the Edit button in the title bar to enter the
table edit mode.
­ To delete a command, touch the
icon, then touch the delete button.
­ To add a command, touch the <New Shorthand> box.
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From this window, add text and the corresponding command, then touch Save.
Manage User Data
To access the User Data, touch the Manage User Data row in the Notes Options view.
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Share User Data - Data such as
handwriting recognizer settings, user
dictionary, Autocorrector, and the
shorthand list are shared with other
applications such as Phatware's PhatNotes.
User Dictionary - The exported files can
be stored in a shared directory so they can
be exchanged with other devices or stored
on a desktop computer.
The user dictionary file format is a simple
ASCII text file containing a single word per
line, with no spaces.
Autocorrector - The Autocorrector file
format is CSV (comma separated values).
Each row contains a pair of words and
optional flags (see the Autocorrector Word
List Editor section).
Reset Recognizer Settings - This section
allows you to reset the User Dictionary,
Autocorrector, and Recognizer Learner
to the default configuration (reverts to
the original settings; all user modifications
are lost).
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Accessing WritePad Pro files from the
desktop PC
Overview
You can download (upload) WritePad Pro files from (to) the desktop PC connected to
the same local network as the iPhone device using the Internet browser. WritePad
Sync Lite is a free helper application for Windows and Mac OS which helps you to find
and access the WritePad Pro HTTP file server. You can download WritePad Sync Lite
from PhatWare web site by visiting www.phatware.com/iphone.
After you install and start the WritePad Sync Lite application, the folder icon
will
appear in the Windows tray bar. If no WritePad services are detected on the local
network, a small stop sign appears on top of the folder icon . When one or more
mobile devices running WritePad Sync Service are detected (mobile devices running
WritePad Sync Service connected to the local WiFi network), the stop sign will be
replaced with the green check mark . To view WritePad Pro files in your default
Internet browser, click on the WritePad Sync Lite icon while it has a green check box
and select the WritePad Files on iPhone menu item. The application will start the
default Internet browser and show the page containing list of WritePad Pro files and
file upload form.
Downloading/uploading WritePad files
1. Ensure that your iPhone or iPod Touch is connected to the local WiFi network.
If not, use the Settings application to connect to WiFi.
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2. Start WritePad Pro on your iPhone (WritePad Demo, WritePad Notes, WritePad
Events, WritePad Affairs, and WritePad 1.7 or later are supported).
3. Open the WritePad Pro Options window, locate the File Sharing section and
turn Share My Files switch ON (if the device is not properly connected to the
local network, this switch is disabled). See the Main Options section above.
4. Since the device will disconnect from the WiFi when it hibernates, it is
recommended that you also turn the Keep Awake switch ON.
5. Depending on your network connection and configuration, it may take up to a
minute to recognize the service. Usually it takes less than 10 seconds to
recognize a new WritePad Sync Service on the network.
6. Click on the WritePad Sync Lite icon
in the Windows tray bar, then select
the WritePad Pro on iPhone item from the popup menu.
7. If the service is functioning properly, the default Internet browser will be
launched displaying a list of WritePad Pro data files and the Upload File form.
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8. To download any data file, simply click on it.
9. To upload a file, select the desired file and click the Upload button.
Note: Only data files recognized by WritePad can be uploaded: TXT, CSV,
DCT, CWL, and LRN. If the data file with the same name already exists, it will
be replaced with the uploaded file.
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If the device is not connected to the external power source, make sure to not leave
the WritePad application running on your iPhone for a long time if the Stay Awake
switch is ON, as the device will not hibernate and your battery will be drained
quickly.
Importing/Exporting Microsoft Outlook folders to/from
WritePad.
Importing a folder from Outlook to a WritePad Pro Folder
1. Start Outlook, select either (1) the Outlook Tasks folder for importing to a
WritePad Affairs folder, (2) the Outlook Journal folder for importing to a
WritePad Events folder, or (3) the Outlook Notes folder for importing to a
Writepad Notes folder.
2. Choose the File/Import and Export menu.
3. In the Import and Export Wizard select Export to a file then choose
the Comma Separated Values (Windows) format and finish the Export
wizard.
4. Upload the CSV file onto the device using WritePad Sync Lite software
(WritePad Sync Lite can be downloaded from PhatWare web site at
www.phatware.com/iphone).
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5. From a WritePad Pro folder, touch the Disk button
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6. In the Admin view enter the name of the .CSV file you have copied onto the
iPhone and touch the Import Affairs/Events/Notes from CSV row. The
file name is case-sensitive. Note that the CSV file must not exceed 3MB in size.
7. You can choose to delete all entries before importing, or keep your existing
entries.
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8. Depending on file size, import may take some time. When import successfully
completes, the previous view will be automatically activated.
Exporting Affairs/Events/Notes
1. From a WritePad Pro folder, touch the Disk button
in the toolbar.
2. Type a name in the window.
3. Touch the Export All Affairs/Events/Notes row. Note that the CSV file
must not exceed 3MB in size.
4. A confirmation message will appear when the export is finished or in the case of
an error.
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