Working with Books

Tap an entry in the list of books to view the contents of the selected book, or tap an entry in the list of notes to view the selected note.

Swipe across the title of a book or note to delete.
CAUTION: THERE IS NO TRASH CAN, SO A DELETE IS FINAL FOR BOOKS AND NOTES!

Tap the title of the book in the navigation bar (in the image above, this would be “Writing”) to bring up a context menu of actions:

1. -Share Book (WiFi Sharing)
   

2. -Synchronize the book with your computer or a WebDAV server (if enabled in Settings),
   

3. -Combine all Notes in this book into a single HTML note,
   

4. -Move this book to a different location or
   

5. -etc.
   

1. +Tap to add new books, notes, photos, documents from the pasteboard or to import documents with SyncDocs.
   Tap very briefly to show a menu, or tap and hold for a moment to immediately create a new note.
   

1. Tap to quickly move to any book in Notebooks.
   

1. Tap to reveal information about the book or note.
   
   

2. A-ZSet whether you want to sort by title, modification date or your custom sort order.
   
   

3. Set the sort direction or, in the case of custom sort order, start moving books and notes to the positions you like.
   

Working with Task Lists

You convert a book to a list simply by turning ON the switch Show as Task List in the books info page.
Notes and documents contained in this book will now be shown as tasks; this means that tasks can also be images, PDF or any other type of documents.

Tasks can have one of several states, which you simply change by tapping on the icon in the list.

1. Open
   
   

2. Started
   
   

3. Done
   
   

4. Cancelled
   

When viewing a task (which is a document in Notebooks), its state is shown in the navigation bar and can be changed by tapping as well.

You set a task’s due date in its info page. When a due date is reached, the task’s icon turns form blue to orange and the badge shown along with the task list indicates the presence of due actions. Also, Notebooks’ app icon on the Home screen shows the total number of due items.

Task Lists and Protection

As always, Notebooks does not give any indication of protected items as long as it is locked. So you will not seen protected tasks, and the badges shown along with task lists will not count protected or due actions. There is one exception, though: when a protected task becomes due, Notebooks’ app icon on the Home screen will indicate that, but to see it in the list you need to unlock Notebooks.

What makes Notebooks’ Task Lists Special?

1. -Notebooks integrates task lists and supportive documents. An important part of task management is the reference library, which holds background material and supportive information that helps make decisions. In Notebooks, reference libraries and task lists are integrated and always just a few taps apart.
   

2. -Notebooks can build hierarchies instead of showing tasks in flat lists. At some stage, a single task may evolve into a small project of its own, and the original project may quickly turn into a hierarchy of sub-projects. Notebooks’ structure helps to maintain the big picture and drill down on the detail when necessary.
   

3. -Notebooks describes tasks with more than just three words. Ideas can be phrased and developed freely, without being limited by a text box, because writing is one of Notebooks’ original purposes. Converting ideas to tasks or projects then requires no more than a few taps.
   

4. -Notebooks organizes projects, documents and notes in one place, which won’t interrupt the train of thought when ideas are produced and broken down into tasks.