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TexNotes Pro

TexNotes is visually pleasant feature rich personal productivity tool.

Notes Organizer TexNotes

Keeping all your valuable notes and information can’t get any better than with TexNotes.

Each day we are confronted with enormous amounts of data. Organizing, memorizing, and utilizing this vast amount of information is often overwhelming. Short-term solutions like writing everything down on scattered pieces of paper is both ineffective and ultimately fruitless.

empty-handed…

The boss just sent you an e-mail asking for a copy of a client’s original comments regarding some custom enhancements to your company’s product. After 30 minutes of searching through the piles of paper on your desk, you’re still coming up empty-handed…

deal or no deal…

You’re preparing a presentation for a highly lucrative sales prospect, and are spending more time than you have to give in trying to find some survey data that you know could be the thing that clinches the deal…

But you just cannot remember where you put it…

deadly pressure…

Each day you have 20 persons coming at you with information that you need for an upcoming deadline.

The best you can do in the moment is write down the information on sticky notes that are barely big enough.

Problem is, your desk is now cluttered with notes that are difficult and time-consuming to search through and that provide little clue about what they pertain to

digital publishing?…

Just finished your new report on the probabilities of improving your company's’ sales performance and wish to distribute it quickly amongst sales staff.

You don’t have time to waste on printing multiple copies, collating and distributing one by one.

You don’t want to use papers. You want to contribute every little bit you can to preserve the environment.

You want to publish it digitally and send everybody a copy quickly, but how?

oh, nooo…

This historical book you’re writing about your hometown’s shady dealings during Prohibition is spawning pages of notes. You’re terrified of losing even one page, and are concerned you won’t find what you need when you start writing.

You wrote the perfect opening sentence to your Great Novel on the back of receipt while you were at the coffee shop. Now the receipt is gone, and so is your memory of its exact wording.

There has to be, you say to yourself, a BETTER WAY…

ENTER the feature rich text editor, notes organizer and document publisher TexNotes Pro.

A handy tool with all the ease-of-use that busy professionals need and without all the overhead in effort and time that they don’t.

TexNotes Pro uses a notebook structure that enables you add layers of notebooks with unlimited pages of notes.

The program offers a full range of tools that let users create, store, edit, format, publish to standalone eBook and organize the information that they need to keep track of.

Whether it’s the draft of next year’s production calendar, notes from a client about some custom development they’d like you to do for them, or the pieces of a major project proposal you’re writing, TexNotes Pro can store all your data effectively.

TexNotes Pro features

Rich features of TexNotes Pro

Extremely handy text editor, notes organizer and eBook publisher tool with all the ease-of- use you would expect.

General

Clean and intuitive user-friendly interface.
Full graphical standard Windows interface.
Low system resource requirements.
Main window snapping to the desktop.
File storage and structure supported with an internal industrial strength database engine.

Productivity Tools to make the difference

Generous amount of menu keyboard shortcuts.
Quick access to functions with a variety of context menus.
Can launch default web browser from TexNotes Pro.
Ability to launch email client directly from TexNotes Pro.
Generous amount of clipart.
Generous amount of icons to customize Outlines, bullets and markers.
Commonly used phrases for speedy text entry.
Powerful and useful annotation facility for adding formatted popup text windows into a note.
Annotation window is freely movable which allows great flexibility for data collection.
Styles library for common text and paragraph styles.
Assign a note as the default and all new notes will be like the assigned note in full, margins and all.
Tabbed Note history with shortcuts to quickly move back and forth
Common Phrases can hold formatted text in hierarchical folders.
Embedded note inside a note, a scrolling editable note window right inside a note.
Live spelling checks the text as you type and automatically marks suspect words.
Quick access to inserting content from other notes or common phrases with the editor’s context menu.
Assign extra information to a note, image or drawing such as extra comments, keywords and author name.
Unique Notebook mode views content in a friendly and customizable manner.
Notebook items can be colored, resized and managed easily - this is your virtual desktop.
Instant access to outline items content using the Notebook commands.
Notebook items can contain thumbnails making easy recognition of items fast and efficient.
Art and Resources explorer gives instant access to your files and clip art.
Files can be fully managed in the Art and Resources explorer with easy drag and drop straight into the TexNotes Pro content.

Tables Support

Insert tables with ease on a note page.
Advanced customizable tables.
Change appearance of borders, cells, background and border colors.
Apply images behind cells.
Allows transparent cell colors.
Change cell padding, spacing.
Variable cell and table widths under your control.
Table properties panel that shows instant feedback.
Import a CSV file, as a table, straight into a note.

Hyperlinks, Bookmarks and Anchors

Intelligent auto-recognition of hyperlinks like e-mail, http and ftp addresses.
HyperLinks can be customized with active colors.
HyperLinks can link to TexNotes Pro own individual Notes with Anchors support.
Ctrl+click on a Hyperlink URL will launch your default Web Browser.
Unlimited Bookmarks to selective notes.
Each tex file can have it’s own bookmarks.
Insert Anchors for jumping to selective paragraphs.
Each Note can have it’s own Anchors.
List all hyperlinks in a note.
Handy preview content when linking to Notes or items.
Ability to link to anchors in a note.

Search

Ability to do a text based search of your notes.
Search has the ability to search for note titles as well as text inside notes.
Simple search facility for a quick search of the current note in either direction.
Use advanced search to search within the open TexNotes Pro file.
Advanced search shows a full list of found results, double-click on a result will take you directly to the note with the search term highlighted.
Search results gives a text extract of where the searched term is found.
Ability to search and replace text in your note.

Printing, Exporting and Importing external documents

Print your Notes easily.
Print single notes, all notes in a tex file, or just selective notes in a notebook.
WYSIWYG Print Preview.
Print/Preview multiple notes, with the option to print notes one after another with a defined separator, in one print job.
Customizable Headers and Footers for printing page numbers and custom headers.
Export individual, selective and multiple notes as RTF, HTML (with or without style sheets) or just plain text.
Native HTML import
Import of plain text or RTF files directly integrates into the Navigator as a Note.
Import an image directly into a Note.
Import Microsoft Word documents directly into TexNotes Pro, if you have Word installed on your PC.
Recognition of formatted text from the clipboard
Older version TexNotes files can be loaded easily.
Import a table of CSV data straight into a note.
Optional JPG conversion on HTML export.

Very Flexible Notebooks and Notes Outline Navigator

Easy access and management of your notes with a structured tree view window.
Notes and Notebooks on the Outline can be assigned individual icons.
Display background image for the Outline and note editor.
Use Duplicate, Copy and Paste commands in the Navigator Outline.
Define the font and color of the Outline text.
Incremental searching for quick access to notes.
Outline has multi select, so you can remove or drag more than one item.
Automatic Outline tree sorting or manual positioning by moving items up, down, left or right.
Unlimited sub-level items for better organization.
Choose from supplied art, different folder icons to spice up items or use your own custom icons.
Comprehensive user-defined folder naming facility.
Flags, such as To Do and Done can be assigned to items.
Flag Markers are customizable.
Customizable display of grid lines, background and more.
Each tex file has it’s own flag markers
Highly customizable Notebook.
Notebook cells can be freely moved and resized or automatically arranged.
Thumbnail previews for images.
Add extra information, such as Author, Keywords, Comments and more.

Increase your efficiency with Drag & Drop

Ability to organize your notes visually by using standard Windows drag and drop.
Drag text or images from Internet Explorer, or other OLE compliant application, directly into a Note.
You can drag Notebooks and Notes from one TexNotes Pro application to a second running copy of TexNotes Pro application straight into each others Navigator tree.
Drag your Notes and Notebooks into each other as sub-Notes and sub- NoteBooks, or
Drag and Drop Notes to customize the order.
Drag styles onto text for instant formatting.
Drag image files for instant paint stamps.

Create and Publish eBooks

eBook publishing so you can create your own stand-alone eBooks.
Royalty free distribution of our GemX Reader application.
Customizable settings for the publication.
Add a custom startup splash graphic with animation.
Publication security by denying controls like selecting text, copy to clipboard and printing.
Build a completely stand-alone exe file.
Your end users doesn’t need to own a TexNotes Pro application to read your publications.

Icon Library

Unlimited number of icons can be added.
Icons can be added and managed within folders.
Icons can be used in the Outline Navigator.

Drawing

Line vector drawing functions.
Draw arrows, rectangles, ellipses and other basic shapes.
Lines can be freely drawn and used as shape Connectors.
Idea for making flowcharts and other simple vector art work.
Text labels can be assigned to each shape.
Control of text formatting.
Shapes can be filled with solid color or gradients.
Shapes can be semi-transparent allowing shapes to show-through.
Lines can have various thicknesses and have ending arrows.
Drawings can be embedded directly into a Note.

Images

Support for many commonly used image formats.
Display can easily zoom and pan.
Images imported direct to the Outline can be saved back in their original format.

Painting

Ideal doodle facility lets you draw freely with your mouse or pen on a special painting canvas.
Painting canvas can be embedded directly into a Note.
Brush style, size and semi-transparent colors are available.
Unique painting stamp lets you paint with an image.
Generous amount of available image stamps available.

TexNotes Pro Details

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Main Application Window

Adding and managing a variety of data is easy and quick when you are working with with TexNotes Pro. Comprehensive facilities to capture, manipulate, and store large or small data. TexNotes Pro has been designed to be intuitive and elegant providing a feature rich environment.

Navigation Panel is the heart of the TexNotes Pro application. It hosts important data lists that TexNotes Pro heavily depends on. Navigation panel housing all the different types of documents, from notebooks, notes, drawings, paintings and pictures for easy navigational purposes.

All toolbars are fully customizable. They can be moved around to dock in different areas or undocked and turned into floating toolbars. Best of all, you can customize them using TexNotes Pro toolbar customization utility. Change the order of icons, subtract or add icons from the available commands. You can even create your own toolbar and have your most used commands available to you.

Here are selection of TexNotes Pro screen captures. Click on the thumb to view full size on a pop-up window.

Main icon toolbar and section related icon toolbars are for accessing most often used functions quickly.	Drawing icon toolbars. Can be fully customized.
Painting icon toolbar. Can be fully customized.	Navigator icon toolbars. Can be fully customized.
Productivity icon toolbar is situated on the status bar. Can be fully customized as explained above	Function specific properties panels, organized with tabs for quick access and ease of use. Properties panels can be floating or docked to the preferred area of TexNotes Pro.
Document history tabs. These can be very handy when you want to quickly switch to a previously visited item. Rather than locating documents you are working on with the outline, you can quickly switch to another document just by clicking on one of the history tabs.	Handy menus to access rich features of TexNotes quickly.
TNP Settings

Rich Format

Highlighting certain points in a document, emphasizing a sentence for various reasons is always useful. The facility of rich formatting text is used all the time by traditional and digital media.

Once you have started using TexNotes Pro you will be amazed to discover the vast amount of the available text formatting functions.

There are many more functions and features in TexNotes Pro. You’ll love them as you use TexNotes Pro and discover much more of these gems as they not so obvious at first.

TexNotes Pro History

10 April 2008 - TexNotes Pro Version 4.3.4 released (minor release)

* Fixed:

Improved compatibility when generating ebooks on Vista
ebookReader is now Vista compatible
ebookReader icons improved and redesigned
Default installation of TNP is now C:\GemX\TexNotesPro instead of “Program Files”. This avoids problems in Vista and Windows security glitches.

18 October 2005 - TexNotes Pro Version 4.3.1 released (minor release)

* Fixed:

Searching for Chinese/Japanese/Unicode characters
Color button in Paragraphs border dialog
Insert Desktop Capture command, minimize updates extra TexNotesPro windows
GDIPlus.DLL replaced with safe version

17 September 2005 - TexNotes Pro Version 4.3 released (minor release)

* Fixed:

Buffer overrun with some Chinese and Japanese text in editor
Better support for Unicode filenames when exporting content
Styles Repository: Ablility to edit first (normal text) style
Password window appearing behind splash graphic
Removed secondary TexNotesPro icon from Windows Task Manager and when pressing Alt+Tab
Spell check and thesaurus when more than one edit window is open
Display of newly imported files in a notebook (old version displayed as very small boxes)
Filename of a secondary new editor window is now “untitled.tex”
Layout retained when creating a new edit window
Collation in multi copy printing is disabled if printer doesn’t support it
Collapsing a folder in Styles list
Switching between Simple/Advanced
Custom toolbar icons position saved
Removed “Desktop flashing” on startup

* Improvements:

Improved HTML import with recognition of invalid tags
Export of HTML now produces lowercase tags
Included new TNReader.exe so ebook creation uses new format. New ebook reader has new Search tab and better recognition for custom icons in Navigator

* Additions:

Added Note Helper option: “Play Animated GIFs”. Located in the menu “View/Note Editor Helpers”. Plays GIF animations in the editor (animations take more processor power)
New format options (main menu “Format/Special Text/Para Conversions/BiDirectional mode”): Includes “left to right” or “right to left” for selected paragraph or text (useful for editing Hebrew and other Right to Left languages)

9th April 2005 - TexNotes Pro Version 4.2 released (minor release)

* Fixed:

Error on pasting text with tabs
Fixed and improved quick search
“Search and Replace” fixes for Unicode
Minor internal memory management fixes so it uses less CPU usage
Annotation icons now appear in print or preview
Drawing Shape Connector Points no longer shown in Print or Preview if not shown on screen
Fixed horizontal scrollbar range with very wide notes or with very wide images

* Improvements:

Improved HTML export in line of viewing HTML with Mozilla browsers
Improved formatting display so the page display is now rendered faster for large documents (300+ pages)
Print Preview enhanced with thumbnail display of pages
Styles in the style library tab can now be edited. A Text or Paragraph style can be modified from the list without affecting the document
“Check for Updates” now shows the date and version of the latest available build. Version numbers that go into multiple minor numbers eg:4.1.08 can be confusing and less informative
Improved pasting HTML when copied from certain web pages
History drop down buttons (Back/Forward) can show or hide the full path of the outline item name (makes it easier t
visually locate the item)

* Additions:

Added quick keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+Space = “Suggest Word”
Ctrl+6 = Invokes “Apply Text Style” list menu
Ctrl+7 = Invokes “Apply Paragraph Style” list menu
Ctrl+8 = “Apply Last Selected Text Style”
Ctrl+9 = “Apply Last Selected Paragraph”
Ctrl+0 (zero) = Invokes the special character and text functions
These greatly increase productivity when formatting text
Added “Auto Word Suggestion”. When you type, TexNotesPro will remember what you’ve typed and will offer an appropriate word. Press Return to accept the word or just carry on typing. This facility can be switched off from the “Edit” menu. A manual Word Suggestion can be obtained by pressing Ctrl+Space on a word or use the right click menu
Added “Backup Files” utility. This facility will take a folder then create a self-extracting zip file or a normal zip file of all the files in that folder. The filename is incremental so you can use it for making regular backups. Restoration can be either using a zip application or launching the self-extracting zip archive directly without the need for third party extractors
Added ability to save as TexNotes 3.6 format (File menu “Save as”, use the File Type to select version 3.6), so you can save a file and load it in TexNotes v3.6. Useful if you have another computer that doesn’t run XP. However, you will lose additional features like annotations, embedded notes and drawings
Added “Custom Date” to header details and outline columns (used to be called “modified”). This date can be used for your own purposes, eg: Article To Be Completed by. (In future versions there will be more custom column fields added)

7th March 2005 - TexNotes Pro Version 4.1 released (minor release)

* Fixed:

Minor menu and button captions changes.
Chinese chars on title export.
Newly named notes name are not reflected on tabs - if you clear tabs and then open, it appears.
Launching https hyperlinks.
Launching hyperlinks to local files.
CSV importing in new table.
Color/fill type selection fixes in shape drawing.
Open in new window fixes.
Fixed disabled state of color selectors if no drawing or painting is selected.
Automatic url detection.
Cursor focus logic on outline.
Common phrase items drag/drop into phrases tree.
Occasional out of bounds at startup.
Minor fixes to Icon library.

* Improvements:

Startup speed has been greatly improved.
Inserting horizontal line in editor now repositions cursor to start of next line.
Improvements to timed auto save and auto save on exit.
After creating a new note in the Outline, pressing enter after renaming now positions the edit cursor in the new note.
Minor cosmetic improvements to icons.
Text selection and cursor position is preserved in notes editor.
Transparency color gauge setting in Drawing and Painting renamed to Opacity for better understanding.
If you “Insert OLE” then cancel, now deletes the empty OLE container automatically.
Print Preview improvements to include paintings, images and drawing documents.
Smaller annotation markers added to list of icons.
Paste As…
Outline item sorting options in the Navigator menu.
Painting stamps now honors opacity level.
Improved drawing selection. It was sometimes difficult to select a very thin line.
Tools tabs now remembers last open tab.
Renamed “Shape” tab to “Draw” for better understanding.
Renamed “Recent” tab to “Reopen” for better understanding.
TexNotes ebook reader UI has been updated in line of new GemX theme.
“Paste as New Note” added to Navigator menu, Edit menu and System Tray menu.
Improved export outline tree icons and html code.
Export content to HTML has lowercased tag names instead of uppercase.
Improved html image import linked to local files.

* Additions:

User interface now uses the GemX Themed Interface (GTI). This improves the speed of the interface and reduces resources. The color theme can be switched easily to Windows style if you prefer a standard look, or you can change the color to your own preferred color scheme without affecting other applications.
New feature: Capture part of desktop screen and insert into current note. Access from the main toolbar or right click on system tray.
New feature: Insert Macromedia Flash animation into Note Editor. The Flash file is imported and stored in the note, so if you distribute an ebook with flash animations, you don’t need to distribute the flash files. Users will need the free Flash player to see the animations.
Added a scrollable color bar for quick access to text and highlight colors for the notes editor.
Ability to export a Drawing (uses a special drawing file format [tnd]).
Ability to import a Drawing into existing drawing or as a new Outline item. You also can drag an image or TND file into an existing drawing.
Note Editor Ruler measurements can be in pixels, points, cm, mm and inches. Right click on ruler to access properties.
Added Options to remember or use a default quick graphic bullet.
Styles in the list can be moved up or down so you can have often used styles towards the top of the list.
Added a “Select All and Copy” to context menu.
Added “Auto Copy on Select”. When text is selected, it is automatically copied to the clipboard.
Document Statistics - Word Count, Characters, Sentences and Word Analysis, Keywords and others. For all notes, current note or selected text.
Readability - Generates approximate Gunning-Fog index, Lexical Density and Flesch-Kincaid readability scores to include grade level, words, sentences, and syllables.
Added current filename to system tray icon tool tip.
Show/hide anchors/page breaks/margin guides and special characters.
Decimal To Roman and vice versa.
Sort Lines - lines in given text are arranged alphabetically.
Numbers to Text - translates actual numbers to their textual equivalents. Ex: 123 = “one hundred twenty three”
Strip Trailing Spaces - truncates spaces from the end or start of lines.
Condense Spaces - concurrent spaces are reduced to single spaces.
Macros save/open.
Macro advanced options include altering speed of playback.
Added mouse events to Macro recording so keyboard and mouse events can be captured.
Unused background area in painting can be changed.
Nudge by keyboard for shape drawing (ie: Up, Down, Left, Right)
Drawing creation tools (eg: Rectangle) now stay selected for instead of reverting back to the select tool.
Added undo and redo to Drawing.
Enclose Text With speech Quotes.
Add “Window” menu for controlling multiple TexNotes windows.
Extra settings for opening new files in same window or new window.
Extra settings added for automatic display of property tabs.
Common phrase name edit so user can override auto-naming.
Automatic jpg conversion of bitmaps pasted into note. This can be set in the settings.
“Paste As” added dialog with preview so you can see what you’re pasting with options to convert bitmaps to JPG or PNG.
Navigator Outline auto-numbering. Shows an index number next to item name. Each level start at 1.
Automatic download of images when pasting html. This greatly improves copy/paste from web pages into a note. Use “Paste As”, then choose HTML. This improves retention of the format and multiple copied web browser images.
Ability to color the background of a single outline item. Allows for multi colored trees.
Outline item sorting is now per item instead of global. You can have selective items automatically sort and some items not sorted.
Paragraph borders, indents and margins have been merged into a single dialog for easier access to all parameters in one go.
Automatic Tools tab activation. If you select a drawing the Draw tab becomes active, etc. This can be switched off in the settings.
Add extra options to outline tree export - HTML with Frame set: This will create a frame set so when you export content as html then export outline tree, you end up with a framed navigational result as a web page.
Added “Insert content from other window” on right click of a note, if you have another window with a tex file open, you can insert note content from that window.
Added back and forward buttons to ebook reader application.

30 November 2004 - TexNotes Pro Version 4.04 released (minor release)

* Fixed:

Index bounds message on startup.

* Improvements:

Improved Document Tab hints with extra information and image/drawing thumbnails.
Hyperlink that are directed to an Outline item, now show as the proper title in the tool tip for faster recognition.

* Additions

Startup Layout Chooser (can be switched off) - Ideal for starting with a simple view or an advanced set of toolbars.
Added keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+G : Launch hyperlink (cursor must be on or inside a hyperlink)
Hyperlink Launch settings: Ctrl+Left Click, Single Click or Double Click.
Customize options for Document Tabs: Position (top or bottom) / Hidden. Click on the drop down arrow on the right of the document tabs to access menu. Further options are in the Settings dialog window.
Customize Outline command added to Outline toolbar for fast access to Outline visuals.
Added “Set Default Outline Font” in Outline Display menu. All existing items can be assigned automatically after choosing a default font style.
Confirmation options (can be switched off in the Settings) for launching URLs and Dialer.
Added “Remove Entry” from Files lists.
Added “Convert to Unicode” and “Convert from Unicode” in “Format/Special Text Conversions” menu. (This is only for Notes, other areas do not need this).

25 November 2004 - TexNotes Pro Version 4.03 released (minor release)

* Fixed:

Freehand Painting in a note no longer shows scrollbars if not needed.
Icon commands disabled states are fixed.
Fixed Opening and Creating new files.
Fixed launching hyperlinks to files.
Text extract in search now displays results.

* Improvements:

Changed Shape selection with using Shift instead of Ctrl.
Notebook Cell Title can now be hidden.
Background cell in notebook can be transparent.
Improved cut/copy/paste keyboard operation.
Position of a note or item when pasted to Outline can be defined in settings.
Hyperlink dialog improvements.
Navigator automatically shows itself when creating new tex files.
Improved shape size and rotate indicators in a Drawing.
Now remembers ruler, grid and connector points (little blue dots) preferences applied to drawing.
Selecting multiple items in Outline, you can apply bold, italic etc to all selected.

* Additions:

Shapes in a Drawing can now be hyperlinked.
Hyperlink on a shape is launched with Ctrl+Left Click.
Table Of Contents insertion into a note for sub-items, all items or same level items.
Change Case of Outline titles.
undo/redo icons added to toolbar.

22 November 2004 - TexNotes Pro Version 4.02 released (minor release)

* Fixed:

Fixed and improved: running on Windows 2000 (SP4 build 2195) execution and cosmetics.
Style can be deleted in style library.
bgcolor on outline export.
out of bounds exception on startup (bug report).
Import file (file menu).
Keyboard shortcuts (ctrl F1).
customer support, feedback, GemX online (help menu).
File/Export Notebook Canvas.
eBook publishing minor fixes to UI.
ctrl+break fix on macro.
Print commands in popup menu.
Outline sorting on different columns for selected branch only.

* Improvements

Document tabs (under the editor) are kept when a new tex file is opened. Clicking on a tab will load the relevant tex file, if not already opened, that belongs to that tab.
Macro now shows start and play dialog confirmations.
When keyboard macro is recording, a message is displayed in the main window caption bar.

* Additions

undo/redo on painting (undo in Drawing will be in next update).
Auto hide toolbars. Removes some of the congestion of many toolbars that are not needed. When Auto hide is enabled, it will only show toolbars that are relevant to the document content being edited.
Ability to show/hide ruler bar.
Ability to show/hide document header panel.
Outline item password protection.