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Using Notes to quickly note down and access useful information on the Web

Notes is a way to quickly store and access information in the form of text notes that are stored in a panel in Opera's Hotlist.

To access the Notes panel, open Opera's Panel selector and choose Notes or press Ctrl+6.

To create a new note, click "New note" in the Note panel or simply start typing in the bottom pane of the Notes panel. The title of the note in the top pane is simply the first characters of the contents of the note.

To rename a note, change the first part of the note's contents.

You also have other possibilities when using Opera's Notes. Notes can be inserted into both Web forms and e-mails, and a note can also store the location for the Web page from which it was created, in case you wish to visit it later.

  • Paste clipboard contents to note: You can paste the contents of your clipboard to a note by selecting "Paste to note" from the "Edit" menu.
  • Copy text on Web page to note: Select text on a Web page, then right-click, or use Hotclick, and choose to "Copy to note" from the context menu. When you do this, a globe icon appears behind the note icon, and you can double-click the note to go to the Web page the note was created from.
  • Double-click a note to insert it in a Web page form: If you are filling out a Web form, double-click a note in the Notes panel to insert the contents of the note into the form field where the focus from the keyboard cursor is.
  • Down arrow in text fields to access notes: Pressing the down arrow key in a text field opens a dropdown with access to your notes for insertion.
  • Right-click in forms to insert notes: Right-click in any form field (textarea or text field) and select "Insert note" from the context menu to insert any note in any form field.
  • Double-click a note to insert it in an e-mail message: If a note is not connected with a Web page (there is no globe icon), double-clicking it when not in a Web form will compose a new e-mail, placing the note in the body of the message.
  • Send note by mail: Right-click a note in the Hotlist and select "Send by mail" to create a new e-mail and automatically insert the contents of the note in the mail body.

You can also make it easier to organize your notes by placing them in folders.

Deleted notes are stored in Trash. To permanently delete these notes, right-click on the "Trash" icon in the Notes panel and select "Empty trash". Please note that Trash can be renamed and have contents like any other note if you wish, but you can still identify it by its icon.

Notes are stored as plain text on your system. Notes are stored as plain text in the file "notes.adr" in your Opera settings folder (see Help > About Opera). This means that it is not a good idea to use Notes to store very sensitive information. In the very least, you should bear this in mind when using Notes for password, bank account information, and similar, and secure your system accordingly if you want better security.

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