Tips on Windows 7 Sticky Notes (Undocumented)

If you're looking for shortcut keys for Windows 7 Sticky Notes, there are actually more keyboard shortcuts than Microsoft has documented here.

The following table contains all the keyboard shortcuts that I found for Windows 7 Sticky Notes. If you found more, please let me know.

General (File) Commands
Press this key	To do this
Ctrl+N	Create a new sticky note
Ctrl+D	Delete sticky note
F10	Highlight the controls on the title bar
Shift+F10	Show the context menu
F1	Open Sticky Notes Help
Ctrl+Tab	Switch between notes
Alt+F4	Close Sticky Notes program
Edit Commands
Press this key	To do this
Ctrl+Z	Undo a change
Ctrl+Y	Redo a change
Ctrl+A	Select the entire note
Ctrl+X	Cut a selection
Ctrl+C	Copy a selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl+V	Paste a selection from the Clipboard
Ctrl+Delete	Delete the next word
Formatting Commands
Press this key	To do this
Ctrl+B	Make selected text bold
Ctrl+I	Italicize selected text
Ctrl+T	Strike through selected text
Ctrl+U	Underline selected text
Ctrl+=	Make selected text subscript
Ctrl+Shift+=	Make selected text superscript
Ctrl+L	Align text left
Ctrl+E	Align text center
Ctrl+R	Align text right
Ctrl+1	Set single line spacing
Ctrl+2	Set double line spacing
Ctrl+5	Set line spacing to 1.5
Ctrl+Shift+>	Increase the font size
Ctrl+Shift+<	Decrease the font size
Ctrl+Mouse Scroll	Increase/decrease font size of the whole note or selected text
Ctrl+Shift+A	Change characters to all capitals
Ctrl+Shift+L	Change the bullet style
Cursor Movement
Press this key	To do this
Ctrl+Left Arrow	Move the cursor one word to the left
Ctrl+Right Arrow	Move the cursor one word to the right
Ctrl+Up Arrow	Move the cursor to the line above
Ctrl+Down Arrow	Move the cursor to the line below
Ctrl+Home	Move to the beginning of the note
Ctrl+End	Move to the end of the note

How to backup Windows 7 Sticky Notes

All Sticky Notes are stored in a file called StickyNotes.snt under this folder: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Sticky Notes\. Always keep an up-to-date backup copy of this file, then you are good to go.

E538: No mouse support: mouse=a

Sometimes I got this error when some applications try to load VIM as my default editor. The fix is simple, just open up your .vimrc file and change the following line:

set mouse=a

to:

if has("mouse")
set mouse=a
endif

Using Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts on Windows XP

Lifehacker had put together a program the will enable Windows 7's keyboard shortcuts on Windows XP systems. With this program installed, you can combine the Windows key with any arrow keys to arrange your applications on the desktop like you do in Windows 7. Pretty cool!