11# No Nonsense Notes app tutorial
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3- Over time, this app developed to be its own thing, so it can feel disorientating for new users. This
4- document will explain every unintuitive feature of the app, to turn you into a pro in no time!
5- This guide is written for the phone layout. The tablet layout is a bit different, it's optimized for
6- bigger screens .
3+ Over time, this app developed to be its own thing, so it can feel disorienting for new users.
4+
5+ This document will explain every unintuitive feature of the app, to turn you into a pro in no time!
6+ This guide is written for the phone layout. The tablet layout is a bit different .
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88## Summary
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1010``` mermaid
1111graph TD
1212 A[Main view] -->|swipe right| B(Drawer menu)
1313 B --> C{Choose action}
14- C -->|1 of 3 lists on top| D[fa:fa-list abstract view]
15- C -->|long press a list| E[edit dialog]
14+ C -->|1 of 3 lists on top| D[fa:fa-list set an abstract view]
15+ C -->|long press a list| E[edit dialog for note lists ]
1616 C -->|press a list| F[show list]
17- C -->|fa:fa-folder button| G[add list]
17+ C -->|fa:fa-folder folder button| G[add a new list]
1818
1919 A --> H[fa:fa-dots overflow menu]
20- H --> I[fa:fa-archive archive view]
21- H --> |clear completed| J[send completed \n notes to archive]
20+ H --> |view archive| I[fa:fa-archive see a list of all deleted notes]
21+ H --> |clear completed| J[send completed notes to archive]
22+
23+ A --> |tap + | K[note detail page]
24+ A --> |tap a note | K
25+ K --> |use the back button or gesture| L[the note is automatically saved]
26+ L --> A
27+ K --> |overflow menu| M[note history]
28+
29+ M --> |drag the line| N[see an old version of the note]
30+ N --> |press DONE| O[restore the old version of the note]
31+ O --> K
32+
33+ K --> |press the checkbox| P[mark the note as completed, for your own convenience]
34+ K --> |press the dropdown menu| Q[choose a due date]
35+ Q --> |X button| R[remove the due date]
36+
37+ K --> |add a reminder| S[a new panel appears, to configure the reminder: date, hour, repeating week days and X to delete it]
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2341%% comment: you should finish this chart
2442%% https://mermaid.live/ is very helpful
@@ -33,16 +51,16 @@ graph TD
3351
3452Here you see:
3553
36- * all your lists: you can swipe left and right to navigate between them
37- * 2 tasks, ordered by due date: the 2° one is "completed" or "done "
54+ * 3 note lists (Next 5 days, Agenda, Ideas) : you can swipe left and right to navigate between them
55+ * 2 tasks, ordered by due date: the 2° one is marked as "completed "
3856* the due date of each task, in the corner on the right
3957 * you can choose how it is displayed
4058* a ` + ` button to create a new note
4159* a search button to find and open one of your notes
4260 * it supports voice search
4361 * if you type, you get suggestions. click on one to open that note
4462* the hamburger menu ` ☰ ` which can open the drawer menu on the left
45- * the 3 dots menu ` ⋮ ` which has many options
63+ * the overflow menu ` ⋮ ` which has many options
4664 * "Sync" forces an update of the files on the SD card
4765 * archive opens the "deleted tasks page", also called "note archive"
4866 * "clear completed" can delete all tasks marked as completed from the current list only
@@ -54,13 +72,13 @@ Here you see:
5472
5573Here you see:
5674
57- * the "folder+" icon on the action bar: press it to create a new list
75+ * the ` 📁+ ` icon on the action bar: press it to create a new list
5876* the "tasks" section, which has 3 views that you can use to quickly see some of your notes
5977 * For example, click "today" to see tasks due today
6078 * hold your finger on one of those 3 items to select it as default view
6179 * it will be always on the left of every other list
62- * in the 1° photo you saw that I choose "next 5 days" as my default view
63- * the "lists" section has all the note lists you made
80+ * in the first image you saw "next 5 days" as the default view
81+ * the "lists" section has all the note lists you created
6482 * Since "agenda" has 4 un-checked (incomplete) tasks, you see "4" next to it
6583 * hold your finger on one of those lists to open a popup to edit it
6684
@@ -70,11 +88,13 @@ Here you see:
7088
7189In this dialog you can:
7290
73- * choose any name for the list
74- * They are sorted alphabetically. If you want it to appear first, put a ` _ ` , like "_ zebra"
91+ * choose a name for the list
92+ * They are sorted alphabetically
93+ * If you want it to appear first, put a ` _ ` , like "_ zebra"
94+ * I name my lists ` 1 Ideas ` , ` 2 Useless ` and ` 3 Agenda ` to get a custom order
7595* set one list as default
7696 * the app will open on that list
77- * links you share to this app from your browser will go into this list
97+ * links you share to this app from your web browser will go into this list
7898* choose how notes are ordered on this list in particular
7999 * "latest updated" shows first the notes that you edited more recently
80100 * "due date" also groups the notes by week, month and year
@@ -102,8 +122,9 @@ Here you can:
102122
103123Here you can see all our settings. They are laid out linearly. I recommend checking all of them, but
104124in particular the ** notification settings** , where you can customize the behavior of notifications
105- and bypass some android design flaws to ** make reminders appear more reliably** . The ** backup**
106- settings are also very useful: you can save the notes as a json file, and restore them if you
125+ and bypass some android design flaws to ** make reminders appear more reliably** .
126+
127+ The ** backup** settings are also useful: you can save the notes as a json file, and restore them if you
107128re-install the app even on another phone.
108129
109130### The task detail panel
@@ -143,7 +164,7 @@ Here you can:
143164
144165Here you can:
145166
146- * drag the indicator to see all previous version of the note. Only the ones that you saved
167+ * drag the indicator to see all previous version of the note (but only the ones that you saved)
147168* press "cancel" to undo and go back
148169* find a version you like, press "done", and overwrite the current note with that content
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@@ -214,9 +235,9 @@ them by mistake and find it irritating.
214235
215236### Backups
216237
217- Since this app can export all the notes as a json file, you can elaborate them on a computer. For
218- example, the following is a short script that outputs the content of a list as a plain text file
219- with a list of links:
238+ Since this app can export all the notes as a json file, you can elaborate them on a computer.
239+
240+ The following is a short powershell script that outputs the content of a list as a plain text file with a list of links:
220241
221242``` powershell
222243$json = Get-Content D:\Desktop\NoNonsenseNotes_Backup.json | ConvertFrom-Json
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