Adding Notes to Clips

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You can add notes to clips on the desktop using the built-in notepad, which is a simple text editor. Each entry is annotated with the creation date and time of the note and the user who entered it, so you can use the clip notepad as an informal discussion area for clips in progress.

Notes are saved as part of the clip's metadata, so the information is preserved if you transfer the clip to another workstation using Wire. When you copy a clip on the desktop that contains notes, the notes are copied too. When you archive a clip, its notes are saved with the archived clip.

To add notes to a clip's notepad:

Put the cursor over a clip on the desktop and press V.
Enter your notes in the notepad that appears.
Click anywhere outside the notepad to close it.
An icon with the letter “N” appears on the clip, indicating that it has a note.

(a) Note icon

To edit a clip's notepad:

Put the cursor over a clip on the desktop that has a note and press V.
The notepad appears with an annotation that tracks the creation date and time and the user who added each note.

(a) Annotation
Place the cursor after the last line and then enter your notes.
TipWhen you enter a note, the annotation is always added as the last line. To ensure an easily trackable sequence of notes, add new notes at the end.
Click anywhere outside the notepad to close it.

To delete a clip's notepad:

Put the cursor over a clip on the desktop that has a note and press V.
Select all text in the notepad and then delete it.
Click anywhere outside the notepad to close it.
The “N” icon disappears, indicating the note has been deleted.

To resize a notepad:

Click the lower-right corner of the notepad and drag.
A red outline of the notepad appears as you drag.