The Notes feature is a great way to leave yourself reminders on things you might want to do later. Or, it can also help you stay organized by letting you jot down simple lists and phone numbers. If you have access to a microphone, you can even leave yourself a voice message that you can play back later..
To add a note, locate the "Notes" link on the SAMNet Home Desktop Screen. Press the link to enter the Notes area. From here, you will find two links at the top of this screen. The first will allow you to add a text note. This is the option for entering notes that you would type out on a keyboard. The second option will offer you the opportunity to record your own voice note. You must have a microphone handy, and connected to the computer system you are using, in order to record voice notes.
If you choose the "Text Note" option, you will find a screen with two edit fields and several buttons. The first field will let you create the title of your note. This is optional, and you do not have to create a title for this note if you do not wish to write one. It might be helpful, however, to have a title for those times where you leave yourself several notes at once. The next field, after the title field, is for writing the note that you would like to save. Here is where you can write a "To Do" list, you can jot down a recipe or leave a note to call someone later. Just place your note in this area and then move to the "Save" button when you are ready to store your note for later viewing. If you make a mistake, or if you don't want to save your work, you can move to the "Cancel" button to leave this screen.
Note: You must have a microphone handy, and connected to the computer, in order to leave yourself Voice Notes. Select "Add A Voice Note" from the screen that you first encounter when you arrive at the Notes section. You will find an edit field for entering the subject title of your new voice note. This is optional and you do not have to create a title in order to save a voice note. Below the subject field you will find several buttons. There are buttons for Record, Stop, Play, Save and Cancel.
To start recording your voice note, press the "Record" button. You can use the Spacebar or the Enter key to press the button. Or, you can use the hotkey Alt plus the letter R. You will hear a short beep to let you know that you have started to record. Say the information you want to keep and then press the "Stop" button when finished. You can also use the hotkey command Alt plus the letter "S" to stop. Don't worry if you stopped your recording too soon. You can add to what you have already recorded so far. Press the "Record" button again. You will be asked if you would like to add to the already recorded voice note. Select "Yes" and you will hear the tone again to let you know that the recording has begun again. Add your new information and press "Stop" when finished recording. You can review the new note by pressing "Play".
Pressing "Stop" will end the recording, or playback of an existing recording. You can also use the hotkey command Alt plus "S" to stop the recording.
You can hear what you have just recorded by moving to the "Play" button and pressing it with the Enter key. You can add more to your recording, in case you forgot something, by pressing the "Record" button again. You will be asked if you want to add to the current voice note, answer yes, and you can record more onto your existing voice note. The new portion will be added to the end of the last recording. Once finished, move back to the "Stop" button to end the new recording.
The "Save" button will let you keep the recording you have just completed. You can now find this voice note in the "Notes" section. It will be in a list of existing notes found below the options for adding a new text or voice note.
Press the "Cancel" button if you would like to leave this screen without saving your voice recording. You will not be warned that you will lose your current note wen selecting this button.
You can find you're previously saved notes under the options for creating a text or voice note. Go to the Notes section, and then look below the options to add a text and voice note. The list of recorded voice notes will be displayed first. You simply press your down arrow key to hear each recording. You will hear the title of your note, if you created one, then the voice note will play. You will find a button below your note to delete the note you just heard. Pressing the button will delete that particular voice note. You can move past the delete button if you want to keep your voice note for now. Below the list of voice notes, if you have created any, you will find the list of saved text notes. Each note will list the title, if you created one, with the date and time the note was saved. Below each text note you will find a delete button. Pressing the delete button will erase the text note above that particular button. You can keep your notes by ignoring the each note's delete button.