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Overview

Getting Started

How to...

What is...

About...

If you use...

Trouble Shooting

Registration Information

Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Central Point PC Tools is a trademark of Central Point Software, Inc.


How To...

Change Hot Keys

Change Tag Color

Change Tag Font

Create a Tag

Design a tag

Display Bitmaps on Tags

Jump Back to previous Views

Make Notes on Tags

Manage Tag Styles

Move Main Button

Change Size of Main Button

Record Scroll Position

Save Tag Styles

Hide Main Button

Hide Icon

Prevent Tags from Appearing in the Task List

Get the Latest Version of TagIt


What is...

Action Menu

Button

Jump Tag

Note Area

Scroll Position Marker

TagIt Main Menu

Tag Part

Tag Style

View History

Dual Size Mode

Shareware


About...

Bitmaps

Clipboard

Files and Windows

Global Preferences Dialog Box

Hot Keys

Preferences about Window

Range Adjustment Mode

Running TagIt


If you use...

Windows 95 or Windows NT

Central Point PC Tools for Windows


Using TagIt with PC Tools for Windows

If you are using Central Point PC Tools for Windows, select Tag Along from the Icon Menu of TagIt. You need to do this only once, when you use TagIt for the first time.


Trouble Shooting

Strange things happen when you use Jump Tags or View History:

If you encounter strange behavior when you use the Jump Tags or the View History, it may be because of the Caret Jumping. Disabe it as follows:

1. Activate the window you are having trouble with.

2. Select This Window from the Main Menu. The Preferences about This Window Dialog Box will appear.

3. Check the Disable Caret Jump check box.

Tags do not come back when you open the file:

Make sure that the Main Button looks like [image]. If it looks flat, no file is associated with the window. When you close a window like this, the tags on the window go away forever. (See Files and Windows.)


Jump Tags

You can have a Jump Tag remember a position of the scroll bar and jump back to it later with a click. A Jump Tag appears next to the scroll thumb position it remembers.


Overview

How many times have you scrolled through your document just to see another part, and then scrolled all the way back? Have you ever used a bookmark feature of your word processor? If you have, did you find it easy to use?

By running TagIt, you can:

Jump back instantly to previous views by pressing Ctrl + Up arrow Hot Key. See View History.

Mark scroll positions by sticking Tags; then click and jump back to them later.

Make notes on Tags that stick to windows.

Tags can be attached to any of the windows or to the desktop. For an application window that represents a file, tags that are attached to the window also belong to the file, that is, although tags disappear when the window is closed, they will reappear the next time you load the file. (See Files and Windows.)

See Also:    Creating a New Tag     Making Notes on Tags


Files and Windows

TagIt identifies the file displayed in an application window and associates attached tags with the file. For example, if you load a text file by Notepad, TagIt notes that the file is related to the Notepad window, and associates with the file all tags sticking to the window. This means although these tags disappear when you exit the Notepad, they will reappear the next time you load the file.

In order this feature to work, TagIt must be present when the file is loaded or saved. So adding TagIt to the StartUp group of Program Manager is strongly recommended.

Though TagIt can identify most files, it is not perfect. When the Main Button looks like [image], some file is associated with the window, though sometimes it may not be the correct one. When the button looks like [image], no file is associated. To ensure that the correct file is associated, select This Window in the Main Menu. The Preferences about This Window Dialog Box will appear.


Changing Tag Color

To change the color of a tag:

1. Select Styles from the Action Menu of the tag. A pop-up menu will appear.

2. Select Preferences from the pop-up menu. The Tag Preferences Dialog Box will appear.

3. Press the Tag Color button.

4. Choose a color with the standard color dialog box.

Tip


Changing Tag Font

To change the font:

1. Select Styles from Action Menu of the tag. A pop-up menu will appear.

2. Select Preferences from the pop-up menu. The Tag Preferences Dialog Box will appear.

3. In the Parts list box, select Note. If there are more than one Note item, each corresponds to a Note Area the tag contains. As you select one of them, a frame is shown on the tag displayed in the upper half of the Dialog Box. This indicates which Note Area the options are for.

4. Press the Choose Font button.

5. Choose a font with the standard font dialog box.

Tip


After changing font or color, you can save the Style of the tag. After saving, you can readily create tags with that font or color by selecting the style. See Saving Tag Styles.


Preferences about This Window Dialog Box

To display the dialog:

Select This Window in the TagIt Main Menu.

Overview

This dialog box allows you to change options for features that relate to the current application window the Main Button is on.

Window	Identifies the window.

Displaying	This shows the file that TagIt has associated with the window, i.e., the file TagIt thinks is loaded in the window. If no file has been identified, <Unknown> is displayed.

Change	If you find that a wrong file is associated with the window, or that TagIt has failed to identify the file, specify the correct file by pushing this button.

Scroll bar	Options for the Range Adjustment Mode for scroll bars. Select Vertical Scroll Bar or Horizontal Scroll Bar.

Options	Other options for the window. To set these options for all windows, use the TagIt Global Preferences Dialog Box.

Hide Main Button	Hides the Main Button when it is on this window.

Disable Caret Jump	When a jump occurs, TagIt does not change the caret position if this option is selected.


Hiding the Main Button

You can hide the Main Button. When it is hidden, you can still make the Main Menu appear by pressing Shift + Enter key

To hide the Main Button when it is on a certain window:

1. Activate the window.

2. Select This Window from the Main Menu. The Preferences about This Window Dialog Box will appear.

3. Check the Hide Main Button check box.

To hide the Main Button regardless of window:

1. Select Options from the Main Menu. The TagIt Global Preferences Dialog Box will appear.

2. Check the Hide Main Button by default check box.


Hiding the Icon

You can hide the TagIt icon. When it is hidden, you can still make the Icon Menu appear by pressing Ctrl + Enter key

To hide the Icon:

1. Select Options from the Main Menu. The TagIt Global Preferences Dialog Box will appear.

2. Check the Hide Icon check box.


Preventing Tags from Appearing in the Task List

When you activate the Task List by double-clicking somewhere on the desktop, you find all the tags are listed. You can make the tag appear in the top by double-clicking the listed item. This also makes its parent window (the one it is sticking to) active.

If you want this not to happen:

1. Select Options from the Main Menu. The TagIt Global Preferences Dialog Box will appear.

2. Check the Don't show tags in the Task List check box.


Range Adjustment Mode

TagIt adjusts recorded scroll positions when the range of the scroll bar changes. There are three modes of adjusting:

None	No adjustment is made.

Proportional	Stretches proportionally.

As Document	Assumes that the amount of change has been inserted at the current position.


Run TagIt at startup!

Run TagIt at Windows startup! (If you used the setup program to install TagIt, this should have been already done. If you did not use the setup, you can do it by adding TagIt to the startup group of Program Manager.) This is strongly recommended because TagIt cannot associate files with windows if the files have been loaded before it is run.


This is the default Hot Key. Use TagIt Global Preferences Dialog Box to change it.


Sticky Tags

You can make notes on a tag and stick it onto any of the windows.


TagIt Main Menu

This menu will appear either when you click the Main Button or press Shift + Enter key.


Main Button Size

You can change the size of the Main Button.

From the main menu, select Position. Then select Size from the pop-up menu that will appear. The button will start blinking. Size the button with the cursor control keys (← ↑ → ↓), and press Enter when done.


Main Button Position

You can change the location of the Main Button.

From the Main Menu, select Position. A pop-up menu will appear.

Upper Left	Displays the main button at the upper-left corner of the window.

Upper Right	Displays the main button at the upper-right corner of the window.

Move	You can adjust the position relative to the corner you have chosen (upper-left or upper-right).

1.	Select Move. A pop-up menu will appear.

2.	Select All Window or This Window from the menu. The button will start blinking.

3.	Drag the button or use the cursor control keys (← ↑ → ↓) to move the Main Button.

4.	Press Enter.

Size	You can adjust the size of the Main Button.

1.	Select Size. The button will start blinking.

2.	Use the cursor control keys (← ↑ → ↓) to size the Main Button.

3.	Press Enter.

Default	Select this to reset the position and size of the Main Button to the default.


Main Button

Pressing this button invokes the Main Menu.

See Also: Main Button Position


Where do these tags go when the window is gone?

When you close a window, attached tags also disappear. If the window has been associated with a file, the tags are saved and will reappear the next time you load the file.

Desktop tags remain there as long as TagIt is running. They are saved when TagIt exits, and loaded again at the next startup.


Creating a New Tag

To stick a new tag onto a window:

1. Make the window active by, for example, clicking the title bar. You will find the Main Button on the window.

2.	Press the Main Button or press Shift + Enter Hot Key. The TagIt Main Menu displaying tag styles will appear.

3.	Select a style from the pop-up menu.

4.	A new tag of the style will appear.

Note: The tag created this way belongs to the window.

To stick a new tag onto the desktop:

1.	Click on the TagIt icon. The Icon Menu displaying tag styles will appear.

2.	Select one from the pop-up menu.

3.	A new tag of the style will appear.

To tear off a tag from a window to stick onto the desktop, select Edit / Tear off from the Action Menu.

To make a desktop tag stick to a window, use the clipboard.

See Also: Where do these tags go when the window is gone?


Making Notes on Tags

To make a note on a tag:

1. Double-click on the tag (more precisely, on a Note Area of the tag)

 or

1. Select Notes from the Action Menu of the tag.

2. A caret will appear and you can edit texts.

3. To quit editing, either press Esc or click somewhere outside the tag.


Changing Hot Keys

You can change the Hot Keys with TagIt Global Preferences Dialog Box.


View History

View History is unique and the most easy-to-use feature of TagIt. In the back ground it records application views you viewed. You can jump back and forth among the recorded views by using Ctrl + Up arrow and Ctrl + Down arrow Hot Keys.

For example, suppose you are editing a document and you want to look up some other part of the document. You may look for the part by, say, scrolling with a scroll bar. After looking it up, you need to return to the original part to resume editing. Usually, you go back to the part again with the scroll bar. With TagIt, you only need to push Ctrl + Up arrow key. The view will be back instantly.


Hot Keys

There are eight functions that are invoked by Hot Keys.

Put Primary Tag	Creates a tag of the first tag style on the list of available tag styles. Ctrl + Tab key.

Go Back	Changes the view to the last one in the View History. Ctrl + Up arrow key.

Go Forward	After using Go Back, you can go forward to the original view with this Hot Key. Ctrl + Down arrow key.

Main Menu	Displays the TagIt Main Menu. Shift + Enter key.

Icon Menu	Displays the TagIt Icon Menu. Ctrl + Enter key.

Minimize	Minimizes the window the TagIt Main Button is on. Ctrl + Home key.

Maximize/Restore	Maximizes the window the TagIt Main Button is on, or if it has already been maximized, restore it to the original size. Ctrl + Page Up key.

Restore Child	Restores a maximized child window to the original size. Ctrl + Page Down  key.

You can change Hot Keys with TagIt Global Preferences Dialog Box.


Global Preferences Dialog Box

To display the dialog:

Select Options from the TagIt Main Menu.

HotKeys

To	Select a function of a Hot Key.

Key	Select a key in the drop-down list box and check Ctrl+, Alt+, and Shift+ to specify the Hot Key.

History	Configuration of View History feature.

Record Limit	Number of views that can be recorded.

Minimum Time	A view is recorded if it has been displayed for this minimum time. With this time longer, you can have TagIt record only those important views that you spent a long time viewing it.

Eliminate Identical Views Check this to eliminate identical views in the View History.

Options	Other options. You can set these options by window to window basis also. See Preferences about This Window Dialog Box.

Hide Main Button by default	Hide the Main Button for all windows except those windows you specify otherwise by using Preferences about This Window Dialog Box.

Disable Caret Jump by default 	TagIt does not change the caret position when a Jump Tag is used.

Don't show tags in the Task List	If you select this, tags don't appear in the Task List.


Note Area

A tag can have one or more Note Areas. A Note Area is a kind of tag part that displays texts. Simple tags have only one Note Area covering most of the tag.

Each Note Area has properties such as font, font color, and sizing mode. It can also be single- or multi-lined. These options can be changed in Note Options of Tag Preferences Dialog Box.

See Also: Tag Style


Tag Styles

Tag style is a set of properties of a tag such as its color. It includes options about sizing, positioning, and hiding of the tag, as well as information about which parts it has. You can change tag styles with Tag Preferences Dialog Box.

TagIt maintains a list of tag styles. When creating a new tag, you select a style from the list that is displayed in the TagIt Main Menu. You can edit the list with the Tag Styles Dialog Box.

You can also save the style of a tag.


Tag Parts

Each tag may have one or more Buttons, Note Areas, and Scroll Position Markers. These are called tag parts. You can decide which parts your tag (or a tag style) will need and where each part will be located on the tag with the Tag Preferences Dialog Box.


Scroll Position Markers

This part of the tag will allow you to record and reproduce scroll positions. (See Jump Tags). There are two kinds: VSB markers and HSB markers.


Action Menu

An action menu for a tag appears either

1.	when you click the secondary (right) button of the mouse when the cursor is on the tag,

or

2.	when you click the primary (left) button of the mouse when the cursor is on a button of the tag,

See Also: Action Menu Items


Each tag belongs either to a window or to the desktop. Tags that belong to a window move along with the window. See also: Where these tags go when the window is gone?


Which Button?

Note that, when TagIt takes an action to a bitmap, it needs to know which bitmap you mean. When you invoke the action menu by clicking a button, it knows the button is holding the bitmap. By this reason, when you produce an action menu by clicking the mouse right button while the cursor is not on any button, there does not appear the Bitmap item.


Action Menu Items

The action menu of a tag may have the following items:

Notes 	Select this to edit texts in the Note Area of the tag. (See Making Notes on Tags.)

Jump to	Invokes a jump to the scroll position the tag remembers.

Re-Tag	Records the current scroll position.

Bitmap	Invokes a pop-up menu that controls bitmap function. See also: Which Button?

Delete	Deletes the tag.

Edit

Tear Off	A tag belonging to a window will peel off and stick to the desktop.

Cut	Cuts the tag and places itself onto the clipboard.

Copy	Copies the tag onto the clipboard.

Style

Save to List	Saves the style of the tag to the tag style list.

Preferences	Invokes the Tag Preferences Dialog Box for selecting options for the tag.


Saving Tag Styles

You can save the style of a tag to the list of tag styles and quickly create a new tag by selecting one of styles from that.

To save the style of a tag:

1. Select Style from the Action Menu of the tag. A pop-up menu will appear.

2. Select Save to List from the pop-up menu.

See Also     Tag Styles Dialog Box


Tag Preferences Dialog Box

To display the dialog:

1. Select Styles from the Action Menu of the tag. A pop-up menu will appear.

2. Select Preferences from the pop-up menu.

Overview

You can change various properties of a tag with this dialog box. The tag is displayed on the upper half of the dialog box. A moveable frame representing a tag part selected in the Parts list box appears on the displayed tag. You can move and size the part by dragging this frame.

Parts	Parts that belong to the tag are listed in this list box. Select one to choose options.

Details 	Options for the selected part appear here.

Remove 	Select a tag part in the Parts list box and click this button to remove that part.

Available	This list box contains available tag parts that can be added to the tag.

Add	Select a tag part in the Available list box and click this button to add that part to the tag.

Save	Click this button to save the style of a tag to the current list of styles.

Tag Parts

Tag	General options for the tag.

Button	Options for the Button and the Bitmap.

Note	Options for the Note Area.

VSB marker

HSB marker


VSB Marker

A tag with this part can record a scroll position of a vertical scroll bar.


HSB Marker

A tag with this part can record a scroll position of a horizontal scroll bar.


Tag Options

Tag Options are displayed in the Details box on the Tag Preferences Dialog Box when Tag is selected in the Parts list box.

Tag Color	Click to change the color of the tag.

Size

Manual	Makes the tag manually resizeable. You can size the tag by dragging its edges.

Auto	When this is selected, the tag is automatically sized to contain all parts.

Dual Size	Check this to put the tag into dual size mode.

Flip	Push this button to flip between the two sizes when the tag is in dual size mode.

Position

Stick	The tag will stick to wherever you place it on the window.

Scroll Bar	The tag will place itself to represent the scroll position it has recorded.

Show

Only when Active The tag will appear only when the window it belongs to is active.

When Near	The tag will appear only when the scroll position is close to the one it has recorded.


Dual Size Mode

When a tag is in dual size mode, it remembers two sizes. You can flip between them by clicking the size button that appears at the upper-right corner of the tag. The sizing options (Manual or Auto) can be selected separately for each size.

See Also:  Tag Preferences Dialog Box  Tag Options


Bitmaps

Tags that have buttons can hold bitmaps. See Also: Which Button?

To load a .BMP file:

1. Select Bitmap from the action menu of the tag. A pop-up menu will appear.

2. Select Load from the pop-up menu. A dialog box will appear.

3. Specify a .BMP file with the standard file dialog.

To paste a bitmap from the clipboard:

1. Select Bitmap from the action menu of the tag. A pop-up menu will appear.

2. Select Paste from the pop-up menu.

To copy a bitmap on a tag onto the clipboard:

1. Select Bitmap from the action menu of the tag. A pop-up menu will appear.

2. Select Copy from the pop-up menu.


Buttons

Button is a kind of tag part. There are two kinds:

Default	The one you can find at the upper-left corner of the default tags. When clicked, the action menu of the tag will appear.

Bitmap	Holds a bitmap.

Options for a button can be changed in Button Options in Tag Preferences Dialog Box.


Button Options

When Button is selected in the Parts list box, Button Options are displayed in the Details box on the Tag Preferences Dialog Box.

Default	Makes the button a default clickeable button.

BitMap	Makes the button display a bitmap.

Fixed Size	For a bitmap button, this option makes the bitmap fixed-sized, regardless of the actual size of the bitmap. Otherwise, the bitmap sizes itself according to the actual size.

Load Bitmap	For a bitmap button, click this to load .BMP file.


Note Options

When Note is selected in the Parts list box, Note Options are displayed in the Details box on the Tag Preferences Dialog Box.

Font

Choose Font	Click this button to choose a font for the Note Area.

Font Color	Click this button to choose the color of the font.

Border	Borders the Note Area.

Multi Line	The Note Area will be multi-lined.

Fixed Size	If you choose this option, you can change the fixed size of the Note Area by dragging the frame that will appear on the tag displayed in the upper half of the dialog. Otherwise, the Note Area sizes itself so that it can contain all the text.


Recording Scroll Position

You can make a tag record a scroll position and reproduce it afterward (jump).

To record with a new tag:

Create a new tag of a style that has VSB marker and/or HSB marker (for example, the default style named Jump). The new tag will remember the current position of the scroll bar, and you can jump back to the position later with a click on this tag.

To change the recorded scroll position of a tag:

Select Re-Tag from the action menu of the tag.


 Clipboard Area

The tag on the clipboard is displayed here. Select this item to create a copy of the tag.


Clipboard

You can save a tag onto the clipboard just as you save texts or bitmaps.

To save a tag to clipboard:

1. Select Edit from the action menu of the tag. A pop-up menu will appear.

2. Select Copy or Cut from the pop-up menu.

To paste a tag from clipboard:

Select the clipboard area from TagIt Main Menu.


Tag Styles Dialog Box

To display the dialog:

Select Tag Style from the TagIt Main Menu.

Overview

On the left side of the dialog box, a list box contains available tag styles. This dialog box is for editing this list.

Edit	Select a style from the list and click this button. The Tag Preferences Dialog Box will appear and you can modify the style.

New	Creates a new style that you can edit to design your own tag style.

Delete	Deletes the selected style.

Move Up	Click to move the selected style up.

Move Down	Click to move the selected style down.


When you register...

You will receive:

1. The current registered version of TagIt. The registered version is Upgrade Proof: registered user will be able to install newer shareware version of TagIt and consider your new version registered. The new shareware version will eliminate any registration screens. This feature will work for all new shareware versions at least up until the next major release.

2. A printed, bound User's Guide.

3. Technical support via CompuServe or paper mail.


Registration Information

This product is not free. It is offered on a Shareware basis. You have a temporary license to use this product for thirty days to evaluate its usefulness to you. If you wish to keep using it you must register it. When you register, you will receive an updated registered version and a printed manual.

You can register by phone or CompuServe mail or paper mail if you have Visa, Discover, Master Card, or American Express card. Contact Elimina Technology at the CompuServe id below for site licenses or other payment arrangements, or paying methods other than by credit card.

To register TagIt:

1.	Select About TagIt from the icon menu.

2.	Press Registration Form button. A registration form will appear.

3.	Read instructions that follow the form, then fill it out.

4.	Send the form to our order taking service, not to us.

On the other hand, any questions about the status of the shipment of the order, registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, etc., must be directed to us:

Elimina Technology

89-1-205, Minami-Nishiura,

Tanaka, Kyoto 606, Japan

CompuServe ID 73610,2750

ATTENTION QUAKE SUFFERERS

If you suffered from the Jan.17 quake in Kobe, you can register TagIt free. As we site in Kyoto, we sincerely hope our neighbors recover quickly. Please send us your name, address, and estimate of the damage to us. Never use the normal registration method if you are to take advantage of this Quake Sufferer Program. If you send in normal registration to our order-taking service, we cannot reverse it.


What is Shareware?

Shareware is a method of distributing software, not a kind of software.

Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are required to register.

Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group.

Thank you for trying TagIt. We trust you.


Jumping to a recorded scroll position

To jump to a recorded scroll position, just click on the tag that remembers the scroll position.

See Also:  Jump Tags


Using TagIt with Windows 95
Using TagIt with Windows 95 or Windows NT

This version of TagIt is not yet fully adopted for Windows 95 nor Windows NT. Look for newer version, which should appear before September 1995. Versions that are adopted for 32-bit environment will have version numbers 2.XX. Registered user will be able to install newer shareware version and consider the new version registered.The new shareware version will eliminate any registration screens.


How to get Newer Version
How to get the Latest Version of TagIt

TagIt is usually uploaded to the following sites. The latest versions will appear there. You can get the latest version by registering, too.

Compuserve:

WINSHARE and WINSDK forums. (tagit.zip)

ZiffNet:

UTILFORUM and PBSAPP forums (tagit.zip)

FTP sites:

SIMTEL (oak.oakland.edu)   /SimTel/win3/desktop/tagit???.zip

(??? is version number; such as 112 for version 1.12)

CICA (ftp.cica.indiana.edu)     /pub/pc/win3/util/tagit???.zip

(??? is version number; such as 112 for version 1.12)

There are numerous mirror sites, including:

wuarchive.wustl.edu (MO); archive.orst.edu (Oregon); gatekeeper.dec.com; ftp.cdrom.com (CA); ftp.marcam.com; ftp.monash.edu.au (Australia); ftp.funet.fi (Finland); ftp.uni-paderborn.de, ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (Germany); ftp.nectec.or.th (Thailand); ftp.technion.ac.il (Israel); src.doc.ic.ac.uk (United Kingdom); ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Singapore); nctuccca.edu.tw (Taiwan); ftp.puc-rio.br (Brazil); ftp.cau.ac.kr (South Korea); ftp.hk.super.net (Hong Kong).

Note these sites use "win3" as directory names. Future versions of TagIt may appear under directory such as "win95".


Getting Started

Easy Start: The View History

What are Tags?

Jump Tags


Easy Start      The View History
Easy Start: The View History

Let's start with the easiest feature of TagIt: the View History. The View History is unique and the most easy-to-use feature of TagIt. It records the history of application views. You can jump back and forth among recorded views of applications by using the Hot Keys.

For example, suppose you are editing a document and you want to look up some other part of the document. You may look for the part by, say, scrolling with a scroll bar. After looking it up, you need to return to the original part to resume editing. Usually, you go back again with the scroll bar. With TagIt, you only need to push the Hot Key. The view will be back instantly.

The Hot Key to jump back is Ctrl + Up Arrow key by default. You can change which keys represent which function with TagIt Global Preferences Dialog Box.

You can also go the other way. Suppose you have just jumped back from looking up another part, and suddenly you want to see it again. Press Ctrl + Down Arrow key      that is the default Hot Key to "go forward" in the View History.

TagIt is not simply recording every view you have seen. If it were, it would end up recording all the views that appeared while you were scrolling through the document. Playing back all these views would not be much use. Instead, TagIt records only those views that you have spent more than a certain amount of time looking at it. By doing this, TagIt can allow you to go back to those important views that you have stopped to look at, rather than just passed through. The minimum recording time is by default about 0.5 second. You can change this value with TagIt Global Preferences Dialog Box.

View History also works between windows. If you are editing multiple documents at the same time, it is typical to frequently flip between the windows. With TagIt, you can jump back and forth between them very quickly.

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What are Tags?

Tags are the main players of TagIt. They are small items that you can drag around on your screen however you wish. They belong to any of the windows or to the desktop. Tags that belong to a window move along the screen as though they are sticking onto your document. You can store your text and put your favorite bitmaps on the tags. You can think of each tag as a computerized version of a paper sticky note       with much more functions.

By sticking tags on the desktop, you can use tags as reminders for appointments, phone numbers, or as repositories for any information that you can't find a good place for on your system, but you'd like to be able to locate quickly.

If the information is related to some file, you can make tags belong to the file. You can use tags as bookmarks or annotation notes. They are saved when the file is saved, and come back when you load the file again.

Tags also are able to hold one or more bitmaps. You can place your favorite picture on a tag and stick it to the desktop just as you display your family picture on your real desktop. As tags can be freely dragged, this arrangement is much more flexible than the Windows wall paper.

You can customize each tag's style by selecting its color, font, size, how many bitmaps to hold, and so on. TagIt maintains a list of tag styles from which you can create a new one. By saving the style of any tag to the list, you can quickly create as many tags of that style as you like.

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Jump Tags

The most exciting feature of TagIt is the Jump Tags, which make TagIt distinct from other "sticky note" programs.

"Jump tag" stands for any tag that has SB Markers. However, TagIt has a default tag style named "Jump" upon installation and we will discuss about the behavior of this style. Any other tag style with SB Markers will behave similarly.

So let us start looking at what the jump tags do. Mainly they record scroll positions and recall them at request.

1.	To create a Jump Tag, simply select "Jump" in the menu that appears when you click the TagIt main button next to the minimize button of a window.

2.	A newly created jump tag appears along the scroll bar next to the scroll thumb.

3.	To see the "Jump", first scroll the view somewhere else. Then click the jump tag you have just created.

4.	The scroll thumb will jump back to the Jump Tag, that is, the original position. The window will also return to your previous view.

Isn't it easy?