Sticky Note

Ribbon location: Tab DVD Addin → Group Graphics → the arrow next to Revision Cloud

Command ID: btnNoteSticky

What it does

Like Text Note, but the box has a yellow fill and black text, like a sticky note — easy to spot in a table of figures or on a plan picture, like the Note tool of Read PDF. The border follows the line colour; font and text size follow Cloud Options….

How to use

1. Go to DVD Addin → Graphics → the arrow under Revision Cloud → Sticky Note.
2. Click where the note goes (or drag a frame across, at least about 24 pt, to set its width).
3. Type, press Enter (Shift+Enter adds a line, Esc cancels).
4. Add another note, or press Esc to exit.

Video tutorial

Narrated in Vietnamese, with Vietnamese subtitles. Ghi chú trên sheet · 5 min 27 s · 13 cases · Download the video · Practice workbook for the video

Commands in this video: Arrow · Callout · Sticky Note · Text Note

Chapters (17)

1. Giới thiệu
2. Mở lệnh
3. 1 · Mũi tên chỉ đúng chỗ
4. 2 · Nhiều mũi tên, giữ Shift
5. 3 · Ghi chú chữ: bấm rồi gõ
6. 4 · Kéo khung định bề rộng
7. 5 · Nhiều dòng, Enter, Esc
8. 6 · Ghi chú nền vàng
9. 7 · Chú thích: kéo tới chỗ đặt chữ
10. 8 · Chú thích: chỉ bấm
11. 9 · Phím trong lớp vẽ
12. 10 · Tùy chọn mây
13. 11 · Sửa, di chuyển, xoá
14. 12 · Hoàn tác Ctrl+Z
15. 13 · Khi lệnh từ chối
16. Mẹo
17. Kết thúc

Illustrated walkthrough

Step 1. On the ribbon, open the DVD Addin tab → Graphics group → open Revision Cloud → choose Sticky Note.

Step 2. Click where the note goes, next to the Gantt bar of the level-3 slab concreting (or drag a frame of about 24 pt or more to set the width). Type Awaiting method statement approval and press Enter; Shift+Enter adds a line, Esc cancels. Add another note elsewhere, or press Esc to finish.

Step 3. The sticky note — yellow fill, black text, border in the line colour (1) — stands out on the sheet and prints too; it covers the cells beneath, so drag it to a blank area if you need to see them. The status bar reports how many notes were added (2).

Keys in the drawing layer

Key	Effect
M / T / N / L	Switch to Arrow / Text Note / Sticky Note / Callout
R / P, Tab	Back to rectangle / polygon cloud; Tab cycles through all tools
[ ] (or − =)	Text size; with the Arrow tool: arrowhead size
1–6	Colour (red, blue, green, orange, purple, black)
Wheel / Ctrl+wheel	Scroll / zoom while drawing (only scroll while typing)
Ctrl+Z	Remove the last shape drawn in this session
Esc	Discard the shape in progress; Esc again (or Enter, right-click — when not typing) to exit

While typing: Enter finishes, Shift+Enter adds a line, Esc cancels; clicking elsewhere also finishes (that click only ends the typing; it does not place a new note). The keys above only apply when you are not typing — Vietnamese input (Telex, VNI) works normally.

Example

Before sending the schedule to the site manager you want to flag "Waiting for method statement approval" next to the level-3 slab pour: choose Sticky Note, click next to the Gantt bar, type and press Enter. The yellow note stands out on the sheet and still shows when printed.

Notes

• The yellow fill hides the cells underneath — drag the note to an empty spot if you need to see the figures behind it.
• Colour and line weight are shared with clouds; font, text size and arrowhead size are set in Cloud Options… (changes made with keys in the drawing layer are remembered).
• The result is a real Excel shape (text box, line, group), so it can be edited, moved, printed and exported to PDF like any shape; by default it moves with cells but does not resize (change this with Clouds and notes resize with cells in Cloud Options…).
• Shapes created by the command cannot be undone with Excel's Ctrl+Z — inside the drawing layer use the command's own Ctrl+Z; after exiting, select and press Delete.
• Page Layout view is not supported; on a sheet that protects drawing objects the command refuses.

Related

• Text Note · Callout · Arrow
• Cloud Options…