First, Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, giveth and taketh away. In the newest versions of Sticky Notes, there is no way to change the font face. But there are some enhancements.\u00a0 And today, we\u2019re going to cover the main one. And that is the one called \u201cInsights\u201d.<\/p>\n
First things first. You can open Windows 10 Sticky Notes by typing Sticky in the taskbar search and pressing Enter (or click)when you see Sticky Notes appear at the top. You can also find it in your Windows 10 start menu under \u201cS\u201d (how about that!).\u00a0 You can add Sticky Notes to your taskbar too. Open Sticky Notes by typing Sticky in the taskbar search, press enter or click on Sticky Notes when it appears at the top. When Sticky Notes is open, right-click on its taskbar icon and choose “Pin to taskbar”<\/p>\n
Sticky Notes \u201cinsights\u201d should be enabled by default. I say \u201cshould be\u201d because \u201cinsights\u201d was not enabled on my PC. But the following dialog appeared as soon as I opened Sticky Notes for the first time. All I had to do to enable Insights was to click the blue button labeled (helpfully) \u201cEnable Insights\u201d. (Note: Microsoft is not consistent. It capitalizes Insights in some places, and not in others.\u00a0 I have an excuse for mistakes, but Microsoft makes billions of dollars, you\u2019d think they could hire a better editor than EB or me. Right?)<\/p>\n
![\"Cloudeight](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/sn-insights.png\")
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If you open Sticky Notes and you don\u2019t see the Enable Insights dialog, you can enable Insights this way:<\/p>\n
Lpen Sticky Notes, click on the 3-dots icon next to the trash can at he top right\u2026<\/p>\n
![](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/sn-insights11.png\")
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And then click on the \u201cgear\u201d Settings icon that appears at the bottom left. The big colorful circles allow you to change the color of your Sticky Notes’ background.<\/p>\n
![](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/sn-insights2.png\")
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Then turn the \u201cEnable Insights\u201d slider to \u201cOn\u201d.<\/p>\n
![\"Cloudeight](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/sticky0.png\")
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Once you\u2019ve enabled \u201cinsights\u201d you can do a lot of things with it.<\/p>\n
For instance… you can\u00a0 type an address in Sticky Notes and locate it on a map. As you can see, I typed in an address below. It\u2019s to Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, WA USA. If I wanted to see it on a map all I have to do is click \u201cBing\u201d at the bottom left.<\/p>\n
![](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/sn-insights1.png\")
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If you\u2019re itching to track a flight, open Sticky Notes and type in a flight number, like this:<\/p>\n
![](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/sn-insights1c.png\")
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If you want to know more about that flight, I could click \u201cBing\u201d at the bottom of the dialog.<\/p>\n
You can a lot of things with Sticky Notes. For instance, if you use Windows Calendar, you can enable reminders right from your Sticky Note:<\/p>\n
![\"Windows](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/sticky1a.png\")
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Or you can save your favorite sites (URLs) in Sticky Notes – and open them from your Sticky Note:<\/p>\n
![\"Cloudeight](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/sticky1b.png\")
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And while newer versions of Sticky Notes don\u2019t allow you to change fonts, you can use some keyboard shortcuts to change text styles to bold, italic, underlines, strikethrough<\/s> and the like. If you want to change the style of the text, just highlight the text and try one of the following shortcuts:<\/p>\n
CTRL+B = Bold text<\/p>\n
CTRL+i = Italics<\/p>\n
CTRL+u = Underline<\/p>\n
CTRL+t = Strikethrough<\/p>\n
There are more, but that\u2019s enough for now ?<\/p>\n
We hope you’ve enjoyed these insights into the \u201cnew\u201d Windows 10 Sticky Notes.<\/p>\n\n
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