The Journal Tips & Tricks

General

• Additional Spell Checker Dictionaries
• Adjusting the "Security Level" of The Journal
• Ben Franklin's 13-Week Self Improvement Program
• Blog Posting from TJ4 with Text Wrapping Around Images
• Calendar Charms
• Catalog Clipping and The Journal by Tania Ryan
• Creating a Simple Address Book in The Journal
• The Daily/Weekly Entry Report
• Drafting Documents in The Journal
• External Object Entries
• How to Make an Entry on Any Date, Past, Present or Future
• How to Record Audio in The Journal
• Preserving the Memories - Bringing Pen-and-Paper Diaries into The Journal by David Michael
• Saving entries as HTML files
• Search The Journal Web Page, Newsletters and User Discussion List
• Setting the Default Image Type for The Journal
• Tracking Software Registration Keys in The Journalby Jim Talkington
• Transporting custom spell checker dictionaries between PCs by Pete Hollyer
• Using The Journal for NaNoWriMo 2007
• Using Journal Links, by Pete Hollyer
• Using The Journal with Voice Recognition Software

Journal Volume Maintenance

• Backup Settings
• Batch Entry Import
• Creating a Windows Desktop Shortcut to Open a Specific Journal Volume
• How to Use The Journal on a USB/Flash Drive
• Optimizing your Journal Volumes
• Restoring from a Backup
• Sharing The Journal over a Network
• Synchronizing Two Journal Volumes
• New! The Journal Database Maintenance

Entry Text Formatting

• Adding Your Own Entry Background Images
• Assigning Hot-Keys to Styles
• Automatic Image Resizing
• How to Set the Entry Background Color
• Inserting Comments into Entries using Calendar Charms
• Reformatting text from an email
• Setting the Default Font (Text Style)
• Tables that look like those in Word/WordPerfect/Etc.
• Text Styles
• Using Bookmarks in Entries
• Using "Apply Default Style (retain formatting)"
• Using Strikeout (CTRL -) (<ctrl>+<dash>)
• Using Tables for Text Layout (putting text beside an image)

Topics

• Adding Your Own Topics
• Searching Topics
• Using Topics

Categories

• Beyond Daily: Weekly & Monthly Categories
• Creating a log-style category
• Creating New Categories
• Making a category "inactive"
• Using Master Categories
• Using Packages in The Journal
• Using Shared Categories

Reminders

• A Brief Overview of Reminders
• Advanced Reminder Options - Date & Time
• Advanced Reminder Options - Display & Popup
• Getting the new Reminders toolbar
• Reminders in Reverse by Joan Korte
• Setting a Reminder for the Last Week of the Month

Entry Templates

• An example of how to use templates for writing exercises
• Creating Your Own Simple Templates
• Getting the New Example Templates
• How to have a "Default Entry Template"
• Putting a Template Entry Button on The Journal's Toolbar
• Using Templates, by Pete Hollyer

User Interface

• The Back/Forward Buttons and Entry History
• Copying the "structure" of a loose-leaf category
• Creating Your Own Calendar Charms
• Faster Daily Entry Browsing
• How to Sort Your Loose-Leaf Entries
• i-to-I Auto-Correction
• Insert mode versus Overwrite mode
• Launching The Journal minimized by Tom Plunket
• Menu Options
• Positioning loose-leaf entries in the "entry tree"
• Re-arranging Loose-Leaf Entries
• Resizing the Calendar & Entry Tree
• Reviewing Random Entries
• Single-Click Links & Read Only Entries
• Starting The Journal with Windows
• Typing International Characters
• Using "drag & drop" to move entries between categories
• Using "Paste Special" (CTRL+SHIFT+V)
• Using "Post to Blog"
• Using "Search Entries..."
• Using the Clipboard Viewer
• New! Using The Journal's Stopwatch and Countdown Timers

Upgrading from The Journal 3

• The Journal 4 Features of Interest to The Journal 3 Users
• Getting the new Example Templates
• Getting the new Topic & Table Toolbars
• Moving your Add-On Packages into The Journal 4

Tips & Tricks for The Journal 2.x

• How to create a new entry category
• Style Options Explained
• The Journal 2.4 - New Hot-keys
• Using The Journal's export/import feature to copy loose-leaf entries from one category to another