If you need to carry your notes between computers, you can use Personal Knowbase’s portability feature to install the software on a USB thumb drive or other removable media. If you’re having trouble getting PK to install in portable mode, here are a couple things to check.
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If you use Personal Knowbase to keep track of contacts, try inserting each person’s email addresses in the Attachments field to create a quick email address book.
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A recent tip talked about how to make a text list of selected article titles for using in another software application or putting into its own Personal Knowbase article.
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Sometimes you may need to make a list of articles from your Knowbase data file to use in text form, as if you had captured the text from the Titles column of the Index Window. You could use such a list to import the titles list into another software application or to import back into Personal Knowbase as a new article.
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If you frequently need to create articles with similar text fields, forms, or subheadings, you can save time and typing by creating “template” articles.
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If you want to use Personal Knowbase on a computer where you can’t install it, consider using the portable installation option.
Some companies do not allow you to install software on your work computer unless it’s on a restricted software list. Consultants can’t install their own software on clients’ machines. Or you may want to use a friend’s or relative’s computer without making any permanent changes to their system.
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In all Windows software, most dialog boxes are modal. That means that once you open the dialog, you can’t do anything else with that program until you close the dialog. You are forced to interact with the dialog box before returning to the main software window.
Personal Knowbase’s Find dialog box is non-modal. That means that you can leave it open while doing other work with the program. You can move the dialog to the side of the screen and leave it open while doing other work in Personal Knowbase. This also applies to the related Replace dialog box.
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Dates and times are used in several places in Personal Knowbase. Most important is the Article Date which is (optionally) shown in the Article Window and Index Window’s Titles column.
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You can add file or folder attachments to a Personal Knowbase article using a dialog box interface or by dragging from Windows Explorer.
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In Personal Knowbase, you may sometimes notice that the header of the Titles column in the Index Window includes the word “Outdated” in square brackets.
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