One of the oldest ways to keep reminders is to stick post-it notes on your desk or computer monitor, which are typically small yellow sticky notes to stick on walls or objects. One type of PC program, almost obvious and very popular, is that which allows you to put post-it notes on the desktop, so as to create reminders that are immediately visible when you turn on and use the computer. There are really many programs to create post-its and, roughly speaking, they are all the same, with boxes designed like the classic yellow sheets that can be freely moved on the screen and on which you can write anything.
So let's see the best free programs for Windows, to put post-its on the computer desktop and create virtual reminders, customizable and capable of sending alarms or warning notifications.
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First of all, we must warn that on Windows 10 and Windows 7 there is an internal tool for making PostIt, which can be found by looking for the Sticky notes program in the Start menu. Sticky Notes in Windows 7 is simple to use, very basic, capable of creating post-it notes on the desktop.
Different the speech of the Sticky Notes app in Windows 10 described in another article, beautiful, functional, powerful and which synchronizes the notes between PC and mobile phones.
If you want, however, something more customizable and with options to stick reminders and notes on the screen, then you can install one of these programs, which are the best ones to write post it on PC .
1) Hott Notes allows you to take notes on the fly directly from your computer desktop, which are immediately visible on the screen. You can put as many sticky notes you want, colored yellow, where you can write as much as you want. The application is very small, it can be started automatically when the computer is turned on, acts in the background and stands out for the icon near the clock. Post-its can be placed anywhere on the desktop and can be placed where they don't bother, perhaps at the corners of the screen or, if you have a large monitor, all on one side.
Text can be formatted in bold, italic, underlined and internet addresses are automatically converted into clickable links. Among the settings of the reminder you can change the color of the postit, the border, the font size, transparency and other things. Notes can also be synced to appear identical on multiple computers with an Amazon Web Services registration.
2) Another program called Stickies is perhaps the most complete of the various post-it and reminder programs on Windows. Contains multiple configuration and customization options, allows you to set audible warning alarms . To have Stickies in Italian you must download the language from the download page, extract the zip archive and copy the file to the program folder (C: \ Program Files \ Stickies).
3) OrangeNote is a program that works to make post it notes and to manage the copy and paste notes. The program maintains a clipboard history database, so you can then search for previously copied notes.
4) Stickypad is a free program to create floating and mobile notes on the desktop. You can decide the opacity of the notes, the color, and whether to always keep them in the foreground. You can also save and print your notes and set a hotkey that starts StickyPad to pin a new post it.
5) PNotes is a popular program to create post-its on the desktop and create reminders. The program is portable and allows you to write notes on yellow sheets, quickly and without too many configurations.
The notes of PNotes can be customized in the graphics, with pleasing additions to the view such as the drawing of a piece of paper attached to the desktop with a push pin.
6) Simple Sticky Notes is another program to write notes and post it on the desktop of the Windows PC, which has a beautiful modern graphics and is easy to use to change the appearance of notes and characters, to create folders and also to set wallpapers and notification sounds for reminders. Furthermore, each post-it behaves as if it were a Windows icon, always remaining visible on the desktop background, with the post-it being drawn as small sheets pinned to the wall.
7) 7 Sticky Notes is a highly configurable program with which to create post-it notes to stick on the desktop to mark commitments, notes or whatever you want. After installation, an icon will appear in the notification bar (the area at the bottom right of the desktop) that you can right click to open a new note. Each note has a title and text, with a configuration window to change the background color, font, size and color of the font. There is also an option to set alarms and reminders that can make a sound or open a program. Notes can be dragged to the desktop by grabbing them from the top left corner outlined and can also be resized by the triangle in the lower right.
8) If, instead of the classic post-it, you prefer a program to write quick notes to the computer, without having to open new text files and without creating confusion on the screen, you can use a program like Flash Note . With this small software, an icon appears near the clock from which to open a sheet to take notes. Each note taken is distinct from the others and is stored on the computer with the date and time. This program can be downloaded for free both in the version to be installed and in the portable version.
10 The Chrome Sticky Notes extension allows you to add post it also on the desktop.
You can also stick notes and post-its on a website, a document or a program with Gumnotes .
Other similar programs, more complete but less smart than post-its are the desktop calendars with reminders .
So let's see the best free programs for Windows, to put post-its on the computer desktop and create virtual reminders, customizable and capable of sending alarms or warning notifications.
READ ALSO: Programs Notepad alternative to Notepad on Windows
First of all, we must warn that on Windows 10 and Windows 7 there is an internal tool for making PostIt, which can be found by looking for the Sticky notes program in the Start menu. Sticky Notes in Windows 7 is simple to use, very basic, capable of creating post-it notes on the desktop.
Different the speech of the Sticky Notes app in Windows 10 described in another article, beautiful, functional, powerful and which synchronizes the notes between PC and mobile phones.
If you want, however, something more customizable and with options to stick reminders and notes on the screen, then you can install one of these programs, which are the best ones to write post it on PC .
1) Hott Notes allows you to take notes on the fly directly from your computer desktop, which are immediately visible on the screen. You can put as many sticky notes you want, colored yellow, where you can write as much as you want. The application is very small, it can be started automatically when the computer is turned on, acts in the background and stands out for the icon near the clock. Post-its can be placed anywhere on the desktop and can be placed where they don't bother, perhaps at the corners of the screen or, if you have a large monitor, all on one side.
Text can be formatted in bold, italic, underlined and internet addresses are automatically converted into clickable links. Among the settings of the reminder you can change the color of the postit, the border, the font size, transparency and other things. Notes can also be synced to appear identical on multiple computers with an Amazon Web Services registration.
2) Another program called Stickies is perhaps the most complete of the various post-it and reminder programs on Windows. Contains multiple configuration and customization options, allows you to set audible warning alarms . To have Stickies in Italian you must download the language from the download page, extract the zip archive and copy the file to the program folder (C: \ Program Files \ Stickies).
3) OrangeNote is a program that works to make post it notes and to manage the copy and paste notes. The program maintains a clipboard history database, so you can then search for previously copied notes.
4) Stickypad is a free program to create floating and mobile notes on the desktop. You can decide the opacity of the notes, the color, and whether to always keep them in the foreground. You can also save and print your notes and set a hotkey that starts StickyPad to pin a new post it.
5) PNotes is a popular program to create post-its on the desktop and create reminders. The program is portable and allows you to write notes on yellow sheets, quickly and without too many configurations.
The notes of PNotes can be customized in the graphics, with pleasing additions to the view such as the drawing of a piece of paper attached to the desktop with a push pin.
6) Simple Sticky Notes is another program to write notes and post it on the desktop of the Windows PC, which has a beautiful modern graphics and is easy to use to change the appearance of notes and characters, to create folders and also to set wallpapers and notification sounds for reminders. Furthermore, each post-it behaves as if it were a Windows icon, always remaining visible on the desktop background, with the post-it being drawn as small sheets pinned to the wall.
7) 7 Sticky Notes is a highly configurable program with which to create post-it notes to stick on the desktop to mark commitments, notes or whatever you want. After installation, an icon will appear in the notification bar (the area at the bottom right of the desktop) that you can right click to open a new note. Each note has a title and text, with a configuration window to change the background color, font, size and color of the font. There is also an option to set alarms and reminders that can make a sound or open a program. Notes can be dragged to the desktop by grabbing them from the top left corner outlined and can also be resized by the triangle in the lower right.
8) If, instead of the classic post-it, you prefer a program to write quick notes to the computer, without having to open new text files and without creating confusion on the screen, you can use a program like Flash Note . With this small software, an icon appears near the clock from which to open a sheet to take notes. Each note taken is distinct from the others and is stored on the computer with the date and time. This program can be downloaded for free both in the version to be installed and in the portable version.
10 The Chrome Sticky Notes extension allows you to add post it also on the desktop.
You can also stick notes and post-its on a website, a document or a program with Gumnotes .
Other similar programs, more complete but less smart than post-its are the desktop calendars with reminders .
