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Create a log book in for personal tasks
Maintaining a log book for personal tasks with other tools on board 24-inch widescreen monitors give you loads of space on the desktop—even around an open Word window. But it
would be more practical if, for example, you have the latest information and
news from the Internet on your screen at all times.Generally when you are at work,
you note down telephone numbers and interviews or test results. You enter the time and date for every new entry for documentation purposes—but this is very tiresome and error-prone. There must surely be an easier way to do so! Not to worry there is an easier way to do this and you don’t even need special software for it: use the Windows editor Notepad as your log book. It can automatically enter the current date and the exact time for your notes. This is how it functions:
The editor can be opened with “Start
| All Programs | Accessories | Notepad”
under XP and Vista. Then type the “.LOG”
character string in the first line. See to it
that you do not miss out the dot at the
beginning and write the letters in the
upper case.
Save this file under any name, “LOGBOOK.TXT”, for example. Then close Notepad.To quickly access this file in future, create a desktop link for it in the start menu or in the quick launch bar. As soon as you open the link, Notepad automatically inserts an empty line and a line with the current date and time at the end of the existing text. All you need to do is to type
your notes after or below it, save the file and then to close it.
would be more practical if, for example, you have the latest information and
news from the Internet on your screen at all times.Generally when you are at work,
you note down telephone numbers and interviews or test results. You enter the time and date for every new entry for documentation purposes—but this is very tiresome and error-prone. There must surely be an easier way to do so! Not to worry there is an easier way to do this and you don’t even need special software for it: use the Windows editor Notepad as your log book. It can automatically enter the current date and the exact time for your notes. This is how it functions:
The editor can be opened with “Start
| All Programs | Accessories | Notepad”
under XP and Vista. Then type the “.LOG”
character string in the first line. See to it
that you do not miss out the dot at the
beginning and write the letters in the
upper case.
Save this file under any name, “LOGBOOK.TXT”, for example. Then close Notepad.To quickly access this file in future, create a desktop link for it in the start menu or in the quick launch bar. As soon as you open the link, Notepad automatically inserts an empty line and a line with the current date and time at the end of the existing text. All you need to do is to type
your notes after or below it, save the file and then to close it.
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