3.3.4 Take Notes with Scratch Pad

Use the Scratch Pad to keep notes associated with a session. From the task pane you can print or save the Scratch Pad notes as .RTF or .TXT files.

To reopen the file later, it must be saved in a trusted location.

To take notes with Scratch Pad

Open the Scratch Pad.

Open the Reflection Scratch Pad as follows:

The steps depend on your user interface mode.

User Interface Mode	Steps
Ribbon	On the Session ribbon, from the Productivity group, click the Scratch Pad button.
Reflection Browser	On the Reflection menu, choose View, and then Scratch Pad.
TouchUx	On the toolbar, tap the Wrench icon and then choose Scratch Pad.

Type your notes into the Scratch Pad.
Save your notes by clicking theSave As toolbar button.

The following commands are also available from the toolbar in the Scratch Pad task pane (You can also use common keyboard shortcuts like CTRL+A, CTRL+C, and so on):

Click	To do this
	Save the contents of the Scratch Pad task pane as a Rich Text File (.RTF) or as plain text (.TXT). When you close your session, your Scratch Pad is not maintained unless you save it to a separate file.
	Open any .RTF or .TXT file. The file must be in a trusted location.
	Print the contents of the Scratch Pad.
	Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard.
	Copy the selected item to the Clipboard.
	Paste the contents of the Clipboard at the cursor location on the Scratch Pad.
	Clear all of the contents at once.
	Put the task pane into auto-hide mode. This collapses the task pane against the side of the application frame. (To re-open the task pane, mouse over the side of the frame.)