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Use these steps to set a preference for how documents or applications are opened.

Procedure

1. Click File -> Preferences -> Windows and Themes.

Macintosh OS X users: Click Notes -> Preferences -> Windows and Themes.

3. Select Use large icons in the Open List to change the size of the icon display in the Open List.

4. Select Inform me that I can return a panel to an applications from the View menu if you use composite applications and you move a panels, so that you will be prompted how to return the panel to the view.

5. Select Inform me that I can return a panel to the sidebar from the View menu to be prompted when you remove a panel back from the sidebar that you add it back to the sidebar by using the View menu.

6. Under Window Management specify how Notes will open a document or a Notes application:

• Open each document in its own window - each document opens a new Notes window.
• Open each document in its own tab - (default) each document opens a new window tab in your active Notes window.
• Group documents from each application on a tab - groups documents, such as mail messages, in a single tab. For example, if you open your mail, a window tab opens. Subsequent messages open in the Mail window tab. A number count displays in the window tab to show how many documents are open.

Parent topic: How do I customize my Notes Client?

Theme

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Select a display theme from the list to change the window theme for Notes:

• Operating System Theme for Low Vision - select this option if you are visually impaired.
• Notes 8 Theme - uses Notes 8 fonts and colors.
• Operating System Theme - uses the fonts and colors you have set for your operating system (for example, display or theme setting you set using the control panel.

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