SETTING PREFERENCES

To secure your Notes window
The Logout option at the bottom of the User Preferences - Basics page allows Notes to lock your User ID after a specified time period of inactivity. When Notes locks your User ID, the screen automatically clears, so no one can see your Notes window. Thus, you can step away from your computer, leave Notes running and be confident that your data is secure.

In this release of Notes, a graphic displays when the screen clears. You can use one of the graphics already in your Bookmarks database, or add a new image resource of your own.

1. From the menu, choose File - Preferences - User Preferences.


2. Select "Logout (and lock Notes display) if you haven't used Notes for 15 minutes" and then edit the number of minutes of inactivity you want to elapse before Notes locks your User ID.

3. (Optional) Click the "Customize Logout Screen" button to select or add an image resource to use in the cleared display.

4. Click OK.

Note To unlock your User ID and restore the screen data, press ENTER and then enter your password in the password prompt. Once you enter your password, your Notes display becomes unlocked and you can see your data.

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