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When editing a topic name you can always press F4 or F5 to insert date or date/time (the same keys as in topic editor).

It is also possible to automatically include date and time in a new topic name for a document by setting that up in the File Options. Here is a concrete example:

• You must have noticed that by default, when you create a new topic, the topic name generated is “New Topic”.
• Now click on the menu “Tools–File options.”
• Click on the “New Topics” Tab and look at the pull-down list “Start a New topic name with” that gives you various options.
• Choose the option “Date” to automatically prefix new topic names with date.
• Click OK.
• Now add a new topic to this document. You will notice that the date is automatically prefixed and the selection allows you to type a name beyond it. How convenient!

This feature allows you to set up a document as a journal or a time log. You can also look at other options available on the above pull down. For instance, you can also have custom characters put before or after the topic name.

Question: How do I select multiple topics for a move or printing operation?

Use the same keyboard combination that you use in Windows Explorer for selecting multiple files. For example, press Ctrl when you click on other topics to include or exclude them.

Similarly, to select a range of topics, select the topic at one end, then press Shift and click on the topic at the other end of the range.

Question: How do I copy a topic from one WhizFolder document to another?

There are two ways to do it–copy and paste the topics, or drag and drop them to the new document. Note that the subtopics are copied automatically when you do that.

Question: I just accidentally deleted a topic, but haven’t closed the program. Any way to restore it?

Use “Recover recently deleted topics” on the Edit menu of the document window. However, this will work only in the same session. It will not work if you closed and reopened the document.

There is a similar feature in editor window too. If you changed the text of a topic and then changed your mind, DON’T close the window or save the document. Instead, use the operation “Undo all changes since last save” on the edit menu.

In general, it is a good idea to regularly back up your documents. We have made this very easy in the new version by giving a backup button. There are many backup features to keep multiple copies of your documents, for each day.

You can do it in two ways:

1) Select a topic and drag it to a target place in the list and
press CTRL so that the cursor changes to ‘+’. Drop it and it will
create a duplicate along with its children.

Or,

2) Copy the topic to the clipboard and paste.

The nice thing is that these methods allow you to copy topics to another document too. Also, the child topics are automatically copied with the parent.