About lino stickies


Texts on some stickies are hidden halfway. How can I see the whole text?
Please try changing font size smaller on your browser. Text fonts and font size depend on browsers, and the difference may cause to hide some texts.

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How can I post stickies on a canvas?
Once you login to lino, you will find a various stickies in the top right on a displayed canvas. To post stickies on the canvas, simply drag and drop your desired type of sticky anywhere you like on the canvas.

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How can I resize stickies?
To resize stickies, drag and drop at the bottom right of the stickies.

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What is “tag”?
Tag is a short keyword used to sort out posted stickies. Clicking a tag on a sticky highlights all the stickies assigned the same tag. Tags can be set only on users own canvases.

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Can more than one tag be assigned to a single sticky?
You can assign more than one tag to a single sticky. To assign more than one tag, simply enter a space between each keyword (tag) when entering them in the designated tag entry field.

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What is “Private”?
If you tick the check box for “Private” in the designated setting dialogue for a new sticky to post, the sticky will become translucent to hide contents on it. You can show the hidden contents by ticking the check box for “Show Private” on Tool Palette, which is locating in the top right on a canvas.

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What are those icons displayed in the down right on a posted sticky?
They are action buttons. There are six different action buttons; “Edit”, “Set due date”, “Send this sticky”, “Peel off”, “Copy to another canvas”, and “View original”. Types of displayed action buttons vary depending on type of sticky.

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Edit” button
Edit” button is used to edit contents of the posted sticky.

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“Set due date” button
If a sticky has its assigned due date, it is displayed on the sticky. The due date is also marked on “mini-calendar” locating in the down right on the canvas. Clicking a displayed due date on a sticky highlights all the stickies set the same due date.
In addition, you will receive Email with the message “Tasks due today” in the morning on a due date of a posted sticky as a reminder. You can change a due date anytime by clicking “Set due date” button and clicking a desired date on the displayed small calendar.

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Send this sticky” button
Send this sticky” button is used to send a sticky to a main canvas of another lino user. With this feature, stickies can be used as phone slip through online.

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“Peel off” button
“Peel off” button is used to remove a posted sticky.
It is recommended to remove unnecessary stickies once their assigned tasks are done so that they don’t mess up your canvases. Meanwhile, please note that records of removed stickies are not stored.

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Is there any way to keep records of removed stickies?
You can create a new canvas for storage and can keep unnecessary stickies by dragging and dropping them on it instead of just removing them.

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Copy to another canvas” button
Copy to my canvas” button is displayed on a sticky. By clicking this button, you can copy the sticky to your canvas or your favorite canvases.

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“View original” button
“View orignal” button will be shown when a premium user post an image sticky. Click the button to show the original image.

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What is an icon displayed in the down left on a posted sticky?
If someone has posted a sticky on your canvas, the sticky displays a some kind of image to inform that the sticky has been posted by someone else. Placing the mouse pointer over the image displays a username of the person who posted it, and the date and time of posting.

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About types of sticky
There are five different types of sticky; the colored sticky, the transparent sticky, the image sticky, the video sticky, and the file sticky. Only the colored stickies and the image stickies with a frame allow you to set tags and due dates.

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How many stickies can I post on a single canvas?
There’s no restriction to post at this time, but only 120 new stickies are shown at a canvas.

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Can I post photos via Email?
Yes. Email address will be shown by ticking the checkbox for “Allow to create stickies via Email.” Please attatch photos and send Email to the address, and photos get posted as photo stickies.

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How can I post a video sticky?
lino supports zoome, YouTube and Vimeo video to be posted. To post a video sticky, drag and drop a video sticky (film image at the top right) to canvases, and input URL of the desired video page. Besides, you can post a video using bookmarklet at the desired video page.

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I’m sharing a file using a file sticky, but sometimes I cannot download it. Why?
To download the attached file, you may login to lino.

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Is it possible to see how many files I posted files stickies?
Yes. You can see it by visiting Preferences > Activity.

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Pin
A pin is shown by hovering a mouse cursor over at upper middle area on stickies. Stickies can be pinned by clicking on the pin, and released by clicking it again.

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Can I pin stickies?
Yes. You can pin stickies using a pin. A pin is shown at upper middle area on stickies. By pinning stickies, they can’t be moved and can’t be changed their order (pinned stickies do not come to the front even if they are clicked). Pinned stickies can be released by clicking the pin again.

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Can I move a group of stickies at once?
Yes. Overlapping stickies can be moved at once. Start dragging a sticky holding down Shift key, and all overlapping stickies move together. However, pinned stickies and stickies that you are not authorized to move can’t be moved.

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How can I copy multiple stickies at once?
Overlapping stickies can be copied at once. Start dragging a sticky holding down Shift+Ctrl key (Windows) or Shift+Command key (Mac OS X), and overlapping stickies will be copied.

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About arranging sticky to the rear
When stickies are over another, you can arrange one of the stickies to the rear. For windows, hold down Alt key and click on the sticky. For Mac, hold down Option key and click on the sticky.

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Can I tilt stickies?
Yes. You can tilt stickies. Hover your mouse cursor over the top-right corner of a sticky, you’ll find a rotation icon appears. Drag it to tilt the sticky.

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Can I insert a link to a sticky?
When you write a URL, we make it a link automatically. You can write an explicit link using Markdown style as well. For example, if you want to make “lino” a link to http://linoit.com/, write [lino](http://linoit.com).

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Can I check stickies which are posted recently?
Yes. You can check new stickies by clicking on “Highlight New” on the palette. Clicking on the red button next to “Highlight New” displays next new sticky around the center on your display.

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Putting a sticky by guest user
When a guest user(a user who is not logged in) post a sticky, guest can move, edit, or peel off the sticky until s/he closes web browser.

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