How to use and pin Notes in Mac OS X Mountain Lion

If you are fan of writing notes as reminders of what you need to do then Mac OS X Mountain Lion has got you covered.

Click to open the Launchpad ...

... and click Notes.

Now simply start typing your first note in the note editor.

If you want to add another node, click + Add note button.

You can change the Default Font of the notes by clicking Format, Default Font and choosing a new font.

The default Notes font has been changed.

You can also make the text or part of the text bold by selecting the text and pressing cmd + B.

You can of course make the usual text editor changes like Italic, Underline, make the font bigger or smaller, copy/paste the text and similar.

To change the color of the text, select the part of text you want to change the color of, in the menu click Format and choose Show Colors.

Now simply choose the color you want for your text.

Let's now see how to pin the notes to your desktop.

All you need  to do is double-click the note in the notes titles (see picture) ...

... and the note is now separated and pinned to your desktop.

To pin another note, simply double-click it.

You can move your notes all over your desktop and you can resize them as well by clicking and dragging its corner.

To delete the note, click the delete button.

To unpin the the note from your desktop, just close it by clicking the close button of the pinned Note.