A simple OSD (On Screen Display) text editor - your productivity-oriented companion for a wide range of tasks on a Windows PC. Can become semi-transparent and stay on top of other windows. Features some basic text formatting functionality via a minimalist interface or keyboard shortcuts. You can use it e.g. to make notes while reading a document in another window, display presentation cues during meetings, keep a to-do list on the screen (and cross out items when done), etc.

New in v1.4:
• Added Merge function - append notes to an existing file
• Extra themes now included with default download

New in v1.3:
• Two types of dot points are now available
• A few bugs have been fixed
• Print dialog has been added
• Settings have been moved to profiles (multiple themes are included)
• You can now set custom extension for RTF files
• Two scripts are included, letting you run OSD note via keyboard shortcut or choose profile from launch menu

Features

  • Always-On-Top
  • Variable transparency
  • Text formatting
  • Save notes as RTF (rich text format), which is supported by MS Word, WordPad, etc.
  • Portable (no installation required)
  • Custom themes
  • Conveniently opens via keyboard shortcut

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v1.1 v1.1 v1.2 v1.3 v1.3 themes v1.3 launch menu (with theme pack)

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  • docax Edited 2024-02-03
    Any chance line numbers could be added? Bug report 2024-02-02: If background is set to black, and font is set to yellow in Advanced settings (or settings.ini), it works generally as expected, except if I erase all content of an OSD window with "Ctrl+A followed by Delete" - at which time the main font reverts to black. Then we couldn't see what is being typed. Please consider fixing this bug. Thanks.
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    Edited 2024-04-29
    Hi! Thanks for the review! That's a good idea. It's not very straightforward to implement, though. I'll investigate ways of adding line numbers, the most likely pathway being the addition of a "code editor mode", if I finally get the hang of Scintilla :) Re: bug report Thanks for letting me know! The bug has been fixed in v1.3
  • cloz54 Posted 2020-12-20
    Hi, Thank you Your application is simple, small but robust!! I would expect it to open a document from the command line, by example, OSD_note mydoc.rtf Best regards
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    Edited 2024-04-30
    Thank you for your review! Glad you like the application. And thanks for the suggestion! Command line support has been implemented in v1.2
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