Program Options

 

Stickums has many options that you may use to customize the program to your liking. You may access the Options by one of two ways:

1. When the Stickums Menu is visible (not minimized), click on the "Stickums Options" icon;
2. When the Stickums Menu is minimized, right-click on the Stickum program icon in the System Tray (located in the lower right corner of the screen) and select "View Options".

The following gives a description of each program option. All stickum options (such as appearance) under the Stickum program options only apply to newly created stickums (i.e., they are default stickum properties). If you want to change the properties of a stickum that already exists, please read Setting Individual Stickum Properties.


Program Options - General

Name Your name goes here. It is required if you intend on e-mailing stickums.
Title Your title goes here. May be left blank.
Organization Your organization goes here. May be left blank.
Always on top If this box is checked, all desktop stickums created will remain the topmost window.
Toolbar If this box is checked, all desktop stickums created will have a toolbar.
Prompt for new stickum title If this box is checked, the title on a newly created stickum will be ready for editing. Use this if you title all of your stickums.
Default stickum size Sets the dimensions for newly created desktop stickums.


Program Options - Appearance

Change Font Options Sets the font name, size and style for newly created stickums.
Text color Sets the text color for newly created stickums.
Background color Sets the background color for newly created stickums.
Display background picture If this box is checked, all newly created stickums will display the image file specified in the command button below it.
Background picture command button Selects the background image file for all newly created stickums. Supported image formats include .bmp, .dib, h.gif, .jpg, .wmf, .emf, .ico, and .cur.


Program Options - Alarm/Password

Play sound If this is checked, all newly created stickums whose alarms are set will play the sound file specified in the command button below it. The only supported sound file format is .wav.
Alarm sound file command button Selects the alarm sound file for all newly created stickums.
Flashing window If this is checked, all newly created stickums whose alarms are set will flash when the alarm goes off.
Open/Close If this box is checked, all newly created stickums whose password protection is enabled will prompt for a password before being able to open the stickum for viewing and to close the stickum. Please read Setting Password Protection for more information.
Read-only If this box is checked, all newly created stickums whose password protection is enabled will prompt for a password before being able to edit the stickum's text, properties or behavior settings. Please read Setting Password Protection for more information.

Program Options - Networking

E-mail address Type the your e-mail address here. This is required if you intend on e-mailing stickums.
SMTP server Type the mail server you will be using here. This is required if you intend on e-mailing stickums.
Address book command button Selects the address book file for e-mail alias names. Change only if you are sharing your address book file with another user. Read Address and Send Books for more information.
Listening port The port at which Stickums listens for incoming stickum data from another use. Set to 0 (zero) if you want to disable networking. Change from default if another program uses the same port.
Send book command button Selects the send book file for network alias names. Change only if you are sharing your send book file with another user. Read Address and Send Books for more information.