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 Screenshot of Sticky Notes on Windows 10 with insight enabled. The upper half with a yellow background is the typed note. Red text indicates an insight has been identified. The white with black highlight is the selected text for the insight shown in the lower portion of the sticky note. | |
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| Stable release | Windows 11: 4.6.2.0
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| Operating system | Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (Home Premium and higher editions), Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| Type | Desktop notes |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | onenote |
Sticky Notes is a desktop notes application included in Windows 7,[1] Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11.[2] The app loads quickly and enables users to quickly take notes using post-it note–like windows on their desktop.
Sticky Notes originated in Windows XP Tablet Edition in 2002 and was included with Windows Vista as a gadget for the Windows Sidebar. According to Microsoft, there were eight million monthly Sticky Notes users as of April 2016.[3] It is built in on Outlook.com[4][5][6] and Microsoft Teams.[7]
- ^ "Sticky Notes". Windows 7 Help. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011.
- ^ Devine, Richard. "How to use the Sticky Notes app in Windows 10 to remind you all the things". Windows Central. Windows Central. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ Freedman, Andrew E. (7 April 2016). "Windows 10 Anniversary Update: Best New Features". Laptop. Purch. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Create, edit, and view sticky notes in Outlook.com or Outlook on the web". support.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ "You can now create new Sticky Notes directly in Outlook for the web - MSPoweruser". 15 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ "Microsoft brings Sticky Notes to Outlook for the web - MSPoweruser". 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ Branscombe, Mary (June 1, 2021). "Microsoft: This open-source technology points the way to the collaborative future of work". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-21.