Can I have more than one Note Pad or Scrapbook file?

You may wish to create multiple Note Pad or Scrapbook files to organize your work, or to work around limitations of the Note Pad or Scrapbook applications.

System 7.1 and earlier
When the Note Pad's pages are filled up, rename its file stored in the System Folder to something like "NOTE 1". A new pad is created the next time you choose Note Pad from the Apple menu. If you need to look at something in the original pad, just rename your current file to something like "NOTE 2", and rename your original file (NOTE 1) back to "Note Pad File". The next time you choose Note Pad from the Apple menu, you access the one you just renamed. You can continue creating storage files for notes in this fashion until the disk fills up.

The same procedure can be applied to the Scrapbook File.

System 7.5 and Later
Included with Mac OS 7.5 and later are versions of these applications that support opening Scrapbook and Note Pad files from anywhere outside of the System Folder.

To create a new empty Note Pad or Scrapbook file, move the existing Note Pad File or Scrapbook File out of the System Folder, and then open the Note Pad or Scrapbook. A new empty data file is created in the System Folder.

To open a specific Note Pad or Scrapbook File, simply open the data file directly in the Finder instead of opening the Note Pad or Scrapbook application itself. By default, opening the Scrapbook or Note Pad application opens the data file in the System Folder.