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Cool Things VoodooPad Can Do

Export

No lock in! That is one of our favorite sayings. VoodooPad has 7 (SEVEN!) different ways for you to export or save your data.

- Export to your iPod Notes folder for a live wiki on the go. (3rd generation iPods only).
- Export to your iPod Contacts folder (1st and 2nd generation iPods)
- Save as Microsoft Word documents with Mac OS X 10.3.
- Export RTFD (Rich Text Format) files.
- Export as HTML, so you can view your wiki in a web browser, or ftp it to a website.
- XML Export. You can even import it back in (great for merging documents!).
- And finally, as good and reliable plain text files.

(Not all export options are available in VoodooPad Lite)

Use the clippings folder to access frequently used text.

(Not available in VoodooPad Lite)

VoodooPad creates a folder in your home directory under ~/Library/Application Support/VoodooPad/Clippings/ where you can place text files which will show up in the "Insert" submenu under the Edit menu. When you choose the menu item, the text from the clipping will be inserted into the current page.

Stupid Unix Tricks: VoodooPad will also look to see if the text file has the executable bit set, and if it does it will be executed just like a shell script (using /bin/sh). Using this technique, you can place dynamic content into a page with a couple of mouse clicks!

Customize the look of your HTML exports.

(Not available in VoodooPad Lite)

When exporting your document as HTML, VoodooPad will look for a certain page to apply formatting to your pages. Visit the HTML exporting section of the manual for more information.

Command-Shift-O is your personal hero.

Did you know that there is a shortcut to open up any page with auto-complete hiding within VoodooPad? If you hit Command-Shift-O a sheet will open up in the current window, where you can begin typing the name of a page that you want access to quickly. And if you type in the name of a new page, it will be created for you!

Auto-complete.

(Not available in VoodooPad Lite)

What was the name of that page again.. Voodoo.. something?

Bring up the "Open Page.." sheet by typing Command-Shift-O or selecting it under the Edit menu, and bring forth auto-complete goodness. Just type in the beginning of any page and VoodooPad will find it for you.

Mac OS X 10.3 even brings in auto-complete features in the page! Type the beginnings of a linked item, and hit Command-K to bring up an auto-complete selection based off what you typed.

UNIX Scripting Geeks Wanted.

`#!/bin/sh echo "Hello from VoodooPad!"`

Whether it's Python, Perl, Ruby or any other of your favorite Unix scripting languages- VoodooPad can run it and display the results. Just type in a script and hit Command-R and it will run just like you were at a terminal. VoodooPad works great as a script library.

What's New?

(Not available in VoodooPad Lite)

VoodooPad has a "Recently Updated" window that will show you what pages have been recently changed. Go to the menu "Window" and select "Recently Updated". Click on an item in the window to bring up it's corresponding page.

iPod Note Navigation

If you are the lucky owner of at least a 3rd generation iPod, then we've got some great news for you- You can export your VoodooPad document to your "iPod Notes" folder, and you can read and navigate your document just like you were running VoodooPad on your iPod. The same linked words show up for you to click on, and you can go from page to page just like you were using VoodooPad, only with an iPod scroll wheel instead of a mouse!

AppleScript Support

(Not available in VoodooPad Lite)

VoodooPad has AppleScript support for the basic document commands, as well as exporting your pages as RTFD, HTML or text. Find out more on VoodooPad's AppleScript page.

Drag and Drop

VoodooPad does some cool tricks with drag and drop. If you drag and drop images into VoodooPad, it'l ask you if you want to embed them into the page, or link to it. Even drag and drop URL's and images straight from Safari or any other browser!

Drop files, folders, and applications from the Finder- they will be linked up just like a VoodooPad page.

Mac OS X Goodness

VoodooPad takes advantage of cool Mac OS X features like sheets, Inkwell, Services, Toolbars, and OS X's Unix underpinnings.

Unicode

Hello!, 早晨, 你好, こんにちは, 안녕하세요, Grüß Gott!

VoodooPad supports Unicode, for all your multi-lingual needs.

Uber Rich Text

VoodooPad takes advantage of Mac OS X's built in text system, so you get access to all kinds of text services like spell checking, and formatting options like multiple fonts and font sizes per page, kerning, rulers, and even text shadowing and strike-through support in Mac OS X 10.3 and up.