Introduction

VoodooPad is best described as a self contained website that runs on your computer. It's a little brain where you can put disparate bits of information in that you need to keep around for whatever reason may suit you. It's super easy to use as well, just type whatever you need to remember, and link when you want to branch a thought or start a new page.

Type in your notes, and highlight important words or phrases to create new pages; or drag and drop folders, images, applications, or URLs into VoodooPad - they're linked up whenever the word representing it is found.

When you create a new document, it starts with an "Index" page which you are free to add and change the contents of all you want. You build your document up from this page; your personal info-web grows organically as you add more to it.

How Can I use VoodooPad?

Use it for bits information that you want tucked away where you can easily get to it when you need it.

VoodooPad is in use for such things as research projects, building quick and simple websites, storing directions to friend's houses, and documentation projects. It's uses are endless, and you will find yourself being productive with it right away.

How does it work?

VoodooPad is based on a simple idea of linking pages of information that you write. It works just like you would browse on the internet, except you can edit any page. Drag and drop files into VoodooPad and they will become links as well. You can also type in common urls like http://www.apple.com/ and email addresses and they will be ready for you to click on them.

Type the word "Index" anywhere on a page, notice that it is a different color and underlined. Anywhere you type in the word "Index" (or index - it is not case sensitive), it will automatically highlight because a page entitled Index is already in your VoodooPad document. And any time you click on the Index link it will take you to that page. You can also highlight any other word, and choose "Make Link" from the Edit menu, or use Command-L to make your selected word link the same way.

You can create a new page in your document even if you aren't ready to link to it just yet- use Command-N and enter the title of it, and presto-magic, it's created for you.

You may notice that some words appear with underlines, but are not highlighted blue. These are words that are "potential links" (also known as wiki-words), but have not yet had a page created for them. Clicking on the link will create a new page, and change the color of the link to blue (unless you have changed the color in the preferences).