Oh sure! If you speak both english and another language that Pagico doesn’t have, you’re more than welcome to contribute! We have a specially designed web-based system, so if you want to, it’s very easy to start making the language pack. In return for your effort, a free license with lifetime upgrade will be provided. [...]
Sure! If you use a certain type of documents a lot, and Pagico doesn’t have its document shortcut built-in, just let us know. We’ll consider your suggestion, In fact, it is very likely that your favorite document type being added in the next release!
All your data in Pagico is stored in the database file (on Mac) or folder (on Windows). There is no personal data stored with the application, or somewhere else. So for example if you need to redo your system, or move your data to another computer, simply duplicate your database file (the one ending with [...]
Yes! Pagico is built with UTF-8 character set. So literally Pagico supports any character set that you use (as long as your computer can display them).
Selecting your language The first thing you see after launching Pagico, would be the language selection screen. Pick your favorite language, and hit “OK” button to continue. Note This help site is built based on Pagico in English. So if you’re using a different language, then you probably might see slightly different words and phrases [...]
If you think the first level of your TagExplore browser is too crowded (because it displays every one of your tags), and not all of them are suitable for being in the first level. Then you can hide some of them. To do so, simply open the database preferences panel (the preference item labeled with [...]
Pagico provides very powerful and flexible linking features, not just the links in the foot notes section, but also inline links. Your everyday work can become a content-rich wiki with internal links to different objects, saving you lots of time navigating among them. In order to create links like this, simply use this syntax: [keyword]. [...]
Inserting files to profiles is very easy. Just open up the profile, then drag and drop the files into the Pagico window. The files will be inserted as an activity with a date of the current day. You can also add some notes to the body of the activity.
Modifying tasks in the flowchart To modify tasks in the flowchart, simply double-click on the bar, then you’ll see a pop-up panel with the task information in it. Modify the info, then hit “enter” or click the “Save” button to save it. The flowchart view will be updated when you save the task. Order of [...]
It is very possible you’re experiencing a known issue. So before scratching your head and trying to figure out the problem, make sure you have checked the Known Issues list first.
When you have dozens of projects, it is nearly impossible to efficiently organize them. But with the unique tag browser, Pagico makes it very easy to navigate among your ocean of tags and locate projects effortlessly. Let’s say John is a computer products dealer. He manages his inventories with Pagico. Take a look at the [...]
Pagico has many popular document types built-in, so you can create these documents easily in projects and/or contact profiles.. To do so, just click the Plus (+) button, and click the “More” menu item. Then you’ll see a list of four different document types. Click any one of them will have a blank document of [...]
There are many factors that can slow down a computer program or even your entire system. However, if Pagico is the only program running abnormally slow, here are some thoughts: 1. Your database is stored on a flash drive or net drive? Pagico is an intelligent program. Some times it reads and writes to the [...]
To search for something, just click in the search box located at the upper left corner of Pagico window. Pagico does the search instantly as you type out the criteria. So most of the time you’ll get what you need before typing out the whole word. Search results will be listed as groups, based on [...]
As Pagico mainly manages three types of content: Random Notes, General Information and Contacts, so you have three choices of where new information are stored: Inbox, Projects or Contact Profiles. For random, short-term notes and tasks, you can put them into the Inbox. For information regarding to a person / organization, such as contact-specific tasks, [...]
What is a database? A database can be considered as the container of your data. Once created, your information will be stored in the database, which can be carried around for portability need (use the same database on multiple computers), or backup need (back up the database regularly by storing a copy of it somewhere [...]
In short, Pagico is a information organizer which covers random notes, general information management as well as contact management. It was designed specifically for users who have to deal with tons of information in diversified topics, such as freelancers, home business, and educators. Pagico’s data management capability allows users to centralize information in topics, and [...]
Note The date recognition feature mentioned in this article currently only works in English. When you’re setting up dates in Pagico, a mini-calendar will popup to help you. But in addition to pick dates from the mini-calendar, you can also enter dates by typing. In fact, there are a lot of ways to enter a [...]
Exported topic packages can be imported back to Pagico. So when your friends sent you some exported topics, you can not only open them in the standard way, but also import the topic into your Pagico, and do some edit if you want. To do so, first of all navigate to the topic list view [...]
To see the full list of tasks in your current database, please expand the “Dashboard” group, then select the “All tasks” item in the group. The list will include all the tasks in both topics and contact profiles. By default, the list only shows all the tasks (finished and unfinished) in the current week, and [...]
Pagico was not designed to replace your calendar applications in any way. Instead, it works with them. You can link Pagico with your calendar application (such as iCal on Mac, or Outlook Calendar on Windows), so you can see schedule information stored in Pagico right in your favorite calendar application. To do so, simply navigate [...]
No matter where you are in Pagico, you’ll always be able to the upcoming tasks in the sidebar. An adjustable number of overdue and upcoming tasks will be displayed in the sidebar. You can click on the task items to switch to the parent topic (or contact profile), or check the checkbox when the task [...]
Database lock provides you a password protection for your database upon opening. Setting the password Before you can lock your database, you need to set a password for the lock. In order to do it, please follow these steps: Click on the “Preferences” icon in the toolbar. In the sidebar, click on the other preference [...]
Some times you need to lock a specific project, in addition to the database password. Important: Once set, the password can not be recovered if forgotten. In order to do so, simply open up that project, then click the “Lock” icon in the upper right corner. After clicking the button, you’ll see a password panel, [...]
Note Starting from Pagico v4.2 r1002, the term “Topic” was deprecated and replaced with term “Projects”. Projects can be considered as “containers” or, “folders”. They can store all kinds of resources in it, such as notes (text paragraph), lists, tasks, images, and all kinds of file attachments. So the basic idea is, you create a [...]
A contact profile is like a history about a person: You can keep track of every important information about this person (or organization) in his profile, such as contact information, follow-up tasks, communication records, meeting notes, and file attachments, etc. And even more, everything is organized in the order of time. So whenever you want [...]
Note This feature is being deprecated since Pagico v4.0. However, you can use text notes with timestamps to achieve a similar goal. Activities can be considered as “notes” about a person. You can take meeting notes and save that as an activity with a date of the meeting, or take notes about a conversation over [...]
Note Starting with Pagico v4.0, this feature, together with the QuickNotes feature, is deprecated. Instead, a more powerful Inbox and an online service (Pagico Cloud Service) are introduced to fill the gap, providing more feature and streamlined user experience. The MobileNote service is still going to be available for free for Pagico v3.x users. Currently [...]
Note Starting from Pagico v4.0, this feature is replaced by the new Inbox feature. The “QuickNotes” feature is designed to help you capture random notes. Whatever it is, a phone number, an address, a temporary note as a reminder, etc. Anything that you don’t think you’re gonna need it again in the future, you can [...]
There are many ways to insert email messages into projects and contact profiles. Inserting “EML” files (Mac-only) Note: Starting from Pagico v5.2 r1232, email messages can now be dragged directly from Apple Mail into Pagico without being saved as EML first. In the mean time, the method described below is still valid. EML files are [...]
Note This feature is deprecated, and is being replaced by Collections in Pagico v4.0 and higher. In addition of hank picking topics for a group, you can also let Pagico do the job based on your criteria. Simply create a group, activate the editing mode, and select the “Choose topics by criteria” option. With this [...]
Note This feature is deprecated, and is being replaced by Collections in Pagico v4.0 and higher. Although Pagico provides the revolutionary TagExplore browser, you can still use the old way to organize your topics: Groups. Groups are like “Folders”, which groups topics together, either manually or dynamically based on search criterias. To create a new [...]
Some times multiple topics are related. Then you can link them together. Linked topics will be displayed as foot notes. In order to do so, simply open up a topic, scroll down to the foot note area, then click the “Add” link in the “Linked topic” section. A drop-down list containing all the existing topics [...]
It is very often that a project (topics) involves several people (contact profiles). In this case, you can link them together. To link a topic with contacts, simply open up that topic, scroll down to the foot notes section, then click on the “Add” link in the “People related to this topic” section. You can [...]
Note: This article describes a feature that was discontinued in Pagico v4. Whenever you set up a task, by default Pagico will assign a “Start Date” for the task automatically. But some times you may need to set up the start date to some other day rather than the current day. In order to to [...]
Pagico allows you to export contact profiles as PDF files. In order to do so, just open up the contact profile you’d like to export, click on the “Print” link in the upper right corner of the profile. Once you’ve done so, a printer-friendly version of the current contact profile will be created and displayed [...]
Note This feature has been discontinued since Pagico v4.0. It is replaced by a better feature called Click-and-link. It’s very easy to write out tasks, dates, or other information in plain text, but not so easy to add them to the right place — re-writing them is definitely boring. Pagico can recognize important information such [...]
Pagico presents your schedule in a whole new way. Unlike traditional calendar views, this flowchart helps you concentrate on what’s in the near future, what needs to be done, and what’s already overdue. It also provides a clearer sense of time for long-term projects, rather than “pop up in your calendar, saying that your final [...]
Creating follow-up tasks for specific contacts is very easy in Pagico. Just open up the contact profile (create one if you need), and type in the task name and due date. After typing in the information, just hit “enter” to save it as a task. Tasks in contact profiles doesn’t have to have a due [...]
QuickNotes can become useful, too. So when they do, you can always insert them into relevant topics or contact profiles. To do so, just hover your mouse onto that QuickNote item, then click on the “Insert to…” button to see the selector panel (new feature in v3.3). With the selector panel, you can easily insert [...]
Inserting files into projects is very easy. Simply just open up that project, then drag the files on your computer into the Pagico window, and they will be imported into the database. Images files (bmp, jpg, tiff, gif) will be recognized and their thumbnail preview will be displayed. Other type of documents will be displayed [...]
Contact profiles will be grouped automatically, based on their contact information. Pagico constantly process the contact information in the background, so whenever it found a “group-able” contact information, it will try to create a sub-tab under the “People” section in the sidebar. People here in the left image are listed under “People -> Position” subtab, [...]
Need to take down some contact information for the contact profile? Just write in the contact info box. The fun part is Pagico doesn’t restrict you on what you type. It’s not like ordinary address book application which only provides you with limited categories to write. Instead, write whatever you want. After entering the info, [...]
Pagico accepts vCard files, which is an industry standard file format for contact information. For mac users, you can get vCard files for certain contacts by dragging them from your Address Book to your desktop. To import vCard files as contacts, simply navigate to the “People” section by clicking it in the sidebar, then drag [...]
Tags are very efficient to categorize your topics. They work like “keywords” to describe the content of the topic. To add / edit tags of a topic, simply open that topic, then click on the “Edit” link under the topic title. Use comma to separate different tags. Tags are case-insensitive. The benefit of adding tags [...]
If you need to share your projects or contact profiles with someone else, just export it, and send it via email. The exported package is a compressed folder (.zip file), containing a web-friendly format of your project or profile, as well as all its file attachments. How-To To export, simply open up that project (or [...]